What happens
Marty South wakes after a shipwreck to find himself aboard a ship bound for Singapore. A woman named Lucille Hastings tells him he is her husband, Stephen Hastings, who survived the sinking. Lucille reveals a blackmail scheme against an old business partner, E.J. Galloway, and offers Marty a share of the payoff if he keeps posing as Stephen. As Marty pick up the money in Singapore and weighs his growing feelings for Lucille against the cash, he faces a choice about his future. The Whistler is a mystery series in which the audience knows the guilty party from the start. This episode aired on October 10, 1948.
A ship bound for Singapore after a shipwreck, then the city of Singapore, including the Port Plaza Hotel and a tailor shop on Ponderosa Street.
Characters: Marty South, Lucille Hastings, Stephen Hastings, E.J. Galloway, Gray, The ship's doctor, The captain
Listen for: The shift in Marty's feelings toward Lucille as he weighs the blackmail money against his growing attachment to her.
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.