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 crime solvers from the

golden age of Radio.

June has long been a traditional month for weddings.

Now there are lots of theories as to why.

That a June marriage means a child born in the spring well ahead of the harvest to a connection to Juno the Roman goddess of vitality and fertility who gave the month its name.

Then there's one of my favorites connected to the bathing practices

of Europeans during the Middle Ages and the fact that people generally smelled their

best in the early summer.

Whatever the reason, we wanted to celebrate those June brides and bridegrooms today

with three wedding-themed old-time radio mysteries. Up first, we'll hear while themed Old Time Radio Mysteries.

Up first we'll hear Wally Mayer as Michael Shane.

Now usually when we hear an adventure of Brett Holiday's private eye on this podcast, he's played by Jeff Chandler in an ultra-hard-boiled

two-fisted fashion.

But in this earlier series, Wally Mayer played Shane in a lighter vein. The It's a portrayal that reminds me a lot of Bob Bailey and let George do it.

In the episode we'll hear today a show that originally aired on mutual on May 14th

1945 Mike is off to a wedding with his loyal secretary Phyllis Knight.

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