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Big Prison

The Whistler · November 5, 1947 · 29 min · 4,083 words

The transcript of “Big Prison”, an episode of The Whistler first broadcast November 5, 1947. Press a time to play from that line (a 60-second preview; Potato Plus plays it all). The Whistler plays The Whistler free, live around the clock. Search inside this transcript.

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The signal oil program? The Whistler at Whistler is your signal for the signal oil program? The Whistler I am the Whistler and I know many things before I walked 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 Yes friends, it's time for the Signal Oil program, the Whistler, rated by independent research the most popular West Coast program in radio history.

And Signal gasoline is tops too, tops in quality. It takes extra quality, you know, to give you extra mileage. And Signal is the famous Go Father gasoline. So look for the Signal Circle sign in yellow and black that identifies friendly dealer-owned signal stations from Canada to Mexico.

And now the Whistler Strange story, the big prison, to John Emerson it was more than a nightmare. The sounds, the images flashing across the black background of his mind were too real, too terrifying. At first, nothing was clear to him.

But gradually seemed to be back in Ketchikan, Alaska, his mind going over and over that first chance meeting with Willard Crofton. pompous, jovial, boring, willard croft. Yes, John, you know that chance meeting with Willard Crofton was the beginning of it.

But as the liquor boils up again in your brains, you're sure there's more, something much more important, far more terrifying. You grope back over it all again, forcing yourself to remember. There was a long tiresome trip to Crofton's lodge.

The day is the week's wasted looking for game that just wasn't there. and always cropped and with his foolish jokes and his gun, shoving another highball into your hand. I have another one, Gar! And another.

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