Trigger Man

And now stay tuned for the program that has rated tops in popularity for a longer period of time than any other West Coast program in radio history. The Signal Oil Program, the Whistler. Oh, Signal Gas, all the...

Signal, the famous Go Father gasoline, invites 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 the Whistler's strange story. Trigger, man.

Martin Lang was young, brilliant, and confident. He had everything it took to make him one of Seattle's most successful lawyers. But law school graduates were a dime a dozen, regardless of how confident and brilliant they were.

And Stella and the baby had to eat. So that was why Martin Lang took his first case from Branch Malone, an notorious gambler, and got an acquittal for him, the first of a long line of acquittal.

Yes. And Martin Lang's classmates threw up their hands, said he was betraying his profession. But Martin needed money and he kept telling himself he had to get a start somewhere So he kept right on getting acquittals for branch Malone and the money kept rolling in But it had to end sometime there had to be a payoff eventually