The Whistler Podcast With Your Host Mel

Hey Friends! Today's podcast features the intriguing episode "The Murder of Byron Blake" originally aired on March 10, 1947.

🎙️Episode description: In this tense and emotionally charged Whistler tale, a struggling actor’s second chance collides with jealousy, ambition, and one dangerously possessive man. When Leo Sanders reconnects with Julie Lane — the woman he left behind in St. Louis — old feelings resurface right as he’s offered the biggest opportunity of his career.

But Leo’s past, Julie’s controlling boss, and a rising Broadway star named Byron Blake weave together into a chain of misunderstandings that spirals toward tr...

Episode Description:

In this tense and emotionally charged Whistler tale, a struggling actor’s second chance collides with jealousy, ambition, and one dangerously possessive man.

When Leo Sanders reconnects with Julie Lane — the woman he left behind in St. Louis — old feelings resurface right as he’s offered the biggest opportunity of his career. But Leo’s past, Julie’s controlling boss, and a rising Broadway star named Byron Blake weave together into a chain of misunderstandings that spirals toward tragedy.

Secrets, tempers, and one impulsive decision set the stage for a classic Whistler mor...

Enjoy another episode of The Whistler, hosted by Mel.

Episode Description: Ken Braderick and Tom Barton had been inseparable since boyhood — until Ken married Helen, a woman determined to break the bond. Helen never trusted Tom’s pale, brooding influence or his lofty dreams of literary greatness, especially when those dreams kept Ken tied to Florida instead of chasing opportunity in New York.

With one well-placed letter, she set their future in motion, pulling Ken northward and leaving Tom — and St. Augustine — behind. On the night of February 23rd, all three stand on the edge of a far...

Episode Description:

Randy Dean isn’t like other newspapermen. While the rest of the press room runs on chaos and coffee, he lives by the clock — precise, cautious, and planned down to the last white shirt.

Now a top syndicated columnist with a publisher’s daughter for a wife, Randy believes nothing in his carefully mapped life can go off-schedule.

But a man who controls everything seldom sees what he can’t control coming…

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On The Whistler Radio Channel — a classic double header of suspense. TWO Whistler Episodes back-to-back:

"The Sell Out" Originally aired on07/29/1946

Babe stood on the platform in front of the sideshow tent while Duke worked the crowd, flashing her most professional smile at the sea of faces below.

Every so often, she reserved a more personal wink for the tall, gray-haired man with the carnation in his buttonhole. Babe was a sharp girl—she could spot money a mile away—and the man with the carnation had plenty of it.

"Delivery Guaran...

Hey Friends! Today's podcast features the intriguing episode "Six Letter Word For Death" originally aired on February 11, 1946.

🎙️Episode description:

Step into the shadows of the artist’s studio with The Whistler Podcast, hosted by Mel. Tonight’s story, “Six Letter Word For Death.” For George and Priscilla Haynes, marriage has become one long crossword puzzle — and every clue feels like a trap. After five years of polite resentment, a foggy Thursday night brings the final answer… and it’s spelled M-U-R-D-E-R.

Join me as I unravel this fog-shrouded tale from The Whistler’s golden age — a story...

On The Whistler Radio Channel — a classic double header of suspense. TWO Whistler Episodes back-to-back:

"The Brass Ring" Originally aired on 09/16/1946

Babe stood on the platform in front of the sideshow tent while Duke worked the crowd, flashing her most professional smile at the sea of faces below. Every so often, she reserved a more personal wink for the tall, gray-haired man with the carnation in his buttonhole. Babe was a sharp girl—she could spot money a mile away—and the man with the carnation had plenty of it. It never hurt to be friend...

On The Whistler Radio Channel — a classic double header of suspense. TWO Whistler Episodes back-to-back:

"Backfire" Originally aired on 10/28/1946

It’s a thin line between love and hate—and Carl walks it every minute he’s with Amy. There’s a blind, burning rage inside him, fighting to break free as he sits behind the wheel, driving her to her secret meetings with Terry. He listens to her use the same words she once whispered to him, hears her lie to her husband, Arnold… and knows he can’t say a word. But one thought never leaves h...

