John and wealthy Marsha remain trapped in a loveless marriage while John’s debt and the presence of arsenic create a dangerous temptation.

This The Whistler broadcast aired on November 29, 1942. It is listed as episode 29 in the archive. CBS Pacific Network carried the broadcast. Other credited names include J. Donald Wilson as director and J. Donald Wilson as writer.

The surviving recording runs about 29 minutes.

A dark crime anthology narrated by the all-knowing Whistler, whose stories often follow ordinary people into murder, greed, or deception before ending with irony or unexpected justice.

Listeners can expect mystery, crime, and thriller, anthology in format, and suspenseful and eerie in tone.