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. And the Hello and welcome to down these mean streets with more old time radio

detectives and crime fighters.

This week we're heading to the carnival, where along with rides, shows, and games,

will find mystery, murder, and mayhem on the midway with three old-time radio shows.

First, we'll hear Vincent Price as Simon Templar in the Carnival Murder from the Saint.

Originally aired on NBC on February 4th, 1951.

Templar has stopped in to see Mona, the Buried Alive girl at the Carnivalival but when he speaks to her through the tube

connected to her underground chamber he hears a cry for help he discovers

Mona took over the act from her late sister who died under mysterious circumstances.

When Templar tries to get help, he finds varying levels of resistance from the carnivals barkers and performers.

So now the saint has to navigate through the tends to solve a mystery

and to save Mona before her being buried alive stops being an act.

The cast in this show includes Sheldon Leonard, Mary Ship, Ed Max, and Harry Bartel.

Dick Powell wrote the

script,

not the one who played Richard Diamond, but we'll hear from him in just a minute.

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