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

It's my honor to bring you the radio shows of yester. For this episode I bring you, Pat Novak

for hire, episode titled Sam Tolliver, originally aired April 9th, 1949. Where Pat Novak does a favor for a friend out of prison

and picks up a package,

he returns to his office to find a cop

standing over a dead body.

So sit back

and relax, and I hope you

enjoy this nostalgic mystery

radio. Thank you for hire. Sure. Sure. I'm Pat Novak. For hire.

I'm Pat Novak for hire.

It's the easy way, because down here on the waterfront in San Francisco, you can't afford to wait your turn.

If you're going to make a living down here, you've got to do everything you can.

And you've got to be out of the hen house by son up.

Even then, it doesn't work out always, because you get trouble, tax-free.

It's like leukemia.

There's nothing you can do about it.

There's no way to duck it.

You might as well try to start a conga line in the cathedral.

I found that out Monday night when I met an old friend.

It was the night before elections,

and I was sitting in the office, scratching married

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