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The Whistler Podcast With Your Host MelThe Whistler - Lost Episode: "The Great Santini" *RESTORED* AFRS 09/08/1948This episode is sponsored by Cozy Earth – Luxury bamboo sheets, home goods, pajamas & loungewear 💰 Save 21% with code WILBURHATCH 🔗 https://cozyearth.com/discount/WILBURHATCHEpisode description: Joe Santini, a cunning tightrope walker, stages a shocking “suicide” to hide a sinister crime and tighten his grip on the circus. But when a mysterious mind reader joins the sideshow, Santini’s carefully woven deception begins to fray. As tension mounts, the battle of wits leads to a perilous confrontation high above the city streets.
2026-02-1225 min
The Whistler Podcast With Your Host MelThe Whistler Podcast With Your Host Mel - "The Go-Between" Originally Aired 01/22/1950🛒 Cozy Earth – Luxury bamboo sheets, pajamas & loungewear 💰 Save 41% with code WILBURHATCH 🔗 https://cozyearth.com/discount/WILBURHATCH Hello Friends! Today's podcast features the intriguing episode "The Go-Between" originally aired on January 22, 1950. 🎙️Episode description: In “The Go-Between,” a wealthy husband finds himself trapped between his calculating wife and a secretary who knows far too much. What begins as blackmail quickly spirals into manipulation, betrayal, and murder — as each character attempts to use the others to secure money, freedom, and control. As loyalties shift and secrets surface, one man discovers too late that being the middleman in a deadly game comes...
2026-01-0936 min
The Whistler Podcast With Your Host MelNew Year’s Day With The Whistler | Four Classic New Year’s Eve EpisodesAll listeners SAVE 41% off: 🛒 Cozy Earth - Luxurious bamboo sheets, pajamas, & more 💰 Get 41% OFF | Promo Code: WILBURHATCH Link: https://cozyearth.com/discount/WILBURHATCH As the old year fades and a new one begins, I invite you to pause — and listen to these classic Whistler episodes, originally aired during the final days of December and the opening moments of January, when resolutions are made, secrets linger, and consequences quietly wait in the shadows. Tonight’s collection features four unforgettable episodes, each reminding us that the turning of the calendar does not erase the past — and that the new year...
2026-01-011h 58
The Whistler Podcast With Your Host MelThe Whistler Parody: Jack Benny as "The Fiddler" Orginally Aired 02/26/1950All listeners SAVE 41% off: 🛒 Cozy Earth - Luxurious sheets, pajamas, & more 💰 Get 41% OFF | Promo Code: WILBURHATCH Link: https://cozyearth.com/discount/WILBURHATCH 🛒 Afuera Coffee Co. - Sustainable Coffee 💰 Get 15% OFF | Promo Code: WILBURHATCH Link: https://www.afueracoffee.com/discount/WILBURHATCH I earn a small commission every time you use my code! Episode Description: This hilarious Whistler parody episode aired on The Jack Benny Program on 02/26/1950. There was an earlier episode that aired on 10/20/1946 on Jack's show with some minor differences in the script. Both are great and I encourage you to listen to bo
2025-12-2830 min
The Whistler Podcast With Your Host MelChristmas With Mel and The Whistler! Featuring 6 Christmas Episodes of The WhistlerThis episode sponsored by Cozy Earth. Click here for 41% OFF your entire order! https://cozyearth.com/discount/WILBURHATCH Perfect for yourself or for Christmas gifts this year!Merry Christmas, Friends! Enjoy a Whistler Old Time Radio Christmas Marathon featuring six classic holiday mysteries from 1944–1950. This collection brings together some of the most memorable vintage radio Christmas episodes, filled with suspense, noir atmosphere, unexpected warmth, and classic 1940s–50s storytelling.Perfect for fans of The Whistler, old time radio drama, vintage mystery, Golden Age radio, and holiday suspense stories.🎄 1. Lie or Consequences — A Whistler Christmas B...
2025-12-122h 58
OBS: RadioessänÄr detta kärlek? Tankar från Raymond Carvers kökVad pratar vi om när vi pratar om kärlek? Emma Engdahl tar Raymond Carver till hjälp när hon funderar över allt som misstas för kärlek. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radios app. ESSÄ: Detta är en text där skribenten reflekterar över ett ämne eller ett verk. Åsikter som uttrycks är skribentens egna.Ibland bär vi små övertygelser som kroppen minns före orden. Vi går in i ett mörkt rum och handen hittar strömbrytaren, som om ljuset alltid suttit där. Ett barn somnar mot en...
