Episode 545 - Now You See Them (Blackstone, Mystery is My Hobby, Philo Vance, & Nick Carter)

Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

Jack Mooney

Arts, Performing Arts, Mystery, Detectives, Old, Radio, Time, Tv & Film, Oldtimeradio

4.6 • 982 Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2023

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

Magicians may be able to fool an audience, but they can't fool these old time radio detectives. We'll hear four mysteries involving illusions, prestidigitation, and sleight of hand along with murder. First, a real-life magician is the inspiration for Blackstone, The Magic Detective and the mystery of "The Icy Touch" (originally aired on Mutual on December 5, 1948). Then, mystery writer and amateur sleuth Barton Drake finds murder at a magic show in Mystery is My Hobby. Philo Vance hunts for the killer of a magician in "The Magic Murder Case" and a competition between magicians turns deadly in "The Case of the Magic Rope" on Nick Carter, Master Detective (originally aired on Mutual on March 21, 1948).

Transcript

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0:00.0	Get this and get it straight.
0:02.0	Crime is a sucker's road,
0:04.0	and those who travel it'd wind up in the gut of the prison of the grave.
0:07.0	The story you're about to hear is true. The
0:12.5	The story you were about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.
0:18.5	The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective.
0:21.5	The Adventures of the Saints starring Vincent Prize.
0:25.0	Bob Bailey in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account.
0:30.0	America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator
0:33.2	yours truly Johnny Deller And the Hello and welcome to down these mean streets and more old-time radio
1:00.0	detectives and crime fighters.
1:03.0	Before we get started today, I want to thank you for your patience.
1:07.0	This show was meant for last week, but due to some technical difficulties,
1:12.0	I couldn't get it uploaded.
1:14.2	But hopefully it'll be worth the weight,
1:16.7	as today I have four old-time radio mysteries for you,
1:21.1	all involving magicians and their baffling tricks.
1:26.3	We're kicking things off today with a series inspired by a real life magician, the Great
1:32.4	Blackstone. His popularity led to a radio series
1:37.0	Blackstone the Magic Detective where the magician played on radio by actor Ed Jerome, would relate the story of a mystery he solved using his tricks of the trade.
1:50.0	As a bonus, Blackstone would also share with the audience a magic trick that they could perform at home.
1:57.0	Scripts for the radio series were mostly written by Walter B. Gibson.
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