Classic Radio Theater with Wyatt Cox

Classic Radio for May 23, 2024 - Hot Ice, Robin Forrest Murder, and a GI Housing Racket


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2 + Hours of Crime

First a look at this day in History.

Then This is Your FBI, originally broadcast May 23, 1952, 72 years ago, Hot Ice.  The missing loot from a jewel robbery is in the building where a crooked game on an amusement pier is located.  

Followed by Broadway Is My Beat starring Larry Thor, originally broadcast May 23, 1953, 71 years ago, The Robin Forrest Murder Case.  A meek obedient wife named Joan Tracy is found drunk with a knife. 

Then Counterspy starring Don MacLaughlin and Mandel Kramer, originally broadcast May 23, 1948, 76 years ago, The Case of the Housing Racket.   A crooked home builder post World War II sold substandard houses to returning GI’s.  The counterspies get called in to investigate. 

Followed by The Lives of Harry Lime starring Orson Welles, originally broadcast May 23, 1952, 72 years ago, Murder on the Riviera. Harry's smuggling cigarettes in postwar France and meets a young a girl called "Stupid" with a corpse and 15 million francs. 

Finally Superman, originally broadcast May 23, 1941, 83 years ago, The Grayson Submarine. . "Dr. Deutch" and Hans make it safely to their new hideout. There is a traitor on the naval base!   

Thanks to Richard for supporting our podcast by using the Buy Me a Coffee function at http://classicradio.stream

Civil defense info mentioned on the show can be found here: http://www.civildefensemuseum.com/docs.html

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