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 and more old-time radio

detectives and crime fighters.

On this week's show, we're celebrating the great Jack Webb

for the 102nd anniversary of his birth,

way back on April 2nd, 1920.

Now today, Webb's name is synonymous with Dragnet,

the iconic and

Along with his starring role of Sergeant Joe Friday a character he played on radio, television and the big screen

But there was more to Webb's radio career than Dragnet,

though that was certainly the biggest of the shows he had on the air.

Today we'll hear the actor, writer, director, and producer in three old time radio mysteries.

Interestingly, for a guy who spent so much time playing private eyes and policemen, Jack Webb wasn't a big fan of detective stories.

In a 1947 interview with Radio Life magazine, Webb said that when he did read mysteries, he preferred English stories

to American tales. He also said his favorite private eye actor was Dick Powell from Murder My Sweet.

When he gave that interview, Webb was promoting the series we'll hear first today.

Johnny Madero, Pier 23.

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