The Big Story: Sixteen Year Old Misfit Kills Out of Fear (EP4912)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
Adam Graham
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2026
⏱️ 40 minutes
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Summary
Original Radio Broadcast: January 5, 1949
Originating in New York
Starring James McCallion as Al Aronson, Bob SLoane, Santos Ortega, Martin Wolfson, Jackie Grimes, Grant Richards
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| 0:00.0 | The Welcome to the great detectives of old-time radio from Boise, Idaho. |
| 0:35.4 | This is your host, Adam Graham. |
| 0:38.1 | In a moment, we're going to bring you this week's episode of The Big Story. |
| 0:43.3 | But first, I do want to encourage you, if you're enjoying the podcast, please follow us using your favorite podcast software. |
| 0:51.9 | And I want to encourage you to check out our other podcast. |
| 0:55.1 | And today I'm highlighting the old-time radio snack wagon. Now back for its sixth season, and we've got some |
| 1:04.1 | great episodes coming up across a wide variety of genres. Check it out,wagon.net or wherever you get your |
| 1:12.7 | podcast from. But now from January 5th, 1949, here is the episode called 16-year-old |
| 1:23.7 | misfit kills out of fear. |
| 1:28.3 | Al-Mell Famous Cigarettes presents the big story. |
| 1:43.9 | Frankie. Frankie, where are you? Frankie |
| 1:44.6 | Frankie, where are you? |
| 1:50.2 | Never listens. |
| 1:52.1 | Never around when I want him. |
| 1:54.5 | Frankie! |
| 1:58.1 | In the shed again. |
| 2:00.5 | Someday he'll do something terrible i know it |
| 2:03.0 | get out |
| 2:05.2 | didn't you hear me call you |
| 2:06.9 | get out of here leave me alone |
| 2:08.4 | what are you doing now what crazy thing |
| 2:10.5 | what's in that box |
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