Get this and get it straight. Crime is a suckers road and those who travel it wind up in the gut of the prison of the grave.

The story you are about to hear is true, only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective.

The Adventures of the Saints starring Vincent Prize

Bob Bailey in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account

America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator.

Yours truly, Johnny Deller. And the Hello and welcome to down these mean streets where this week will follow the criminals

instead of the crime solvers as we hear three

strange stories by the Whistler.

He was the sinister storyteller who related tales of mystery and murder on radio for over a decade,

stories that put listeners in the minds and shoes of killers planning their almost perfect crimes.

Just when they thought they'd gotten away with it,

they were undone by a twist before the final curtain.

It was one of radio's best anthology dramas,

and it began its long run on the air on May 16, 1942.

For most of the series run, the In 14, 1942.

For most of the series run, the Whistler was voiced by Bill Foreman, an actor and announcer

who had a long association with the by Rexall drugstores. The Whistler was also played at various times by Joseph Kearns, Gail Gordon, and Bill Johnstone, but it's foreman who's most identified with the role.

And deservedly so, his performance is great.

His gleeful tones revel in the planning and the initial success of the murderer, and in the early success of the murderer,

and in the early scenes of the story,

his narration almost seems to be goading the characters

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