August 20, 2025 • 30 mins
The Whistler was a suspenseful mystery anthology that ran from 1942-1955. A character known only as the Whistler was the host and narrator of the tales, which focused on crime and fate and had a suspenseful and eerie tone, always ending with a twist. The Whistler was later adapted to television.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
And now stay tuned for the mystery program that is
unique among all mystery programs, because even when you know
who's guilty, you always receive a startling surprise at the
final curtain. In the Signal Oil program, the Whistler signal
(00:30):
the famous go Farther gasoline invite you to sit back
and enjoy another strange story by the Whistler.
Speaker 2 (00:56):
I am the Whistler, and I know many things. For
I walk by night. I know many strange tales hidden
in the hearts of men and women who have stepped
into the shadows. Yes, I know the nameless terrors of
which they dare not speak.
Speaker 1 (01:15):
And now for the Signal Oil Company, the Whistler's Strange
story Whirlwind.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
The first blue of evening shaded the eastern sky, and
the lights began to blink on. In the City of
the Angels, in a comfortable Beverly Hills apartment, Lionel James
stood before a full length mirror, completing his tedious ritual
of dressing for the night's activities. While across the room,
his wife Edith sat patiently appraising him, and then sat
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up rigid as an ambulance blared through the street below.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
Oh I wish he'd finds them of the street to
travel on.
Speaker 4 (02:00):
There's a trifle annoying. You're leaving soon in a few minutes.
Oh uh? What'd the doctor say?
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Nothing much final to stay quite as much as possible.
Speaker 4 (02:11):
That's good advice. Regaining your strength after a burst appendix
takes time.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
I know, but staying in so much is driving me
to distraction. It wasn't so lonely when the Hubbards were
living upstairs.
Speaker 4 (02:23):
But now somebody will be moving in in a few days.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
Oh good, heavens, what was there?
Speaker 4 (02:28):
Alley cat?
Speaker 3 (02:29):
Oh? Certainly getting sensitive to noises. I jump at the
side of sound.
Speaker 4 (02:35):
Well another few weeks. Oh uh, my tie, look all
I sign?
Speaker 3 (02:40):
Why do you have to leave so early?
Speaker 4 (02:42):
Have an interview scheduled with a new actress, Lionel.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
You won't like this, But staying here in the apartment
night after night alone, I can't help wondering how you
really get along with these actresses.
Speaker 4 (02:56):
No, I don't like it. I don't like it at all.
And I thought I made it clear that there's one
thing I will not tolerate interference in my professional life.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
I'm sorry, dear, forgive me. Nah run along and don't
you worry about me? H?
Speaker 4 (03:10):
Try not to, and you try to keep cheerful.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Once you're in the cab, you ride into another world,
leaving Edith and her humdrum existence behind you. And it's
an exciting world you move into at night, Lionels, Hollywood's
bright sunset strip, filled with glamorous debutants and flashy cigarette
girls of millionaires and tramps of hot give and dreamy
love ballads. And here you are, undisputed king. Your daily column,
(03:50):
night Life by Lionel James, is a must for a
million Angelinas. In it, you can make reputations or break them,
and either way is all right with you. The first
stop on your night beat, as always, is Mike Gorman's
Club four hundreds.
Speaker 4 (04:09):
That's nice crowd.
Speaker 5 (04:10):
Mike Dinny's hat trombone packs him and he thinks, so
he's got a reputation in spite of you.
Speaker 4 (04:17):
Oh well, we'll see Mike when I bet he doesn't last.
Oh lay off, waity, Lionel, Why don't you get the
guy a break? All right?
Speaker 5 (04:25):
So he took a dame away from me, he still
plays good trombone, tiny and I can handle this between us.
Speaker 4 (04:30):
One of these days Lionel, somebody's going to let you
have it, but don't count on it. I guess not
too much.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
To hope you.
Speaker 4 (04:42):
This way. Please, Hey, hey, Mike, who is he? Who's who?
You know? Don?
Speaker 5 (04:51):
Well?
Speaker 4 (04:51):
Who? I mean? The vision followed by that tooth thick? Huh?
You ever saw him before, haven't? Uh? It's funny. Waiter's
taking him to center ringside. That's your table, Mike. Well,
what of it? They're friends of mine? All right? So
i'd like to meet your friends, mister Norman. I know why.
Two months ago was that little soloist.
Speaker 5 (05:11):
Last month the new cigarette girl, Mike, I want a
meet her. Look, look, they've just been married six months.
Speaker 4 (05:19):
I want a meet her, Mike now, Mike Gorman, protector
of family and fireside. Huh oh, that's just dandy. All right.
I'll introduce myself, and by the way, catch my column tomorrow, Mike,
Club four hundreds on its way out.
Speaker 5 (05:37):
Please lie in a let her alone.
Speaker 4 (05:39):
She's nice. I tell you out of my way.
Speaker 5 (05:42):
Boy, you bother me, Okay, Lionel, you win.
Speaker 6 (05:54):
Ever since we came out from Texas, my wife's been
dying to meet you.
Speaker 4 (05:58):
See. Really, well, that's quite a compliment.
Speaker 7 (06:01):
Well, it's gonna go without breakfast, and it's one of
your columns.
Speaker 4 (06:04):
H huh. Well, you're the first reader who's preferred me
to ham An Eggs miss this time. Well, since you
seem to know all about me, let's find out some
things about you. Huh. Now tell me what brings such
a charming couple to our wicked city.
Speaker 6 (06:19):
Now, if it were up to me, we'd still be
in Texas.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
It's all my fault, mister James.
Speaker 4 (06:24):
Mister James, I prefer Lionel.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
All right, Shelley and Jim for us?
Speaker 4 (06:29):
Then fine, Now what was all your fault?
Speaker 7 (06:32):
I'll come into Hollywood. You see, I like to sing
really well, I'm not very good.
Speaker 6 (06:37):
I wouldn't believe that Lionel. I wouldn't be here if
she weren't any good. As I was saying, I like
it in textas I'm making out right. Well, but Shelley
here is yearning for footlights and excitement.
Speaker 4 (06:50):
Well, what woman isn't Well I want.
Speaker 6 (06:52):
To see Shelley happy after little when she gets tired
of higher living, why we'll go back to Texas and
settle down.
