The Whistler · October 22, 1950 · 29 min · 4,300 words
The transcript of “Wall”, an episode of The Whistler first broadcast October 22, 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 tops and popularity for a longer period of time than any other West Coast program in radio history. 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, 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's strange story. The Wall. On the edge of Cartertown, a small aging community in Northern California, stands the equally aging structure known as Channing House. The house proper with its wide, high surrounding wall and flanking trees has been the subject of many abutting artists, brush and oil.
Jeffrey Channing interrupts his morning strolls with the grounds to listen to the conversation of the latest artist at work on a canvas of Channing House. A girl, slender, young and attractive, talking with a young male companion.
Both are too absorbed in work and conversation to notice Jeff. But Jeff is deeply interested in what is being said. Well, if you think the place is different, you should see the inside. No, I'm quite satisfied here, man. Your house is a perfect subject.
Old high-patient Channing is something of a subject to itself. At least she's a character, always having the place worked over remodeling, changing. I've heard. So rare day indeed, when one doesn't hear the sound of a hammer and saw coming from the It's been going on for five years, ever since the Colonel died.
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