Bad Penny

And now stay tuned for the Mystery Program that is unique among all Mystery Program, 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.

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. Bad Penny. A cold rain whipped the windshield of the slowly moving car.

At each turn, the face of the driver grows more bitter with memory. Been a long time, hasn't it, Wix? A long time since you left this staid little west coast town, with the accusing eyes of the townspeople watching you go.

Strange, they said, strange that a boy could be so unlike his father, the respected owner of the successful summer's mills. After your last scrape with the law, it sent you away. Now, having learned of your father's death, you've come back to the little town of Lansbury to claim what you're sure is legally yours.

You wonder how much people will forgive as you pull up in front of the town's one hotel. You get out of the curb shielding your face from the driving rain when... So hard! Oh, I'm awfully sorry.

My fault, lady, I should look where I was going. I'll rescue your umbrella. Oh, thank you. That's the name. It is you. It is you. With your summers. Well, at least I'm not a ghost.