Category: Counterspy

Today’s Adventure:

Counterspy David Harding and his agents are assigned to protect a foreign envoy visiting the United States, who is there to arrange the engraving of government bonds worth three million dollars. When the envoy’s secretary dies under suspicious circumstances and other details raise questions about the envoy’s identity, Harding begins investigating. The case grows more complicated as Harding uncovers signs of a scheme involving forged documents and a potentially dangerous financial plot.

Original Radio Broadcast: October 6, 1949.

Originating from New York

Cast:

Don McLaughlin
Mandel Kramer

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Counterspy: The Sweepstakes Murder (A0124)

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Today’s Adventure:

After newspaper reporter Tom Fisher and a small-time grifter are murdered while investigating a fraudulent Mexican sweepstakes racket, David Harding sends Harry Peters to Gulfport, Texas, to follow the trail. A distinctive gold poker chip points Peters toward the offshore gambling ship El Toro, where he discovers that the gambling operation may conceal something far more dangerous below decks.

Original Radio Broadcast: October 4, 1949

Originating from New York

Cast:

Don McLaughlin as David Harding
Mandel Kramer as Harry Peters
Maurice Tarplin as one of the criminals (probable identification)
Leonard L. Bass, director
Jesse Crawford, music
Philip H. Lord, producer

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Counterspy: Vicious Visitor (A0122)

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Today’s Adventure:

Violent bank robber Rocky Gaines escapes from federal prison, and David Harding and Harry Peters join the manhunt as the wounded fugitive heads into the mountains. Gaines seeks refuge with Norma Benton, a woman from his past who has built a new life with her husband, and threatens to expose her secret unless she helps him hide from the authorities.

Original Radio Broadcast: September 29, 1949

Originating from New York

Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding; Mandel Kramer as Peters

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Counterspy: Visiting Vultures (A0120)

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Today’s Adventure:

David Harding and Harry Peters investigate a multimillion-dollar bootleg liquor operation that is using discarded corn-syrup cans to smuggle illegal alcohol into states with government-controlled liquor sales. Their investigation leads to Chicago businessman Hype Gordon, but proving his involvement means finding the hidden still supplying his operation—and Gordon is determined not to lead them to it.

Original Radio Broadcast: September 27, 1949

Originating from New York

Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding, Mandel Kramer as Peters

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Counterspy: The Postal Pirates, Part Two (A0118)

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Today’s Adventure:

David Harding and Harry Peters move to break up a widespread parcel-post theft ring, but their raid on the gang’s New York warehouse uncovers two deaths made to look like a murder-suicide. Harding suspects that the apparent solution is a setup and sets out to uncover who is really behind the killings.

Original Radio Broadcast: September 22, 1949

Originating from New York

Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding; Mandel Kramer as Peters

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Counterspy: The Postal Pirates, Part One (A0116)

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Today’s Adventure:

David Harding and Harry Peters investigate a massive parcel-post theft ring operating in several major cities. Peters goes undercover as a New York postal clerk, hoping to work his way inside the organization, but the investigation becomes increasingly dangerous as the gang grows suspicious of its newest recruit.

Original Radio Broadcast: July 20, 1949.

Originating from New York

Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding, Mandel Kramer as Peters

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Counterspy: Hot Car Killer (A0114)

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Today’s Adventure:

David Harding investigates an interstate stolen-car racket after a detective working undercover is murdered. The trail leads to a former race-car driver with a dangerous reputation and a criminal organization determined to keep its operation – and the identity of its leader – hidden.

Original Radio Broadcast: September 15, 1949

Originating from New York

Cast:

Don MacLaughlin as David Harding
Mandel Kramer as Harry Peters
Directed by William M. Sweets
Music by Jesse Crawford
A Phillips H. Lord production for Pepsi-Cola

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Counterspy: Flatbush Fagin (A0112)

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Today’s Adventure:

Counterspy chief David Harding tackles a different kind of threat when a juvenile court official asks for help breaking the grip of violent street gangs on Brooklyn’s youth. Undercover operative Harry Peters infiltrates one of the toughest gangs, hoping to expose its ruthless leader before more impressionable boys are drawn into a life of crime.

Original Radio Broadcast:Septemnber 13, 1949

Originating from New York

Cast:

Don MacLaughlin as David Harding
Mandel Kramer as Harry Peters

Directed by Leonard L. Bass
Dramatized by Edward Adamson
Music by Jesse Crawford
A Philip H. Lord production for Pepsi-Cola

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Counterspy: The Courageous Come-On (A0110)

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Today’s Adventure:

Counterspy chief David Harding investigates a charity that claims to help disabled veterans and workers prepare for new careers. When a courageous insider exposes the organization’s true purpose, Harding devises a plan to protect the legitimate cause while bringing a confidence man to justice.

