This is Case Closed, Crime Stories from the Golden Age of Radio.

This week on Case Closed, our hour of mystery begins with Barry Craig, Confidential Investigator.

We'll hear Hayas for Homicide from August 31, 1954.

After that, it's Nick Carter Master Detective, and Poison with a Past from March 4, 1945.

William Gargan stars as Barry Craig, confidential investigator.

Someone once said that murder is a fine art.

There's a catch, though.

If you're a successful artist, they hang your paintings.

If you're a successful murderer, they hang you.

The National Broadcasting Company presents William Gargan

in another transcribed drama of mystery and adventure with America's number one detective, Barry Craig, confidential investigator.

Barry Craig speaking, even confidential investigators need a vacation.

Sometimes they've been known to take one.

The place I've chosen was Vermont.

The main reason for that was Jake.

He was on vacation, too.

He decided to come home and see if he'd been smart and abandoning Vermont

to run an elevator on Madison Avenue. Say, Jake. What's the verdict? Madison Avenue.

Why? Is Madison Avenue dark and quiet like this? Nope. Is Madison Avenue surrounded by tall trees, cooled by gentle breezes, filled with the fragrance

of unspoiled nature?

Nope.

Now, what's Madison Avenue got that this place hasn't?

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