The Big Story: The Poison Pen Murders (EP4932)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
Adam Graham
4.4 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 March 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
Original Radio Broadcast: July 20, 1949
Originating from New York
Starring: Jackson Beck as Tom Mercer; Barbara Townsend; Alice Rinehart; Ted Osborn; Santos Ortega; Gil Mack; Milton Herman
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| 0:00.0 | The Welcome to the great detectives of old-time radio from Boise, Idaho. |
| 0:35.3 | This is your host, Adam Graham. In a moment, we're going to bring you |
| 0:39.6 | this week's episode of The Big Story. But first, I do want to encourage you, if you're |
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| 1:03.8 | Just go to patreon.gretactives.net. |
| 1:11.4 | Now, from July 20th, 1949, here is the Poison Pin murders. |
| 1:13.4 | The Big Story. |
| 1:22.9 | Seven, you still here? |
| 1:24.2 | I finished it. |
| 1:25.5 | I just finished it. |
| 1:26.7 | Sit down, Helen. |
| 1:46.5 | Listen, it's armistment, Dave. What are you doing in the store? You aren't working. A master of these. Listen. Listen. Mr. Adam Tamopoulos. Conduct this Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. No, Herman. Not another letter. In your so-called orchestra is a so-called violin player named Tabor. If there is a verse violin player in the world, I do not know him. It's not enough that he is a foul musician. As a human being, |
| 1:52.8 | he is garbage. Herman, someday you'll write one too many of them. Some day you'll be sitting here, |
| 1:58.3 | like now, alone afterwards, and the door would open and... |
| 2:02.6 | Herman, the door is opening with the customer. |
| 2:07.7 | No, Herman. It's not a customer. |
| 2:10.8 | It's... |
| 2:11.2 | It's... |
| 2:11.3 | It's... |
| 2:11.5 | It's... |
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