Episode 561 - Three Coins in the Fountain (Philip Marlowe, Black Museum, & Johnny Dollar)

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

🗓️ 3 December 2023

⏱️ 91 minutes

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Summary

To some, it's just a pocketful of change, but in these three old time radio mysteries, coins play central parts in the crimes. First, Philip Marlowe hunts for a coin worth a cool $37,000 in "The Collector's Item" (originally aired on CBS on August 25, 1950). Then, Orson Welles tells how a single shilling was tied to a murder in a syndicated Scotland Yard story from The Black Museum. Finally, Bob Bailey stars as Johnny Dollar in a case involving Civil War currency - "The Confederate Coinage Matter" (AFRS rebroadcast; originally aired on CBS on July 28, 1957).

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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 Hey, Hap!
0:57.0	Mm-hmm, Santa.
0:58.0	Why, it's Wilcox. Now what are you doing in that costume, Harlow?
1:02.0	Going to a Christmas costume, Harlow?
1:02.6	Going to a Christmas party, ha?
1:04.6	Oh, what's in the sack?
1:06.0	Why, a load of merry motoring.
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1:11.0	Ignition engineered auto Auto Light Spark plugs.
1:14.0	Sure, and when you replace worn out spark plugs with these new Bantam beauties, your car
1:18.5	will perform smoother than Santa skidding down a slippery chimney and what's in this box
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1:28.8	bet they're unmatched for quick starts because they're designed by the same autolite engineers who designed
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