THE PHANTOM WHISTLER

THE PHANTOM WHISTLER

Author: Forgotten News Podcast February 27, 2024 Duration: 47:55

In 1950, in a tiny town in Louisiana, an 18-year-old girl was terrorized by an unseen man, who would make wolf whistles and a funeral dirges, night after night, outside of her bedroom window.

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EPISODE RELEASE DATE:  02/27/2024.

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HISTORICAL REFERENCES:

Unfortunately, because of limitations on the length of our show notes, by our host website, we cannot provide a list of our reference sources, on this page. However, we will be happy to provide that information, in regard to this episode, upon your request, by email:  ⁠⁠⁠ForgottenNewsPodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠

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VOICES:


The Phantom Whistler:

Narrator - Kit Caren⁠⁠⁠⁠, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast.

Nolte Cadow - Sharon Grünwald, free-lance professional voice performer.

Creepy telephone caller - Glen Hascall, free-lance professional voice performer.


Police Blotter & Court News - July 23, 1907:

Narrator - Madison Standish a.k.a. Chrisi Talyn Saje, of Madison on the Air podcast, and free-lance professional voice performer.

Police Blotter Title Voice - Samantha Thompson of Hot Copy Radio Theater, and free-lance professional voice performer.

Judge – Jerry Kokich, free-lance professional voice performer.

Kit's Corner:

Linda Folkard (Miss Hitch-Hiker of 1946) – Astrid WS, free-lance professional voice performer.  


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MISCELLANEOUS:

Host IntroNina Innsted, host of the Already Gone podcast.

Exit Aphorism - Excerpt from poem "Life", by Carrie Law Morgan Figgs, published 1921.

Aphorism Voice - Kit Caren, co-host of Forgotten News Podcast.

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MUSIC:

Kevin MacLeod  of⁠ Incompetech.com⁠ – Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses / by 3.0.

At Rest

The Curtain Rises

I Knew A Guy.

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All Sound Effects & Short Instrumentals Are From ⁠Freesound.org.⁠

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