2025-12-0110 min
The Whistler Podcast With Your Host MelThe Whistler Podcast With Your Host Mel - This Episode: "The Murder of Byron Blake" Aired On March 10, 1947This episode sponsored by Cozy Earth at cozyearth.com featuring the finest linens, bath and home goods and more. Use the code WILBURHATCH for 41% off your order. Perfect for yourself or for someone you love! Click on this link: https://cozyearth.com/discount/WILBURHATCHHey Friends! Today's podcast features the intriguing episode "The Murder of Byron Blake" originally aired on March 10, 1947.🎙️Episode description: In this tense and emotionally charged Whistler tale, a struggling actor’s second chance collides with jealousy, ambition, and one dangerously possessive man. When Leo Sanders reconnects with Julie Lane — the woman...
2025-11-2439 min
The Whistler Podcast With Your Host MelThe Whistler Podcast With Your Host Mel - This Episode: "The Murder of Byron Blake" Aired On March 10, 1947Episode Description:In this tense and emotionally charged Whistler tale, a struggling actor’s second chance collides with jealousy, ambition, and one dangerously possessive man.When Leo Sanders reconnects with Julie Lane — the woman he left behind in St. Louis — old feelings resurface right as he’s offered the biggest opportunity of his career. But Leo’s past, Julie’s controlling boss, and a rising Broadway star named Byron Blake weave together into a chain of misunderstandings that spirals toward tragedy. Secrets, tempers, and one impulsive decision set the stage for a classic Whistler mor...
2025-11-2439 min
The Whistler Podcast With Your Host MelThe Whistler Radio Channel "Stolen Murder" Originally Aired on 08/12/1946This episode sponsored by Cozy Earth featuring the finest linens, bath and home goods and more. Use the code WILBURHATCH for 41% off your order. Perfect for yourself or for someone you love! Click on this link: https://cozyearth.com/discount/WILBURHATCHEnjoy another episode of The Whistler, hosted by Mel.Episode Description: Ken Braderick and Tom Barton had been inseparable since boyhood — until Ken married Helen, a woman determined to break the bond. Helen never trusted Tom’s pale, brooding influence or his lofty dreams of literary greatness, especially when those dreams kept Ken...
2025-11-2130 min
The Whistler Podcast With Your Host MelThe Whistler Radio Channel "Witness at The Fountain" Originally Aired on 09/09/1946This episode sponsored by Cozy Earth featuring the finest linens, bath and home goods and more. Use the code WILBURHATCH for 41% off your order. Perfect for yourself or for someone you love! Click on this link: https://cozyearth.com/discount/WILBURHATCHEpisode Description:Randy Dean isn’t like other newspapermen. While the rest of the press room runs on chaos and coffee, he lives by the clock — precise, cautious, and planned down to the last white shirt.Now a top syndicated columnist with a publisher’s daughter for a wife, Randy believes nothing in his...
2025-11-1930 min
The Whistler Podcast With Your Host MelThe Whistler Channel Radio Double Header: "The Sell Out" 07/29/1946 and "Delivery Guaranteed" 08/19/1946This episode sponsored by Cozy Earth featuring the finest linens, bath and home goods and more. Use the code WILBURHATCH for 41% off your order. Perfect for yourself or for someone you love! Click on this link: https://cozyearth.com/discount/WILBURHATCHOn The Whistler Radio Channel — a classic double header of suspense. TWO Whistler Episodes back-to-back:"The Sell Out" Originally aired on07/29/1946Babe stood on the platform in front of the sideshow tent while Duke worked the crowd, flashing her most professional smile at the sea of faces below.Every so of...
2025-11-171h 01
The Whistler Podcast With Your Host MelThe Whistler Podcast With Your Host Mel - This Episode: "Six Letter Word For Death" Aired On February 11, 1946This episode sponsored by Cozy Earth featuring the finest linens, bath and home goods and more. Use the code WILBURHATCH for 41% off your order. Perfect for yourself or for someone you love! Click on this link: https://cozyearth.com/discount/WILBURHATCHHey Friends! Today's podcast features the intriguing episode "Six Letter Word For Death" originally aired on February 11, 1946.🎙️Episode description:Step into the shadows of the artist’s studio with The Whistler Podcast, hosted by Mel. Tonight’s story, “Six Letter Word For Death.” For George and Priscilla Haynes, marriage has become one long crosswor...
2025-11-1339 min
The Whistler Podcast With Your Host MelThe Whistler Channel Radio Double Header: "The Brass Ring" 09/16/1946 and "Stranger in The House" 09/02/1946This episode sponsored by Cozy Earth featuring the finest linens, bath and home goods and more. Use the code WILBURHATCH for 41% off your order. Perfect for yourself or for someone you love! Click on this link: https://cozyearth.com/discount/WILBURHATCHOn The Whistler Radio Channel — a classic double header of suspense. TWO Whistler Episodes back-to-back:"The Brass Ring" Originally aired on 09/16/1946Babe stood on the platform in front of the sideshow tent while Duke worked the crowd, flashing her most professional smile at the sea of faces below. Every so often, she re...
