Squad Room: Old Woman Found Shot (EP4384)

The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Adam Graham

Drama, Fiction, Performing Arts, Arts

4.4 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2024

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Today's Mystery: A late-night distress call from a professional building sends Detectives Scanlon and Grady into the depths of a crime that defies expectations. Amidst the echo of multiple shots fired, they find themselves piecing together the fragments of a life lived in the shadows. An old woman's untimely death in an empty office, a janitor with a story that doesn't quite fit, and a switchboard operator who knows more than she's telling.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: Mid-1950s

Originating in New York:Starring: Bill Zuckert as RJ Scanlon and Chuck Webster as James Brady, Charlotte Manson, Arthur ColeSuppo

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0:00.0	Coming up this week on the old time radio snack wagon.
0:04.0	Mothers had one day in the year called Trials Day
0:07.0	and just on that one day they sent their children bottles of milk
0:10.0	and cereal and kitty cars
0:12.0	and then forgot about them the rest of the time?
0:14.4	I guess you're right Eddie, but I think a lot of people figure it out that in these modern times
0:19.3	it's a little old fashion to be sentimental about your mother.
0:21.6	Listen to the old time radio snack wagon, snack wagon dot net or wherever you get your
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1:37.0	It is a very different sort of podcast.
1:40.1	The episodes are holiday specials and then we do mini series. The bulk of The
1:44.0	bulk of these are holiday specials and then we do mini-series. The bulk of these are the summer series
1:47.0	chosen by our Patreon supporters
1:50.0	and for this year
1:52.0	starting the Wednesday after Memorial Day, we will be bringing you the Batman villains of Old Time Radio.
2:00.0	That's right, we will be hearing those marvelous actors who brought the 1960s Batman villains to life playing in old time radio programs of a wide variety of different genres.
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