A wealthy and domineering old woman is determined to prevent her son from marrying, setting family loyalty and personal freedom against her control.

This The Whistler broadcast aired on May 15, 1943. It is listed as episode 52 in the archive.

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.