 signal gasoline signal the new gasoline you can prove is superior the signal oil company and your neighborhood signal dealer bring you another curious story by the whistler tonight the man who died twice he and the whistler and I know many things for I walked 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 it wasn't until a year or more after his second death that the public learned the facts in the case of stash Wilk and made him famous posthumously as the man who died twice that was an interesting story in itself but it was really only a prologue to a bigger story one which the public never knew in full four people were involved stash his brother John his lawyer Ben Maddo and his girl Edie Shelby but the real central character in the story was an oil drum containing four hundred thousand dollars in currency buried near a lonely highway yes stash Wilk if you hadn't been stupid if you hadn't killed that bank guard you might have made it but there's no use crying over spilt milk is there you're in the state penitentiary now in the death cell 48 hours from the gas chamber and all you can think of is the four hundred thousand buried in the oil drum near the highway safe only you know where it is stash maybe that's why Ben Maddo your lawyer is trying so desperately to get you a reprieve but listen to reasons stash I tell you we saw the governor they all turned us down it must be some other way where's Edie I gotta share she's coming with John and my brother what's he doing here trying to help me mean he's money hungry too like the rest of you please stash don't you see you've got to tell us where that dough is so we can put it to work for you low down when you go crazy coming nobody could just smell of that total I'm out see yeah yeah let me go yeah I'd straighten your tie they're coming miss Shelby and your brother to see you will ten minutes I missed you baby hope you miss me too I have stage I have it's getting so I figure everyone's got his eye in the dough even you oh please okay what's on your mind Johnny I abandoned you ask him I just told Ben exactly how I feel about the dough Johnny just said there won't be no mistakes you see there's one thing worse than walking to that little green room tomorrow that's walking there knowing someone else is making free with that 400 grand in other words John he doesn't trust us right once I'm out it's a different story of course of course well that leaves us just one alternative what's that the long shot stash but that's about the only time we have left it'll take money now or later I think you'll be satisfied with later who the doctor are you kidding what good can a doctor do me let him talk stage it's this way stash with the right injections a man who's been gasped to death can be brought back to life brought but what are you giving me what kind of a double-cross is this or you're crazy so lacks before you have the guard here I'm telling you a plain fact a man who's been gassed and pronounced dead can be revived providing you get him to the right doctor fast enough now a cigarette anyone yeah I'll have one thanks a little less noise yeah stash you're ready to listen to details don't have much choice do I okay Johnny I'm listening but get this straight a three of you I don't do no talking about the 400 grand till I'm out of this pen and you can figure how much talking I'll do if I come out dead yes stash it's enough to make a man think isn't it with death staring him in the face the guards at the prison notice the change right away the report goes to the warden that with a little more than a day of life left you you've changed from a surly scowling brood into a model prisoner meanwhile Ben Maddo and your brother John are making preparations and finally on the morning of the execution almost five doctor worry I told you he's got the schedule you're sure of him positive he's not before we have exactly an hour he goes into the gas chamber at six sharp where's that launderman outside we'll get him you've got everything straight yeah I think so mr. Maddo he goes into the chamber at six ought to be out at 6 10 they'll take the body directed the prison crematory you meet the wagon at the southeast at exactly 6 13 you exchange that body in the sack in your truck for stash yeah yeah I know now there can't be any slip-ups a delay of a minute might make the difference between life and death it's got to be split second timing you understand yeah all right get out and check your truck and don't let the prison guards expect this is anything but your usual laundry pick up right boss I'll be back at 6 20 sharp with the body good I'll give you a hand right you here okay right here on the table yeah here's your money thanks remember what I told you keep your mouth shut don't worry all right doctor let's go metholin blue here it is needle right there oxygen on on doctor part not yet more metholin I don't know yet I can hardly tell give that stethoscope here you are let's see wait a minute give him more oxygen he's starting to breathe doctor how's his heart easy easy now down on the oxygen a little steady steady he's really breathing all right we'll keep the oxygen on a little longer doctor is he yeah he's out of the woods you'll live he has an excellent chance cover him with a couple of blankets how long before he'll wait there's no way of telling yet the main thing now is that he's alive if it's constitution is as strong as I think it is you'll come through remember that word ping that's what cars used to do going up hills and on the getaway before the days of new signal the new gasoline you can prove is superior but ping is a lost word now on its way clear out of the motoring vocabulary for with new signal gasoline tired old motors per with pleasure even when they're working hard but higher anti knock isn't the only improvement you'll notice when you try signals new super fuel no indeed in addition you'll enjoy quicker starting the moment you touch the button faster pickup that you can really feel and because you'll be shifting less you'll get more of those pleasurable high gear miles actually go farther than ever with new signal because all these advantages are things you can see feel here right in your own car we call new signal the gasoline you can prove is superior why not make your next gas stop a stop at one of the friendly stations displaying signals familiar yellow and black circle sign fill up with new signal gasoline and see for yourself the surprising