2 + Hours of Crime

First a look at this day in History.

Then Mr. District Attorney starring Jay Jostyn, originally broadcast April 11, 1951, 73 years ago, The Case of the Money Machine.  A former worker in a mental hospital breaks in and steals one of the inmates who happens to be a mathematical genius. An act in the carnival is set up for the madman. 

Followed by The Lives of Harry Lime starring Orson Welles, originally broadcast April 11, 1952, 72 years ago, Man of Mystery. Gregory Arkadin summons Harry from Vienna to Antibes. He's a wealthy man who has had amnesia for 20 years. He hires Harry to find out who he really is. It's worth $10,000 to Harry if he succeeds. 

Then The Mysterious Traveler, originally broadcast April 11, 1950, 74 years ago,  Operation Tomorrow.   A professor sends his assistant 100 years into the future in a newly built time machine. Arriving in the year 2050, the assistant finds that the world has been at war for ninety-five years!

Followed by a quick look at the news of April 11, 1950, then Beyond Tomorrow, originally broadcast April 11, 1950, 74 years ago,  Incident at Switchpath. A story about two strange machines found buried deep in a cave. 

Finally Superman, originally broadcast April 11, 1941, 83 years ago, Last of the Clipper Ships.  The discovery of a treasure map. Teak Barnaby wants that map...or else!   Though unbilled, Bud Collyer played Superman, and Jackie Kelk (Homer in Henry Aldrich) played Jimmy Olson. 

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