Episode 606 - Carnival of Crime (Boston Blackie, The Whistler, Sam Spade, & Superman)

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

🗓️ 25 November 2024

⏱️ 127 minutes

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Summary

Hurry, hurry, hurry - come to the midway for four radio mysteries set at the carnival. A fortune teller predicts her own murder in a syndicated adventure of Boston Blackie starring Richard Kollmar. Then, a carnival dancer marries a wealthy admirer and then schemes to get rid of him in "The Brass Ring" (originally aired on CBS on September 16, 1946). Sam Spade tries to save a carnival performer from marriage to an infamous widower - to be followed by a quick funeral - in "The Bluebeard Caper" (originally aired on CBS on August 8, 1948). And we take flight with Superman to save a carnival from an unscrupulous rival owner in "Death Rides the Roller Coaster" (originally aired on ABC on December 3, 1949).

Transcript

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0:00.0	Get this and get it straight.
0:02.1	Crime is a sucker's road.
0:03.9	And those who travel
0:04.6	it wind up in the gut of the prison of the grave.
0:12.3	The story you were about to hear is true.
0:15.2	Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.
0:18.6	The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective.
0:21.7	The Adventures of the Saints,
0:23.5	starring Vincent Price.
0:25.5	Bob Bailey, in the exciting adventures
0:27.7	of the man with the action-packed expense account.
0:30.6	America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator...
0:33.4	Yours truly, Johnny Dollar.
1:02.3	... Yours truly, Johnny Dollar. Hello and welcome to Down These Mean Streets with more old-time radio detectives and crime fighters.
1:09.6	This week, we're off to the Midway to enjoy the sights and sounds of the carnival.
1:12.6	Of course, it won't just be roller coasters,
1:18.6	carousels, and deep-fried food. We'll find some mystery and murder along the way,
1:25.7	courtesy of these four old-time radio detective shows. First up is a trip to the carnival with Boston Blackie, where a fortune teller predicts a murder, and it turns out to be her own.
1:33.3	Richard Colmer stars as Boston Blackie in this syndicated mystery.
1:38.3	Then it's one of my favorite episodes of The Whistler.
1:43.3	From September 16th, 1946, it's the Whistler. From September 16th, 1946, it's the brass ring,
1:47.9	with Doris Singleton as a carnival dancer who marries a star-struck wealthy older man,
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