Show overview
The Whistler | OTNetcast.com has been publishing since 2022, and across the 4 years since has built a catalogue of 79 episodes. That works out to roughly 30 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a monthly cadence, with the show now in its 54th season.
Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 31 min and 34 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Fiction show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 months ago, with 2 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2022, with 47 episodes published. Published by Andrew Rhynes.
From the publisher
The Whistler is told from the killers’ perspective, the Whistler himself tells the story but is not part of it. He talks to the characters, although they do not hear him. “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 cannot speak.” Of course, the bad guys set up the perfect crime.
Latest Episodes
View all 79 episodesS45 Ep 6Murder Is Legal | The Whistler (02-05-45)
A lawyer gets his client acquitted, even though he’s in love with the client’s wife. After a murder, a contract of death is agreed to. A framer is framed for a murder he actually committed. Original Air Date: February 05, 1945Host: Andrew RhynesShow: The Whistler Stars:• Bill Forman• Bob Anderson Producer:• George W. Allen Music:• […]
S45 Ep 7The Dead Man Laughed | The Whistler (02-19-45)
A businessman is swindled out of his share of a construction company. A perfect murder is promptly planned. You can’t be accused of murder…if you’re dead! Original Air Date: February 19, 1945Host: Andrew RhynesShow: The Whistler Stars:• Bill Forman• Bob Anderson Producer:• George W. Allen Music:• Wilbur Hatch Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by […]
S45 Ep 34Sing a Song of Murder | The Whistler (09-17-45)
A pop singer, trying to get out of a contract with his greedy manager, sings a song of death! Success is a curious thing. Sometimes it comes very slowly the result of a lifetime of dull drudgery and sometimes it comes quickly almost overnight. Original Air Date: September 17, 1945Host: Andrew RhynesShow: The Whistler Stars:• […]
S45 Ep 33Phone Call from Death | The Whistler (09-10-45)
A woman’s best friend is murdered while she’s on the phone with the woman…or was she? Original Air Date: September 10, 1945Host: Andrew RhynesShow: The Whistler Stars:• Bill Forman• Bob Anderson Author:• Leslie Edgley Producer:• George W. Allen Music:• Wilbur Hatch Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc
S45 Ep 32Ambition Perilous | The Whistler (09-03-45)
A scheming politicians plan to further his career by giving a job to an ex-con he helped send to jail has interesting results. Original Air Date: September 03, 1945Host: Andrew RhynesShow: The Whistler Stars:• Bill Forman• Bob Anderson Author:• Harriet Reig Producer:• George W. Allen Music:• Wilbur Hatch Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by […]
S45 Ep 31I’ll Trade You Murder | The Whistler (08-27-45)
A meek book salesman is mistaken for a crook marked for death by his accomplices. To save his own life, the salesman agrees to kill the original victim. Original Air Date: August 27, 1945Host: Andrew RhynesShow: The Whistler Stars:• Bill Forman• Bob Anderson Author:• Leslie Edgley Producer:• George W. Allen Music:• Wilbur Hatch Intro and […]
S45 Ep 30X Marks the Murderer | The Whistler (08-20-45)
A woman has a theory about a series of murders, a very interesting theory. Original Air Date: August 20, 1945Host: Andrew RhynesShow: The Whistler Stars:• Bill Forman• Bob Anderson Producer:• George W. Allen Writer:• Joseph Cochran Music:• Wilbur Hatch Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc
S45 Ep 29What Makes a Murderer | The Whistler (08-13-45)
There comes a time when a meek stockbroker gets fed up with his humdrum life and chucks it all for romance and adventure in Florida…and actually finds both! Original Air Date: August 13, 1945Host: Andrew RhynesShow: The Whistler Stars:• Bill Forman• Bob Anderson Producer:• George W. Allen Author:• Everett T. Tomlinson Adaptation:• Harold Swanton Music:• […]
S45 Ep 28The Man Who Came to Murder | The Whistler (08-06-45)
Wendell has been taking care of wealthy old Aunt Ellen’s finances because she hasn’t much time left. When her condition improves, Wendell has to take certain steps to keep her from discovering his thievery! Original Air Date: August 06, 1945Host: Andrew RhynesShow: The Whistler Stars:• Bill Forman• Bob Anderson Producer:• George W. Allen Music:• Wilbur […]
