Charlie Chan: The Case of the Romantic Engineer (EP4812)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
Adam Graham
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1950 or 1951
Originating from Sydney
Starring: William Rees as Charlie Chan; Rodney Jacobs
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| 0:00.0 | The Welcome to the great detectives of old-time radio from Boise, Idaho. This is your host, Adam Graham. In a moment, we're going to bring you this week's episode of Charlie Chan. |
| 0:40.9 | But first, I do want to encourage you, if you're enjoying the podcast, please follow us using your favorite podcast software. |
| 0:48.1 | And I also want to encourage you to check out our other podcast. In this case, today we are promoting our World War II podcast, The War. During that series, |
| 0:58.7 | I played through 277 episodes taking you through World War II from the pre-war era, all the way through the entire war BJ day and even some post-war epilogs. |
| 1:15.7 | We do that not only through news programs but also through comedies, dramas, even music. |
| 1:21.8 | You can check it all out at the war.org.gratedetactives.net and find all of our podcast series over the Great Detactors of Old Time |
| 1:31.3 | Radio. |
| 1:32.2 | Now here is the case of the romantic engineer. |
| 1:35.4 | The War The incomparable Charlie Chan. |
| 2:00.7 | We proudly present the incomparable Charlie Chan |
| 2:03.7 | in a new and exciting series. |
| 2:06.2 | Join this famous detective of fiction, films, and radio |
| 2:09.3 | as he combines the wisdom of the East |
| 2:11.6 | with the science of the West |
| 2:13.0 | in the dramatic chapter from the Adventures of Charlie Chan. |
| 2:17.0 | Music In the dramatic chapter from the adventures of Charlie Chan. |
| 2:28.7 | Charlie Chan, humbly bid you good evening and extend warm, welcome. |
| 2:34.4 | It is written, honesty of man is measured by greed of sales. |
| 2:42.1 | Tonight, we hear of persons who subtracted greed from honesty and obtained murder. |
| 2:44.0 | Listen, please. |
| 2:45.3 | Thank you. Tonight's adventure, the case of the romantic engineer. |
| 2:54.6 | The case of the romantic engineer. You can't miss the Polo Cafe. |
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