What happens
Harry Cummings, who runs the general store in the fishing village of Beethill, is still in love with Sarah, who is married to Jeff Lancaster, a fisherman. After a tense confrontation aboard Jeff's boat, Harry finds himself alone with Jeff, who has drunk heavily and is slumped asleep at the table. Harry must decide what to do, and the aftermath of the night begins to shape the village's view of him. The Whistler is the series, and this story aired on May 1, 1949 on the Signal Oil program.
The fishing village of Beethill, its general store, and Jeff Lancaster's fishing boat in the harbor.
Characters: Harry Cummings, Sarah Lancaster, Jeff Lancaster, Frankie Tobias, Sheriff
Listen for: The tense cabin scene aboard Jeff's boat, where Harry is alone with the sleeping Jeff and the wheel is jammed with a block of wood.
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.