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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Mr. Chameleon: The Lost Cousin Murder Case (EP4206)

The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Adam Graham

Fiction, Performing Arts, Arts, Drama

4.42K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Today's Mystery:A man is murdered after going to meet his long-lost cousin.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 1, 1948

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

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Welcome to the

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great detectives of old-time radio. From Boise, Idaho, this is your host, Adam

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can find all my books, audiobooks, and e-books at store.greatdetectives.net. Well, now it

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is time for this week's episode of Mr. Chameleon, and I should note that the episode that

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comes before this is missing as is the one after that. But this particular episode aired

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December 1, 1948, and the title is The Lost Cousin Murder Case.

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Next, Mr. Chameleon, the man of many faces.

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Tonight, we again present the famous Mr. Chameleon of central headquarters in his most famous

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cases of crime and murder, brought to you by the makers of genuine Bayer aspirin.

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Now let me tell you just who Mr. Chameleon is, a college man he tried from childhood to

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live up to the name he bore Chameleon. By taking on the color of whatever situation in

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which he found himself, appearing in endless guises, finally entering the police force

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where he became known as Chameleon, the man of many faces, the underworld's most dreaded

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man. The listener invariably knows who Mr. Chameleon is no matter which disguise he assumes,

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