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 Hello and welcome to Down These Mean Streets where today we'll hear a pair of

stories from the mind and pen of Cornell Woolridge.

Now Woolridge's name isn't as widely known as Dashil Hammett, James M. Kane, or Raymond Chandler,

but he belongs in their company of innovative and

influential figures in the world of crime fiction.

Woolrich's stories have been adapted for dozens of movies,

including a little picture called

Rear Window. Some of those cinematic wool-rich adaptations which for years

had been difficult to see have been released this year on Blu-ray, including I wouldn't be in your shoes, the

window, and Knight has a thousand eyes.

It's a perfect time to discover or rediscover the work of Cornell Wollrich, and a great place

to start is in the golden age of radio. In the 40s and 50s, Woll's stories were adapted for Mystery Anthology shows all over the dial.

Today we'll hear a pair of Woolrich stories, and up first is suspense with an adaptation of his 1938 story, You Take Ballistics.

Originally aired on CBS on March 13, 1947, it finds homicide detective Ed Harvey facing off against a murder suspect

who seems to have an answer for everything.

The cop has his intuition. He knows the man is guilty of the crime, but he has to contend with ballistic evidence that suggests the man must be innocent.

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