What happens
Helen Conover, a newspaper reporter, has just won her divorce from Malcolm Sullivan, but she learns that her lover Paul Wilson is not ready to marry her. Helen is furious and goes to his apartment, where a bitter argument takes place. The story follows her as she ponders her options and makes her way back into the city's nightlife. The Whistler narrates this story, which airs on the Signal Oil program, a West Coast radio series, originally broadcast on January 28, 1948.
Los Angeles-area courtroom, newspaper office, and apartments in the late 1940s, including a circus and a crash scene on the speedway
Characters: Helen Conover, Paul Wilson, Malcolm Sullivan, Anne Duddard, Mr. Jackson, Lieutenant Jacob, Eddie, Ed
Listen for: The argument between Helen and Paul in his apartment, and the exchange with Anne Duddard at the newspaper office
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.