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Episode 542 - Urban Cowboys (Gang Busters, Sam Spade, Let George Do It, & Tales of the Texas Rangers)

Episode 542 - Urban Cowboys (Gang Busters, Sam Spade, Let George Do It, & Tales of the Texas Rangers)

FromDown These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)


Episode 542 - Urban Cowboys (Gang Busters, Sam Spade, Let George Do It, & Tales of the Texas Rangers)

FromDown These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

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Length:
118 minutes
Released:
Jul 9, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Our heroes this week encounter elements of the old west in the strangest places. First up is "The Case of the Cowboy Killers" - a true crime tale from Gang Busters that pits police against a gang of robbers who are quick on the draw (originally aired on ABC on August 28, 1948). Next, real-life gunplay keeps Sam Spade from enjoying a western dime novel in "The Betrayal in Bumpass Hell," (AFRS rebroadcast from January 16, 1949). Then George Valentine is hired by a big screen cowboy star and winds up in a murder case in "Every Shot Counts" from Let George Do It (originally aired on Mutual on October 31, 1949). And finally, Joel McCrea uses old fashioned methods and modern policework in Tales of the Texas Rangers. We'll hear him as Ranger Jayce Pearson in "The Hatchet" (originally aired on NBC on February 11, 1951).
Released:
Jul 9, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

An old-time radio podcast, bringing you detective adventures from the Golden Age of Radio. Each week, tune in for an adventure of Sam Spade, Philip Marlowe, Johnny Dollar, The Saint, and many more.