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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 dare not speak Yes friends, it's time for the whistler rated by independent research the most popular West Coast radio program And remember, let every traffic signal remind you with new signal gasoline you do go farther than ever Look for the familiar big yellow and black circle sign that identifies those popular signal service stations throughout the west from Canada to Mexico And now the whistler strange story, stranger in the house Helen decided she might as well be honest with herself the suspense was getting her down It had been six years since her brother Ted had left for the Orient on that government mission just before Pearl Harbor And he was still out there somewhere between Manila and Shanghai, alive or dead Yes, it had come to the point now where Helen was wishing for any kind of a message Even one telling her Ted was dead, at least it would end the waiting At least it would be better than not knowing at all George please, I don't want to talk about it anymore He's been on my mind for so long now I wish I could forget about him for a while I'm rather surprised to hear you say that Helen I know it sounds terrible but George it's been six years now Six years of waiting not knowing I know I can't stand it much longer George He's my only brother, don't you understand? Six years of silence If they'd only tell us something But you must realize there are thousands of women like you dear Just one of those terrible things about a war that's all Well let's just wait then Let's not talk about him anymore But I'm your lawyer Helen, there's some things we've got to talk about All right Go on George Now, it's been six years If we haven't heard from him by next year at this time He'll be declared legally dead What does that mean? Well there's a reversion clause in your father's will Helen It means if Ted dies before you do His share of the estate reverts to you Why must you always throw that will in my face George Why must it always come around to money Every time we talk about Ted it's the same thing I don't care about the money All I care about is having him back, alive and well Now please go George If it doesn't have to be settled till next year Let's not talk about it till then All right Helen George Yes Helen I'm sorry I blew up I guess I'm just not myself Sure Helen, I understand Yes Helen, the suspense is beginning to tell on you isn't it Six years of it Just a few letters from Ted's your brother early in 1941 Telling you of his arrival in Manila Then silence No way you could get in touch with him Nothing you could do but wait And you're still waiting Still rushing out to meet the postman Hoping each day will be the big one George is more tactful now about the will He doesn't mention it anymore And you're very grateful And then at long last the suspense has ended It's not the postman It's Rhoda your maid Coming into your bedroom one morning with a cablegram When did it come Rhoda? Just this minute miss A messenger brought her to the door Arriving September 1st Seattle Steamer President Jefferson Love Ted Oh Miss Helen Your brother Yes Rhoda At last I beg your pardon Pardon me Yes miss I'm looking for Mr Ted Van Norton Where is his cabin please Just a minute please Van Norton state room 3C third deck Thank you I must have the wrong state room I'm looking for my brother Ted Van Norton What's the matter Helen don't you recognize me Well this isn't much of a homecoming after six years Maybe I better introduce myself The name is Theodore Van Norton remember Oh there must be some mistake Why Helen Helen darling you're joking aren't you Who are you Well I've already told you I'm your brother Ted You're not my brother You're an imposter Think of stranger in the house The signal oil company brings you another curious tale By the Whistler This Labor Day weekend was part of your driving fun Spoiled by the way other cars left you behind On the getaway or climbed ahead of 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to the Whistler Well Helen all you can do is stand there In the state room and stare at him The effrontery of this stranger Trying to pass himself off as your brother Leaves you with a loss for something to say He doesn't remotely resemble Ted He's tall with a clean cut athletic look to him Ted was short and stocky Perhaps he thinks it's funny Helen Perhaps he's one of those people With a perverted sense of humor A practical joker Yes it's hilarious isn't it To pull a trick like this after six years Of almost unbearable suspense Well darling have we better get a move on Are you stupid enough to think you can get away with this Get away with what If this is some crude attempt at humor Not at all I'm quite serious Where's