Speaker 4 (06:59):
Now, you being very sensible to Jim, he's.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
Being wonderful but well, we don't know how to stop.
Speaker 4 (07:04):
That's a fact.
Speaker 6 (07:05):
We're still staying at the Rich don't even have an
apartment yet.
Speaker 4 (07:09):
Oh well, there's a happy coincidence. We have a vacancy
right above us at the Beakman Arms. It's an apartment hotel,
but very nice manages a friend of mine too. I'll
talk to him in the morning, honestly, of course.
Speaker 6 (07:22):
Well now I must say, that's very kind of you, Lionel,
very kind.
Speaker 4 (07:27):
Nothing glad to do it now about Shelley's career, huh.
I'd like to arrange an auditions, Jim.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
And that's how it all began, wasn't it, Lionel, Like
the harmless beginnings of so many flirtations of yours. And
as usual, everything moves smoothly and quickly. Shelley's audition the
next afternoon one or an instant booking at the exclusive
Grotto Club. Shelley could really sing, and her success was immediate,
and you should share the success with her, molded to
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your own liking with daily comments in your column. During
the next few weeks, the two of you go to parties,
late shows at other clubs and share quick snacks together,
and then one night you and Shelley are driving home
from an after theater party.
Speaker 7 (08:26):
Mum, I had such a wonderful time, Lionel, too wonderful.
What I'm not gonna see any more?
Speaker 4 (08:34):
Lionel? Oh, you don't mean that, Shelley. Yes, I mean it.
Speaker 7 (08:40):
It isn't right, and I'm not gonna be dishonest any more.
Speaker 4 (08:43):
Isn't it a bit late to play the girl scout?
Speaker 3 (08:46):
Oh, don't talk that way. Why are you stopping.
Speaker 4 (08:52):
To look at you, Shelley.
Speaker 7 (08:54):
And to line alike?
Speaker 4 (08:57):
Oh?
Speaker 7 (08:58):
I wish it hadn't done.
Speaker 3 (09:01):
You're making it harder for me. Jim has been so fine,
so wonderful to me.
Speaker 4 (09:07):
How do you feel, Shelley? Inside?
Speaker 7 (09:11):
I don't love him anymore? I love you, Lionel.
Speaker 8 (09:16):
Shelley, you drive to the Beakmon Arms in silence, park
the car in your garage, and walk silently into the
apartment building with Shelley.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
You can't quite tell what she's thinking. You've never seen
her like this. Mechanically, you see her to her door,
what's the key in? Quietly unlocks it, but before she
opens it, she turns and looks at you.
Speaker 7 (09:48):
I've made up my mind, Lionel, Oh thought what We've
got to be honest. I'm going to tell Jim about us,
and you've got to tell your wife.
Speaker 4 (09:56):
Oh now, wait a minute, let's not rush into anything.
Got to be honest, Shelly, be sensible. Wait a while,
we'll see how things work.
Speaker 7 (10:04):
No, I won't do that. Jim and I promised each
other if you please listen.
Speaker 4 (10:09):
To me, Shelley, let's be mature about this. I'm being mature.
Speaker 7 (10:14):
Either you love me or.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
You don't, do you?
Speaker 4 (10:19):
Isn't that a fine question?
Speaker 3 (10:21):
Then you should tell you what I should tell Jim.
Speaker 7 (10:23):
And that's what I'm gonna do.
Speaker 4 (10:25):
Look, Shelley, maybe later on.
Speaker 7 (10:28):
I'm going to tell Jim right away.
Speaker 4 (10:31):
Tonight.
Speaker 3 (10:32):
I just keep on.
Speaker 7 (10:34):
Wait a minute, you can't talk me out, but Lina,
I'm telling Jim everything tonight.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
Good night, line, No, Shelley, Shelley, if you're using tomorrow's
holiday for a drive, it's also a chance for you
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to have some extra fun, making a little experiment. You know,
of course that from Canada to Mexico, signal is known
as the famous go Farther gasoline. So if you power
your car tomorrow with signal, you're sure of good mileage.
But you've also been hearing me say that outstanding performance
goes hand in hand with signals famous mileage, because today's
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signal gasoline helps your motor run more efficiently. Well the
proof of yourself, how right this is? Just try using
nothing but signal gas for tomorrow's trip, and then notice
three things. As you touch the starter, Notice how quickly
your motor springs to life if you slip your motor
into gear and step on the gas. Notice that proud pickup.
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And as you soar up hills and down highways, notice
that smooth, quiet signal power. Wonderful. Isn't it so good?
In fact, that I'm going to make a little bet.
As you head back home from a day of happy driving,
your name will already be on the growing list of
drivers who won't be satisfied with anything less than the
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famous go farther gasoline signal.
Speaker 4 (12:12):
That is.
Speaker 2 (12:34):
Well, Lionel, when Shelley slammed the door in your face,
she left no doubt about her intentions. You hadn't planned
on a showdown with Jim about Shelley, had you.
Speaker 4 (12:44):
True.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
Shelley's charms delight you, But the thought of doing the
honorable thing has never once occurred to you. And you
hope that Shelley herself has somehow changed her mind about
telling Jim. You purposely avoid both of them for the
next few days, and then one late afternoon you're at
the office writing the next day's colin.
Speaker 9 (13:09):
Somebody to see you.
Speaker 4 (13:10):
Mister James, I'm too busy to say anyone.
Speaker 6 (13:13):
Sorry, the intrude on your work like this.
Speaker 4 (13:15):
Huh oh oh, it's you, Jim, right, scram kid, Oh
saddan Jim. Shelley told me, yes, well, you understand, Jim,
I had no intention, not here to.
Speaker 6 (13:31):
Blame you sing huh. And I'm worried about Shelley.
Speaker 4 (13:35):
Yes, I imagine she's quite upset.
Speaker 6 (13:37):
That's not what I mean. She's in love with you,
mister James. I understand you've declared your love for her. Well,
naturally you plan to marry Shelley. Oh, yes, certainly?
Speaker 4 (13:50):
But when? Why? As soon as possible? Unfortunately, though, my
wife's recovering from a serious operation.
Speaker 6 (13:58):
How long will it be before she's well?
