Three hours of Crime

First a look at this day in History.

Then Casey Crime Photographer starring Staats Cotsworth, originally broadcast February 5, 1948, 76 years ago, Music to Die By. Betty Welch has been found murdered, her boyfriend wounded nearby. The boyfriend's wife was in a nearby apartment!

Followed by The Adventures of Philip Marlowe starring Gerald Mohr, originally broadcast February 5, 1949, 75 years ago, The Long Rope. "There was a man with a bad heart, a telephone number scribbled on a cash register receipt and a corpse on the other side of town. I couldn't see the connection between them until I realized that they were all tied together by the same long rope...worth $30,000!"

Then Calling All Cars, originally broadcast February 5, 1935, 89 years ago, The Banker in the Well. Gordon Sawyer, vice president of a Tuscon bank, has been kidnapped from his home.

Followed by The Whistler, originally broadcast February 5, 1945, 79 years ago, Murder is Legal. A lawyer gets his client acquitted, even though he's in love with the client's wife. After a murder, a contract of death is agreed to. A framer is framed for a murder he actually committed.

Then Gangbusters, originally broadcast February 5, 1955, 69 years ago, The Case of the Lost Gun. A laundryman named Floreid Scearce is involved in a February, 1954 bank robbery in Danville, Virginia. His accomplice is named Keaton.

Finally Yours Truly Johnny Dollar starring Bob Reddick, originally broadcast February 5, 1961, 63 years ago, The Who’s who matter. There’s a phony Johnny Dollar running around, and Johnny has to find out who it is...

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