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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Charlie Chan: Killer has False Beard/Meeting Gerald Willoughby's Plane (EP4781)

The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Adam Graham

Performing Arts, Drama, Fiction, Arts

4.61.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Today's Mystery: Inspector Chan finds a key clue about the murderer of Simmons, the butler, and then meets the plane of the late Colonel Willoughby's plane.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1936

Originating from Los Angeles

Starring: Walter Connolly as Inspector Charlie Chan

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Transcript

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0:00.0

The Welcome to the great detectives of old time radio from Boise, Idaho.

0:36.0

This is your host, Adam Graham. In a moment, we are going to bring you

0:40.9

this week's Charlie Chan cereal. But if you are enjoying this podcast, please follow us using

0:48.4

your favorite podcast software. And I want to encourage you to check out our other podcast,

0:53.7

and I'm highlighting the

0:55.1

amazing world of radio at amazing.gratedetactives.net, where we are currently playing our summer

1:02.6

of Robert Louis Stevenson, which is quickly nearing its conclusion. We've had a great season,

1:09.7

and you can go and catch up on all of the great Robert Louis

1:14.5

Stevenson action in stories like Kidnap Treasure Island and the strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr.

1:22.7

Hyde, as well as lesser known or lesser remembered stories these days, such as Treasure of the Franchard.

1:30.6

And the bottle-in.

1:31.9

Again, check that out at amazing.gratedetectives.net or wherever you get your podcast from.

1:38.2

Now, one quick note on Charlie Chan, I did actually find a document which kind of correct some of the things I thought

1:47.1

about the series. Now, the announcer from the series, I said, was Don Wilson known for the Jack

1:53.2

Benny show, but it was actually J. Donald Wilson. He started going by the J. Donald as

2:00.4

Don Wilson became famous, not to be confused with him.

2:04.0

And that makes sense because the voices were different.

2:06.9

I thought he just may have been speaking somewhat differently for a mystery program,

2:11.6

but as an entirely different person, J. Donald Wilson.

2:15.0

And I also found out that this was a 78 episode series. And each station was

2:23.6

required to sign up for at least 39 episodes. Now, I'm not certain whether the Landini

2:31.2

murder mystery was a required serial, or if stations could choose,

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