What happens
Robert Bolton, a poet travelling through the town of Redmond in northern California, takes a room at the Randolph house and sets out to win the trust of Martha Randolph, whose late grandfather is believed to have hidden $200,000 somewhere on the property. Bolton works on the lonely Martha while plotting to find the fortune, and he deals with her sharp-tongued sister Evie and the local sheriff, Conway, who grows suspicious of him. The Whistler series aired this episode on January 21, 1951, with Bill Foreman, Gerald Moore, Sarah Selby, Mary Lansing and Herb Litten in the cast.
Redmond, a small town in northern California, 1950s
Characters: Robert Bolton, Martha Randolph, Evie Randolph, Sheriff Conway, Charlie Mott, Lou Mott, Mr. Bowdoin
Listen for: The poem that reveals the hiding place of the hidden fortune, and Bolton's sweet-talking of Martha as he works his way into the Randolph house.
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.