Richard DIamond: A Christmas Carol (Encore) (EP3956s)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
Adam Graham
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 December 2022
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
The characters on Richard Diamond take a week off from mysteries to perform a modern version of the Christmas Carol.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 24, 1949
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| 0:00.0 | Music |
| 0:28.4 | Merry Christmas from the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio. This week we're bringing you |
| 0:34.2 | on-core presentations from our archives in order to keep you well-stocked on great |
| 0:40.2 | detective's adventures while I take a recording break. As Sunday is Christmas day, we're featuring an |
| 0:47.3 | episode of a beloved Old Time Radio Christmas episode. If you want even more Christmas detective |
| 0:54.6 | programs, I encourage you to check out our Christmas archive at christmasfeed.greatdetectives.net. |
| 1:03.2 | Note that offers and promotions stated in these episodes are not valid unless they are currently |
| 1:10.7 | shown on our website. Now on with the episode. Welcome to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio. |
| 1:21.0 | From Boise, Idaho, this is your host, Adam Graham. If you have a comment, email it to me. |
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| 1:51.3 | contributor at patreon.greatdetectives.net. Well now it's time for today's episode of Richard |
| 1:59.0 | Diamond. The original air date is December the 24th, 1949. And the title is a Christmas Carol. |
| 2:14.8 | Here's Dick Powell as Richard Diamond, Private Detective. |
| 2:33.9 | Hello there, this is Diamond. Well it's Christmas Eve. And every year about this time my business |
| 2:45.4 | takes a big nose dive. People usually pack up their troubles and start unpacking colored |
| 2:50.4 | lights and Christmas tree ornaments. So tonight instead of telling you about one of my hair raising |
| 2:55.7 | exploits, we're going to tell you a Christmas story. So with apologies to Mr. Charles Dickens, |
| 3:02.4 | we'd like to bring you an adaptation of one of his most famous stories, the Christmas Carol. |
| 3:08.1 | Now I'd better explain something first. This version isn't exactly the way you heard it many |
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