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The Whistler is told from the killers' perspective, the Whistler himself tells the story but is not part of it. He talks to the characters, although they do not hear him. "I am the Whistler, and I know many things, 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 cannot speak." Of course, the bad guys set up the perfect crime.
Episodes
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Sing a Song of Murder | The Whistler (09-17-45)
A pop singer, trying to get out of a contract with his greedy manager, sings a song of death! Success is a curious thing. Sometimes it comes very slowly the result of a lifetime of dull drudgery and sometimes it comes quickly almost overnight. Original Air Date: September 17, 1945 Host: Andrew...
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Phone Call from Death | The Whistler (09-10-45)
A woman's best friend is murdered while she's on the phone with the woman...or was she? Original Air Date: September 10, 1945 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: The Whistler Stars: • Bill Forman • Bob Anderson Author: • Leslie Edgley Producer: • George W. Allen Music: • Wilbur Hatch Intro and Exit music...
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Ambition Perilous | The Whistler (09-03-45)
A scheming politicians plan to further his career by giving a job to an ex-con he helped send to jail has interesting results. Original Air Date: September 03, 1945 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: The Whistler Stars: • Bill Forman • Bob Anderson Author: • Harriet Reig Producer: • George W. Allen Music…
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I'll Trade You Murder | The Whistler (08-27-45)
A meek book salesman is mistaken for a crook marked for death by his accomplices. To save his own life, the salesman agrees to kill the original victim. Original Air Date: August 27, 1945 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: The Whistler Stars: • Bill Forman • Bob Anderson Author: • Leslie Edgley Producer…
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X Marks the Murderer | The Whistler (08-20-45)
A woman has a theory about a series of murders, a very interesting theory. Original Air Date: August 20, 1945 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: The Whistler Stars: • Bill Forman • Bob Anderson Producer: • George W. Allen Writer: • Joseph Cochran Music: • Wilbur Hatch Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence...
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What Makes a Murderer | The Whistler (08-13-45)
There comes a time when a meek stockbroker gets fed up with his humdrum life and chucks it all for romance and adventure in Florida...and actually finds both! Original Air Date: August 13, 1945 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: The Whistler Stars: • Bill Forman • Bob Anderson Producer: • George W. Allen...
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The Man Who Came to Murder | The Whistler (08-06-45)
Wendell has been taking care of wealthy old Aunt Ellen's finances because she hasn't much time left. When her condition improves, Wendell has to take certain steps to keep her from discovering his thievery! Original Air Date: August 06, 1945 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: The Whistler Stars: • Bill...
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Summer Thunder | The Whistler (07-30-45)
Claudia suspects that Terry has committed murder during a British storm. Original Air Date: July 30, 1945 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: The Whistler Stars: • Bill Forman • Bob Anderson Writer: • Harold Swanton Producer: • George W. Allen Music: • Wilbur Hatch Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by...
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Let George Do It | The Whistler (07-23-45)
Cathy wants to kill Alan, so she marries George to frame him for the murder she plans to commit. Cathy was beautiful a redhead with pale while skin and big luminous brown eyes. Her beauty was always there for her to depend on when she got in to a tight spot that is until she met an artist named...
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Pattern for Terror | The Whistler (07-16-45)
After threatening a rival's life, a man finds himself driving a car with a cop in the front seat and a body in the back! A kaleidoscope is a simple instrument a toy made of a tube with a few mirrors and bits of colored glass nothing more yet when you revolve it slowly an unending series of…
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Highway of Escape | The Whistler (07-09-45)
A young woman, stuck in the desert with her stepfather, finally kills the old man and drives off with the first motorist passing by. Original Air Date: July 09, 1945 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: The Whistler Stars: • Bill Forman • Bob Anderson Narrator: • Marvin Miller Writer: • Eleanor Beeson...
