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When young Wilma Lord arrives at Barry Craig's detective office asking for protection before her marriage to wealthy philanthropist John Waring, she hints at danger but refuses to say whose murder she fears. Before Craig can learn more, a man with a knife in his back is found dead—and he turns out to be on crime boss Harry Otis's payroll, the same man who employs Wilma. As the police investigate and an alarm goes out for Wilma, she calls Craig from hiding and arranges a secret midnight meeting in the park.

With Barry Craig, confidential investigator, Wilma Lord, a young woman, John Waring, a wealthy philanthropist, Lieutenant Rogers, homicide, Harry Otis, crime boss, Jake, building elevator operator, Willie, hot dog wagon operator.

Listen for: The moment when Wilma reveals why she really needs Craig's protection, and what connection John Waring has to the dead man and the crime world around them

First aired on November 7, 1951 on NBC Radio.

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Dan Holiday receives a mysterious ticket to a radio broadcast and a note written in blood-red lipstick asking him to attend. At the broadcast studio, he encounters the actress Jean Blake, who tracks him down at the Mayfair restaurant with an urgent plea for help. Blake claims she is in great danger and begs Holiday to assist her, despite his protests that he is a writer, not a detective.

With Dan Holiday, Susie, Jean Blake, Marvin Masterson, Henri.

Listen for: The mysterious phone call that interrupts Holiday's conversation with Jean Blake, and the caller's cryptic warning about her future.

First aired in 1948.

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Duke Orlando hires lawyer Lester Harrington to defend his torpedo, the Ohio Kid, against a murder charge. Orlando pays for the defense with a $100,000 check drawn on the Pierpont crime syndicate, a loan the syndicate's board has refused. When Harrington tells banker P.J. Pierpont about the check, the syndicate decides to recover it. Orlando, frightened, phones District Attorney Gatorne repeatedly, offering to surrender, while the witness Lucky Lynch lies gravely wounded in hospital. The story is part of the Mr. District Attorney series, first broadcast in 1939.

With Duke Orlando, Lester Harrington, P.J. Pierpont, Mr. Gatorne, Harry the Bum, Lucky Lynch, Emil.

Listen for: Orlando's frightened phone calls to the District Attorney

First aired on June 13, 1939.

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District Attorney Frank Hogan leads an investigation into a racket that has taken over the city's restaurants, with his assistant Harrington at his side. Restaurant owner Tony, freed from prison, agrees to help identify the collectors who extort payments from owners. The DA and Harrington photograph collectors at work, and Tony names the Ohio Kid as a gangster who used to visit his restaurant. The DA confronts the Ohio Kid at the Harwich restaurant. Mr. District Attorney was a radio drama series, and this episode aired on June 9, 1939.

With District Attorney, Harrington, Tony, The Ohio Kid, Duke, Lynch, Mr. Harwich, Lillian.

Listen for: Tony's identification of the collectors and the Ohio Kid, and the DA's staged meeting with the Ohio Kid at the Harwich restaurant.

First aired on June 9, 1939.

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New District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey, a man who vows to expose the racketeers preying on the city, is approached by Mrs. Milano, an Italian immigrant whose three sons run a wholesale food business. She explains that her sons were pressured by a man demanding $100 a month for protection, and that their warehouses were overturned and burned when they refused. Dewey promises to help her, but the next morning he learns that the three Milano brothers have been murdered in a restaurant. Dewey investigates the crime, and a threatening note found near one of the bodies suggests the killing is tied to the rackets he has sworn to break.

With Mr. District Attorney, Miss Rand, Mrs. Milano, Chief Thomas, Harrington, Wallace, Zara, Miss Phillips.

Listen for: Listen for Mrs. Milano's account of the protection demands and the fire at the warehouse, and for the discovery of the three murdered brothers and the threatening note found at the scene.

First aired on April 3, 1939.

