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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Mr. Chameleon: The Orphonage Murder Case (EP4236)

The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Adam Graham

Fiction, Arts, Drama, Performing Arts

4.42K Ratings

🗓️ 16 November 2023

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Today's Mystery:The matron of an orphanage was murdered after writing a letter indicating that someone looked like one of the orphans.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 26, 1949

Originated in: New York City

Starring: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon

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T-shirt. great detectives dot net but now let's

1:16.7

get into this week's episode of mr. chame. The original aired 8 January the 26th, 1949, and the title is The Orphanage Murder Case.

1:32.0

Next, Mr. Chameleon, and the orphanage murder case. Oh, Tonight we again present the famous Mr. Chameleon of Central Headquarters in his most famous

2:10.2

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

2:17.0

Now let me tell you just who Mr. Chameleon is.

2:21.0

A college man he tried from childhood to live up to the name he bore,

2:25.0

chameleon, by taking on the color of whatever situation in which he found himself,

2:31.0

appearing in endless guises, finally entering the police force where he became

2:36.2

known as Chameleon, the man of many faces, the underworld's most dreaded man.

2:42.9

The listener invariably knows who Mr. Chameleon is,

2:45.9

no matter which disguise he assumes,

2:48.6

but the criminally's tracking down seldom does.

2:51.8

Tonight we give you Mr. Chelian in The Orphanage Murder Case. The name of Martha Phillips is known to thousands, for she has devoted her life and all of her wealth to establishing a home where often children can be brought, and from which they

3:14.8

are sent out to fine established homes. This New York Haven for children is known as

3:19.7

Philip's

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