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Episode 429 – Let’s Be Frank (Here Comes McBride, Escape, & Night Beat)
Before his big screen turns in The Hitchhiker and In a Lonely Place, Frank Lovejoy made a name for himself on radio. His best known role was reporter and amateur sleuth Randy Stone in Night Beat, but before that he could be heard on everything from The Shadow to Suspense in supporting and starring roles. We’ll hear him as a tough insurance investigator in Here Comes McBride (originally aired on NBC on May 19, 1949). Then, Lovejoy is a private eye guarding a fabulous emerald in “Figure a Dame” from Escape (originally aired on CBS on December 20, 1949). Finally, he stars in “The Girl from Kansas” from Night Beat (originally aired on NBC on June 5, 1950).
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Episode 451 – From A to Ziv (Boston Blackie, Philo Vance, I Was a Communist for the FBI, & Bold Venture)
Frederick Ziv was one of the biggest producers of syndicated radio and TV shows in the 1940s and 50s. His programs boasted big name stars, established properties, and great production values, and his companies raked in millions of dollars each year from sales of shows directly to small sponsors and local markets. We’ll hear four of his old time radio mystery shows: “The Harry Walker Killing,” starring Richard Kollmar as Boston Blackie; Jackson Beck as Philo Vance in “The Poetic Murder Case;" I Was a Communist for the FBI, starring Dana Andrews in "No Second Chance;” and Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall in “The Blue Moon,” a tale of tropical adventure from Bold Venture.
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Episode 494 - Let’s Get Away From It All (Let George Do It, Philip Marlowe, & Barrie Craig)
It’s summertime, but the living isn’t easy for these radio detectives. All they want is a little vacation, but murder and mayhem pop up as uninvited guests and turn their getaways into cases. First, George Valentine hooks a corpse instead of a fish in “The Empress of Fish Falls” from Let George Do It (originally aired on Mutual on August 22, 1949). Then, Philip Marlowe is roped into solving a murder at a ranch in “The Dude from Manhattan” (originally aired on CBS on July 2, 1949). Finally, Barrie Craig is on a train to the mountains when he meets a beautiful woman and finds a dead body in “Death Buys a Bedroom” (originally aired on NBC on July 27, 1954).
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Some of my favourite radio detectives :)
Episode 507 - Throw the Book at Them (Boston Blackie, Philip Marlowe, & Let George Do It)
Read along with our heroes this week in three old time radio mysteries where books play a key role in the crimes and their solutions. First, Boston Blackie tries to figure out why readers of a best-selling novel keep winding up dead. Richard Kollmar stars in this syndicated episode known as “Three Wind Blows West Murders.” Then, Philip Marlowe believes a murder victim’s scrapbook contains the motive for her death and the identity of her killer in “The Big Book” (originally aired on CBS on September 29, 1950). Finally, George Valentine helps a bookstore owner whose shop keeps getting robbed in “The Bookworm Turns” from Let George Do It (originally aired on Mutual on December 11, 1950).
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