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 fighters. This week we're heading to the bank.

Why? Because that's where the money is. That profound observation came from the notorious robber Willie Sutton.

He famously gave that answer when he was asked why he robbed Banks.

Today we'll hear three old-time radio tales of bank robbers and of the cops who try to catch them.

First up is this is your FBI, the radio crime drama officially authorized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

We'll hear the heroic gmen in Quartet for Crime, originally aired on ABC on November 24th, 1950.

Stacey Harris stars as the intrepid Special Agent Jim Taylor, who's hunting for a gang of bank robbers who carefully rehearse each job

before they arrive on the scene. We'll also hear Parley Bear, William Conrad, and the Stentorian narration of William Woodson.

Classic TV fans may recognize Woodson as the narrator of the 60s Sci-fi series The Invaders.

Personally, when I hear William Woodson's voice, it takes me back to a comic book on tape that I had as a kid.

It was a two-part adaptation of the movie Dick Tracy, and it was in a lot of ways a radio drama. It had a full cast of actors

performing the story that was printed in the comic.

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