Suspense: Crank Letter (EP4652s)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
Adam Graham
4.6 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2025
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 21, 1960
Originating from New York
Starring: Les Damon as Lieutenant Paul Nieman; Lyle Sudrow as Dr. Don Frasier; Phil Meader; Larry Haines
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The Welcome to the great detectives of old-time radio from Boise, Idaho. |
| 0:35.2 | This is your host, Adam Graham. |
| 0:39.4 | In a moment, we are going to bring you our 4,650th episode special. But first, if you are enjoying the podcast, please follow us using |
| 0:47.4 | your favorite podcast software. I stumbled across today's episode while looking for |
| 0:53.8 | less Damon extras to feature on the Patreon site for the great detectives. |
| 1:01.1 | But listening to it, it really felt close enough to a typical detective story that we should feature it on the podcast. |
| 1:09.6 | I will say that there are some audio issues. |
| 1:12.3 | I'm aware of them, but they're relatively minors. |
| 1:15.6 | There are a few portions where you can kind of faintly hear another program playing in the background, |
| 1:21.4 | but this is the best available copy we have at the moment. |
| 1:25.2 | Now here, from February 21st, 1960 is the episode of suspense, |
| 1:33.1 | crank letter. Another tale well calculated to keep you in. |
| 1:40.8 | Suspense. Have you ever received a letter threatening your life? |
| 1:46.5 | And if you did, what did you do about it? |
| 1:50.1 | Well, let's find out what Dr. Fraser did |
| 1:52.3 | as we listen to Crank Letter, written for suspense by Walter Black. |
| 2:09.8 | The by Walter Black. Dr. Frazier speaking. |
| 2:11.1 | Hi, Doc. Paul Neiman over homicide. |
| 2:13.6 | Oh. |
| 2:14.6 | You believe in telepathy, Lieutenant? |
| 2:16.7 | Big pardon? |
| 2:17.7 | Well, I was just about to pick up the phone to call you. |
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