What happens
Ben Lawrence grows suspicious that his wife Lydia and his business partner Frank Parris are involved with each other. He installs an extension phone in his workshop so he can listen in on their calls. Overhearing a conversation in which they discuss a past shady deal, Ben begins to plan a way to turn the suspicion against Frank. The Whistler's story is set in Malibu and aired on April 1, 1951, on the Signal Oil program. Lead actors are not named in this guide.
Malibu, California, and the surrounding Los Angeles area, including a beach house, a workshop, and a trip to San Francisco
Characters: Ben Lawrence, Lydia Lawrence, Frank Parris, Ruth Benton, Jim Benton, Lieutenant
Listen for: The sound of the extension phone and the overheard conversations between Lydia and Frank
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.