my brother Now look you have to be that way I explain Don't lie to me where is he Excuse me moment Oh Steward Yes Mr. Van Orden Would you take care of my hand baggage please Yes sir right away Thanks Come on Helen let's get down to the dock I'll call the poster Wait a minute Now look Here's the passport with fingerprints and photograph Birth certificate state department credentials Letters from you Dear forgeries I'm sorry they're genuine You're not going home with me I won't stand for it Very well darling I'll check in at a hotel for the time being But after all you can't keep a guy out of his own home Now can you George I've never been so stunned in my life I just stood there smiling at me Saying over and over that he was Ted You say he had identification Oh everything everything even letters from me I wrote them when Ted first arrived in Manila Genuine I think so Well they must be He'd know better than to try to get by with forgeries Helen you're sure you're right George you don't think I know my own brother Well it's been six years He's probably been in a prison camp You make a lot of difference in a man's appearance But Ted's dead Or he would have written The terrible's happened I'm sure of it This man might have killed him Yes that's it So he could get his hand on Ted's half of the estate Oh that's a pretty serious charge Helen You have to be sure of yourself Remember you're the only one in Seattle Who can recognize him now He left here over 15 years ago Do you have any pictures No I thought of that no No there aren't any Not since he was a little boy He spent most of his time in the east with Aunt Ida Where's she She died some time ago Well there are a lot of ways we can check on him State Department ought to know about him He's been with him for over 10 years You say he's stopping at a hotel Yes You know of course Helen that If he can prove his identity He has a legal right to live here in this house I tell you he's a plagiarism pastor He's not coming here If I have to hire someone to throw him out Time is it After eight Oh go away I'm sleepy I must see you miss All right Rhoda Come in What is it It's Mr. Van Norton What Where is he He's in the bathroom miss Shaving You're all the unmitigated Just wait I know well good morning good morning What do you think you're doing Shaving Morning ablutions I can't say I'm used to having ladies Bodge into the bathroom when I Get out of here Temper temper How did you get in Well I couldn't get a room at a hotel So I took a taxi up last night Orked in a back door Was open you see Well you can leave the same way you came in No no I'm here to stay sister dear I've got the proof in my pocket And if you want to get me out You can trot right down to the hall of justice And get yourself a cord order More coffee Helen No thanks Hotcakes huh Mr. Whoever you are The name is Van Norton Theodore Van Norton I must say I've never seen Such colossal nerve in my life You flatter me You're not at all concerned about the servants Why should I be Aren't you afraid they'll recognize you Don't be silly None of them were here when I left home Fifteen years ago Edward the butler was the last to go I think when was it Thirty-eight that was Edward Oh by the way Helen Whatever they came of old Edward There are other people in town you know What about your teachers At Washington Heights school Why Helen You know I believe you're trying to trick me You know father sent me to Fox Hall Academy when I was fourteen I never went to Washington Heights Where are you going You seem to know everything Why don't you tell me that Helen We have some talking to do darling About the will Father's estate you know Seems to me the executor owes me Close to a million dollars You knew it was coming didn't you Helen That's the purpose behind the whole Crazy business It's still inconceivable to you That the man can actually expect To get away with it George was right There are a thousand ways You can check up on him And the imposter himself Just gave you an excellent one You make a long distance call To the Fox Hall Academy And talk to Mr. Rigby the headmaster It's about two o'clock Hi Yes indeed Mr. Rigby Why the reunion This is George Chadwick my lawyer How do you do Hi Would you like to wait in the living room Mr. Rigby I think Ted is out on the tennis court We'll call him Thank you Come on George Excuse us Mr. Rigby Of course Do you still think I don't know my own brother I never said that Helen I only said six years Can make a lot of a difference Oh I'm afraid Mr. Whatsey's name Is going to suffer a little embarrassment You think Rigby will recognize him Of course He'll recognize him as an imposter He knows Ted as well as I do What's the matter I don't know I checked those documents of his this morning Will you stop talking nonsense