The Big Story: Death in the Family (EP4977)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
Adam Graham
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 19 May 2026
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Original Radio Broadcast: June 21, 1950
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Originating from New YorkStarring: Larry Haines as William Noble; Barbara Weeks; Bill Smith; Bob Dryden
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| 0:00.0 | The Welcome to the great detectives of old time radio from Boise, Idaho. |
| 0:36.0 | This is your host, Adam Graham. In a moment, I'm going to bring you |
| 0:40.2 | this week's episode of The Big Story. But first, I do want to encourage you, if you are |
| 0:47.7 | enjoying the podcast, please follow us using your favorite podcast software. |
| 0:56.7 | And I want to encourage you to check out our other podcast, |
| 1:01.5 | and today I'm highlighting the Amazing World of Radio. |
| 1:07.7 | The Amazing World Radio will be starting its summer season coming up May 27th, and we will be featuring Colombo Killers and-time radio. And that's just what it sounds like. |
| 1:15.2 | Radio programs that feature actors who played the killer in an episode of Colombo. Do check that out |
| 1:23.7 | at amazing.com great detectives.net., a little bit of an apology, this week's |
| 1:31.1 | episode should have been played last week. We got out of order just because I looked at the |
| 1:36.4 | wrong episode and didn't realize the problem until it was too late to fix it. So, with that said, |
| 1:44.0 | today's episode originally aired June 21st, |
| 1:47.6 | 1950, and the title is Death in the Family. |
| 1:55.1 | The big story. Mommy. |
| 2:05.6 | I'm driving as fast as I can, Linda. |
| 2:10.3 | I'm bleeding, Mommy. |
| 2:12.6 | We'll be in the hospital in a few minutes. |
| 2:14.6 | Mommy, I don't feel good. |
| 2:17.8 | Keep your hands tight over the bullet home. |
| 2:21.8 | I'm going to die. |
| 2:23.8 | I'm going to die. |
| 2:25.5 | No. |
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