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Let every go signal remind you that you do go farther with Signal Gasoline. The Signal Oil Program. The Signal Oil Company and your neighborhood signal dealer bring you another curious story by the Whistler. Tonight Death Sees Double. 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. Presently I'll tell you of nameless terrors of which they dare not sp…

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Synopsis

In Death Sees Double, we are introduced to the Spencer twins, Mona and Martha, who are identical in appearance but contrasting in personality. Mona is vibrant and engaged to the handsome Bill Everett, while Martha struggles with feelings of jealousy and inadequacy. The sisters have always been close, but the arrival of Bill complicates their relationship, revealing underlying tensions that threaten to tear them apart.

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  • Audio from Internet Archive (OTRR_Whistler_Singles). Curated by OTRR. Goldie does not claim ownership of this broadcast.
  • Historical context from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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Whistler, Episode 130

Death Sees Double

Monday, November 20, 1944 · 29:33

Whistler, Episode 130

Death Sees Double

Monday, November 20, 1944 · 29:33

Summary

In Death Sees Double, identical twin sisters Mona and Martha Spencer navigate the complexities of love and jealousy when they both become enamored with the same man, Bill Everett. As tensions rise, a dark plan begins to unfold that will change their lives forever.

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That night in history

Headlines

  • 1944 — The founding congress of the Communist Party of Transcarpathian Ukraine is held in Mukachevo.
  • 1944 — World War II: American submarine USS Sealion sinks the Japanese battleship Kongō and Japanese destroyer Urakaze in the Formosa Strait.
  • 1944 — World War II: Thirty members of the Luxembourgish resistance defend the town of Vianden against a larger Waffen-SS attack in the Battle of Vianden.
  • 1944 — World War II: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt announces the sixth War Loan Drive, aimed at selling US$14 billion in war bonds to help pay for the war effort.

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