What happens
George and Priscilla Haynes have a strained marriage, and George, a history professor under consideration for a department chairmanship, feels his work slipping. After a tense evening of bridge with Larry and Anne Price, George leaves the house to walk in the fog. He finds a lost black cocker spaniel near the campus bell tower and speaks briefly with its owner. Returning home, he discovers Priscilla strangled on the living room floor. The Whistler is an old-time radio mystery series, and this episode first aired on February 11, 1946.
State College campus and faculty row, foggy night, 1940s
Characters: George Haynes, Priscilla Haynes, Dr. Dawes, Larry Price, Anne Price, Officer Gavin, Charlie, Mrs. Brandon
Listen for: George's realisation that Priscilla is dead and his frantic search for help after the body is moved
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.