Ep.94 The Crime Club: Mr. Smith's Hat

Nostalgic Mystery Radio

Stevie K.

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

4.8 • 588 Ratings

🗓️ 13 October 2021

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

The Crime Club aired on the Mutual Broadcasting System as a half-hour weekly radio series, beginning on December 2, 1946 and continuing until October 16, 1947, a run of 47 episodes. It aired on Mondays at 8 p.m. through December and then on Thursdays at 10 p.m. It was also heard on Wednesdays and Sundays on some stations. Each installment was introduced by the series host, The Librarian, portrayed by Barry Thomson and Raymond Edward Johnson (who was perhaps better known as the host of Inner ...

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0:00.0	Hello, and welcome to another episode of Austologic Mystery Radio.
0:25.8	I'm your host Stevie Kay, and it's my honor to bring you the radio shows of yesterday year.
0:32.1	For today's episode, I bring you the Crime Club, episode title Mr. Smith's Hat,
0:41.8	originally aired January 23rd, 1947, where a man calls the police to say he's going to be murdered, then 10 seconds later,
0:49.1	the man's daughter calls to say she just found his body. So sit back and relax, and I hope you enjoy this nostalgic mystery radio. Thank you for listening. Hello, I hope I haven't kept you waiting.
1:09.1	Yes, this is the crime club.
1:12.2	I'm the librarian.
1:15.2	Mr. Smith's hat.
1:17.8	Yes, we have that crime club story for you.
1:21.4	Come right over. Ah, you're here.
1:39.5	Good.
1:40.8	Take the easy chair by the window.
1:44.8	Comfortable?
1:46.8	The book is on this shelf.
1:50.4	Here it is.
1:52.7	Mr. Smith's hat.
1:55.1	By Helen Riley.
1:57.6	A very intriguing story of a finger that puts its print on death.
2:03.5	Let's look at it under the reading lamp.
2:06.5	It was a bad day for New York City,
2:09.7	the worst in a three-week period of early summer heat.
2:14.0	And Inspector Christopher McKee was in his office at the Center Street Police Headquarters when the telephone rang.
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