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Cover Up

The Whistler · November 7, 1948 · 29 min · 4,107 words

The transcript of “Cover Up”, an episode of The Whistler first broadcast November 7, 1948. 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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Listen, is your signal for the Signal Oil program the Whistler rated tops in popularity for a longer period of time than any other West Coast program? 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 farther gasoline, available wherever you see the Signal Circle sign in yellow and black that identifies independent signal dealers from Canada to Mexico.

I am the Whistler, and I know many things before 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. And now the Whistler strange story.

cover up as the cold gray dawn broke over the fog shrouded coastal village of Benton cold. Death came to the big house on the hill. Moments after the chimes of the hall clock had echoed six times through the silent house. A door along the upstairs corridor closed quietly and Joan Harper, white face, nervously twisting a handkerchief in her fingers, move slowly

down the great circular stairway. At the foot of the stairs she stopped, looked back over her shoulder for an instant, and then hurried into the library. As she picked up the phone, placed her call with the operator, her thoughts raced back to a moment two years ago, to a bright, warm spring morning in the garden when David Blaine had come to it.

John. John. Here I am, David. Over here. Hard at work, I see. Well, all these plants certainly do need a lot of care. I don't suppose you'd be interested in some spade work, Mr. Blaine.

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