Speaker 4 (14:01):
Oh? Some time yet. But it's not only that. What
with doctor bills and one thing and another, I'm rather
heavily in debt. Divorces and settlements are expensive.
Speaker 6 (14:09):
I can take care of that, I get plenty of money.
Speaker 4 (14:15):
Oh look, Jim, why are you so concerned with a
woman who wants to leave you anyway?
Speaker 6 (14:20):
I'm in love with Shelley, and I'm gonna make sure
she's treated right.
Speaker 4 (14:25):
You know, I think Shelley's in love with you too, Jim.
After all that, this is just a momentary infatuation. Sure
Shelley is not like that. Look, I'm busy right now, Jim.
Maybe we can talk about this at length some others.
Speaker 6 (14:39):
There's nothing more to say. I noticed by your columns
that you lack quotations. I have one I'd like you
to keep in mind. See, he who sows the wind
reaps the WorldWind.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
After Jim's visit in his veiled threat, you decide to
wash your hands of the whole affair. You don't call
Shelley anymore. You even avoid the Grotto club where she sings,
and instruct the telephone operator at the newspaper office to
say that you're out should she call you.
Speaker 4 (15:18):
But it isn't that easy, is it.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
Like a week later, you step out of the newspaper
building and look around for a cab.
Speaker 4 (15:26):
Hello, Lyne, huh, Oh, Shelley, how are you don't see
much of you since you left Jim and moved out
of the apartment.
Speaker 2 (15:34):
I'd like to talk to you.
Speaker 4 (15:36):
Yes, of course we must have a long talk. But
you don't mind write this.
Speaker 2 (15:39):
Member, But I do mind.
Speaker 7 (15:41):
I want to talk to you now.
Speaker 4 (15:43):
Well, I really only have a few minutes. But finceis
there's a quiet bar around the corner.
Speaker 3 (15:57):
I'd like to know what happened.
Speaker 4 (15:58):
Line, It's clear enough your impulsiveness broke up our rather
pleasant friendship. That's all friendship.
Speaker 3 (16:08):
I thought you were in love with me.
Speaker 4 (16:09):
Well, I was in a manner of speaking.
Speaker 7 (16:11):
I want straight answers, Leonel, Are you still in love
with your wife?
Speaker 4 (16:16):
Is daddy? I've never been in love with Edith. She's
a good stable, influence on me, makes a comfortable home,
and above all, she doesn't ask too many questions.
Speaker 7 (16:25):
I don't think I gave him Jim.
Speaker 4 (16:27):
Foot, really, my dear, I advise you two to kiss
and make up and go.
Speaker 3 (16:30):
Back to Texas, and I could never do that now.
Speaker 4 (16:33):
Huh, suit yourself. You don't care.
Speaker 7 (16:38):
You just don't care what happens to me, do you?
Speaker 4 (16:41):
You won't get lost, Shelley. Most women would gladly give
up their husbands to sing at the Grotto Club. Well
gotta go now. Do you ever want any plugs in
my column? Just let me know.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
That ends the episode as far as your concern, doesn't it.
Speaker 4 (17:06):
Lionel.
Speaker 2 (17:07):
You make a note to observe more caution with your
next pleasant friendship, and for the next week you move
confidently once more in the glamorous circle of Hollywood night life.
And then one day your editor called you home says
it's important that you come to his office immediately.
Speaker 4 (17:25):
Oh John, what's so all fired important?
Speaker 9 (17:29):
Sit down, Lionel.
Speaker 4 (17:32):
All right, I'm down. What's the pitch? Quite a pitch, Lionel.
I'll make it quick.
Speaker 9 (17:37):
I told you a few months ago to stay away
from other women.
Speaker 4 (17:40):
And I told you that was my business.
Speaker 9 (17:42):
Yeah, I was your business. There's been too much talk, Lionel.
You're through.
Speaker 4 (17:48):
Wait a minute, you trying to tell me.
Speaker 9 (17:51):
I've told you you're through fired two weeks?
Speaker 4 (17:53):
Notice? This is it? Humhm? You must be out of
your mind. I don't need your lousy job. There isn't
a paper in this time that wouldn't snap me up.
In a minute, all right, and just tell me one thing.
Who's behind this? Nobody but you Lionel. I've told you
to knock it off before, and you wouldn't listen to me.
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You're lying. Somebody pretty big must be out direct me,
and I think I know who it is.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
You're certain Jim Thomas is behind it all, aren't you, Lionel.
No matter how much your editor denies it, You're sure
it's Jim. As you receive rejections from the other newspapers,
you're more certain than ever that behind it all is Jim.
Speaker 4 (18:43):
You're desperate now.
Speaker 2 (18:45):
You even call Shelley, but she won't talk to you. Finally,
you decide to go to Jim Thomas himself, still living
in his apartment above yours.
Speaker 4 (18:57):
Who it's, Lionel, James Jim.
Speaker 6 (19:00):
I'm sorry, but I'm not at home eat and mister James.
Speaker 2 (19:09):
Jim was right, Lionel. You have reaped the world win.
Then you're out of big time journalism. No stars to interview,
no longer any nightclubs for you to cover, and so
for the first time in years, you're spending a quiet
evening at home with Edith, who knows you've lost your
job but doesn't know why.
Speaker 3 (19:33):
Stop worrying. I know paper can't be that's short sighted
they'll forget about it in a week or two and
beg you to come back to that column.
Speaker 4 (19:41):
I will hope.
Speaker 3 (19:41):
So. I rather like having your home for a change.
I don't have to tremble every time a shutter bangs
or the floor creeks.
Speaker 4 (19:49):
That's good, dear.
Speaker 3 (19:51):
Oh, mister Thomas is home. Hear him up there on
time as usual. Yeah, listening to mister Thomas has become
a little hobby.
Speaker 4 (20:00):
Of mine, has he.
Speaker 3 (20:02):
By the way, whatever happened to missus Thomas? I never
hear her?
Speaker 4 (20:05):
Mm obly missus Thomas. Oh they're separated. Her success that
the grotto must have gone to her head.
Speaker 3 (20:12):
Well, I'm sure it wasn't mister Thomas's fault. He's such
a nice man, regular habit.
Speaker 4 (20:17):
I thought you said you never met mister Thomas.
