The Whistler · May 16, 1942 · 29 min · 3,991 words
The transcript of “Retribution”, an episode of The Whistler first broadcast May 16, 1942. 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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Wait a minute. Have you heard the Whistler? Don't come here me. I didn't find the kid you know. That was John Hendrix. He waited waited for a chance to sell his soul to the devil Money is not enough. Money is not enough. We want you John We want you that was his white mark the former widow Maz
And her simple-minded son Henry. Go ahead, son. Go ahead. He must have done. Yes, mother. Yes, mother. Tonight, CBS presents the new mystery series, 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 tend to knight the strange story of retribution.
Gaze up this muddy rain-splattered road. Small lonely stone building appears against the light and sweet sky. The dismal courthouse of a southern village. The village of Mars and Earth. His nearly midnight, a trial is in progress, a murder trial.
John Hendrix is on trial for his life. The stage verses Henry. Killed his wife in Stethse. He killed his wife and her simple-minded son Henry for the 10,000 in cash. She kept in her big house on the outskirts of town, on the door.
Every step John Landry is a huge silent man of this large bony hand. Close the door. Well what do you think? Does he look like a murderer? The prosecutors closing his argument. Ladies and gentlemen, Dr. Smondori, that's the truth that Mrs. Hendricks had no current bank account.
It has been proven that she did have a large sum of money which she kept on her estate. John Hendricks knew this money and attempted to steal it was caught in the act and killed them both in order to cover up the theft.
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