The Whistler · February 11, 1946 · 29 min · 4,100 words
The transcript of “Six Letter Word for Death”, an episode of The Whistler first broadcast February 11, 1946. 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? Is your signal for the Signal Oil Program? The Whistler? 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. Yes friends, it's time for the Whistler.
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And now the Whistler Strange Story. Six letter words for death. Thursday night was the climax. Every element in the marriage of George and Priscilla Haynes came to a sharp focus on that foggy Thursday night.
Five years of it. Sixty months, 1826 days, each adding a little pressure, each day contributing a little more water behind the dam that was destined to give way on that Thursday night When the fog hung like a blanket over the campus of State College, George Haynes had known the marriage wouldn't work from the first.
Yes, George, as far back as a month after your wedding, when you first felt the cold sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach. And these five years have proven it, but no one but you seems to recognize it.
No, George, not even Priscilla. George, George, I'm talking to you. Oh, I'm sorry, Priscilla. George, what's the four letter word meaning former? Oh, please, dear. I'm awfully busy and... Just this one. You say four letter word meaning former?
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