Welcome to the great

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

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month just by going to patreon.greatdetectives.net. Well now it's time for this

week's episode of Tales of the Texas Rangers, the original air date, July the

13th, 1952, and the title is Fingermann.

Tales of the Texas Rangers, starring Joel McRae as Ranger Jace Pearson, another

authentic reenactment of a case transcribed from the files of the Texas Rangers.

Names, dates, and places in the following story are fictitious for obvious reasons. The

events themselves are a matter of record. How does a radio network go about covering a

national political convention? It could be simple, just place a microphone on the

rostrum and listen to the speeches. Well that's one way, but it wouldn't bring you the

real excitement and atmosphere of a convention. It wouldn't bring you anything of the behind

the scenes, plans, and deals that are so much a part of the political game. These are the

reasons why NBC sent more than 300 expert newsmen and technicians to Chicago to cover the democratic

convention beginning Monday, July 21st. There's an NBC man for every four delegates. With NBC,

you will interview the delegates, hear the candidates in formal speeches and off-guard

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