Category: Podcast

EP3269: Man Called X: Spot the Eight Ball

George Raft
After watching a plane take off carrying a man who identified himself as a British knight affiliated with the Air Ministry, Ken Thurston learns the man is actually a criminal and spy.

Original Air Date: January 4, 1948

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EP3268: Dick Tracy: Dick Lassoes the Purple Rider/The Purple Rider Exposed/Tracy Rescued and Kyle Exposed

Junior takes the Purple Rider and two of Vernon Kyle’s Men into custody as Tracy and Pat ride to rescue Junior.

Original Air Dates: April 19, 20 and 25 1938

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EP3267: Box 13: The Biter Bitten


Dan is called in by a snake expert to find a snake that escaped in a large hotel.

Original Air Date: 1948

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AWR0147: Cavalcade of America: Keepsakes (Raymond Massey’s Lincoln)

Amazing World of Radio

An examination of little known incidents in the Life of Lincoln through artifacts in the massive Lincoln collection of Oliver R. Barrett.

Original Air Date: January 30, 1951

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EP3266: T-Man: Show Business is No Business

Treasury Agent Steve Larsen investigates some counterfeiting and suspicion falls on a theatrical company that’s touring in a production of an awful play.

Original Air Date: July 1, 1950

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EP3265: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Celia Woodstock Matter

Edmond O'Brien

Johnny goes to Bridgeport to investigate the disappearance of a Sea Captain’s wife.

Original Air Date: March 3, 1951

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EP3264: Mystery is My Hobby Episode 27

A man calls Barton Drake and offers him $10,000 to clear him of the murder of his bed-ridden wife.

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AWR0146: Cavalcade of America: The Thinking Heart (Raymond Massey’s Lincoln)

Amazing World of Radio
A look at Abraham Lincoln’s life through poetry and prose written about him.
Original Air Date: February 7, 1950

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EP3263: The Man Called X: Assignment: Naples

George Raft
Ken Thurston goes to Naples to protect a shipment of seeds, and is robbed by two juvenile war orphans.

Original Air Date: December 28, 1947

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EP3262: Dick Tracy: Junior Sends a Mirror Message/Junior Rescued by and Captures Purple Rider

Dick confronts Vernon Kyle in his search for the kidnapped Junior, who is being held by Kyle’s men at a secret hideout.

Original Air Date: April 15 and 18, 1938

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EP3261: Box 13: Double Trouble

Dan is told to visit a town 3 hours away to prevent a murder and finds himself framed for one.

Original Air Date: 1948

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AWR0145: Cavalcade of America: With Malice Towards None (Raymond Massey’s Lincoln)

Amazing World of Radio

In the waning days of the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln tries to negotiate a peaceful end to the war despite calls for vengeance.
Original Air Date: February 12, 1952

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EP3260: T-Man: The Case of the Bleeding Gold

Treasury Agent Dennis O’Brien goes to undercover to infiltrate a gang that’s counterfeiting gold coins.

Audition Date: April 29, 1950

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EP3259: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Jarvis Wilder Matter

Edmond O'Brien

Johnny investigates the death of an insured where the man’s wife confessed to killing her husband but insisted it was in self-defense.

Original Air Date: February 24, 1951
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EP3258: Mystery is My Hobby: Wife and Her Friends

Barton Drake and Inspector Danton investigate the murder of a jealous husband who invited his wife’s ex-boyfriends over.

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