A Friendly Case of Blackmail
The Whistler · November 12, 1950 · 29 min · 4,676 words
The transcript of “A Friendly Case of Blackmail”, an episode of The Whistler first broadcast November 12, 1950. 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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And now stay tuned for the Mystery Program that is unique among all Mystery Programs. Because even when you know who is guilty, you always receive a startling surprise at the final curtain. In the Signal Oil Program, the Whistler.
Signal the famous Go-Father gasoline invites you to sit back and enjoy another strange story by the Whistler. I am the Whistler, and I know many things, or 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 for the signal oil company, the Whistler's strange story, a friendly case of blackmail. In this world, there are two kinds of people.
Those who do things and those who dream about doing that was the philosophy of Albert good at least that's the way he explained it to his old friend George George Wilson it was the night George came over to Albert's apartment to ask for some money alone yes I'll I a couple of thousand dollars a couple of thousand what
in the world do you need that much money for George you never had that much money in your life I know I well you see I I want to get married married what George, after all these years, I thought you were a confirmed bachelor, like me.
I've just never been able to afford to afford. No, no, no, I suppose not. Still, George, maybe having a wife will inspire you. Thank you. Help you make something out of yourself. Start a new career, perhaps.
I couldn't leave Shannon and Reed not after all these years. No, why not? You're still on the same job you were when I left there 18 years ago, aren't you? Oh, I've had some raises.
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