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Shakedown

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A plan to steal money using a precious watch becomes a big mistake that costs more than it pays. The reason? A special message carved on the watch! It's weird that both this story and another one with the same name have a main character called "Lindquist," even though the stories are totally different. This script might have been used later on "The Whistler" radio show on February 3, 1952, or this could actually be that 1952 show.

The Whistler is an American radio mystery drama which ran from May 16, 1942, until September 22, 1955, on the west-coast regional CBS radio network. The show was also broadcast in Chicago and over Armed Forces Radio. On the West Coast of the United States, it was sponsored by the Signal Oil Company: "That whistle is your signal for the Signal Oil program, The Whistler." There were also two short-lived attempts to form east-coast broadcast spurs: July 3 to September 25, 1946, sponsored by the Campbell Soup Company; and March 26, 1947, to September 29, 1948, sponsored by Household Finance. The program was also adapted into a film noir series by Columbia Pictures in 1944.

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