2025-11-121h 00
The Whistler Podcast With Your Host MelThe Whistler Channel Radio Double Header: "Backfire" 10/28/1946 and "Weak Sister" 10/14/1946This episode sponsored by Cozy Earth featuring the finest linens, bath and home goods and more. Use the code WILBURHATCH for 41% off your order. Perfect for yourself or for someone you love! Click on this link: https://cozyearth.com/discount/WILBURHATCHOn The Whistler Radio Channel — a classic double header of suspense. TWO Whistler Episodes back-to-back:"Backfire" Originally aired on 10/28/1946It’s a thin line between love and hate—and Carl walks it every minute he’s with Amy. There’s a blind, burning rage inside him, fighting to break free as he sits behin...
2025-11-1259 min
The Whistler Podcast With Your Host MelThe Whistler Podcast With Your Host Mel - This Episode: "12 Portraits of Marcia" Aired On January 21, 1948Hey Friends! Tonight's episode of The Whistler titled "12 Portraits of Marcia" originally aired on January 21, 1948. 🎙️Episode description: Step into the shadows of the artist’s studio with The Whistler Podcast, hosted by Mel. Tonight’s story, “Twelve Portraits of Marcia” (originally aired January 21, 1948), is a haunting portrait of love, ambition, and the secrets that live in brushstrokes. Ralph Winston, a struggling painter, has spent years painting his devoted muse, Marcia. Twelve portraits later, his obsession has turned toxic — and when ambition curdles into murder, the canvas becomes a confession. Enter Sydney Selfton, a cunning art dealer who read...
2025-11-0544 min
The Whistler Podcast With Your Host MelThe Whistler Podcast With Your Host Mel - This Episode: "Dear Roger" Aired On January 6, 1947This episode sponsored by Cozy Earth featuring the finest linens, bath and home goods and more. Use the code WILBURHATCH for 41% off your order. Perfect for yourself or for someone you love! Click on this link: https://cozyearth.com/discount/WILBURHATCH🎙️The Whistler website: https://www.thewhistlerradio.com🎙️Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@TheWhistlerRadioChannelHey Friends! Tonight's episode of The Whistler titled "Dear Roger" was originally aired on January 6, 1947🎙️Episode description: It was a strange meal they had together that evening full of long awkward silences both of them making useless...
2025-10-2042 min
The Whistler Podcast With Your Host MelThe Whistler Podcast With Your Host Mel - 12 Hours of Shadows, Secrets and Suspense!12 Hours of The Whistler - Shadows! Secrets! Suspense!Cozy up to the fire while listening to this 12 hour binge of The Whistler (1943 episodes) Old Time Radio Show Mysteries!Episodes include:The WeaklingThe ThiefThe PenaltyThe NemesisThe Man Who WaitedThe KillersThe ConfessionThe Blank WallThe AvengersTangled WebShadow of a MindPatients For The DoctorMirageMind Over MatterLegacy of DeathJusticeIn The DarkHouse of FearFool's GoldDestinyDeath in The AirDeath Has a ThirstDeath Demands a PaymentBlind AlleyAn Eye For an EyeAll my listeners receive a 41% discount off of most items in the store at Cozy Earth www.cozyearth...
2025-10-1511h 48
The Whistler Podcast With Your Host MelThe Whistler Podcast With Your Host Mel - This Episode: "Quiet Sunday" Originally Aired On June 10th, 1946NOTE: If you're only hearing the audio version and want to see with video, your host and other images, please stop by my YouTube channel. The channel link is listed below!The Whistler website: https://www.thewhistlerradio.com Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@TheWhistlerRadioChannel My Sponsor: https://www.cozyearth.com Hey Friends! I'm back with one of the most popular episodes of The Whistler titled "Quiet Sunday" originally aired on June 10, 1946 🎙️Episode description: This was going to be a quiet Sunday for Henry Parker, peaceful, calm, restful, away fr...
2025-10-1139 min
The Whistler Podcast With Your Host MelThe Whistler Podcast With Your Host Mel - This Episode: "Death in 16mm" Originally Aired On July 17th, 1949Hey Friends! I'm back with one of the most popular episodes of The Whistler titled "Death in 16mm" originally aired on July 17, 1949.NOTE: This is something new I'm trying - creating dramatizations of the episodes. This is my second one - please let me know if you like these or should I go back to the original platform? 🎙️Episode description: Episode description: Paul Benton was in an unhappy marriage and a confused disinterested relationship with Cynthia a relationship that would have remained strictly attorney and client if it hadn’t been for Cynthia’s money. For money...
