Get this and get it straight.

Crime is a sucker's road.

And those who travel

it 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 Saint,

starring Vincent Price.

Bob Bailey,

in the exciting adventures

of the man with the action-packed expense account.

America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator...

Yours truly, Johnny Dollar.

... Yours truly, Johnny Dollar. Hello and welcome to Down These Mean Streets with more old-time radio detectives and crime solvers.

And if you're listening in the U.S., there's a good chance you're either still dealing with the aftermath of last weekend's snow and ice storm, or you're getting a new round of snow on top of what's already on the ground.

In my neck of the woods, it's more ice than snow, about two inches of it coating everything

and making it a pain to do anything outside.

So after a week of slipping, sliding, and slamming onto the hard ground, I'm over it and ready for the melting to start.

But since it's still ice as far as the eye can see, I thought I'd dig out some radio mysteries where our heroes have

to contend with winter weather as they solve their cases.

First up, we have Bob Bailey as George Valentine with Virginia Greg as Brooksie in Snowblind

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