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Two For The Money

September 26, 2009 by · Comments Off on Two For The Money 

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Two For The Money,”I am the Whistler and I 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. Yes, I know the nameless terrors of which they dare not speak…” These words followed by a whistling that was distinctive and well-remembered recalls one of the best mystery crime series of the past. Eminating for all its life from the West Coast this broadcast had a run of almost 13 years. Aired over the CBS radio network it was sponsored for much of the time by the Signal Oil Co. The show first broadcast its fantastic thirty-minute crime mystery series in May 1942 and did not finish until September 1948. There were more than 450 shows of murder and intrigue in all. Although it ran for 6 years it was broadcast for only one year on a national network.

THIS EPISODE:

January 1, 1945. CBS Pacific network. “Two For The Money”. Sponsored by: Signal Oil. A man plans revenge on his brother by leaving $25,000 in cash in his brother’s cab! Bob Anderson (announcer), George W. Allen (producer), Jack Anson Fink (writer), Louis Pelletier (writer), Wilbur Hatch (music). 29:39.

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