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Deadly Innocent | The Whistler (07-02-45)
A meek bookkeeper is determined to kill his long-time rival in an elaborate plan to steal his job and his wife. Have you ever hated a man enough to kill him? That’s the kind of hate that grows with the years in to an all-consuming passion. Original Air Date: July 02, 1945 Host: Andrew Rhynes…
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Death Watch | The Whistler (06-25-45)
Who killed Lucille? The killer always returns to the scene of the crime, right? Oliver had often thought of killing his lover Lucille when she was causing so much trouble and threatening to tell is wife. Original Air Date: June 25, 1945 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: The Whistler Stars: • Bill Forman…
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Blueprint for Suicide | The Whistler (06-18-45)
A performer's wife tries to convince him to kill himself because he's no longer responsible for his actions. Original Air Date: June 18, 1945 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: The Whistler Stars: • Bill Forman • Bob Anderson Narrator: • Marvin Miller Writer: • Geraldine Merkin Producer: • George W. Allen...
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Death Pays a Visit | The Whistler (06-11-45)
Jack Crowley needs $10,000 fast to cover the shortage in his accounts at the bank. Along comes laughing cousin Charlie for a weekend visit...with $10,000 in cash! The course of action called for seems obvious. Was it a coincidence that the "greedy" wife is named, "Trina?" Original Air Date: June...
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Murder Is Blind | The Whistler (06-04-45)
"If I can't you have, no one else can!" A spurned woman goes blind to prevent her lover from marrying another. Original Air Date: June 04, 1945 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: The Whistler Stars: • Bill Forman • Bob Anderson Narrator: • Marvin Miller Writer: • Louis Estes Producer: • George W. Allen...
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Escape to Danger | The Whistler (05-28-45)
A Nazi war criminal assumes the identify of a Swiss-born American citizen who died in a concentration camp. Things aren't as wonderful in America as the Nazi imagined. To Frederick Pontiac an American citizen caught in Germany by the war death came slowly and painfully of starvation and torture…
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The Man Who Bought Death | The Whistler (05-21-45)
A small time hood gets into the counterfeiting business, with surprising results. Love makes the world go round so they say but it also causes a lot of trouble. Take for instance the case of Eddie Ford and Ruth Spreight, they were in love and had been for a long time, childhood sweethearts the…
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Accident-According to Plans | The Whistler (05-07-45)
An arranged railroad accident scheme is foiled when the arrangements are accidentally derailed. There are many kinds of jealousy and none of them are any good. The jealous one in love is most frequent but there is another more terrible jealousy that of a man for his co-worker. Tom Reddick was...
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The Masters Tree | The Whistler (04-30-45)
Miss Alice returns home after searching for Mr. Phillips for five years. He disappeared off the face of the earth. There are strange things about that tree in the garden. The part of Anthony is played with a delightful Yorkshire accent. There’s an old adage about letting sleeping dogs lie but...
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Meet Mr. Death | The Whistler (04-23-45)
A pharmacist is offered $5000 to poison a newspaper man. Needing the money and tempted take the offer, he finds out that he might have been overheard. A better-than-usual production. 1915 was a big year for a lot of people in New York City Herman Arnold for instance. Herman Arnold the gambler was...
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To Rent Danger | The Whistler (04-16-45)
Original Air Date: April 16, 1945 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: The Whistler Stars: • Bill Forman • Bob Anderson Producer: • George W. Allen Music: • Wilbur Hatch Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc
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Return of the Innocent | The Whistler (04-02-45)
It’s almost midnight behind the dark walls of the state penitentiary. The wards man McLaughlin and Father Maloney had just about finished the last of a series of weekly talks with Phil Carter a series of Saturday, night suppers, which have been occurring for 10 years. This Phil Carter’s last…
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Murder Will Shout | The Whistler (03-19-45)
Murder is born in many places, but most of them, quite ordinary. Sometimes it's born in a smoke filled hotel room; sometimes around a nightclub table, but most often it begins in a small secret place because murder is a secret thing at first. Take, for example, a small, unobserved telephone booth...
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Death Marks the Double Cross | The Whistler (03-12-45)
After a jewelry store robbery, one of the three crooks is double-crossing the other two. But which one? Only a public phone in a drugstore knows for sure? Original Air Date: March 12, 1945 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: The Whistler Stars: • Bill Forman • Bob Anderson Producer: • George W. Allen…
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Danger Is a Beautiful Blond | The Whistler (03-05-45)
A man walking along the street is picked up by a beautiful, rich woman and finds...murder! Original Air Date: March 05, 1945 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: The Whistler Stars: • Bill Forman • Bob Anderson Producer: • George W. Allen Music: • Wilbur Hatch Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by...