Speaker 3 (20:19):
I haven't. I know his habits a lot better than
I do yours, at least for the evening hours.
Speaker 4 (20:24):
Huh. How's that? Well?
Speaker 3 (20:26):
I told you by listening to him walk, he can't
keep a secret from me. Oh what time is it?
Speaker 4 (20:33):
Uh? Eleven o'clock?
Speaker 3 (20:36):
Time for his nightcap? The lobby bar sends up a
drink every night at eleven sharp. He's going toward the
door for his drink. Now he's opening the door, taking
the drink and tipping the waiter.
Speaker 4 (20:54):
Huh, what makes you so sure? I can't hear anything.
Speaker 3 (20:57):
Neither can I but this waiter. But one of them
is a always like a foghorn.
Speaker 4 (21:02):
Very interesting? Yeah, uh? Anything else you can deduce from
mister Thomas's footsteps quite a bit.
Speaker 3 (21:12):
He's taking the drink straight to the bedroom. He goes
to bed this way every night. He takes one shoe off,
takes a long sip on his drink. I can count
to ten slowly and then sh eh.
Speaker 4 (21:32):
You see, Yes, very clever observation, Edith. I never realized
mister Thomas had such interesting and regular habits.
Speaker 2 (21:47):
The idea comes to you as suddenly as a whirlwind.
You begin to formulate a plan for Jim to.
Speaker 4 (21:52):
Wreak the habit of it.
Speaker 2 (21:54):
Yes, you tell yourself that with Jim Thomas out of
the way, you'll manage somehow to regain your position as
a top columnist, and thanks to your wife, Edith, you
know just how to do it. The next evening, at
ten thirty, you leave your apartment, comfortably dressed in soft
rubber soled shoes, go downstairs to the lobby bar, take
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a seat toward the end of the bar where they
set up the drinks for room service, and chat pleasantly
with the bartender until a few minutes before eleven.
Speaker 10 (22:26):
Excuse me a minute, mister James, I got to mix
up a hot buttered rum stand in order.
Speaker 4 (22:30):
Of course, hot buttered drama not a nice nightcap.
Speaker 10 (22:34):
This customer thinks, so won't go to sleep without it?
Speaker 4 (22:37):
Really, do I know him? You might?
Speaker 10 (22:40):
Let's rite above. You tell her from Texas good tipper. Hey,
here she is a little more cloven. We're all set.
Ah looks good, certainly. Hope he enjoys it.
Speaker 2 (22:56):
When the bartender turns away, you empty a small envelope
of powder into the drink, then sit back and watch
as the bellboy comes to pick it up, then disappears
into the elevator with Jim's night cap. You wait until
he returns with the empty tray a few minutes later.
You have to work fast, now, don't you, Lionel. The
poison paralyzes instantly, and death follows in about an hour,
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and you intend to be far away from the hotel
before Jim is dead. You take the elevator to your floor.
Then walk up to Jim's apartment, let yourself in with
a pass key that served you so well before, with
the another of your pleasant friendships who lived in the
same building. In your rubber soled shoes, you quickly and
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quietly search through the apartment until you find Jim's typewriter.
Speaker 4 (23:48):
You find it in the bedroom.
Speaker 2 (23:50):
Jim is still conscious, but you don't let his presence
disturb you. This who lionel?
Speaker 4 (23:59):
Who call a duct a poison? I can't read, I
can't move.
Speaker 2 (24:09):
You insert a sheet of paper into the portable, put
it in your lap to deaden the noise and vibrations.
Speaker 4 (24:18):
To every one I know, forgive me. I just can't
take Shelley back and I can't live without her. Good Bye.
Speaker 2 (24:36):
And now all you need is the signature. It's a
perfect suicide. You take Jim's driver's license from his wallet,
lying on the dresser, and carefully copy the three letters.
Speaker 4 (24:48):
Say, I am that's it. That does it?
Speaker 6 (24:56):
You, who is not drink, turn to milanollone.
Speaker 4 (25:04):
You didn't give me much choice, old man. I'm afraid
the harm is already done. You should have chosen your
enemies more wisely.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
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be asking the question where's a good place to eat?
So to help travelers find a happy answer to this question,
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facilities for swimming, and, in the case of motels, whether
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Speaker 2 (26:50):
You weren't the one who reaped the whorld When where
you line you smile to yourself confidently as you place
a do not disturb sign over Jim Thomas's door and
quietly leave the apartment building. You're certain Jim Thomas's death
will be recorded as a cut and dried case of suicide.
You spend the rest of the night until two in
the morning playing poker with some old friends. And when
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you get back to your apartment.
Speaker 4 (27:16):
Me, Lionel, oh am, I.
Speaker 7 (27:19):
Glad to see you.
Speaker 3 (27:19):
Lionel. There's been a murderer loose in this apartment house.
Speaker 4 (27:23):
I'm a murderer.
Speaker 9 (27:24):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (27:24):
I was listening to mister Thomas upstairs. I heard him
take one of his shoes off and drop it to
the floor. I counted to tin like I usually do.
Wiley takes a sip of.
Speaker 4 (27:32):
His dream, never mind the details. He'd get to the point.
Speaker 3 (27:35):
Well after I counted to ten, I waited for the
other shoe to drop. Nothing happened for a few minutes.
I didn't think much about it, though it did seem strange,
and then I heard him moaning. I rushed upstairs and
pounded on the door.
Speaker 4 (27:49):
You you went up there, well.
Speaker 3 (27:51):
I certainly did. I saved that poor man's life. What
when I couldn't get in, I called the manager and
the house doctor and mister Thomas is alive with his
wife at his side because I called him in time.
Someone was trying to murder him in cold blood. Mister
Thomas knows who it is, and so do the police.
They wouldn't tell me who it is, but I'll find out.
Speaker 4 (28:14):
I'm up in there police department. Yes, yes, my dear,
I'm sure you'll find out soon.
Speaker 1 (28:46):
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Speaker 2 (01:31):
The first blue of evening shaded the eastern sky, and
the lights began to blink on. In the City of
the Angels, in a comfortable Beverly Hills apartment, Lionel James
stood before a full length mirror, completing his tedious ritual
of dressing for the night's activities. While across the room,
his wife Edith sat patiently appraising him, and then sat
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up rigid as an ambulance blared through the street below.
