The Big Story: Poker Game Ends in Death (EP5022)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
Adam Graham
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 21 July 2026
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
As evidence mounts against the youth, Doherty sets out to determine whether the frightened suspect is a killer—or another victim of the crime.
Original Radio Broadcast: March 21, 195
1Originating in New York
Starring John Larkin as Bill Doherty.Also featuring Joseph Julian, Jack Grimes, Larry Haines, Bryna Raeburn, and Parker Fennelly. Based on the reporting of William Doherty of the Chicago Sun-Times.
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| 0:00.0 | The Welcome to the great detectives of old time radio from Boise, Idaho. |
| 0:34.7 | This is your host, Adam Graham. |
| 0:37.4 | In a moment, we're going to bring you this week's |
| 0:39.6 | episode of The Big Story. But first, I want to encourage you, if you're enjoying the podcast, please |
| 0:46.2 | follow us using your favorite podcast software. And I also want to encourage you to check out our |
| 0:52.1 | other podcasts. And today I'm highlighting the |
| 0:54.4 | Amazing World of Radio at amazing.gratedetectives.net, where we are currently featuring our |
| 1:02.2 | Colombo Killers and Old Time Radio series, where every week we're bringing you an old-time |
| 1:07.7 | radio episode featuring an actor who played the killer on Colombo. |
| 1:13.2 | Check that out, |
| 1:14.1 | wherever you get your podcast from. |
| 1:16.5 | But now, from April the 4th in 1951, |
| 1:19.9 | here is poker game ends in death. |
| 1:22.8 | The big story. |
| 1:31.4 | Yeah. story. Come on, come on. |
| 1:32.6 | Get the lead out. |
| 1:33.3 | Did you see him? |
| 1:34.2 | Did you see, Doug, the way he was lying there? |
| 1:36.1 | Come on, close that door. |
| 1:40.4 | How did you like that guy? |
| 1:41.7 | The deal, huh? |
| 1:43.9 | He thought he was going to take out a big pot? In the way he says to another guy, I got a pair. There one more to go with it. I got three of a kind. And then boom. Why did Doug have to get it? Why, Doug? All right, all right. Quit the crying, so Doug's dead. So what? A guy with three of a kind is dead too. |
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