What Makes a Murderer
The Whistler · April 7, 1948 · 29 min · 4,218 words
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shadows. Yes, 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. What makes a murderer? Murder is a peculiar affair. It's the darkest, most despicable of all crimes. Yet it strikes most frequently among the ranks of people who have never transgressed before.
If all it needs in many cases is the right pressure, the right set of circumstances, the right opportunity, and an otherwise respectable member of the community becomes a killer. If you tried to explain that Arthur Winslow, he wouldn't have understood.
For Arthur was respectable, solid, exactly like a hundred other respectable, solid Jersey commuters. His life was a pretty drab affair. Yes, including the dull days at the office, JC Wells and Company, investment broke. United wire, seven and an eighth, no change.
Seven and an eighth, no change. Universal automatic, thirty-nine and an eighth. Half-one-eight. Universal automatic, thirty-nine and an eighth. Half-one-eight. Vulcan Steel, 77 up 1. 77 up 1? Oh, we better leave it there, Arthur. 5 o'clock.
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