S45 Ep 27Summer Thunder | The Whistler (07-30-45)
Claudia suspects that Terry has committed murder during a British storm. Original Air Date: July 30, 1945Host: Andrew RhynesShow: The Whistler Stars:• Bill Forman• Bob Anderson Writer:• Harold Swanton Producer:• George W. Allen Music:• Wilbur Hatch Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence by Ghostrifter https://bit.ly/ghostrifter-sc
S44 Ep 19Christmas Bonus | The Whistler (12-25-44)
An ex-convict is fired from his job in a department store after $10,000 is stolen. As long as he’s considered guilty, he might as well steal some more, but he is saved by a music box! Original Air Date: December 25, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: The Whistler Stars:• Bill Forman Announcer:• Bob Anderson Producer:• George W. […]
S44 Ep 18Windfall | The Whistler (12-18-44)
A man finds himself eagerly awaiting the death of his uncle Mike, so he can inherit Mike’s fortune. Uncle Mike is eighty years old and not expected to last much longer. Original Air Date: December 18, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: The Whistler Stars:• Bill Forman Announcer:• Bob Anderson Writer:• Harold Swanton Producer:• George W. Allen Music:• […]
S44 Ep 16Doctor Operates in Crime | The Whistler (12-04-44)
A gangster who has his appearance changed by a plastic surgeon, and then is forced to pay for these surgical services for the rest of his life! Original Air Date: December 04, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: The Whistler Stars:• Bill Forman Announcer:• Bob Anderson Producer:• J. Donald Wilson Music:• Wilbur Hatch Intro and Exit music from: […]
S44 Ep 15Death Walks a Tightwire | The Whistler (11-27-44)
There’s a “menacing shadow of hate” under the Big Top. A has-been trapeze artist plans revenge on the daughter of the performer who killed his son. Original Air Date: November 27, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: The Whistler Stars:• Bill Forman Announcer:• Bob Anderson Producer:• J. Donald Wilson Music:• Wilbur Hatch Intro and Exit music from: Resurgence […]
S44 Ep 14Death Sees Double | The Whistler (11-20-44)
A woman kills her twin sister and assumes her identify. She discovers, however, that being Sister Mona isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. Original Air Date: November 20, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: The Whistler Stars:• Bill Forman Announcer:• Bob Anderson Producer:• George W. Allen Writer:• Ralph Rose Jr. Music:• Wilbur Hatch Intro and Exit […]
S44 Ep 13Beware the Bridegroom | The Whistler (11-13-44)
A down-and-out con-man marries an heiress, only to be conned himself! Johnny Lane is a fraudster who marries Julie Warren because he thinks she is worth millions. Original Air Date: November 13, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: The Whistler Stars:• Bill Forman Announcer:• Bob Anderson Producer:• George W. Allen Writer:• Victor Kushner Music:• Wilbur Hatch Intro and […]
S44 Ep 17Lie or Consequences | The Whistler (12-11-44)
To a man who lives by matching wits with the hardened criminals, who deal in narcotics, the threat of violence is always present but sometimes that violence has unexpected consequences. Original Air Date: December 11, 1944Host: Andrew RhynesShow: The Whistler Stars:• Bill Forman Announcer:• Bob Anderson Writer:• Dwight Hauser Producer:• George W. Allen Music:• Wilbur […]
S45 Ep 26Let George Do It | The Whistler (07-23-45)
Cathy wants to kill Alan, so she marries George to frame him for the murder she plans to commit. Cathy was beautiful a redhead with pale while skin and big luminous brown eyes. Her beauty was always there for her to depend on when she got in to a tight spot that is until she […]
S45 Ep 25Pattern for Terror | The Whistler (07-16-45)
After threatening a rival’s life, a man finds himself driving a car with a cop in the front seat and a body in the back! A kaleidoscope is a simple instrument a toy made of a tube with a few mirrors and bits of colored glass nothing more yet when you revolve it slowly an […]
S45 Ep 24Highway of Escape | The Whistler (07-09-45)
A young woman, stuck in the desert with her stepfather, finally kills the old man and drives off with the first motorist passing by. Original Air Date: July 09, 1945Host: Andrew RhynesShow: The Whistler Stars:• Bill Forman• Bob Anderson Narrator:• Marvin Miller Writer:• Eleanor Beeson Producer:• George W. Allen Music:• Wilbur Hatch Intro and Exit […]