A Criminal Thursday

First a look at the events of the day

Then The Shadow starring Orson Welles and Agnes Moorehead, originally broadcast January 16, 1938, 87 years ago,  Sabotage.  A small tube of nitroglycerine helps the Shadow to break up a spy ring run by the strange Dr. Arnheim. 

Followed by Dr. Christian starring Gene Hersholdt, originally broadcast January 16, 1938, 87 years ago, The Flood.  Doctor Christian is needed during a flood. 

Then Dark Fantasy, originally broadcast January 16, 1942, 83 years ago, Debt From the Past starring Jane Wyatt.  A strange and weird adventure, laid in modern America with the flavor of the nineteenth century. The story of a businessman who was almost too honest, who found a method of paying a long-standing debt of honor, although thirty years in his grave.

Followed by The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes starring John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson, originally broadcast January 16, 1955, 69 years ago, The Case Of The Red-Headed League . Jabez Wilson, a London pawnbroker, consults Holmes and Dr. Watson about a peculiar situation involving a job offer from an organization called the “Red-Headed League.”

Finally, Superman, originally broadcast January 16, 1942, 83 years ago, Lita the Leopard Woman.   A Japanese sub is attacking the ship on which the only doctor that can save Jimmy Olsen's life is a passenger. Superman plays catch with the sub's torpedoes after they're launched. Jimmy Olsen will live!

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