Speaker 3 (01:56):
Oh I wish he'd finds them of the street to
travel on.
Speaker 4 (02:00):
There's a trifle annoying. You're leaving soon in a few minutes.
Oh uh? What'd the doctor say?
Speaker 3 (02:08):
Nothing much final to stay quite as much as possible.
Speaker 4 (02:11):
That's good advice. Regaining your strength after a burst appendix
takes time.
Speaker 3 (02:16):
I know, but staying in so much is driving me
to distraction. It wasn't so lonely when the Hubbards were
living upstairs.
Speaker 4 (02:23):
But now somebody will be moving in in a few days.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
Oh good, heavens, what was there?
Speaker 4 (02:28):
Alley cat?
Speaker 3 (02:29):
Oh? Certainly getting sensitive to noises. I jump at the
side of sound.
Speaker 4 (02:35):
Well another few weeks. Oh uh, my tie, look all
I sign?
Speaker 3 (02:40):
Why do you have to leave so early?
Speaker 4 (02:42):
Have an interview scheduled with a new actress, Lionel.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
You won't like this, But staying here in the apartment
night after night alone, I can't help wondering how you
really get along with these actresses.
Speaker 4 (02:56):
No, I don't like it. I don't like it at all.
And I thought I made it clear that there's one
thing I will not tolerate interference in my professional life.
Speaker 3 (03:04):
I'm sorry, dear, forgive me. Nah run along and don't
you worry about me? H?
Speaker 4 (03:10):
Try not to, and you try to keep cheerful.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
Once you're in the cab, you ride into another world,
leaving Edith and her humdrum existence behind you. And it's
an exciting world you move into at night, Lionels, Hollywood's
bright sunset strip, filled with glamorous debutants and flashy cigarette
girls of millionaires and tramps of hot give and dreamy
love ballads. And here you are, undisputed king. Your daily column,
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night Life by Lionel James, is a must for a
million Angelinas. In it, you can make reputations or break them,
and either way is all right with you. The first
stop on your night beat, as always, is Mike Gorman's
Club four hundreds.
Speaker 4 (04:09):
That's nice crowd.
Speaker 5 (04:10):
Mike Dinny's hat trombone packs him and he thinks, so
he's got a reputation in spite of you.
Speaker 4 (04:17):
Oh well, we'll see Mike when I bet he doesn't last.
Oh lay off, waity, Lionel, Why don't you get the
guy a break? All right?
Speaker 5 (04:25):
So he took a dame away from me, he still
plays good trombone, tiny and I can handle this between us.
Speaker 4 (04:30):
One of these days Lionel, somebody's going to let you
have it, but don't count on it. I guess not
too much.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
To hope you.
Speaker 4 (04:42):
This way. Please, Hey, hey, Mike, who is he? Who's who?
You know? Don?
Speaker 5 (04:51):
Well?
Speaker 4 (04:51):
Who? I mean? The vision followed by that tooth thick? Huh?
You ever saw him before, haven't? Uh? It's funny. Waiter's
taking him to center ringside. That's your table, Mike. Well,
what of it? They're friends of mine? All right? So
i'd like to meet your friends, mister Norman. I know why.
Two months ago was that little soloist.
Speaker 5 (05:11):
Last month the new cigarette girl, Mike, I want a
meet her. Look, look, they've just been married six months.
Speaker 4 (05:19):
I want a meet her, Mike now, Mike Gorman, protector
of family and fireside. Huh oh, that's just dandy. All right.
I'll introduce myself, and by the way, catch my column tomorrow, Mike,
Club four hundreds on its way out.
Speaker 5 (05:37):
Please lie in a let her alone.
Speaker 4 (05:39):
She's nice. I tell you out of my way.
Speaker 5 (05:42):
Boy, you bother me, Okay, Lionel, you win.
Speaker 6 (05:54):
Ever since we came out from Texas, my wife's been
dying to meet you.
Speaker 4 (05:58):
See. Really, well, that's quite a compliment.
Speaker 7 (06:01):
Well, it's gonna go without breakfast, and it's one of
your columns.
Speaker 4 (06:04):
H huh. Well, you're the first reader who's preferred me
to ham An Eggs miss this time. Well, since you
seem to know all about me, let's find out some
things about you. Huh. Now tell me what brings such
a charming couple to our wicked city.
Speaker 6 (06:19):
Now, if it were up to me, we'd still be
in Texas.
Speaker 3 (06:22):
It's all my fault, mister James.
Speaker 4 (06:24):
Mister James, I prefer Lionel.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
All right, Shelley and Jim for us?
Speaker 4 (06:29):
Then fine, Now what was all your fault?
Speaker 7 (06:32):
I'll come into Hollywood. You see, I like to sing
really well, I'm not very good.
Speaker 6 (06:37):
I wouldn't believe that Lionel. I wouldn't be here if
she weren't any good. As I was saying, I like
it in textas I'm making out right. Well, but Shelley
here is yearning for footlights and excitement.
Speaker 4 (06:50):
Well, what woman isn't Well I want.
Speaker 6 (06:52):
To see Shelley happy after little when she gets tired
of higher living, why we'll go back to Texas and
settle down.
Speaker 4 (06:59):
Now, you being very sensible to Jim, he's.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
Being wonderful but well, we don't know how to stop.
Speaker 4 (07:04):
That's a fact.
Speaker 6 (07:05):
We're still staying at the Rich don't even have an
apartment yet.
Speaker 4 (07:09):
Oh well, there's a happy coincidence. We have a vacancy
right above us at the Beakman Arms. It's an apartment hotel,
but very nice manages a friend of mine too. I'll
talk to him in the morning, honestly, of course.
Speaker 6 (07:22):
Well now I must say, that's very kind of you, Lionel,
very kind.
Speaker 4 (07:27):
Nothing glad to do it now about Shelley's career, huh.
I'd like to arrange an auditions, Jim.
Speaker 2 (07:44):
And that's how it all began, wasn't it, Lionel, Like
the harmless beginnings of so many flirtations of yours. And
as usual, everything moves smoothly and quickly. Shelley's audition the
next afternoon one or an instant booking at the exclusive
Grotto Club. Shelley could really sing, and her success was immediate,
and you should share the success with her, molded to
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your own liking with daily comments in your column. During
the next few weeks, the two of you go to parties,
late shows at other clubs and share quick snacks together,
and then one night you and Shelley are driving home
from an after theater party.
