Aired December 22, 1953 on NBC Radio. Frank Sinatra, as Rocky Fortune, is mixed up in a plot to murder Santa Claus. It started when Rocky answered a Christmas ad for a department store needing a young man as an auxiliary store detective for Christmas season employment. Rocky Fortune is an American radio drama that aired weekly on NBC Radio beginning in October 1953. The series ended its run in March 1954 after 25 episodes. The program was created by George Lefferts. Frank Sinatra voiced the title role of Rocky Fortune for the entire series. Rocky Fortune aired Tuesday nights on NBC at 9:35pm Eastern, immediately following Dragnet. It was a sustaining series, meaning that NBC presented the program without corporate sponsorship.