Original Radio Broadcast: September 8, 1949

Originating from New York

Starring Don MacLaughlin as David Harding and Mandel Kramer as Peters

Also featuring Virginia Gregg

Directed by William M. Sweets

Dramatized by Palmer Thompson

Music by Jesse Crawford

A Philip H. Lord production for Pepsi-Cola

The program concludes with a special message prepared by Vice President Alvin W. Barkley regarding employment opportunities for disabled veterans and workers.

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Counterspy: The Arrogant Arsonist (A0108)

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Today’s Mystery:

An international smuggling ring is threatened when a federal grand jury closes in on one of its American front companies. To cover their tracks, the organization’s ruthless mastermind summons a professional arsonist to destroy the evidence before counterspy agents can stop them.

Original Radio Broadcast: March 14, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring Don MacLaughlin as David Harding and Mandel Kramer as Harry Peters

Also featuring Jesse Crawford (music)

Written by Edward J. Adamson

Directed by Leonard L. Bass

Produced by Phillips H. Lord

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Counterspy: The Cold Blooded Professor, Part Two (A0104)

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Today’s Adventure:

After the notorious Professor Emery Horn escapes from death row through an astonishing feat of planning and deception, David Harding and Harry Peters launch a nationwide hunt for the brilliant killer. Realizing conventional police methods won’t be enough, Harding instead searches for the one clue Horn can’t disguise—his own mind.

Original Radio Broadcast: September 1, 1949

Originating from New York

Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding and Mandel Kramer as Harry Peters

Also featuring Ralph Bell as Professor Emery Horn

Directed by William M. Sweets

Music by Jesse Crawford

Produced by the Phillips H. Lord Productions

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Counterspy: The Cold-Blooded Professor, Part One (A0102)

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Today’s Adventure:

Professor Emery Horn has spent years cultivating the reputation of a brilliant but reclusive scientist. When a counterspy agent arrives to question him about a daring bank robbery, Horn launches an elaborate escape that sets David Harding and Harry Peters on the trail of one of the most dangerous and ingenious criminals they’ve ever faced.

Original Radio Broadcast: August 30, 1949

Originating in New York

Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding and Mandel Kramer as Harry Peters

Also featuring Ralph Bell as Professor Emery Horn and Maurice Tarplin

Music by Jesse Crawford

Produced by the Phillips H. Lord Productions

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Counterspy: Murdering Messenger (A0100)

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Today’s Adventure:

After an undercover counterspy agent narrowly survives an assassination attempt, David Harding sends Harry Peters to assume his identity and infiltrate a dangerous espionage ring. As Peters follows a trail of coded messages from Detroit to Memphis and on to New Orleans, he finds himself surrounded by people who may be allies—or assassins.

Original Radio Broadcast: August 25, 1949

Originating from New York

Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding and Mandel Kramer as Harry Peters

Directed by William M. Sweets

Music by Jesse Crawford

Produced by the Phillips H. Lord Productions

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Counterspy: The Bouncing Bank Robber (A0098)

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Today’s Adventure:

After a daring daylight bank robbery leaves two people dead and several wounded, counterspy agents launch a citywide manhunt for a ruthless gunman known for taking impossible risks. As the killer fights his way through police roadblocks, waterfront hideouts, and a crowded amusement park, David Harding and his agents race to stop him before more innocent people are caught in the crossfire.

Original Radio Broadcast: August 23, 1949

Originating from New York

Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding and Mandel Kramer as Harry Peters

Also featuring Jesse Crawford (music)

Produced by the Phillips H. Lord Productions

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Counterspy: Desert Explosion (A0096)

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Today’s Adventure:

Counterspy agents launch an elaborate sting operation to trap the mysterious Manuel Rodriguez, a wealthy Mexican rancher suspected of brokering stolen atomic secrets. Posing as crooks who have stolen a valuable uranium compound, Peters and Agent Ella Thomas risk their lives to convince Rodriguez they have something worth killing for.

Original Radio Broadcast: August 18, 1949

Originating from New York

Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding; Mandel Kramer as Peters

Also featuring Joan Alexander as Ella Thomas

Directed by William M. Sweets

Music by Jesse Crawford

Produced by the Phillips H. Lord Productions

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