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Strange Meeting

The Whistler · March 12, 1950 · 29 min · 4,146 words

The transcript of “Strange Meeting”, an episode of The Whistler first broadcast March 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 program that has rated Pops in popularity for a longer period of time than any other West Coast program in radio history. The Signal Oil Program... So Whistler... S-I-T-N-A-L- Signal, Signal, Signal, Signal, the famous Go Father gasoline, invite you to sit back and enjoy another strange story by the Whistler.

For extra driving pleasure, the signal to look for is the yellow and black circle sign that identifies signal service stations from Canada to Mexico. And for Sunday evening listening pleasure, the signal to listen for is this whistle that identifies 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.

And now for the signal oil company the Whistler Strange Story. Strange meeting. The questioning was over and the prefect of police were smiling triumphantly. He no longer regretted leaving his bed and hurrying through the rain swept streets of Paris Back to the tiny prison on the outskirts of the city.

There was little doubt of the suspect's guilt in connection with the death in an abandoned building just off the ruler board. A policeman had caught the man running from the scene of the crime. The murder weapon had been found in his pocket.

Paraffin Test had shown that he'd fired the gun. Ballistics proved the bullet found in the victim had been fired from the suspect's gun. But there was more to the case. A great deal more. From the facts he'd already learned, the prefect could trace the beginning of the incident back to the seemingly routine arrival of a commercial plane from Lisbon earlier in the

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