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"The offices of Sam Spade, Detective are open once again with six madcap capers from 1949 - 1951. But, fair warning-- a knock on Spade's door can mean wild goose chases, scams, and set ups of the seriously deadly variety. Meanwhile, the effusive and earnest Effie can be counted on to wait by her desk to take down the tale, pour the drink, and lavish the praise once the case is closed"--Container.
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Everybody loves a mystery, and nobody solves them like Mike Hammer. While other detectives bend and manipulate the law, Hammer holds it in total contempt, seeing it as nothing more than an impediment to justice, the one virtue he holds in absolute esteem. Now, the no-holds-barred private eye returns, along with his gorgeous secretary, Velda, and a collection of New York City characters, in two fully dramatized "theater-of-the-mind" audio adventures....
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Taking its name from a popular series of mystery novels, Inner Sanctum Mystery debuted over NBC's Blue Network in January 1941. Inner Sanctum Mystery featured one of the most memorable and atmospheric openings in radio history: an organist hit a dissonant chord, a doorknob turned and the famous "creaking door" slowly began to open. Every week, Inner Sanctum Mystery told stories of ghosts, murderers and lunatics. Produced in New York, the cast usually...
69) Radio classics
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Includes 23 digitally remastered episodes from 1938-1957 selected by Greg Bell, with audio introductions and a program guide.
70) Mystery house
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"It wasn't uncommon for a radio series to be assocated with a publishing firm, but "Mystery House" gave book promotion a slight twist. In each program, the staff members of Mystery House, "that strange publishing firm owned by Dan and Barbara Glenn", would pitch in to perform a half-hour mystery, while others would provide sound effects, rewrite scripts and so on, wht the premise of demonstrating the credibility of a novel before it was published....
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There were several newspaper-based dramas during radio's golden age, including Box 13, Let George Do It, and Casey, Crime Photographer, but Night Beat was a cut above. It was the story of Randy Stone, hard-nosed Chicago Star newsman, and his quest for the human-interest story behind the headlines. It starred Frank Lovejoy as Stone, who came to vivid life thanks to expert scripts by Russell Hughes, E. Jack Neumann, John Michael Hayes (who would later...
72) The Shadow
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A compilation of twelve programs featuring radio's greatest crime fighter, the Shadow, who was "never seen, only heard" in these episodes originally broadcast between 1938 and 1948.
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"Bob Bailey stars as the dynamic Dollar as he faces fraud, fatalities, and phantom chases. He attends the inscrutable insured, including a doctor who won't see patients, a boxer who shouldn't step inside a ring, and a violinist who wouldn't play...and then couldn't be found. When people die of accidents that were on purpose, or of premeditated natural causes, Johnny brings the justice and the killers get caught"--Container. Includes a 1954 episode...
74) Crime club
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"Take a seat. Get comfortable. And get set for a murderously entertaining evening at the Crime Club! Based on the famous series of mystery novels, here are sixteen cold-blooded excursions into the criminal mind, as originally broadcast in 1946-47!"--Container.
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"The detective series Let George Do It came to radio in 1946. It starred Bob Bailey as George Valentine, ex-GI and detective for hire. Clients came to Valentine's office after reading a newspaper carrying his classified ad: Personal notice: Danger's my stock-in-trade. If the job's too tough for you to handle, you've got a job for me, George Valentine. Write full details.Valentine's secretary was Claire Brooks, a.k.a. Brooksie. Other regulars included...
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"In the darkest reaches of the human Psyche, there is no corner quite so dark as the fear of nameless, inevitable Fate. With its startling twists and its mocking laughter, Fate can take any of us at any time. We know this, deep down, and it terrifies us. We confront this fear by taking a grim satisfaction with the cruelties Fate metes out to others. Because if it's happening to someone else, it isn't happening to us --- right?"--Container.