Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

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Episode 28 - Marlowe Meets Marlowe (Adventures of Philip Marlowe) Oct 27, 2013

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It's another adventure of Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe, and one that features both of the actors who starred as Marlowe in weekly radio series: Van Heflin and Gerald Mohr. Heflin is Marlowe and Mohr is the title character in an adaptation of Chandler's "The King in Yellow," originally aired on NBC on July 8, 1947.

Episode 27 - When Man Hunts Man (Pursuit) Oct 20, 2013

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We're heading across the pond this week for an episode of CBS' Scotland Yard police procedural Pursuit. Ted de Corsia stars as Inspector Peter Black. Join him as he searches the streets of London for a murderer on the loose in "Three for All," originally aired on CBS on November 10, 1949.

Episode 26 - Order in the Court (Defense Attorney) Oct 13, 2013

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Our star this week was called "the world's greatest living radio actress" by Orson Welles. She's Academy Award winner Mercedes McCambridge, and we'll hear her as Martha Ellis Bryant on Defense Attorney. On the podcast this week, we'll hear her fight to clear her wrongfully accused clients in "Client Joshua Masters," first broadcast on ABC on April 10, 1952.

Episode 25 - Protecting the Innocent (Dragnet) Oct 06, 2013

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The story you're about to hear is true. It's Jack Webb's legendary police procedural Dragnet, bringing actual Los Angeles Police Department cases to radio. Webb is Sgt. Joe Friday, with Barton Yarborough as Sgt. Ben Romero in "The Big Late Script," originally aired on NBC on July 26, 1951.

Episode 24 - Art Imitates Life (Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator) Sep 29, 2013

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William Gargan played several detectives on radio and television, and he could draw from his real-life experience as a private eye for his characters. This week, we'll hear Gargan star as Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator in "Blood Money," first broadcast on NBC on August 2, 1954.

Episode 23 - Enemy to Those Who Make Him an Enemy (Boston Blackie) Sep 22, 2013

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Chester Morris reprises his screen role as Boston Blackie, reformed safe cracker turned sleuth, who operates outside of the law but always to help the innocent. We'll hear Blackie in "Alice Manletter - Dead or Alive," originally broadcast on NBC on August 4, 1944.

Episode 22 - Photo Finish (Casey, Crime Photographer) Sep 15, 2013

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Stop the presses! This week, we'll hear Staats Cotsworth as Casey, Crime Photographer - ace cameraman and amateur sleuth. Listen as Casey fights crime and makes the late edition in "The Chivalrous Gunman," originally broadcast on CBS on August 14, 1947.

Episode 21 - Armchair Detection (Ellery Queen) Sep 08, 2013

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Match wits with master detective Ellery Queen and see if you can solve the mystery before he reveals the solution. We're breaking the fourth wall this week as you (and celebrity guest detective Peggy Lee!) get a chance to nab the culprit in "One Diamond," starring Howard Culver as Ellery Queen, first broadcast on ABC on May 6, 1948.

Episode 20 - Innocent, Vagrant, Thief, Murderer (The Line-Up) Sep 01, 2013

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The Line-Up, one of radio's finest police procedurals, takes listeners behind the scenes of the San Francisco Police Department as its determined detectives track down criminals and close cases. Bill Johnstone stars as Lt. Ben Guthrie, with Jack Moyles as Sgt. Pete Carger in "Singer's Husband Killed," first broadcast on CBS on July 1, 1952.

Episode 19 - As Deserted as a Warm Bottle of Beer (Pat Novak For Hire) Aug 25, 2013

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Radio detectives don't come more hard-boiled than Pat Novak For Hire. Jack Webb stars in one of his first big radio hits as a character who is anything but Joe Friday. We'll hear "Sam Tolliver," originally broadcast on ABC on April 23, 1949.

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