Hello and welcome to another episode of nostalgic mystery radio. I'm your host Stevie K.

And it's my honor to bring you the radio shows of yesteryear.

For this episode, I bring you Richard Diamond Private Detective, episode titled The Bogus Bills Case,

originally aired October 15, 1949.

When someone passes a counterfeit bill to a newsboy, Diamond sets out to take down the counterfeiting ring.

So sit back and relax, and I hope you enjoy this nostalgic mystery radio.

Thank you for listening. Here's Dick Powell as Richard Diamond, private detective. Thank you. Private Detective.

Hello there, this is Diamond.

I've got a little office near 53rd Street on Broadway, 8th floor.

My business?

Trouble.

What kind of trouble?

Well, take your thick. If you come up with something unusual, a new kind of trouble, drop around and see me.

Because I'm known along the big street as a shamis, a gum shoe, or to the guy on Park Avenue as a private detective.

If you happen to be stuck with your problem, for $100 a day in expenses, I'll chase it around until I can catch up and break its back.

I average about 20 fast rounds a week with old man trouble, and so far the decision's been on my side.

But don't misunderstand me. It's my business to beat him, but I respect him. Trouble goes to work with every trick in the book. So I play it the same way, and believe me, when I put him away for the count,

I don't clap my little hands in glee. I know he's just taking a rest, and he'll be back again

with some new stunts. Want to know how he works? Well, the other day, I was on the way to my office. I stopped at the corner, newsstand, 53rd and Broadway, to buy a paper and to seho to an old friend. Hi, Mr. Diamond. Well, hello, Jeff. How's the newspaper business? Oh, swell. How's the detective racket? Oh, swell. Hey, you don't sound too happy. Jeff, I couldn't be happier if my hair was on fire. Take my advice, son, when you grow up. Be sure and get a job that pays off every week in that little white envelope. Don't ever become a private detective. It's like a penny getting lost in the gum machine. I'm going to stick to the newspaper business.

Good for you.

Say, I was just about to go across the street to Mary Lewis and get some ice cream.

How about it? Can I buy you, Cone?

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