Welcome to the great

detectives of old-time radio. From Boise, Idaho, this is your host, Adam Graham. If you have a

comment, email it to me, box 13 at great detectives.net. Follow us on Twitter at radio detectives and

become one of our friends on Facebook. Facebook.com slash radio detectives. I want to encourage you to

check out our other podcasts and among them is the war. The war was a series that I did back in

2013 and 2014. That was time with the 70th anniversary of D-Day. And the idea is that I started out

in the pre-war era looking at people's hesitancy and concerns about a potential second-war in Europe

and how the country progressed into entering the war through the war in a little bit in the post-war

era. And I used a lot of things to do this. There was news and documentary programs, but we also

used dramas, comedy, music to really capture the feel of that whole era. So if you're into World

War 2, I'd encourage you to check out the war. You can find all my other podcasts including the war

go to great detectives.net. Just click on the icon to take you over to the war. They're interested

in World War 2. You'll definitely enjoy it. You can also enjoy OTRSuperman.com, the amazing

world of radio, and of course our public domain video theater. Now it's time for this week's

episode of The Fat Man. I will warn in advance that there is a racially offensive term that's

used in here multiple times, so listener discretion is advised. But the original air date on

today's episode will be April 20th, 1955, and the title is Murder Rats a Story.

There he goes into that drugstore. He's stepping on the scales.

Wait 239 pounds for June 18th.

Who is it? The Fat Man.

And now here's The Fat Man in Murder Rats a Story.

I like to read the personal columns of the newspapers. Call it a hobby if you want it. I never do

...