George I tell you they're stolen Heaven knows what happened to Ted Or how this crook got a hold of his paper All right Helen all right You better go and call him Hello sis What's up I was sorry to interrupt your tennis game Ted Oh it's Ted now huh Of course It could have been mistaken you know Well I can't say I expected this I'd be a little foolish not to admit it When I'm wrong wouldn't I Come on dear Yeah where to Just to the living room You can go back to your tennis in a moment Oh there you are George Hello Ted Oh hello George What's going on around here We're going into the living room George Perhaps you'd like to join us Oh of course Well open the door George Huh oh sorry Say what is all this I don't Rigby Ted Teddy oh boy how have you been What a old son of a gun What is this Helen a surprise Why don't you tip a guy off when his old headmaster comes to see him You're looking fine Teddy Good lord it's been 15 years Last time I saw you was Out to the Washburn game remember Yeah yeah that was it that's Bo Kahn I think he was there too Say do you remember when the bus broke down that night outside of Wenatchee And you and I had it You stand there stunned Speechless just staring at them As they slap each other on the back Forgetting all about you And George avoids looking at you He's on their side now you're sure of it And worst of all it's beginning to get you too He's not your brother you know it You're positive It's ridiculous to go through all this rigmarole But it seems to be your word against his proof doesn't it But there are still other ways aren't there Like another long distance call This time to the State Department in Washington DC After being transferred to four or five different offices You finally get through to the right man You check this matter thoroughly I'm positive that the man representing himself as my brother is an imposter Yes I saw him attach his photograph and fix his fingerprints I simply want to see that application I'll forward the file to us yeah Quite satisfactory thank you You say the file was forwarded here from Washington That's right I simply want to examine it particularly the photograph Excuse me a moment Miss Van Norton I'll have to look it up Well George Well what? I can't say I'm pleased with your lack of confidence in me Who said anything about that? It's quite clear enough Helen I'm a lawyer I'll believe black is white if they throw enough evidence at me Mr. Rigby was a very convincing witness He's a decrepit old fool and it had been 15 years I thought he was an intelligent man I could have passed you off as my brother He'd forgotten what Ted looks like And does that explain why Ted recognized him? I don't know Helen Seems to me you're arguing against yourself When you say Rigby might have forgotten what he looks like What do you mean? You might have forgotten yourself After all it's been six years you know A man can change Don't be ridiculous I know my own brother as well as I know the... Here comes the clerk Here we are Theodore H. Van Norton Now what did you wish to see? Oh let me see it Medical examination, education record, application Where's the picture? On the other side Oh here Satisfied Helen? It can't be I saw Ted paste his picture on myself Something wrong? Of course there's something wrong This isn't my brother It's that man Helen Get a hold of yourself What? Let me see it Yes here they are Fingerprints Listen, listen clerk I want this whole record sent to the office Of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Helen You need a rest Things getting in That's one thing they can't be forged Don't you see They can't forge a fingerprints I'm sorry Miss Van Norton But I have no authority You've got to I tell you there's a stranger in my house Posing as my brother There's a million dollars involved Just a minute Helen Now it's most important Mr. Robbins Not only because of the money involved You see Miss Van Norton Is extremely upset Of course Mr. Chadwick But you see I can't simply Turn over material like this I'll make the necessary arrangements With the FBI Mr. Robbins And get authority from Washington Will that be satisfactory? Quite Mr. Chadwick Quite Hello Ted Oh hello Helen I began to wonder Where you were all afternoon Downtown shopping Oh the stores are Friedful these days Yeah indeed they are Reading? Yeah How's Dick Tracy? I don't know I haven't checked him today Funny You used to read Dick Tracy Before you even looked at the headlines I I guess a guy gets a little serious After six years overseas In a prison camp most of the time Yes I suppose so Ah you're looking calmer today Did you finally decide I'm kosher? I I want you to forgive me Ted It's It's so unbelievable that I Don't quite trust my senses anymore Sure Sure you're a good kid Helen I don't blame you