This is case closed crime stories from the golden age of radio.

Welcome back to case closed. Thanks for joining me this week.

We're going to begin this time with Ideal in Crime.

We'll hear the January 21st, 1946 episode titled The Laura Shields Case.

After that, it's Casey Crime Photographer and the chivalrous gunman from August 14th, 1947.

Okay. and the chivalrous gunman from August 14, 1947. I deal in crime.

The American Broadcasting Company presents

I Deal in Crime, starring William Gargan as Ross Dolan.

My name is Ross Dolan.

And in case you're inclined to say, so what?

Pull up a chair and listen to this.

I've been a private investigator for ten years, except for a short hitch and Uncle

Sugar's Navy.

I've been a steaming on an LST, a gunner on a PT boat, and even made a parachute jump.

At last, I don't care to discuss.

And just yesterday, they decided to get along without me.

So I found myself on my way back to my old hangout, my office in the Melrose building.

It was 8 o'clock at night, raining cats, dogs, and several other forms of livestock.

I shrug my way through the main door.

Nothing had changed.

The foyer still had those silly gilt figurines chasing each other around the molding.

The tile floor hadn't split any wider, and the paint was just as cracked as before.

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