The Welcome friends to the 100th episode of Down These Mean Streets.

To mark our triple digit milestone, I've got a king-sized episode for you with four old-time radio detectives on deck.

But first, here are the results of our 100th episode contest.

Thanks to everyone who entered. Several of you send some really nice notes about your appreciation of the show.

I've said it before that my favorite part of doing this show has been connecting with all of the old-time radio fans who are out there,

fans of all ages who still enjoy these shows. It does this radio fan good to know

there are so many others out there who still get a kick out of these old detective programs.

The response was so tremendous that I'm adding a second prize.

Another 10 CD Great Detectives collection from Radio Archives. This one features the saint, Sherlock Holmes,

Pat Novak, Candy Mattson, and more. And that set goes to Jerry Hamill.

Congratulations Jerry.

And our first prize, the 10 CD Great Radio Detectives collection,

goes to David Galher.

Congratulations David.

I'll be following up with both of you to coordinate delivery of your prizes.

And stay tuned.

I'm hoping to have a monthly contest going forward with more old-time radio show collections. The next one will be coming up in March.

And now on with the show and those four radio gumshoes. First we'll hear from Alan Ladd as Dan Holiday in Box 13 in his syndicated

episode Find Me, Find Death. Then Dick Powell is Richard Diamond, private detective, in his case called Lady in Distress.

That one's from ABC on February 23rd, 1951.

Third, it's Howard Duff as Sam Spade in the Hot Hundred Grand Caper from CBS on September

19th, 1948. Finally, Gerald Moore closes it out as Philip Marlow in The Soft Spot, originally aired on CBS on September 1st, 1950. Box 13 with the Star of Paramount Pictures Alan Ladd as Dan Holiday. Hello Susie come for Box 13 mail. Is there any Connie? Sure a lot of it. But here's one that's different.

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