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Murder Opens A Gate aka Gateway To Danger | The Whistler (02-26-45)
When Bugsy Malone breaks out of prison, the D. A.'s assistant has a surprising connection to Bugsy's plan to kill the District Attorney. Original Air Date: February 26, 1945 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: The Whistler Stars: • Bill Forman • Bob Anderson Producer: • George W. Allen Music: • Wilbur…
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The Dead Man Laughed | The Whistler (02-19-45)
A businessman is swindled out of his share of a construction company. A perfect murder is promptly planned. You can't be accused of murder...if you're dead! Original Air Date: February 19, 1945 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: The Whistler Stars: • Bill Forman • Bob Anderson Producer: • George W. Allen...
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Murder Is Legal | The Whistler (02-05-45)
A lawyer gets his client acquitted, even though he's in love with the client's wife. After a murder, a contract of death is agreed to. A framer is framed for a murder he actually committed. Original Air Date: February 05, 1945 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: The Whistler Stars: • Bill Forman • Bob...
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Murder on Paper | The Whistler (01-29-45)
A gambler married to a cheap heiress comes to the obvious conclusion, and a Chrysler convertible soon goes over the cliff. Original Air Date: January 29, 1945 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: The Whistler Stars: • Bill Forman • Bob Anderson Producer: • George W. Allen Music: • Wilbur Hatch Intro and…
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Seascape | The Whistler (01-22-45)
The wife of a lighthouse keeper admits she's a murderess. Just to complicate matters one of her old lovers is shipwrecked onto the lighthouse, making a strange threesome. Original Air Date: January 22, 1945 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: The Whistler Stars: • Bill Forman • Bob Anderson Producer: •...
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Murder Has a Signature | The Whistler (01-15-45)
The servant of a miserly woman who is living otherwise alone, revolts and kills her mistress. A distant relative and his money-mad wife try their hand at murder, with predictable results. Original Air Date: January 15, 1945 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: The Whistler Stars: • Bill Forman • Bob…
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The Body Wouldn't Stay in the Bay | The Whistler (01-08-45)
A woman returns from the dead for revenge of her murder. Original Air Date: January 08, 1945 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: The Whistler Stars: • Bill Forman • Bob Anderson Producer: • George W. Allen Music: • Wilbur Hatch Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc
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Two for the Money | The Whistler (01-01-45)
A man plans revenge on his brother by leaving $25,000 in cash in his brother's cab! Sometimes it’s hard to believe what a difference a few days can make in a man’s life or even less than that, an hour or even a minute because fate can move in a split second. Original Air Date: January 01, 1945...
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Christmas Bonus | The Whistler (12-25-44)
An ex-convict is fired from his job in a department store after $10,000 is stolen. As long as he's considered guilty, he might as well steal some more, but he is saved by a music box! Original Air Date: December 25, 1944 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: The Whistler Stars: • Bill Forman Announcer: • Bob...
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Windfall | The Whistler (12-18-44)
A man finds himself eagerly awaiting the death of his uncle Mike, so he can inherit Mike's fortune. Uncle Mike is eighty years old and not expected to last much longer. Original Air Date: December 18, 1944 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: The Whistler Stars: • Bill Forman Announcer: • Bob Anderson…
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Lie or Consequences | The Whistler (12-11-44)
To a man who lives by matching wits with the hardened criminals, who deal in narcotics, the threat of violence is always present but sometimes that violence has unexpected consequences. Original Air Date: December 11, 1944 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: The Whistler Stars: • Bill Forman Announcer: •…
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Doctor Operates in Crime | The Whistler (12-04-44)
A gangster who has his appearance changed by a plastic surgeon, and then is forced to pay for these surgical services for the rest of his life! Original Air Date: December 04, 1944 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: The Whistler Stars: • Bill Forman Announcer: • Bob Anderson Producer: • J. Donald Wilson...
