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 coming to you a little late

this week with more old-time radio detectives and crime fighters.

My Easter weekend was thrown off a bit by some illness in my house,

and sadly this episode had to fall by the wayside. I hope you enjoyed the

holiday weekend if you celebrated and I appreciate your patience as I get

this episode out a few days late.

I've still got a lineup of hard boiled eggs for you for Easter.

Three tough radio gumshoes.

Now you won't have any bunnies or chocolates, but you will have a trio of private

investigators who will tackle any case for the right fee and who will keep the story

moving with trademark narration and two-fisted action. Up first is big screen star Dane

Clark. We'll hear him in Crime and Peter Chambers. Now we haven't heard much of this series on the podcast.

Chambers was a private eye who first appeared in novels written by Henry Kane

and he came to the air in a short-lived NBC series that ran from April to September

1954.

Now what sets Peter Chambers apart from other old-time radio detectives is the hands-on role his creator had in

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