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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Mr. Chameleon: Mr. Chameleon's Strangest Murder Case (EP4212)

The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Adam Graham

Fiction, Arts, Drama, Performing Arts

4.42K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Today's Mystery:A publicity agent is murdered after harassing the wife of a wealthy Oklahoma oil man.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 15, 1948

Originated in: New York CityStarred: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon

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0:00.0

Welcome to the great

0:29.9

detectives of old-time radio from Boise, Idaho. This is your host, Adam Graham. If

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my e-books. All I needed to know, I learned from Clumbo and all I needed to know,

1:03.9

I learned from Dragnet. They examined the careers and histories of seven great

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fictional detectives and policemen, as well as life lessons that can be learned

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from them. They are available as e-books or also as audio books through the

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Apple Store and Audible.com. Well now let's go ahead and get into this week's

1:24.3

episode of Mr. Chameleon. The original air date, December the 15th, 1948, and the

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title is Mr. Chameleon's Strangest Murder Case. Next, Mr. Chameleon's Strangest

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Again present the famous Mr. Chameleon of central headquarters in his most

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famous cases of crime and murder. Brought to you by the makers of genuine Bayer

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aspirin. Now let me tell you just who Mr. Chameleon is. A college man he tried

2:27.2

from childhood to live up to the name he bore Chameleon. By taking on the color

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of whatever situation in which he found himself, appearing in endless

2:37.0

guises, finally entering the police force where he became known as Chameleon, the

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man of many faces, the underworld's most dreaded man. The listener invariably

2:48.4

knows who Mr. Chameleon is no matter which disguise he assumes, but the

2:53.5

criminal he's tracking down seldom does. Tonight we give you Mr. Chameleon in Mr.

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