What happens
Laura Ames, an American living in London, is followed through the fog after a string of murders, and lives in a rooming house run by Mrs. Reeves. Laura is shaken to learn that Mr. Follett, a new boarder, is actually an inspector from Scotland Yard. Laura has been pursuing the source of Tom Pomeroy's secret income, a forged passport operation run through a mysterious man from Calais, and she is determined to reach him herself. Her fiance, Charles Ainsley, is troubled by her actions and by his own part in the affair. The Whistler series aired this episode on February 7, 1954, and this recap follows the story as Laura and Charlie confront the consequences of their choices.
London and Dover, England, in the fog and the city's residential streets, a rooming house, a restaurant, and a small hotel in Dover
Characters: Laura Ames, Mrs. Reeves, Mr. Follett, Charles Ainsley, Tom Pomeroy, Mr. Farnsgate, Mr. Vincent
Listen for: Pay attention to how Laura's conversation with Charlie and her phone call from Farnsgate's parlor reveal who knows what, and to the moment Inspector Follett explains why he is living in the house.
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.