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 Means Streets with more crime solvers from the golden age of radio.

Usually on this program we hear exploits of hard-boiled private eyes like Philip Marlow, Sam Spade, and Johnny Dollar.

We also hear adventures of tough, cynical, streetwise cops like Joe Friday and Detective Danny Clover.

But today, our sloths all solve crimes with a bit of suave sophistication.

They rely more on their charm than on their fists, though they aren't

afraid to get their hands dirty if necessary. We've got a trio of

the gentleman gumshues this week, beginning with one of the very best, Simon Templar, the Robin Hood of Modern Crime

known as the saint.

Vincent Price is Simon in the case of the unhappy homicide,

originally aired on the Mutual Network on November 6, 1949.

Normally, the saint is looking for a murderer,

but this show opens with a murderer looking for the saint.

The man's problem is that no one believes that he bumped off his business partner,

so he wants the saint to prove that he committed the crime.

Louis Vides wrote the script. We'll hear his name again in just a moment and the cast includes Betty

Luke Gerson, Stanley Ferar, and Ted Osborne.

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