Get this and get it straight. Crime is a suckers road and those who travel it wind up in the gut of the prison of the grave.

The story you are about to hear is true, only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective.

The Adventures of the Saints starring Vincent Prize

Bob Bailey in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account

America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator.

Yours truly, Johnny Deller. And the Hello and welcome to down these mean streets. This week our old time radio

super sleuth is Casey Crime Photographer, the ace cameraman who solves the crimes he covers for his big city newspaper.

Then when the day is done he and his reporter girlfriend Anne Williams stop off to

unwind at the Blue Note Cafe. At their favorite watering hole they're served by Daffy bartender Ethelbert and entertained by the music of jazz pianist Herman Chittison.

With the bars setting and the easygoing chemistry and humor between the characters,

it makes Casey Crime Photographer feel like a hybrid of mystery and sitcom.

Not to suggest that the mysteries on the show aren't serious business, but the scenes of the Blue

Note added dose of levity you don't usually find in crime shows of this era.

It's a show that's really grown on me in recent years. Thanks in no

small part to the performances of Stots-Cotsworth as Casey, John Gibson as

Ethelbert, Jan Minor as Anne, and Bernard Lenro is Captain Logan of the police.

Most of the scripts for the show, including the two episodes we'll hear today, were written by Alonzo Dean Cole, a prolific writer who was

behind the scenes for the radio horror series The Witches' Tale.

Cole's voice and his knack for plotting also helped the show stand out from the crowd.

And while I wouldn't say that Casey crime photographer is at the top of the heap,

it's among the very best of the B-level radio detective shows.

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