Get this and get it straight. Crime is a suckers road and those who travel it'd wind up in the gut of the prison of the grave.

The story you were 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 back to down these mean streets returning after an impromptu hiatus.

I don't know if it was allergies, a call. after an impromptu hiatus.

I don't know if it was allergies, a cold,

or some vicious combination of the two

that knocked me out last week,

but it was no fun at all. Fortunately, aside from a little bit of congestion in my nose and ears,

I think I'm over it.

So thank you again for your patience.

Now that I've licked whatever this is, not actually licking anything,

that would only make me sicker, I'm excited to get back to the show and back to the golden

age of radio.

This week we're taking a trip through time

for some mystery and murder from the pages of the history books.

We'll go back to the past even farther back than the radio era for stories, some true and some not, from the 19th and early 20th centuries.

And we'll kick things off with one of my than early 20th centuries.

And we'll kick things off with one of my favorite old-time radio shows, Crime Classics.

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