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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

The Ford Theatre: The Adventure of a Bad Boy (Encore) (EP4270)

The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Adam Graham

Fiction, Arts, Drama, Performing Arts

4.42K Ratings

🗓️ 26 December 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Today's Mystery: Ellery Queen investigates the attempted poisoning of a cantankerous woman. The most obvious suspect is her eight-year-old nephew.

Original Air Date: January 4, 1948

Originating in New York

Starring: Hugh Marlowe as Ellery Queen; Santos Ortega; Ted de Corsia; Sarah Fussell; Anne Seymour; John Gibson

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coming up this week on the old time radio snack wagon.

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It's that magical time of year where we gather together and celebrate.

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We lift our glasses when the clock strikes 12 and we shout

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happy public domain day.

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Okay maybe that's just me.

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Listen to the old time radio snack wagon

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snack wagon dot net or wherever you get your podcast Oh, no, no. Oh, the thing.

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So, the first.

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The first. The The The The The The The The H H H H H H H H H H H Hello. Hello from Boise, Idaho. This is your host Adam Graham. When I was growing up in the 1990s, I remember some of the big basic cable TV channels would do big

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movie marathons after Christmas playing a lot of well-liked films, just general films that people

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tended to like.

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And so for the next five days, we're going to bring you feature length programs from our archive. By feature length

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I mean about an hour, hour ten minutes. We have some great programs to play for you that I'm sure you'll enjoy.

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As a reminder, these programs do come from throughout the podcast history, which not only means

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