The missing sixth episode of the WBBM series, The Croupier's Wife has now been released as the July 16, 2026 edition of the Good Old Days of Radio podcast. https://youtu.be/-SeYQTUlQPM?si=APAsQn2m4nJFVU9y Please head over there and "like" the video (if you do!) which helps the channel get better recognition in the YouTube rankings. There are extensive show notes at https://sites.google.com/view/whistlershownotes and you can also access the video there The episode has its own

BIG NEWS! A missing Chicago episode has been found. Find out more at this blogpost https://suspensearchive.wixsite.com/drjoesworkshop/post/a-missing-whistler-has-been-found The Chicago-based Whistler series ran from February 3, 1946 to February 9, 1947. It starred Everett Clarke. The program was sponsored by Peter Hand Brewery and promoted their Meister Brau beer. The broadcasts were based in WBBM studios and were performed in front of live audiences. The 54 WBBM broadcasts

For 78 weeks beginning in March 1947, the highly regarded mystery series The Whistler finally had a sponsor outside of the CBS Pacific Network. Signal Oil was the deep-pocketed sponsor of the series, one of the true gems of the golden age of radio. The show had excellent writing and a fine cast of radio veterans every week. Radio listeners in the rest of the country heard some episodes in 1946 when the series, unsponsored, was the summer replacement for The Jack Carson Show.