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Lieutenant Ben Guthrie and Sergeant Matt Graham of the police investigate the stabbing of Charles Jordan at the Paradise Motel on Lookout Point. Robert Weber, a motel resident, identifies a suspect named Jack Carper in a police lineup, claiming Carper robbed him the night before. Guthrie questions Carper, Weber, Jordan's wife Lettie, and Lionel Austin, whose stories about the previous night do not match. The officers weigh the links between Weber, Lettie and the time of the crime. The broadcast is part of The Line Up, an old-time radio police drama, and the cast is listed in its closing credits as William Johnstone as Lieutenant Guthrie and Wally Maher as Sergeant Graham.

With Lieutenant Ben Guthrie, Sergeant Matt Graham, Robert Weber, Jack Carper, Ralph, Milburn, Lettie Jordan, Charles Jordan.

Listen for: Robert Weber's insistence on the time between 10 and 12 and his identification of Jack Carper in the lineup

First aired on July 27, 1950.

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Lieutenant Ben Guthrie and Sergeant Matt Grebb investigate the shooting of Johnny Toronto, a powerful gangster, in his office. The police arrest Eddie Gaynor, a young hoodlum whose gun is found at the scene, and he insists he has been framed. As the detectives question witnesses and suspects, including the lawyer Tobin and the used car dealer's acquaintances, the case grows tangled with a second murder. This episode of The Line Up, first broadcast on July 20, 1950 on CBS, stars William Johnstone and Wally Maher as the two detectives.

With Lieutenant Ben Guthrie, Sergeant Matt Grebb, Eddie Gaynor, Johnny Toronto, Tobin, Ruby Lloyd, Ginny Breen, Aaron Kojaren.

Listen for: Eddie Gaynor's claim that he was framed, and the detectives' questioning of the suspects in the lineup and afterward.

First aired on July 20, 1950.

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Lieutenant Ben Guthrie and Sergeant Matt Grebb run a police lineup in which a young man, Jimmy Hodge, is identified as having an odd bundle of clothing from a jeweler, Roy Cameron. Guthrie learns the coat once belonged to Cameron's murdered daughter, Anita, and that the coat's wearer was attacked for it. Guthrie grows convinced that Charles Dixon, scheduled for execution the next night, may not be the killer. The episode is an audition recording of The Line Up, a 1950 radio crime drama, first aired May 27, 1950.

With Lieutenant Ben Guthrie, Sergeant Matt Grebb, Jimmy Hodge, Roy Cameron, Ruth Hodge, Charles Dixon, Vern Meredith, Grace Meredith.

Listen for: Listen for the lineup questioning, the bullet hole in the coat, and Guthrie's growing doubt about Charles Dixon's conviction.

First aired on May 27, 1950.

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David Harding, a counterspy for the United States, is called to Loganberry Point on the Maine coast after an elderly widow, Eliza Gott, captures a stranger who came ashore from a torpedoed ship. Eliza keeps a lantern lit on her porch for a husband lost at sea decades earlier. The man claims to be a survivor, but Harding's investigation suggests he is a German agent. The episode is part of the Counterspy series, first aired on September 14, 1942, and its lead actors are not named in the transcript.

With David Harding, Eliza Gott, Frank Berkman, Captain Stinson.

Listen for: Eliza Gott's lantern and her unusual method of dealing with the stranger, and how the fishermen of Loganberry Point respond when Harding asks for volunteers

First aired on September 14, 1942.

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David Harding, a chief counterspy, tracks Nazi agents who slip into Texas by plane from a hidden ranch in Mexico. Posing as a wealthy visitor, he helps the Army locate the route by spotting high-frequency lights hidden in chimneys along the flight path. At the ranch he meets the owners, a German couple who appear to be Nazi sympathizers, and other guests whose true loyalties are unclear. A murder occurs at the house, and Harding and his assistant Kelly must work out who is responsible. This episode of the Counterspy series aired on June 22, 1942, on the Blue Network, starring Philip H. Lord's production cast.

With David Harding, Kelly, Mr. Walker, Colonel Marvin, Carlos Costello, Borka.

Listen for: The high-frequency light lenses and the murder at the ranch house

First aired on June 22, 1942.

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