Murder in Haste ep AFRS: The Whistler (February 25, 1946)

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“Murder in Haste ep AFRS” is an episode of The Whistler, the old-time radio show, first broadcast February 25, 1946. Listen free on Stupid Potato: no sign-up, no app.

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What happens

Albert Taylor, a wealthy Miami man, quarrels with his wife Helen over money, and she is found dead after striking her head. Albert flees on a train to New York, where he meets the mystery writer Leslie Jameson and chats with him in a compartment. After a train wreck, Albert takes Jameson's identity, and his wife later confronts him, leading to a fresh series of demands and pressures. The episode is part of The Whistler, an anthology series, and this broadcast is a Armed Forces Radio Service rebroadcast of the 1946 episode.

Miami, a passenger train bound for New York, and a New York hotel

Characters: Albert Taylor, Helen, Ricketts, Leslie Jameson, Ruth Jameson, Peters

Listen for: Albert's scramble to hide his true identity after the train wreck and the blackmail that follows from Ruth Jameson

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.