The Big Story: The Bobby-Sox Kid from Bayonne (EP4847)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
Adam Graham
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 18 November 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Original Radio Broadcast: October 15, 1947
Originating from New York
Starring: Janet Fox as Dorothy Kilgaren; Burt Brazier; Francis De Sales; Jerry Lewis; Mitzi Gould; Eleanor Audley
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| 0:00.0 | The Welcome to the great detectives of old-time radio. |
| 0:33.4 | From Boise, Idaho, this is your host, Adam Graham. In a moment, I'm going to bring you |
| 0:40.1 | this week's episode of The Big Story. But first, I do want to encourage you, if you are |
| 0:48.1 | enjoying the podcast, to please follow us using your favorite podcast software. And I want to go ahead and highlight one of our other |
| 0:56.3 | podcast, and today I'm highlighting the great adventurers of old time radio. Now, of course, |
| 1:04.0 | we are currently sharing cloak and dagger, but we are also hosting Adventure Ahead, which is a fantastic series that |
| 1:14.2 | brings to life some great adventure stories that were popular back in the 1940s. And of course, |
| 1:22.5 | on the great adventurers feed, you can access all of the episodes of our recent Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers |
| 1:30.4 | podcast. And there's even more great adventure to come. So be sure to follow the podcast at |
| 1:38.7 | greatadventure.com or wherever you get your podcast from. |
| 1:45.4 | Now from October 15th, 1947, here is the Bobby Sox kid from Bayonne. |
| 1:58.1 | The Big Story |
| 1:59.9 | Look, for the last time, Janet, did you murder your mother? |
| 2:06.3 | No, Lieutenant Morgan, I didn't. |
| 2:08.1 | Then who did? |
| 2:09.7 | I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. Is that all you can say? |
| 2:14.7 | I don't know. Oh, it beats me. |
| 2:17.8 | I never did meet a stubborn kid like you before. |
| 2:21.6 | Oh, well, I might as well send in the police matron. |
| 2:25.2 | Oh, Lieutenant Morgan. |
| 2:26.4 | Yeah. |
| 2:27.2 | Well, you asked the matron to bring in some needle and thread? |
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