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Episode 515 - Clues for Christmas (Escape, Dragnet, Let George Do It, & Broadway is My Beat)
Episode 515 - Clues for Christmas (Escape, Dragnet, Let George Do It, & Broadway is My Beat)
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Length:
136 minutes
Released:
Dec 18, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
Happy Holidays! We're celebrating the season with four old time radio holiday mysteries. Grab an egg nog and a Christmas cookie or two and enjoy these Christmas crime tales. First, Paul Frees plans a perfect murder in "Back for Christmas" from Escape (originally aired on CBS on December 24, 1947). Then, Sgt. Joe Friday searches for a missing woman during the holidays in Dragnet (originally aired on NBC on July 28, 1949). Then, Bob Bailey finds a mystery on Christmas Eve when he tries to do a favor for a soldier in "Christmas Letter" from Let George Do It (originally aired on Mutual on December 24, 1951). Finally, Detective Danny Clover is on a holiday hunt for a legendary artifact in Broadway is My Beat (originally aired on CBS on December 22, 1951). Plus - Stan Freberg and Daws Butler star in a holiday Dragnet parody!
Released:
Dec 18, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Episode 7 - The Game's Afoot (New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes): It's back to Baker Street for an adventure of the world's most famous detective - Sherlock Holmes! John Stanley is Holmes and, as Dr. Watson, Alfred Shirley narrates "The Cadaver in the Roman Toga," first broadcast on Mutual on November 9, 1947. by Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)