2025-10-0335 min
The Whistler Podcast With Your Host MelThe Whistler Podcast With Your Host Mel - 5 Hours of Havoc, Hatred & HomicideHey Whistler Fans! Mel here. I will be uploading my next podcast episode in a few days, but thought you'd enjoy this block of The Whistler episodes (random years) - great for road trips, house cleaning, relaxation, sleep and more.Episode List:Jealousy 9/27/1942Smart Boy 4/15/1946Backfire 10/28/1946Poor Henry 9/18/1949Clever Mr. Farley 11/27/1949Letter From Cynthia 12/25/1949The Little Things 1/14/1951The Man in The Trench Coat 6/17/1951Borrowed Byline 1/27/1952Rose For Pamela 2/17/1952
2025-09-304h 51
The Whistler Podcast With Your Host MelThe Whistler Podcast With Your Host Mel - This Episode: "Destiny" Originally Aired On September 3, 1943Hey Friends! I'm back with one of the most popular episodes of The Whistler titled "Destiny."🎙️Episode description: At a long table in a New York office sits a little man. He slightly bald and thin and forty-five, a mild reticent little man named Milton Strong, but Milton is anything but strong. For the past twenty-five years he has worked in the office and now as a bookkeeper is earning the stupendous salary of $35 a week. Milton can’t understand why no one appreciates his ability. Milton has grown a bit sour but he has never had the ner...
2025-09-2340 min
The Whistler Podcast With Your Host MelThe Whistler Podcast With Your Host Mel - This Episode: "Last Message" Originally Aired On June 15th, 1952Hey Friends!I'm back with one of the most popular episodes of The Whistler titled "Last Message." Episode description:🎙️Only a few days before, Dave Leonard had told himself that there was no place quite like San Francisco. It was thrilling to be a part of it, the hills, the bay, the clanging cable cars. Only a few days before, Dave had been happy with his job, his surroundings, his home and his wife, and now suddenly that was all changed - wiped away somehow.Step into the shadows as I revisit the episo...
2025-09-1742 min
The Whistler Podcast With Your Host MelThe Whistler Podcast With Your Host Mel - This Episode: "The Thin Line" Originally Aired On January 7, 1946Episode description: It’s a thin line that separates infatuation from hate. So thin and fragile that one can change in to the other in a split second. Mark Mahler would agree now that the line was a thin one if he were alive. But he didn’t discover it until too late. That was the trouble with Mark he always discovered things too late. When he discovered that marrying an old woman for her money doesn’t lead to happiness it was too late. When he discovered he was in love with Artise Mayo, her pretty companion it was to...
2025-09-1338 min
The Whistler Podcast With Your Host MelThe Whistler Podcast With Your Host Mel - This Episode: "Urge To Kill" Originally Aired On Oct. 4th, 1943Welcome to my new podcast.I will be hosting episodes weekly of The Whistler (and other shows in the future) and sharing some facts about the show, the writers and the radio stars that were instrumental in making this show the top rated mystery series during it's run from 1942-1955.Step into the shadows as I revisit the episode “Urge To Kill” originally aired on October 4th, 1942 🎙️FYI: I introduce the key players before the curtain rises, helping you keep track of who’s who. After the show, stick around for my commenta...
2025-09-0434 min
The Whistler Podcast With Your Host MelThe Whistler Podcast With Your Host Mel - This Episode Featured: "Blank Wall" Originally Aired On June 26th, 1943Welcome to my first episode of The Whistler Podcast with Your Host Mel. I will be hosting episodes of The Whistler and sharing some facts about the show, the writers and the radio stars that were instrumental in making this show the top rated mystery series during it's run from 1942-1955.Step into the shadows as I revisit episode “Blank Wall,” originally aired on June 26, 1943. 🎙️I introduce the key players before the curtain rises, helping you keep track of who’s who behind the whispers. After the show, stick around for sharp commentary on the twists, the...
2025-09-0339 min
Cinema CelsiusAvsnitt 243: #UncorkedI veckans avsnitt recenseras Netflix-filmen Uncorked där vi får följa en ung man vars stora dröm är att bli sommelier. I trailerkollen spanar vi in Mel Gibsons återkomst (?) i den stormiga actionrökaren Force of Nature samt krigsdramat The Outpost med Orlando Bloom. Trevlig lyssning!
2020-06-0651 minCinema CelsiusAvsnitt 243: #UncorkedI veckans avsnitt recenseras Netflix-filmen Uncorked där vi får följa en ung man vars stora dröm är att bli sommelier. I trailerkollen spanar vi in Mel Gibsons återkomst (?) i den stormiga actionrökaren Force of Nature samt krigsdramat The Outpost med Orlando Bloom. Trevlig lyssning!
2020-06-0651 min