Solid Citizen ep AFRS: The Whistler (May 1, 1949)

“Solid Citizen ep AFRS” is an episode of The Whistler, the old-time radio show, first broadcast May 1, 1949. Listen free on Stupid Potato.

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What happens

Harry Cummings, who runs the general store in the fishing village of Beyville, is secretly in love with Sarah Lancaster, wife of the drinking fisherman Jeff Lancaster. Harry has built his town reputation on his late father's name, and he grows impatient to win Sarah. When Jeff sails out drunk, Harry sees a chance to act and considers a way to remove Jeff from the picture. The story is part of The Whistler, the radio mystery series, and this episode originally aired on May 1, 1949.

The small fishing village of Beyville, its general store, the wharf and bay, and the rocky Devil's Grotto along the coast

Characters: Harry Cummings, Sarah Lancaster, Jeff Lancaster, Frenchy, Blinky Tobias, Sheriff Tanner, Charlie Stittison

Listen for: Harry's growing resolve as he tries to win Sarah, and the way Frenchy's trust and the village's regard for Harry shape what follows

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.