A killer’s perfect crime takes an absurd turn when he is mistakenly declared dead, forcing him to recover a confession that could expose him.

This The Whistler broadcast aired on October 8, 1945. It is listed as episode 176 in the archive. CBS Pacific Network carried the broadcast. The cast includes Elliott Lewis. Other credited names include Harold Swanton as writer and Marvin Miller as announcer.

The surviving recording runs about 30 minutes. The broadcast is also associated with Signal Oil.

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.