Get this and get it straight.

Crime is a suckers road,

and those who travel it wind up in the gut of the prison of the grave.

The story you are 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 Price.

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 means streets and more old-time radio detectives and crime fighters.

There's a lot of fashion from the radio era that's fallen out of style

since those days of yesteryear.

For example, they were all the rage with detectives, but you don't see many men wearing trench coats

today.

Fur coats also fall into that bucket, even if they haven't completely gone away, popular

opinion about them and their production has shifted dramatically.

But back in the radio era, f were in demand both as a luxury item for consumers and as a hot ticket for thieves as we'll hear in this week's radio mysteries

first up is Dick Powell as Gumshoo Richard Rogue in a fortune in furs from Rogue's gallery,

originally aired on Mutual on December 20th, 1945.

Now what Rogue's Gallery is probably best known for, other than being the show Powell

did before he starred in Richard Diamond is the character of U-Gore.

That's Rogue spelled backwards.

The annoying gremlin who would visit Rogue whenever the detective was not unconscious.

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