performance they're still left in your car now back to the $400,000 is a lot of money isn't it? It brought you back from the dead paid for the split second timing the calculated accuracy the medical exactness that turned a one-way journey into a round trip you remember nothing from the time the paralyzing fumes surrounded you as you sat strapped in the gas chamber nothing except a feeling of strangulation the sudden stabbing of a million knives at your chest and then darkness a limitless ocean of darkness in which you lost all sense of time and space and being then all of a sudden there's reality again there's light coming in windows without bars on them and Edie's here beside you I can't believe it Stash why not I'm here ain't I I was scared you were scared and help me up baby try out these pins of mine there I think you can walk walk maybe I can fly watch he's walking not bad for a car but it's great stash how you fellas how when we get out of here we're not getting out of here until we make sure there won't be a slip up what do you mean we're going to find you a new face a plastic surgeon stash I know wait a minute the only way your picture's been in every paper in the country you'll be spotted in two minutes if you left this house huh will it be much of a job $30,000 worth he must be good he is okay pay him let's get it over with he wants it in advance well lay it out Samara ain't my credit good for 30 grand take it easy we worked hard to get you this far and we want to finish it but we're broke what are you giving me what do you want tonight am I statement of how much it cost to buy your skin all right here it is 5,000 each for the two attendance a thousand for the other step 15 how you get it back with interest you know that sure we trust you stay and what are you after it isn't what we're after it's what we've got to have that 400,000 or enough of it to buy the plastic surgeon and then get us all out of here but it ain't safe for me to go after it you said so yourself that's right I did but what about one of us or don't you trust us yet I don't know let me think and you don't trust them do you stash because you know there's no honor among thieves still you're not quite yourself today are you there's a new feeling inside you the dictionary calls it gratitude you don't recognize it but it makes you feel a little like a heel doubting these people after they saved your life but perhaps you can squirm out of it gracefully perhaps your brother Johnny Johnny how about you can't you raise 30 grand for me right now I couldn't raise yeast I'm already out on a limb for part of the expenses nothing we can do stays we've gone through ever said I just said that what about raising it I tell you my credit's good it won't work who is this doc Martin he's a friend of mine why won't he work in the cuff he wouldn't believe me when I told him about the money you buried wouldn't believe you why not I had nothing to show him why shouldn't he you still don't trust us to your stash wait a minute you think you could convince this doc if I drew your map now you're talking ain't finished there's strings on this nobody does any digging till I'm ready to go with you after the operation but what about paying the doctor I think I can sell him on it if I've got a map he's afraid stash will walk out on me he's taken quite a chance you know it's all right with me stash what about you Ben nobody goes till I go with you right okay all right give me a paper and pencil and right at this point on the left side of the highway there's an auto club road sign at 20 yards from there and an align with this rock you'll find an oil drum buried see right there you can't miss it thanks stash you better run out and up that duck I want to get then get your hands up stash over against the wall you're not gonna let him do oh that's how it is yeah that's how it is that's better you always were a hot-headed stash she'll double-cross you too the little I don't think so he wouldn't understand he'd be an hour patient stash we knew what we were waiting for and now that we've got it there's no need to tolerate you or your brother any longer and listen you got a hundred plan coming to you not me and Johnny off you just wind up with a murder rap and 300,000 more don't forget that a lot of good that'll do you when you're walking the last mile that's right in it Johnny not exactly there's no crime and killing a man who's already been executed no judge not you too like Maddo you're the boss now I'm only suggesting you haven't much to gain by robbing me off and he's right we don't want to spend the future ducking the cops that's no worse than ducking Johnny Wilk for what I'm not so all I want is my hundred grand and you'll never see me again then it's the best way for maybe you're right maybe it is smarter step out of the way John Ben don't so stash Wilk died twice reducing membership in the corporation to free then Maddo John Wilk and Edie Shelby each with one eye on the 400,000 and the other on their partners they're all jittery that night on the way to the spot stash marked on the map what are you trying to do we be kill us all don't jump at me I saw the car don't drive so fast you want to get there don't you exactly I want to get there I can wait until tomorrow if I have to look look why don't we just take it easy huh we can stop at a roadside hotel I think it's crazy you're out voted may as well slow down all right all right that better you know it's funny Ben someday you'll probably fall and break your neck in a bathtub there's a place ahead pull in there and I'll see if they have any rooms be right back and they'll leave it leave what oh don't give me those sheep eyes Eddie you had your eyes in his inside coat pocket ever since we left don't tell me you're in love with the old goat neither you're pretty sure of yourself I know women you know me yeah nice could be a lot nicer with all gray beard out of the way any ideas you for example mighty nice layout here all these second story rooms with balconies I don't get it just watch me it's all I've been doing since we met so I like it Johnny watching you come and watch the dope then just start to the mater D we can get dinner in rooms to reside the rooms not Chad I wanted to check with you first great with me come on Eddie I was thinking we could pick up a couple of those view rooms on the second floor with the balconies just what I had in mind look at that sky will you know what about it nothing