Speaker 7 (08:26):
Mum, I had such a wonderful time, Lionel, too wonderful.
What I'm not gonna see any more?
Speaker 4 (08:34):
Lionel? Oh, you don't mean that, Shelley. Yes, I mean it.
Speaker 7 (08:40):
It isn't right, and I'm not gonna be dishonest any more.
Speaker 4 (08:43):
Isn't it a bit late to play the girl scout?
Speaker 3 (08:46):
Oh, don't talk that way. Why are you stopping.
Speaker 4 (08:52):
To look at you, Shelley.
Speaker 7 (08:54):
And to line alike?
Speaker 4 (08:57):
Oh?
Speaker 7 (08:58):
I wish it hadn't done.
Speaker 3 (09:01):
You're making it harder for me. Jim has been so fine,
so wonderful to me.
Speaker 4 (09:07):
How do you feel, Shelley? Inside?
Speaker 7 (09:11):
I don't love him anymore? I love you, Lionel.
Speaker 8 (09:16):
Shelley, you drive to the Beakmon Arms in silence, park
the car in your garage, and walk silently into the
apartment building with Shelley.
Speaker 2 (09:35):
You can't quite tell what she's thinking. You've never seen
her like this. Mechanically, you see her to her door,
what's the key in? Quietly unlocks it, but before she
opens it, she turns and looks at you.
Speaker 7 (09:48):
I've made up my mind, Lionel, Oh thought what We've
got to be honest. I'm going to tell Jim about us,
and you've got to tell your wife.
Speaker 4 (09:56):
Oh now, wait a minute, let's not rush into anything.
Got to be honest, Shelly, be sensible. Wait a while,
we'll see how things work.
Speaker 7 (10:04):
No, I won't do that. Jim and I promised each
other if you please listen.
Speaker 4 (10:09):
To me, Shelley, let's be mature about this. I'm being mature.
Speaker 7 (10:14):
Either you love me or.
Speaker 3 (10:15):
You don't, do you?
Speaker 4 (10:19):
Isn't that a fine question?
Speaker 3 (10:21):
Then you should tell you what I should tell Jim.
Speaker 7 (10:23):
And that's what I'm gonna do.
Speaker 4 (10:25):
Look, Shelley, maybe later on.
Speaker 7 (10:28):
I'm going to tell Jim right away.
Speaker 4 (10:31):
Tonight.
Speaker 3 (10:32):
I just keep on.
Speaker 7 (10:34):
Wait a minute, you can't talk me out, but Lina,
I'm telling Jim everything tonight.
Speaker 1 (10:39):
Good night, line, No, Shelley, Shelley, if you're using tomorrow's
holiday for a drive, it's also a chance for you
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to have some extra fun, making a little experiment. You know,
of course that from Canada to Mexico, signal is known
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But you've also been hearing me say that outstanding performance
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signal gasoline helps your motor run more efficiently. Well the
proof of yourself, how right this is? Just try using
nothing but signal gas for tomorrow's trip, and then notice
three things. As you touch the starter, Notice how quickly
your motor springs to life if you slip your motor
into gear and step on the gas. Notice that proud pickup.
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And as you soar up hills and down highways, notice
that smooth, quiet signal power. Wonderful. Isn't it so good?
In fact, that I'm going to make a little bet.
As you head back home from a day of happy driving,
your name will already be on the growing list of
drivers who won't be satisfied with anything less than the
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famous go farther gasoline signal.
Speaker 4 (12:12):
That is.
Speaker 2 (12:34):
Well, Lionel, when Shelley slammed the door in your face,
she left no doubt about her intentions. You hadn't planned
on a showdown with Jim about Shelley, had you.
Speaker 4 (12:44):
True.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
Shelley's charms delight you, But the thought of doing the
honorable thing has never once occurred to you. And you
hope that Shelley herself has somehow changed her mind about
telling Jim. You purposely avoid both of them for the
next few days, and then one late afternoon you're at
the office writing the next day's colin.
Speaker 9 (13:09):
Somebody to see you.
Speaker 4 (13:10):
Mister James, I'm too busy to say anyone.
Speaker 6 (13:13):
Sorry, the intrude on your work like this.
Speaker 4 (13:15):
Huh oh oh, it's you, Jim, right, scram kid, Oh
saddan Jim. Shelley told me, yes, well, you understand, Jim,
I had no intention, not here to.
Speaker 6 (13:31):
Blame you sing huh. And I'm worried about Shelley.
Speaker 4 (13:35):
Yes, I imagine she's quite upset.
Speaker 6 (13:37):
That's not what I mean. She's in love with you,
mister James. I understand you've declared your love for her. Well,
naturally you plan to marry Shelley. Oh, yes, certainly?
Speaker 4 (13:50):
But when? Why? As soon as possible? Unfortunately, though, my
wife's recovering from a serious operation.
Speaker 6 (13:58):
How long will it be before she's well?
Speaker 4 (14:01):
Oh? Some time yet. But it's not only that. What
with doctor bills and one thing and another, I'm rather
heavily in debt. Divorces and settlements are expensive.
Speaker 6 (14:09):
I can take care of that, I get plenty of money.
Speaker 4 (14:15):
Oh look, Jim, why are you so concerned with a
woman who wants to leave you anyway?
Speaker 6 (14:20):
I'm in love with Shelley, and I'm gonna make sure
she's treated right.
Speaker 4 (14:25):
You know, I think Shelley's in love with you too, Jim.
After all that, this is just a momentary infatuation. Sure
Shelley is not like that. Look, I'm busy right now, Jim.
Maybe we can talk about this at length some others.
Speaker 6 (14:39):
There's nothing more to say. I noticed by your columns
that you lack quotations. I have one I'd like you
to keep in mind. See, he who sows the wind
reaps the WorldWind.
Speaker 2 (15:00):
After Jim's visit in his veiled threat, you decide to
wash your hands of the whole affair. You don't call
Shelley anymore. You even avoid the Grotto club where she sings,
and instruct the telephone operator at the newspaper office to
say that you're out should she call you.
