Episode 400 - Fabulous Firsts
Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
Jack Mooney
4.5 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 August 2020
⏱️ 184 minutes
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Summary
It's the 400th episode of "Down These Mean Streets!" To celebrate, I'm sharing the first detective shows I heard - the episodes that sparked my love of old time radio mystery drama. Join me for "The Big Scoop Matter" from Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (originally aired on CBS on November 11, 1956); "The Case of the Careworn Cuff" from The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe (originally aired on NBC on October 27, 1950); "Night Tide" from The Adventures of Philip Marlowe (originally aired on CBS on May 21, 1949); "The Death Bed Caper" from The Adventures of Sam Spade (originally aired on CBS on June 20, 1948); "The Louis Spence Case" from Richard Diamond, Private Detective (originally aired on NBC on March 3, 1950); and "Greed Causes Murder" from The Saint (originally aired on NBC on September 14, 1949).
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| 0:00.0 | 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. |
| 0:07.0 | The story you are about to hear is true, only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. |
| 0:18.0 | The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective. |
| 0:22.0 | The Adventures of the Saints starring Vincent Prize |
| 0:25.4 | Bob Bailey in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account |
| 0:30.6 | America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator. |
| 0:33.0 | Yours truly, Johnny Deller. And the Hello and welcome to the 400th episode of Down These Mean Streets. |
| 1:05.0 | Nearly seven and a half years ago I started this podcast to share my love of the old time |
| 1:11.5 | radio era and its roster of detectives and crime fighters. |
| 1:17.1 | And over the years in the past 399 shows, you've joined me as we dove into the scores of cops, private eyes, and amateur detectives |
| 1:27.1 | who kept the airwaves safe and kept listeners on the edge of their seats. |
| 1:32.1 | From the 1930s, all the way up until the early 1960s. |
| 1:37.8 | One of the things that's been so amazing about doing this show is hearing from so many people, people of all ages who have grown |
| 1:45.5 | up listening to these shows or who have discovered them more recently. I'm always |
| 1:50.7 | curious to hear what shows got them hooked, what stories first peaked their interest in the golden age of radio. |
| 1:59.0 | So today, in celebration of 400 shows, I wanted to share with you the episodes that kicked |
| 2:05.8 | off my love of Old Time Radio, especially its detectives. |
| 2:18.0 | All of the episodes we'll hear today came from the Mammoth Cassette Collection Old Time Radio's Greatest Shows, |
| 2:21.0 | a plastic brick of 20 tapes, one of many variety packs of radio shows that were |
| 2:27.2 | released in the late 90s. You could find them in bookstores and at Costco. My parents got this one for me for my 14th birthday over 20 years ago and this collection of 60 shows sparked the love of radio drama that still burns brightly today. I've lost track of how many times |
| 2:47.0 | I've listened to these six shows that will hear today, beginning with one of the best of the era, yours truly Johnny Dollar starring Bob Bailey in the Big Scoop Matter. |
| 3:00.0 | Now Bailey is best known for his run as Dollar, America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator, |
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