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AWR0178: The Passing Parade: Emily Bissell Launches the Christmas Seals Program Dec 19, 2021

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John Nesbitt tells the story of how a social worker founded the Christmas seals in a quest to save a sanitarium for the care of people with tuberculosis. Original Air Date: December 1942 Go to http://amazing.greatdetectives.net to subscribe to the podcast. Brought to you by the support of our Patreon listeners…http://patreon.greatdetectives.net

AWR0177: Stars Over Hollywood: Home’s Not a Place Dec 01, 2021

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A fourteen-year-old boy (Dean Stockwell) creates imaginary parents after his old friend in the orphanage is adopted. Go to http://amazing.greatdetectives.net to subscribe to the podcast. Brought to you by the support of our Patreon listeners…http://patreon.greatdetectives.net

AWR0176: Jimmy Durante and Garry Moore Show: Thanksgiving Pilgrim Nov 24, 2021

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A half hour of fun with Durante and Moore including their Thanksgiving “opera” about the Courtship of Miles Standish. Original Air Date: November 22, 1946 Go to http://amazing.greatdetectives.net to subscribe to the podcast. Brought to you by the support of our Patreon listeners…http://patreon.greatdetectives.net

AWR0175: The Eternal Light: A Man is Not a Thing (Ed Asner Tribute) Sep 22, 2021

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Two American G.I.’s in Casablanca meet a young Moroccan Jew and encourage his dream of going to Jerusalem. Features Ed Asner. Original AIr Date: April 22, 1956 Go to http://amazing.greatdetectives.net to subscribe to the podcast. Brought to you by the support of our Patreon listeners…http://patreon.greatdetectives.net

AWR0174: Voice of the Army: Operation Citizenship Sep 17, 2021

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The story of the effort to swear in immigrants serving in the U.S. Army during World War II. Original Air Date: 1949 Go to http://amazing.greatdetectives.net to subscribe to the podcast. Brought to you by the support of our Patreon listeners…http://patreon.greatdetectives.net

AWR0173: Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air: The Hitchhiker Sep 08, 2021

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A young man travelling across country keeps seeing the same hitchhiker over and over again. Original Air Date: June 21, 1946 Go to http://amazing.greatdetectives.net to subscribe to the podcast. Brought to you by the support of our Patreon listeners…http://patreon.greatdetectives.net

AWR0172: The Mercury Summer Theatre of the Air: The Apple Tree Sep 01, 2021

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A middle aged man returns to the site of a doomed Summer romance from his youth. Original Air Date; September 6, 1946 Go to http://amazing.greatdetectives.net to subscribe to the podcast. Brought to you by the support of our Patreon listeners…http://patreon.greatdetectives.net

AWR0171: Frances Langford Show: Church Social Aug 25, 2021

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Frances cooks for the church social auction while the men of the cast connive to outdo each other to get lunch with Frances. Original Air Date:August 14, 1947 Go to http://amazing.greatdetectives.net to subscribe to the podcast. Brought to you by the support of our Patreon listeners…http://patreon.greatdetectives.net

AWR0170: The Frances Langford Show: Going to a Baseball Game Aug 18, 2021

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Frances is taken to a baseball game by her guyfriend. Original Air Date: June 5, 1947 Go to http://amazing.greatdetectives.net to subscribe to the podcast. Brought to you by the support of our Patreon listeners…http://patreon.greatdetectives.net

AWR0169: Wanted: The Case of Kenneth “Two-Gun” Wagner Aug 11, 2021

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The story of the FBI’s pursuit of a convicted killer who had become a Southern folk legend. Original Air Date: August 11, 1950 Go to http://amazing.greatdetectives.net to subscribe to the podcast. Brought to you by the support of our Patreon listeners…http://patreon.greatdetectives.net

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