Category: The Big Story

The Big Story: The Bobby-Sox Kid from Bayonne (EP4847)

Today’s Mystery:

Dorothy Kilgaren is called in to investigate the killing-by-hatchet of a woman; police suspect her seventeen-year-old daughter.

Original Radio Broadcast: October 15, 1947

Originating from New York

Starring: Janet Fox as Dorothy Kilgaren; Burt Brazier; Francis De Sales; Jerry Lewis; Mitzi Gould; Eleanor Audley

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The Big Story: The Case of the Counterfeit Coins (EP4842)

Today’s Mystery:

Reporter Jack Adams goes undercover in a gang of counterfeiters to catch the man at the top.

Original Radio Broadcast: October 19, 1947

Originating from New York

Starring: Dwight Weist as Jack Adams; Mason Adams; Larry Haines; Richard Keith; Eileen Heckart; James Boles; Jackson Beck

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The Big Story: The Thirteenth Key (EP4837)

Today’s Mystery:

A Columbus reporter investigates the brutal stabbing death of a woman found at a shooting range.

Original Radio Broadcast: June 4, 1947

Originating from New York

Starring: John Gibson as James Fusco of the Columbus Citizen; James McCallion; Gilbert Mack; Ward Wilson; Horace Braham; Connie Lembke; Janet Fox

Related: Columbus Underground article on the true story behind this week’s episode. (NSFW)

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