What happens
Ella King Cade is in debt to Morrie Lasso, a gambler who demands $2,000 and threatens to tell her husband Ralph. Ella sells her silver coffee service to raise money, but her husband's efficient secretary, Miss Fair, handles the sale and Ella receives only $500. Ella learns of a valuable diamond and ruby necklace that is due to be delivered to Ralph's office, and she begins to plan how to obtain it. The Whistler, a series of radio dramas, was first broadcast on July 19, 1953.
Early 1950s city and suburbs; the King Cade home, Ralph's downtown office in an arcade building, and a stone house where Ella goes to stay with her sister.
Characters: Ella King Cade, Ralph King Cade, Morrie Lasso, Miss Fair, Mr. Dudley
Listen for: Ella's growing plan to get the necklace from her husband's office and blame his secretary.
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.