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.

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Yours truly, Johnny Deller. the Hello and welcome to down these mean streets with more crime fighters from the

golden age of Radio.

This week, we're walking the beat

with some old-time radio police officers

in three very different procedural dramas.

First, we'll hear Dan Duryea as Lieutenant Lou Dana, the man from homicide.

Duryea was a big-screen star known for playing villains. His handsome face and brutal on-screen

persona earned him the nickname The Heel with Sex Appeal. And while his

Lieutenant Dana wasn't a dirty cop, he was certainly tougher than most of the

lawmen radio listeners met in the 40s and 50s. Dana's demeanor was closer to that of a

hard-boiled private eye, right down to his personal mantra

that he were cited at the top of each show.

I don't like killers.

With that attitude, it's a good thing he didn't end up in Bunco or arson.

The man from homicide aired in the summer of 1951 on ABC, and today we'll hear an episode that originally aired on July 9th

1951 a case that starts for lieutenant Dana when a teenage drug addict is found

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