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 and more old-time radio

detectives with a spotlight this week on radio's crime-solving members of the

fourth estate. They were the reporters, photographers, and editors who went the

extra mile in not only covering crime news, but also

solving cases and catching crooks. Today we'll hear three episodes starring heroic journalists of yesteryear beginning

with Stats Kotsworth as Casey crime photographer.

We'll hear him in Death in Lover's Lane, originally aired on CBS on August 7, 1947.

A killer is stalking couples and parked cars, and he's on the loose after trading shots with a pair of

undercover police officers. Jan Minor co-stars as reporter Ann Williams, Bernard Lenro is police Captain Logan and John

Gibson is Ethelbert the bartender at Casey's favorite hangout the Blue Note

Cafe.

It's a spot where Casey, Anne, and Logan

gathered to discuss their latest cases

and to listen to the music of jazz pianist Herman Chittison.

Then we'll hear editor Steve Wilson and reporter Lorelei Kilbourn,

who work for the illustrated press,

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