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.

This week we're hitting the green with four, not the golfers cry, but the number, old time

radio mysteries set on and around the golf course. First up from August 31st

1948 it's calling all detectives. I'm over 10 years into doing this podcast now and I'm still discovering new old time

radio shows. Shows like this combination of quiz program and mystery.

In calling all detectives, Paul Barnes played private eye Jerry Browning,

but he also lent his voice to every other character in the story.

The series was a two-man show with Barnes in front of the microphone and the sound effects

artist working his magic behind the scenes.

In the show's initial run,

listeners could send in their phone numbers,

and each week Barnes would call one of them to give them the opportunity to solve the mystery

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