What happens
Frank Reynolds, a man with a wife in New York and another in Los Angeles, plans to rid himself of his New York wife, Diane, in Chicago and New York. He arranges a day alone with her and a sleeping pill prescription in her name. Later, he is questioned by Lieutenant Pearson about her death, and he tries to shape his account to protect himself. The Whistler series, on the Signal Oil program, is broadcast on CBS, with the story first heard in 1948.
Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles in 1948, including a commercial hotel, a Manhattan apartment, and a Newark railroad station.
Characters: Frank Reynolds, Diane, Millicent, Uncle George, Lieutenant Pearson, Mr. Kitridge
Listen for: Listen for Frank's phone calls with Millicent and Diane, the sleeping pill prescription at the drugstore, and Lieutenant Pearson's questioning at the end of the segment.
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.