The Whistler · December 12, 1954 · 29 min · 3,978 words
The transcript of “Prosecutor”, an episode of The Whistler first broadcast December 12, 1954. 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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I'm the forces radio and by chew to sit back and enjoy another strange story by the Whistler. I am the Whistler and I don't mean the same. 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 the Whistler Strange Story, the prosecutor. The courtroom was tense now. Assistant District Attorney Philip Graham was beginning to summarize for the prosecution.
In the case of the People versus Promise Anderson, a thrill of success was in his speech as he moved in for the kill. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, in addition to the fact that Circumstance linked the defendant irrevocably to the killing, He still visits in his refusal to testify.
Still offers no explanation as to his whereabouts on the night in question. Slowly on the basis of possible self-infinity. And you were right, weren't you, Philip? Less than ten minutes after the jury retired, they walked back in with a verdict you knew was coming.
And Tom Anderson was on his way to the cell and condemned Rose. What I wasn't also, no far from it. What's important with what your colleagues were saying is they cussed it around you. Oh, this is what you're talking about.
You'll have that in the hardenie death soul man in the hall of justice. And there'll be a brass name plate. Philip B Graham district attorney. You bet you, was this conviction you can't miss? And they were right, weren't they, Philip?
The voters made it official two weeks later. And only you know what kind of a job you really did. Yeah, it is easy to convict a man when you know in your heart that he's completely innocent.
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