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Death Walks a Tightwire | The Whistler (11-27-44)
There's a "menacing shadow of hate" under the Big Top. A has-been trapeze artist plans revenge on the daughter of the performer who killed his son. Original Air Date: November 27, 1944 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: The Whistler Stars: • Bill Forman Announcer: • Bob Anderson Producer: • J. Donald…
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Death Sees Double | The Whistler (11-20-44)
A woman kills her twin sister and assumes her identify. She discovers, however, that being Sister Mona isn't all that it's cracked up to be. Original Air Date: November 20, 1944 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: The Whistler Stars: • Bill Forman Announcer: • Bob Anderson Producer: • George W. Allen…
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Beware the Bridegroom | The Whistler (11-13-44)
A down-and-out con-man marries an heiress, only to be conned himself! Johnny Lane is a fraudster who marries Julie Warren because he thinks she is worth millions. Original Air Date: November 13, 1944 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: The Whistler Stars: • Bill Forman Announcer: • Bob Anderson Producer: •...
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The Beloved Fraud | The Whistler (10-30-44)
A thirty-five-year-old woman is ruled with an iron fist by her evil sister Emma. Will Constance's suitor be true? Original Air Date: October 30, 1944 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: The Whistler Stars: • Bill Forman Announcer: • Bob Anderson Producer: • George W. Allen Writer: • Victor Kushner Music: •...
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Death Carries a Lunch Kit | The Whistler (10-23-44)
A saboteur plants a bomb in a war plant and gets an Axis-sized case of the jitters. Original Air Date: October 23, 1944 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: The Whistler Announcer: • Bob Anderson Producer: • George W Allen Writer: • Lawrence B Marcus Music: • Wilbur Hatch Intro and Exit music from…
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The Tale The Dead Man Told | The Whistler (10-16-44)
Was it suicide or murder? There's a $100,000 riding on the right answer! The Tale The Dead Man Told is the story of a man who gambles his life and of the tale the dead man told. Original Air Date: October 16, 1944 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: The Whistler Stars: • Bill Forman Producer: • J. Donald...
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Finders Weepers | The Whistler (10-09-44)
A search for an heiress in New York, with only six days left in which to find her! Original Air Date: October 09, 1944 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: The Whistler Stars: • Bill Forman Narrator: • Bill Pennell Producer: • J. Donald Wilson Music: • Wilbur Hatch Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by...
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Not If I Kill You First | The Whistler (10-02-44)
A fool-proof alibi for murder depends on a double, an actor who looks just like the killer!. This is the story of a weird game of murder, of a threat which brought the deadly answer not if I kill you first... Original Air Date: October 02, 1944 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: The Whistler Stars: • Bill...
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Married to Murder - The Whistler (09-25-44)
A woman marries an artist right after he murders his girlfriend for the thrill of living with a killer. She has plans for even greater thrills! Original Air Date: September 25, 1944 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: The Whistler Narrators: • Bill Forman • Bill Pennell Producer: • George W. Allen Writer…
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Black Magic - The Whistler (09-18-44)
The eternal triangle at a disease-ridden mine in Equatorial Africa is complicated by restless natives and a Whistleresque ending. In the vast wilderness of equatorial Africa, a land of violent rains and oppressive heat, a small village huddles at the mouth of an American owned mine. Carefully set...
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Local Storm - The Whistler (09-10-44)
Mrs. Wentworth, an old lady in rural England, is threatened by a killer...or is she? On the south westerly tip of England, deep in the wild moors of Devon lies the little village of Stone Cross. Invalided Mrs. Wentworth is one of the few residents of this lonely place. She has few, if any…
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Practically Foolproof - The Whistler (09-03-44)
An interesting story about two robbers who are running a lending library. Things get weird when they plan to use a dwarf to commit a robbery against his will! Original Air Date: September 03, 1944 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: The Whistler Announcer: • Bill Pennell Writer: • Harriet Reig Producer: •...
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The Whistler is told from the killers' perspective, the Whistler himself tells the story but is not part of it. He talks to the characters, although they do not hear him. "I am the Whistler, and I know many things, 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 cannot speak." Of course, the bad guys set up the perfect crime.
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