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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Charlie Chan: The Color Blind Killer/The Eye Witness (EP4766)

The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Adam Graham

Performing Arts, Drama, Fiction, Arts

4.61.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Today's Mystery: Inspector Chan gets a key clue to the killer's identity from Landini's autobiography.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1935 or 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.

0:35.4

This is your host, Adam Graham.

0:48.7

In a moment, we're going to bring you this week's episode of Charlie Chan. But first, I do want to encourage you if you're enjoying the podcast to follow us using your favorite podcast software.

0:54.7

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1:01.5

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1:08.4

You can subscribe over at greatadventure.info.

1:13.6

Now here are the 35th and 36 episodes in the series,

1:20.6

The Colorblind Killer and Eyewitness.

1:47.5

Music our witness the most the most delightfully fascinating character in the realms of mystery, Charlie Chan. Charlie Chan. The

2:03.6

The Yeah. Yeah. And... ...andah

2:18.3

...and The

2:37.0

Oh, In the investigation of the murder of Ellen Landini at Pineview,

3:00.3

Charlie Chan, the Honolulu detective,

3:02.5

has been faced with a problem of too many people who, in their own mind,

3:06.5

had sufficient reason to kill Landini. However, in reading the galley proofs of Land many people who, in their own mind, had sufficient reason to kill Landini.

3:08.8

However, in reading the galley proofs of Landini's autobiographies,

3:12.8

Inspector Chan has found something which, to him, seems to point definitely to the murderer.

3:18.2

The inspector is in the living room, talking to old Sam Holt, the sheriff's father.

3:22.5

While in the study, Dudley Ward, owner of Pine View, sits before the fire

3:26.3

talking to Louis Romano.

3:28.4

What else

3:29.3

did they say?

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