Get this and get it straight.

Crime is a sucker's road.

And those who travel

it wind up in the gut of the prison of the grave.

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 Saint,

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 Dollar.

... Yours truly, Johnny Dollar. Hello and welcome to a bonus episode of Down These Mean Streets.

This week we're celebrating the birthday of the great Orson Wells.

The actor, writer, director, and producer was born May 6, 1915, and while his name is probably most associated today with classic films, including one of the all-time great Citizen Kane, radio was a major part of Wells' career.

He thrilled audiences as the voice of the shadow, and he infamously frightened them with the legendary broadcast of the War of the Worlds. He guest-starred

on comedies like Jack Benny and Charlie McCarthy, and he starred in thrillers from suspense. Wells

also recreated one of his celebrated film roles, the charming, rogue,

hairy lime of the third man in a syndicated radio series. We could do a month's worth

of Orson Welles' radio performances, but for his birthday celebration, I've picked two of my

favorites, both of them, Adventures of Sherlock

...