Tales of the Texas Rangers: The Dead Giveaway (EP3884)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
Adam Graham
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 October 2022
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
A mother and her four-month-old daughter are shot to death.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 2, 1951
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| 1:43.0 | But now let's get into this week's episode of Tales of the Texas Rangers, the original air date. December the 2nd, 1951, and the title is The Dead Giveaway. |
| 2:13.0 | Tales of the Texas Rangers, starring Joel McRae as Ranger Chase Pearson, Texas more than 260,000 square miles, and 50 men who make up the most famous and oldest law enforcement body in North America. |
| 2:43.0 | Now, from the files of the Texas Rangers, come these stories based on facts. Only names, dates, and places are fictitious for obvious reasons. The events themselves are a matter of record. |
| 3:05.0 | Case for tonight, Dead Giveaway. |
| 3:14.0 | It is 1.30 a.m. December 4, 1945. A single light glows in the living room of a farmhouse, four miles in the town of Ashton in West Texas. Inside the house a frantic young woman tries to place a telephone call. |
| 3:29.0 | Operator. Operator. Oh, please. Operator. Operator. Get me the sheriff quickly. Yes. Yes. Yes. This is Mary Lou Mrs. Janina. I'm working nice there. Mary stop talking and get me the sheriff. |
| 3:48.0 | Oh, dear. |
| 3:53.0 | Sheriff Ross. |
| 3:54.0 | Sheriff, this is Mrs. Janina. You've got to come out to my house right away. Right away. |
| 3:58.0 | Oh, take it easy, Mrs. Janina. What seems to be wrong? |
| 4:01.0 | Somebody's prowling around the house side, trying to get in the house. |
| 4:04.0 | Is your house in there? |
| 4:05.0 | No, it went to Emily in unbusiness. Something woke me up. I thought at first it was a bake, and then I heard a noise outside. |
| 4:13.0 | Ah! |
| 4:14.0 | Messily. What is it? |
| 4:15.0 | Somebody came in. |
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