Get this and get it straight.

Crime is a sucker's road,

and those who travel it'd wind up in the gut of the prison of the grave.

The story you're about to hear is true. The

The story you were about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective.

The Adventures of the Saints starring Vincent Prize.

Bob Bailey in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account.

America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator

yours truly Johnny Deller The Hello and welcome to down these mean streets and more old-time radio

detectives and crime Solvers.

Summer is here, and that means vacations and a chance to get away from it all, at least for

a while.

But Radio Detectives rarely took vacations.

And even if they managed to get out of the office for a few days, trouble usually came along

for the ride.

Today we'll hear three old-time radio mysteries that find our heroes working in and

around secluded cabins, ideal spots for rest, relaxation, and in these cases, homicide.

Up first is Nick Carter, Master Detective, in the Echo of Death, or Nick Carter and the Phantom Clue.

Nick, his assistant Patsy Bowen, and their reporter friend Scubby Wilson head to a millionaire's mountain lodge to investigate the disappearance of another newsman.

He was on the verge of breaking a major story before he vanished.

Lon Clark stars as Nick and Helen showed his Patsy

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