Breakaway
The Whistler · March 9, 1952 · 30 min · 4,061 words
The transcript of “Breakaway”, an episode of The Whistler first broadcast March 9, 1952. 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.
No famous go farther gasoline, invite you to sit back and enjoy another strange story by 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 single oil company, the Whistler's strange story. Breakaway, Walter Stone was a big man, presenting a formidable appearance. It was seen as if he would be capable of standing up to almost anything.
In some men there's the will to do that. But in others there's an instinct to run, to take the easy way out. And in spite of his forceful look, his seeming aggressiveness. Walter Stone was one of those.
He'd settled many things in his life by running. Settled him at least in his own mind, by pushing him into the background through the satisfaction of motion. escape. And now, because Waterstone found himself in a situation from which he couldn't run. He felt trapped and thin-steer. His reactions were not of reason, but of a quivering bewilderment.
That brief, doubt and cry that reached his ears, added to his frustration and confusion. Angry tie, rising, falling, a shouting and muttering of the crowd, milling around outside the jail and whether the Arizona. Inside was fear and a desperation. The fear in the heart of water stone because the crowd wanted the desperation in the minds of the sheriff and his deputy because
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