Speaker 4 (15:18):
But it isn't that easy, is it.
Speaker 2 (15:20):
Like a week later, you step out of the newspaper
building and look around for a cab.
Speaker 4 (15:26):
Hello, Lyne, huh, Oh, Shelley, how are you don't see
much of you since you left Jim and moved out
of the apartment.
Speaker 2 (15:34):
I'd like to talk to you.
Speaker 4 (15:36):
Yes, of course we must have a long talk. But
you don't mind write this.
Speaker 2 (15:39):
Member, But I do mind.
Speaker 7 (15:41):
I want to talk to you now.
Speaker 4 (15:43):
Well, I really only have a few minutes. But finceis
there's a quiet bar around the corner.
Speaker 3 (15:57):
I'd like to know what happened.
Speaker 4 (15:58):
Line, It's clear enough your impulsiveness broke up our rather
pleasant friendship. That's all friendship.
Speaker 3 (16:08):
I thought you were in love with me.
Speaker 4 (16:09):
Well, I was in a manner of speaking.
Speaker 7 (16:11):
I want straight answers, Leonel, Are you still in love
with your wife?
Speaker 4 (16:16):
Is daddy? I've never been in love with Edith. She's
a good stable, influence on me, makes a comfortable home,
and above all, she doesn't ask too many questions.
Speaker 7 (16:25):
I don't think I gave him Jim.
Speaker 4 (16:27):
Foot, really, my dear, I advise you two to kiss
and make up and go.
Speaker 3 (16:30):
Back to Texas, and I could never do that now.
Speaker 4 (16:33):
Huh, suit yourself. You don't care.
Speaker 7 (16:38):
You just don't care what happens to me, do you?
Speaker 4 (16:41):
You won't get lost, Shelley. Most women would gladly give
up their husbands to sing at the Grotto Club. Well
gotta go now. Do you ever want any plugs in
my column? Just let me know.
Speaker 2 (17:03):
That ends the episode as far as your concern, doesn't it.
Speaker 4 (17:06):
Lionel.
Speaker 2 (17:07):
You make a note to observe more caution with your
next pleasant friendship, and for the next week you move
confidently once more in the glamorous circle of Hollywood night life.
And then one day your editor called you home says
it's important that you come to his office immediately.
Speaker 4 (17:25):
Oh John, what's so all fired important?
Speaker 9 (17:29):
Sit down, Lionel.
Speaker 4 (17:32):
All right, I'm down. What's the pitch? Quite a pitch, Lionel.
I'll make it quick.
Speaker 9 (17:37):
I told you a few months ago to stay away
from other women.
Speaker 4 (17:40):
And I told you that was my business.
Speaker 9 (17:42):
Yeah, I was your business. There's been too much talk, Lionel.
You're through.
Speaker 4 (17:48):
Wait a minute, you trying to tell me.
Speaker 9 (17:51):
I've told you you're through fired two weeks?
Speaker 4 (17:53):
Notice? This is it? Humhm? You must be out of
your mind. I don't need your lousy job. There isn't
a paper in this time that wouldn't snap me up.
In a minute, all right, and just tell me one thing.
Who's behind this? Nobody but you Lionel. I've told you
to knock it off before, and you wouldn't listen to me.
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You're lying. Somebody pretty big must be out direct me,
and I think I know who it is.
Speaker 2 (18:29):
You're certain Jim Thomas is behind it all, aren't you, Lionel.
No matter how much your editor denies it, You're sure
it's Jim. As you receive rejections from the other newspapers,
you're more certain than ever that behind it all is Jim.
Speaker 4 (18:43):
You're desperate now.
Speaker 2 (18:45):
You even call Shelley, but she won't talk to you. Finally,
you decide to go to Jim Thomas himself, still living
in his apartment above yours.
Speaker 4 (18:57):
Who it's, Lionel, James Jim.
Speaker 6 (19:00):
I'm sorry, but I'm not at home eat and mister James.
Speaker 2 (19:09):
Jim was right, Lionel. You have reaped the world win.
Then you're out of big time journalism. No stars to interview,
no longer any nightclubs for you to cover, and so
for the first time in years, you're spending a quiet
evening at home with Edith, who knows you've lost your
job but doesn't know why.
Speaker 3 (19:33):
Stop worrying. I know paper can't be that's short sighted
they'll forget about it in a week or two and
beg you to come back to that column.
Speaker 4 (19:41):
I will hope.
Speaker 3 (19:41):
So. I rather like having your home for a change.
I don't have to tremble every time a shutter bangs
or the floor creeks.
Speaker 4 (19:49):
That's good, dear.
Speaker 3 (19:51):
Oh, mister Thomas is home. Hear him up there on
time as usual. Yeah, listening to mister Thomas has become
a little hobby.
Speaker 4 (20:00):
Of mine, has he.
Speaker 3 (20:02):
By the way, whatever happened to missus Thomas? I never
hear her?
Speaker 4 (20:05):
Mm obly missus Thomas. Oh they're separated. Her success that
the grotto must have gone to her head.
Speaker 3 (20:12):
Well, I'm sure it wasn't mister Thomas's fault. He's such
a nice man, regular habit.
Speaker 4 (20:17):
I thought you said you never met mister Thomas.
Speaker 3 (20:19):
I haven't. I know his habits a lot better than
I do yours, at least for the evening hours.
Speaker 4 (20:24):
Huh. How's that? Well?
Speaker 3 (20:26):
I told you by listening to him walk, he can't
keep a secret from me. Oh what time is it?
Speaker 4 (20:33):
Uh? Eleven o'clock?
Speaker 3 (20:36):
Time for his nightcap? The lobby bar sends up a
drink every night at eleven sharp. He's going toward the
door for his drink. Now he's opening the door, taking
the drink and tipping the waiter.
Speaker 4 (20:54):
Huh, what makes you so sure? I can't hear anything.
Speaker 3 (20:57):
Neither can I but this waiter. But one of them
is a always like a foghorn.
Speaker 4 (21:02):
Very interesting? Yeah, uh? Anything else you can deduce from
mister Thomas's footsteps quite a bit.
Speaker 3 (21:12):
He's taking the drink straight to the bedroom. He goes
to bed this way every night. He takes one shoe off,
takes a long sip on his drink. I can count
to ten slowly and then sh eh.
