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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Cloak and Dagger: Frank Baker's Story (A0002)

The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Adam Graham

Performing Arts, Drama, Fiction, Arts

4.61.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Today's Adventure: An American OSS agent who parachuted into Germany tries to figure out how he made a mistake.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 7, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Joseph Julian; Dolly Haas; Raymond Edward Johnson; Corey Ford; Bernard Phillips; Ross Martin

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Transcript

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0:00.0

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

0:12.4

This is your host, Adam Graham.

0:15.2

In a moment, we are going to be bringing you Cloak and dagger.

0:19.6

But first, I do want to encourage you, if you are enjoying this podcast, to please follow

0:25.1

us using your favorite podcast software.

0:29.2

And to listen to all of our Great Adventurer series, please subscribe to the Great Adventuresurers

0:35.7

of Old Time Radio at Great Adventures.com.

0:42.4

Now, this episode is going out on the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio podcast feed,

0:48.1

and we'll kind of discuss the future linking of the series and delinking.

1:00.0

But first, let's go ahead and talk about the series we'll be bringing you Cloak and Dagger.

1:10.0

Now, Cloak and Dagger is a series based on a book about the OSS, the Office of Strategic Services.

1:16.3

These stories are based on true life incidents that happened during the war.

1:25.7

And it is really a great contrast of the spectrum of programs that we can feature on this podcast that our first episode is the far-out adventures of Flash Gordon on Planet Mongo,

1:33.6

and then our second series is a grounded story of real-life adventure.

1:40.9

The original air date is May the 7th.

1:44.7

1950. Here now is Frank Baker's story.

1:50.6

You're about to hear a new NBC presentation, Cloak and Dagger.

1:55.5

Program number one in 90 minutes of continuous mystery and suspense on NBC.

2:00.4

Following Cloak and Dagger, stay tuned for high adventure.

2:03.3

Then listen to the big guy, NBC's new unique mystery series.

2:07.2

But first, cloak and dagger.

2:12.0

Are you willing to undertake a dangerous mission for the United States?

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