Tag: circus

Bulldog Drummond: Death Under the Big Top (EP4546)


Today’s Mystery:

A beautiful woman at the circus asks Captain Drummond to embrace her, and gives him a gun that leads him to investigate a murder in a high-wire act.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 7, 1948

Originating in New York

Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny

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EP3573: Casey, Crime Photographer: Queen of the Amazon

Stats Cotsworth

Casey and Ann interview an ex-circus strongwoman who captured two burglars who made the mistake of trying to rob her hope chest. What was in the chest?

Original Air Date: January 8, 1948

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EP3532: Philip Marlowe: Daring Young Dame on the Flying Trapeze

Van Heflin

A trapeze performer hires Marlowe to protect a circus from dangerous gamblers his partners owe money to.

Original Air Date: July 1, 1947

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EP3413: The Man Called X: The Laughing Lady

Herbert Marshall
Ken and Pegon go to Sicily to take on the mafia. The only clue they have is the last words of a dying circus performer.

Original Air Date: September 26, 1948
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EP3399: Casey, Crime Photographer: King of the Apes

Stats Cotsworth

An ape trainer in a circus act is killed in his act and Casey suspects murder.
Original Air Date: May 1, 1947
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EP2790: Boston Blackie: A Murder at the Circus

Richard Kollmar
Blackie investigates the murder of a circus magician.

Original Air Date: April 14, 1948

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