Urge to Kill
The Whistler · October 4, 1942 · 29 min · 4,777 words
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Wait a minute. Have you heard the strange tales of the Whistler? The Whistler. I get a terrible feeling of depression and then this awful urge comes upon me. The urge to hurt someone.
The urge to inflict pain. The urge to kill. Another Sunday night and again CBS presents the Whistler. I the Whistler know many things for I walk by night. I know many strange tales. Many secrets hidden in the hearts of men and women who have stepped into the shadows.
I know the nameless terrors of which they dare not speak. And so I tell you tonight the unusual tale, the urge to kill. Henry Drake sits in his big office, staring out over the smoking stacks of his busy factory.
Production is at its peak. The demands of the past year have brought him told problems to his desk and placed heavy loads on his shoulders. Henry Drake and his partner Philip Putnam had started this factory five years ago and built it into a smooth running highly profitable organization.
Now the added demands of war have more than treble the production and the worries as well. Phil had put up most of the money and Henry the brains. It was Henry who always had to make the decisions.
But now something is happening to Henry. He is beginning to slip his memories playing tricks on him The morning a throw mr. Putnam wanted to note you studied those contracts last night Contracts what contracts why once he gave you last night?
You said you take them home. They must be signed by noon contracts why I Don't know what you're talking about when did Phil give me any contracts What? Just before you left last evening. Well, that's funny.
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