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 crime solvers from the

golden age of radio. No matter who you are and no matter what you do,

getting a good night's sleep is important, but it's critical for anyone who's

trying to catch a crook, a thief, or a killer.

And today we'll hear adventures of three old-time radio sloths

whose attempts to get some shut-eye or thwarted in one way or another by crime. Up first is Boston Blackie,

whose sleep is interrupted by a construction crew toiling away in the middle of the night. It's also bothering one of his

neighbors so Blackie tries to stop the noise. He soon discovers the crew's

business may be less than legitimate and this early wake-up call puts him on the

trail of a gang of bank robbers.

Richard Kalmer stars as Blackie, the reformed thief Thief Turned Detective, enemy to those who make him an enemy

and friend to those who have no friend in this syndicated episode known as the Randolph Construction Gang Robbery.

And we'll hear Howard Duff as Dashel Hammett Sam Spade in the Insomnia-Kaper,

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