Speaker 4 (21:32):
You see, Yes, very clever observation, Edith. I never realized
mister Thomas had such interesting and regular habits.
Speaker 2 (21:47):
The idea comes to you as suddenly as a whirlwind.
You begin to formulate a plan for Jim to.
Speaker 4 (21:52):
Wreak the habit of it.
Speaker 2 (21:54):
Yes, you tell yourself that with Jim Thomas out of
the way, you'll manage somehow to regain your position as
a top columnist, and thanks to your wife, Edith, you
know just how to do it. The next evening, at
ten thirty, you leave your apartment, comfortably dressed in soft
rubber soled shoes, go downstairs to the lobby bar, take
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a seat toward the end of the bar where they
set up the drinks for room service, and chat pleasantly
with the bartender until a few minutes before eleven.
Speaker 10 (22:26):
Excuse me a minute, mister James, I got to mix
up a hot buttered rum stand in order.
Speaker 4 (22:30):
Of course, hot buttered drama not a nice nightcap.
Speaker 10 (22:34):
This customer thinks, so won't go to sleep without it?
Speaker 4 (22:37):
Really, do I know him? You might?
Speaker 10 (22:40):
Let's rite above. You tell her from Texas good tipper. Hey,
here she is a little more cloven. We're all set.
Ah looks good, certainly. Hope he enjoys it.
Speaker 2 (22:56):
When the bartender turns away, you empty a small envelope
of powder into the drink, then sit back and watch
as the bellboy comes to pick it up, then disappears
into the elevator with Jim's night cap. You wait until
he returns with the empty tray a few minutes later.
You have to work fast, now, don't you, Lionel. The
poison paralyzes instantly, and death follows in about an hour,
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and you intend to be far away from the hotel
before Jim is dead. You take the elevator to your floor.
Then walk up to Jim's apartment, let yourself in with
a pass key that served you so well before, with
the another of your pleasant friendships who lived in the
same building. In your rubber soled shoes, you quickly and
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quietly search through the apartment until you find Jim's typewriter.
Speaker 4 (23:48):
You find it in the bedroom.
Speaker 2 (23:50):
Jim is still conscious, but you don't let his presence
disturb you. This who lionel?
Speaker 4 (23:59):
Who call a duct a poison? I can't read, I
can't move.
Speaker 2 (24:09):
You insert a sheet of paper into the portable, put
it in your lap to deaden the noise and vibrations.
Speaker 4 (24:18):
To every one I know, forgive me. I just can't
take Shelley back and I can't live without her. Good Bye.
Speaker 2 (24:36):
And now all you need is the signature. It's a
perfect suicide. You take Jim's driver's license from his wallet,
lying on the dresser, and carefully copy the three letters.
Speaker 4 (24:48):
Say, I am that's it. That does it?
Speaker 6 (24:56):
You, who is not drink, turn to milanollone.
Speaker 4 (25:04):
You didn't give me much choice, old man. I'm afraid
the harm is already done. You should have chosen your
enemies more wisely.
Speaker 1 (25:30):
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favorite network programs as you travel, plus a list of
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Signals street maps are also yours for the asking. These
three free items, incidentally, are just a few of the
thoughtful services you'll find at those friendly, independently operated stations
where you fill up with signal the famous go Farther gasoline.
Speaker 2 (26:50):
You weren't the one who reaped the whorld When where
you line you smile to yourself confidently as you place
a do not disturb sign over Jim Thomas's door and
quietly leave the apartment building. You're certain Jim Thomas's death
will be recorded as a cut and dried case of suicide.
You spend the rest of the night until two in
the morning playing poker with some old friends. And when
(27:13):
you get back to your apartment.
Speaker 4 (27:16):
Me, Lionel, oh am, I.
Speaker 7 (27:19):
Glad to see you.
Speaker 3 (27:19):
Lionel. There's been a murderer loose in this apartment house.
Speaker 4 (27:23):
I'm a murderer.
Speaker 9 (27:24):
Yes.
Speaker 3 (27:24):
I was listening to mister Thomas upstairs. I heard him
take one of his shoes off and drop it to
the floor. I counted to tin like I usually do.
Wiley takes a sip of.
Speaker 4 (27:32):
His dream, never mind the details. He'd get to the point.
Speaker 3 (27:35):
Well after I counted to ten, I waited for the
other shoe to drop. Nothing happened for a few minutes.
I didn't think much about it, though it did seem strange,
and then I heard him moaning. I rushed upstairs and
pounded on the door.
Speaker 4 (27:49):
You you went up there, well.
Speaker 3 (27:51):
I certainly did. I saved that poor man's life. What
when I couldn't get in, I called the manager and
the house doctor and mister Thomas is alive with his
wife at his side because I called him in time.
Someone was trying to murder him in cold blood. Mister
Thomas knows who it is, and so do the police.
They wouldn't tell me who it is, but I'll find out.
Speaker 4 (28:14):
I'm up in there police department. Yes, yes, my dear,
I'm sure you'll find out soon.
Speaker 1 (28:46):
Let that whistle be your signal for the Signal Oil program.
The Whistler each Sunday night at the same time, brought
to you by the Signal Oil Company, marketers of Signal
Gasoline and motor oil and fine quality automotive accessories. Signal
Oil Company has asked me to remind you that this
week ends, heavy homeward bound Labor Day traffic makes it
(29:06):
even more important to drive at sensible speeds, be courteous,
and obey traffic regulations. It may save a life, possibly
your own. Featured in Tonight's story where Bill Foreman, Paul Freese,
Doris Singleton, and Sarah Selby. The Whistler was produced by
(29:29):
George W. Wallen and directed by Robert Hafter, with story
by Meyer Dolinsky, music by Wilbur Hatch and was transmitted
to our troops overseas by the Armed Forces Radio Service.
Speaker 4 (29:40):
The Whistler is.
Speaker 1 (29:41):
Entirely fictional, and all characters portrayed on the Whistler are
also fictional. Any similarity of names or resemblance to persons
living or dead is purely coincidental. Remember, at the same time,
next Sunday, another strange tale by the Whistler, Marvin Miller
speaking for the Signal Oil Company. This is CBS, the
col Onbia Broadcasting System.
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