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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Tales of the Texas Rangers: Lucky Dollar (EP3692)

The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Adam Graham

Fiction, Arts, Drama, Performing Arts

4.42K Ratings

🗓️ 19 February 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

A shopkeeper's wife is murdered in a robbery.

Original Air Date; December 10, 1950

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Welcome to the

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Great Detectives of Old Time Radio. From Boise, Idaho, this is your host, Adam Graham.

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become one of our ongoing Patreon supporters for as little as $2 per month. Just go to patreon.greatdetectives.net.

1:19.7

Well now it is time to get into this week's episode of Tales of the Texas Rangers.

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The original air date on this one is December 10th of 1950 and the title is Locky Dollar.

1:35.2

The national broadcasting company presents Joe McRae in Tales of the Texas Rangers.

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Tonight transcribe from Hollywood another authentic reenactment of a case from the files of the Texas Rangers.

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Tales of the Texas Rangers starring Joe McRae as Ranger Jace Pearson.

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Texas wore the 260,000 square miles and 50 men will make up the most famous and oldest law

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enforcement body in North America.

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Now from the files of the Texas Rangers come these stories based on facts.

2:33.5

Only names, dates and places are big dishes for obvious reasons.

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The events themselves are a matter of record.

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Case for tonight, the Lucky Dollar.

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It is 7.30 of a simmering hot night, August 14th, 1945.

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And a small South Texas town not far from Corpus Christi.

3:06.2

Joe Barry is counting up the days receipts of his modest story.

3:09.9

His wife Clara is locking up and back.

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