Will you drink on it? Why not? What'll it be? Bourbon and soda Oh you're a man after my own heart You know I'm kind of surprised I thought you'd be a tough enough to crack Oh you expected me to be suspicious Well after that episode on the boat I expected anything Oh Here you are Thanks What do we drink to? To us of course Alright To us You're in charge of the finger printing department here Yes I'm Helen Van Norton I brought in a highball glass yesterday afternoon With some fingerprints on it Oh yes that's the one you wanted us to check Against the prints in the Steak Department application file Where did you get that glass? A man is posing as my brother Staying at my house They're his fingerprints You're sure of the prints on the application? What do you mean? Are you sure they're the bona fide prints Of your brother? Of course I was with him in Washington When he completed the application I saw him put the prints on it I see Well they ought to settle it for you once and for all What do you mean? The man at your house Is your brother Miss Van Norton The prints are identical I... Can't be here Can't We wouldn't commit ourselves if we weren't positive I... I see Of course Thank you Well Helen that settles it doesn't it You're beaten and you know it But you still have one more out Just one It's a desperate chance But you've decided you have to take it To determine once and for all Whether or not this man is your brother Whether you can trust your own mind It's very late that night When you get quietly out of bed And walk downstairs to the telephone The house is as quiet as a tomb Everyone's asleep I want to call Honolulu Operator Mr. Amato Subishi 28 Kaluwa Drive Honolulu Will you wait? Yes I'll wait Here is your party Go ahead please Hello Hello Is this Mr. Subishi? Who is calling Grace? I last talked to you in April 1941 The name I gave you was Grayson Do you remember that? Do you remember me? No I sent you $50,000 to... You did take care of him He's dead You're positive Thank you Mr. Subishi Thank you very much The Whistler will return in just a moment With a strange ending to tonight's story Hear that? 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You can trust your own senses now Ted is dead and the stranger in the house Is an imposter Somehow, some way you can prove it And the $50,000 you paid Mr. Subishi Back in the spring of 1941 Is still a good investment Because Ted's million dollars Half of the estate will be yours All of it You don't want to think about it anymore It's been too bewildering All you want now is your bed And the first good night's sleep in a week You put down the phone and start toward the stairs Sit down, Helen How long have you been here? Long enough I said sit down I'm going upstairs Sit down before you fall down That's better You just hung yourself, baby There's a record of that phone conversation Down at FBI headquarters What are you talking about? You didn't have Honolulu just in case you're wondering You were talking to the boys down at the office We had everything, you see Except the link you just gave us We knew Subishi paid $40,000 To one of his boys in Manila The guy who killed your brother But we didn't know who hired Subishi But may just suspect me I didn't at first I knew Ted had a sister I knew there were a couple of million bucks in it somewhere And I had three and a half years In a prison camp to take it over Guy can do a lot of deductive thinking In three and a half years So you looked up Subishi? Yeah, he was dead Knocked over by a truck The morning of Pearl Harbor No, we had nothing but suspicion Tough, isn't it, huh? You could have been a nice kid If you weren't a killer at heart Yeah, it took us a long time to work it out A lot of planning, a lot of names A lot of people to run down But when we got going We knew you'd crack sooner or later Who are you? Your brother's best friend And... And you did it Because you were his friend? Partly Partly? Yeah My name is McKay FBI And incidentally this time I'm telling you the truth Next Monday at 9 o'clock The Whistler will bring you another strange tale The Whistler is broadcast for your entertainment By the marketers of signal, gasoline and motor oil And fine quality automotive accessories And by your neighborhood's signal dealer Featured in tonight's program were Virginia Gregg and Gerald Moore This program produced by George W. Allen With tonight's story by Harold Swanton and Mark Smith Music by Wilbur Hatch Is transmitted to our troops overseas By the Armed Forces Radio Service Is your signal for the signal oil program The Whistler This is Marvin Miller speaking Reminding you to look for those familiar Signs that identify those popular signal oil stations Throughout the west from Canada to Mexico This is CBS, the Columbia Broadcasting System