except it is going to be a beautiful night isn't it I served some more wine you John ah no no no no Mr. Maddow and I'll have some more yes sir you're talking maybe there you are hey will that be all yeah that's all hey wait just leave the bottle yeah yes sir if you want anything else brought up just right yeah that's about another glass everybody we we got lots to celebrate tonight and he'll keep your company I'm gonna stretch my legs okay Johnny I'm just careful Ben you're still pretty elegant sweet Venetian blinds French windows private boxing well I'll see you too later sure you want to have another drink no no thanks oh by the way Eddie you are right about it being a beautiful night you too really want to have a look outside I don't know why but that guy gives me the woolly see the I'm beginning to think I shouldn't listen to you but tonight we celebrate remember sure sure that's why you say we walk out on the balcony I'm comfortable here I'm just all right though I emptied it first come on Ben little fresh air will do with both good here I'll take your arm oh no no no I feel fine it's pretty out here isn't you're pretty Eddie you and me we're gonna have a great time right away huh why not we'll have 300,000 bucks to keep us warm eating anywhere we want to go we go there anything I want to do wait I've been waiting a long time for a setup like this so have I here all Ben look right in our backyard a deer oh look at him Ben he's cute I don't see anything here here get where I'm standing right by the rail huh I still don't see anything down under our balcony you'll have to lean over to see you sure it's not melancholy you're seeing things maybe we'd rather go you turned your back once too often let your guard drop for one fatal instant forgot for a second that you were dealing with big leaguers members of 400 grand association of course John and Edie testified the next morning before the coroner's jury and of course the verdicts was the deceased Benjamin Maddow met his death from an accidental fall while under the influence of alcohol and of course the other guests of the hotel understood when Ben's fiancee and his best friend left immediately after the inquest of course after all Edie you couldn't bear to remain around the scene could you not with stashes 400,000 buried 50 miles away we're gonna have to be back there tomorrow huh why we're not acting like a couple of grief-stricken friends somebody's got to claim the body yeah yeah maybe you got something how much father about a mile we'll be there soon not at the rate you're driving nice isn't it two of us alone yeah there's a lot ahead of us with that 400 grand there's a lot behind us too we can forget it you think so it'll be easy with you you're pretty interesting character John Wilk yeah yeah you've been in the racket same as the rest of us but you've never gotten your fingers dirty I'll come use my head I guess for example see this road what about it that's where we're going I'm using my head I don't get it you will why you turn it off the highway this isn't the plate Johnny what are you doing answer me Johnny there's nothing here at all stop Johnny you'll drive us over the edge see what I mean about using my head baby Johnny why are you getting out release the break Johnny you can't you'll find me release the break all right you know what he's doing he's too smart to shoot you with that 30 80s holding the shoulder of the road slopes down for about 10 feet then the cliff they'll find you in the wrecked automobile and there'll be no telltale bullet holes you're thinking fast you've got one chance haven't you there he's behind the car now to start it rolling down the slope I got him you're going to have to turn around it's narrow but you've got to make it easy that's right now into reverse you have to back close to that edge you have to watch where you're going better take your eyes off John for a minute as he lies on the other side of the road Johnny the Whistler will return with a strange ending of tonight's story in just a moment meantime let's take a quick look inside the refineries where new signal gasoline is made it looks like the movie version of a chemist dream for here are some of the most amazing devices ever known to science where the atoms in gasoline molecules are actually separated then put together in an entirely new way creating an entirely new type superfuel that's why new signal isn't just a pre-war quality gasoline not just an improved old-style gasoline but a completely new post-war motor fuel and that's also why new signal is packed with amazing new power and performance that so immediately apparent you can feel it see it here it whether you're driving a 1932 Ford or a 1942 Cadillac you'll know new signal is the gasoline for your car the moment you step on the accelerator and feel that old motor get young again that's why we urge you to let just one tank full of new signal gasoline talk for itself let its quicker starting faster pickup higher anti-knock and longer mileage demonstrate in your car why new signal is actually the new post war gasoline you can prove is superior now back to the whistler so the corporation is finally cut down to one and you're it aren't you Johnny it's been a hard struggle your chest is crushed your right foot mangled but there's something more important than that you're just like stash and Ben money comes before anything else it's the part of the 400,000 in the oil drum that gives you the strength to half walk half crawl that last mile to the roadside yes there it is 16 17 18 19 20 here right here yes John this is the spot you've lied and betrayed and killed to reach you don't care whether you live or die now all you want is the sight of those greenbacks isn't it you look for something to dig with a stick or a sharp stone is nothing so you dig with your fingers clawed to dirt forget the pain in your hands every breath feeling as if you've been killed a load of razor blade but at last you reach it the oil drum just stash it said the top comes off there can't feel it what's this where's the empty haha just like stash must be another map the dollar bill map it must be a map sure he's written directions whoever's double-crossed me keep this buck rest of the 400 grand I leave to the worms the whistler will bring you another strange tale the curious story death wears a white robe 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 signal 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