Hey Friends! Tonight's episode of The Whistler titled "12 Portraits of Marcia" originally aired on January 21, 1948.

🎙️Episode description: Step into the shadows of the artist’s studio with The Whistler Podcast, hosted by Mel. Tonight’s story, “Twelve Portraits of Marcia” (originally aired January 21, 1948), is a haunting portrait of love, ambition, and the secrets that live in brushstrokes. Ralph Winston, a struggling painter, has spent years painting his devoted muse, Marcia. Twelve portraits later, his obsession has turned toxic — and when ambition curdles into murder, the canvas becomes a confession.

Enter Sydney Selfton, a cunning art dealer who read...

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Hey Friends! Tonight's episode of The Whistler titled "Dear Roger" was originally aired on January 6, 1947

🎙️Episode description: It was a strange meal they had together that evening full of long awkward silences both of them making useless attempts at light conversation trying to fill in the gaps. Anne martin sits across from her husband; she tries to smile to make this dinner like all the others. She knew that the dread in the back of her mind h...

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Hey Friends! I'm back with one of the most popular episodes of The Whistler titled "Quiet Sunday" originally aired on June 10, 1946

🎙️Episode description: This was going to be a quiet Sunday for Henry Parker, peaceful, calm, restful, away fr...

Hey Friends! I'm back with one of the most popular episodes of The Whistler titled "Death in 16mm" originally aired on July 17, 1949.

NOTE: This is something new I'm trying - creating dramatizations of the episodes. This is my second one - please let me know if you like these or should I go back to the original platform?

🎙️Episode description: Episode description: Paul Benton was in an unhappy marriage and a confused disinterested relationship with Cynthia a relationship that would have remained strictly attorney and client if it hadn’t been for Cynthia’s money. For money...

Hey Whistler Fans!

Mel here. I will be uploading my next podcast episode in a few days, but thought you'd enjoy this block of The Whistler episodes (random years) - great for road trips, house cleaning, relaxation, sleep and more.

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Hey Friends! I'm back with one of the most popular episodes of The Whistler titled "Destiny."

🎙️Episode description: At a long table in a New York office sits a little man. He slightly bald and thin and forty-five, a mild reticent little man named Milton Strong, but Milton is anything but strong. For the past twenty-five years he has worked in the office and now as a bookkeeper is earning the stupendous salary of $35 a week. Milton can’t understand why no one appreciates his ability. Milton has grown a bit sour but he has never had the ner...

Hey Friends!

I'm back with one of the most popular episodes of The Whistler titled "Last Message." Episode description:

🎙️Only a few days before, Dave Leonard had told himself that there was no place quite like San Francisco. It was thrilling to be a part of it, the hills, the bay, the clanging cable cars. Only a few days before, Dave had been happy with his job, his surroundings, his home and his wife, and now suddenly that was all changed - wiped away somehow.

Step into the shadows as I revisit the episo...

Episode description: It’s a thin line that separates infatuation from hate. So thin and fragile that one can change in to the other in a split second. Mark Mahler would agree now that the line was a thin one if he were alive. But he didn’t discover it until too late. That was the trouble with Mark he always discovered things too late. When he discovered that marrying an old woman for her money doesn’t lead to happiness it was too late. When he discovered he was in love with Artise Mayo, her pretty companion it was to...

Welcome to my new podcast.

I will be hosting episodes weekly of The Whistler (and other shows in the future) and sharing some facts about the show, the writers and the radio stars that were instrumental in making this show the top rated mystery series during it's run from 1942-1955.

Step into the shadows as I revisit the episode “Urge To Kill” originally aired on October 4th, 1942 🎙️

FYI: I introduce the key players before the curtain rises, helping you keep track of who’s who. After the show, stick around for my commenta...

Welcome to my first episode of The Whistler Podcast with Your Host Mel. I will be hosting episodes of The Whistler and sharing some facts about the show, the writers and the radio stars that were instrumental in making this show the top rated mystery series during it's run from 1942-1955.

Step into the shadows as I revisit episode “Blank Wall,” originally aired on June 26, 1943. 🎙️

I introduce the key players before the curtain rises, helping you keep track of who’s who behind the whispers. After the show, stick around for sharp commentary on the twists, the...