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. the Happy Thanksgiving and welcome to a bonus episode of Downe These Means Streets.

I hope you're enjoying some time with friends and family and getting ready for dinner

and the rounds of leftovers to follow.

And to help you get in the Turkey Day spirit, I wanted to share a pair of Thanksgiving radio comedies

starring some of my favorite funny men and women. Up first is an eventful dinner party

with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in an episode of their NBC

radio series from November 23, 1944.

Costello is among the guests at Abbott's High Society Thanksgiving dinner when one of the guests is robbed of her necklace.

Vocalist Connie Haynes sings on the sunny side of the street. Mel Blank lends his voice to a few characters and we'll also hear Artie Auerbach who plays his memorable Mr. Kittsle character,

one who later became a long-running recurring guest

on the Jack Benny program.

And we'll wrap up with my favorite sitcom of the Golden Age of Radio, Our Miss Brooks.

Eve Arden stars as the titular English teacher whose plans for Thanksgiving dinner

involve a tiny bird on the table to share with her landlady.

Slowly but surely the guest list for dinner grows, but the squab doesn't get any bigger.

One of Radio's best supporting cast is heard here with

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