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Fatal Appointment

The Whistler · July 7, 1948 · 29 min · 3,944 words

The transcript of “Fatal Appointment”, an episode of The Whistler first broadcast July 7, 1948. 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 for the radio program that is rated tops in popularity for a longer period of time than any other West Coast program. And I'll tell you why. It's the mystery program that is unique among all mystery programs, because you know who's guilty.

You see his every move, you know his complete plans, even his innermost thoughts. Yet the final curtain always brings a startling surprise in... The Signal Oil Program? The Whistler. That whistle is your signal or 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 shadow.

Yes, I know the nameless terrors of which they dare not speak. Yes, friends, it's the Whistler for the tops in entertainment. And for the tops in gasoline quality, it's signal. It takes extra quality, you know, to give you extra mileage.

And signal is the famous Go-Father gasoline. So look for the signal circle sign in yellow and black that identifies friendly, independent signal stations from Canada to Mexico. And now, the Whistler's Strange Story. Fatal appointment.

Lee Brand was a happy man. There was a spring to his step as he crossed the front terrace of his palatial summer home at Carmel. At the door he paused and looked back over the vast estate, silently congratulating himself on the business deal he had just completed. It was the biggest thing that had ever happened to him. Big enough to provide all the money

he would ever need. It would make it possible for him to drop his business identity with the gang in the city as Lee Brand, and maintained social life here at Carmel as Julius Belmont, wealthy retired businessman, and the man his daughter had always believed him to be.

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