What happens
Lawyer Eddie Davis spends two years cultivating the trust of wealthy Peter Jackson, hoping to become the beneficiary of Jackson's five-million-dollar estate. When Jackson announces he is marrying Marsha McElroy, a young woman half his age, Eddie tries to protect his position with a marriage contract and then becomes drawn into Marsha's orbit. Eddie is caught between his ambitions for the fortune and his growing feelings for Marsha. This is an episode of The Whistler, first broadcast on November 25, 1946, and the transcript here covers only the opening portion of the story.
New York City, with scenes at Jackson's office, a hotel lounge, and Jackson's home.
Characters: Eddie Davis, Peter Jackson, Marsha McElroy
Listen for: Eddie's plan to win Jackson's fortune and his changing feelings toward Marsha McElroy.
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.