Ep.211 Tales Of The Texas Rangers: Open And Shut

Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Stevie K.

Detective, Fiction, Crime, Arts, Radio Show, Mystery, Tv & Film, Performing Arts, Drama, Old Time Radio

4.8 • 588 Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2022

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Tales of the Texas Rangers, a western adventure old-time radio drama, premiered on July 8, 1950, on the US NBC radio network and remained on the air through September 14, 1952. Movie star Joel McCrea starred as Texas Ranger Jayce Pearson, who used the latest scientific techniques to identify the criminals and his faithful horse, Charcoal (or "Charky," as Jayce would sometimes refer to him), to track them down. The shows were reenactments of actual Texas Ranger cases. Open and Shut: A man wi...

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to another episode of nostalgic mystery radio. I'm your host Stevie K. And it's my
0:23.9	honor to bring you the radio shows of yesterday year. For this episode, I bring you Tales of the Texas Rangers,
0:31.0	episode titled Open and Shut, originally aired November 11, 1951, where a man with a bandana over his face is obviously the killer of a young accountant.
0:43.5	So sit back and relax, and I hope you enjoy this nostalgic mystery radio.
0:49.8	Thank you for listening.
0:53.9	The National Broadcasting Company presents Joel McCrae in Tales of the Texas Rangers.
1:04.0	From Hollywood, another authentic reenactment of a case transcribed from the files of the Texas Rangers.
1:18.7	Music of a case transcribed from the files of the Texas Rangers. Tales of the Texas Rangers starring Joel McCrae's Ranger Jace Pearson.
1:23.6	Texas more than 260,000 square miles,
1:27.1	and 50 men who make up the most famous and oldest law enforcement body in North America.
1:49.3	Now from the files of the Texas Rangers Come these stories based on facts.
1:51.5	Only names, dates, and places are fictitious for obvious reasons.
1:55.7	The events themselves are a matter of record.
2:02.6	Case for tonight, open and shut.
2:16.5	It is 137 a.m. September night, 1945.
2:20.6	John Meston, a wealthy rancher, is awakened by the sound of a speeding car, screeching to a stop on the driveway outside his house.
2:27.6	Seconds later, he jumps out of bed and reaches for a robe as the downstairs door opens.
2:32.2	And his daughter, Connie, comes comes up the stairs screaming hysterically.
2:34.9	Daddy, help me!
2:36.4	Johnny!
2:38.6	Comey!
2:39.3	What is it?
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