The Whistler · December 5, 1948 · 29 min · 4,293 words
The transcript of “Hired Alibi”, an episode of The Whistler first broadcast December 5, 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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The Signal Oil Program? The Whistler and Whistler is your signal for the Signal Oil Program? The Whistler. 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 Yes friends, it's time for the Signal Oil program, the Whistler, rated tops in popularity for a longer period of time than any other 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 farther gasoline. So look for the Signal Circle sign in yellow and black that identifies independently operated signal stations from Canada to Mexico. And now the Whistler's strange story.
Hired Alibi, the dry desert heath that enveloped the highway, seemed to add to the pressure and anguish tormenting the lone man in the swiftly moving automobile. Paul Burns heard a trip to Los Angeles, it proved useless. There wasn't a chance of escape for him now, When he was forced to drive back and face his wife Edith, tell her that he had failed.
If only there was a way out, someone he could turn to, to talk it all over and perhaps somehow find the way. Hey, hey, how am I left? Oh, thanks friend. I almost didn't see you.
Out here, I got things on my mind. That's probable. When you're driving with a sun in your face, it's sometimes hard to see anything but the white ribbon in the road. How far are you going? Flagstaff. And 50 miles north. I'll get out of it. Flagstaff.
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