The Whistler · March 3, 1948 · 29 min · 4,526 words
The transcript of “Boiling Point”, an episode of The Whistler first broadcast March 3, 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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The signal oil program the Whistler is your signal for the signal oil program The Whistler and I know many things or I walk by night I know many strange tales hidden in the hearts of men and women who have stepped into the shadows
Yeah, I know the nameless terrors of which they dare not speak Yes friends, it's time for the signal oil program the Whistler rated tops in popularity for a longer period of time than any other West Coast program in radio history.
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And now the Whistler Strange story. Boiling point. Kelly never knew exactly when it was that he decided to kill her. Thinking it over afterwards, he realized that murder is something like a pot boiling over.
The fire is underneath for a long time and nothing happens. Then all at once the heat reaches a certain point and where it glows. And you look back and horror to find you kill someone.
The odd thing, of course, was that right to the end it wasn't that he hated Janice. She had a kind of charm, she was capable, and she was attractive enough that on the right kind of a spring day with a sunlight filtering through the leaves of an oak tree, hitting her face just right.
A fellow like Kelly might think he was in love with him. At least, that's how it started three years ago. Kelly? Yes? Another sandwich? Oh no, no thanks Janice, I'm not full of love. What's happened here appetite? I don't know maybe it's a symptom. Oh Will you do something for me Janice?
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