What happens
Jackie Mills, a former criminal now struggling as a piano player, agrees to help Paul Jessen trap Benjamin J. Linquist, a wealthy and socially respectable man. The plan is to win Linquist's affection and then extract a valuable Victoria watch from him as payment. Jackie plays along with the romance, while Paul handles the financial side of the scheme. The story is part of the long-running radio mystery series The Whistler, featuring Bill Forman as the Whistler, and this episode aired on February 3, 1952. The first part of the story sets up the con and its complications.
San Francisco, including a Ninth floor office, the Blue Angel Cafe, and Linquist's world of wealth and social standing.
Characters: Jackie Mills, Paul Jessen, Benjamin J. Linquist, Mrs. Linquist, The Whistler
Listen for: Pay attention to how Jackie and Paul's plan to use Linquist's infatuation with her unfolds, and to the details about the Victoria watch.
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.