Best FZiffel Podcasts (2025)

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Mr. District Attorney - The Case of the Blood Harvest 26:49

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3h ago26:49

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Late one night in a cultivated field in the farm area of the county, Harry Trent and Slim Ferryman are stealing alfalfa from Mullin's farm. Trent asks "How many more bales we got to load, Slim?" He says "Oh, fifteen or twenty left, that's all". Trent says "Well, this will be the last truck load then". Slim says "Yeah, the sooner you get off the pla…

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Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons - The Forgotten Cave Murder Case 26:10

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In the dark, damp recesses of a cave located deep in an oceanside cliff on Long Island, Two men, Jim and Ed, are using small electric flashlights to find their way over the slippery rocks, going deeper inside the tomb-like cave. Ed says "Take it easy, Jim. These rocks are covered with slime". Jim says "Yeah, let's have another look at that map. Wel…

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Gang Busters - The Case of the Temperate Thief 23:58

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In a tiny neighborhood cleaning and pressing shop in the Yorkville district of the city of New York, an attractive, but over-dressed blonde named Stella sat at the counter thumbing through the pages of a magazine. A few steps away, the proprietor of the store, George, labored at a pressing machine trying to finish up his day's work. Stella says "Ge…

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This Is Your FBI - The Unwelcome Guest 25:04

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It is dinnertime in the home of the John and Emma Fulton, who live near a small city in upstate New York. Emma is in the dining room waiting for her husband to come home from work. John walks in and says "Emma, sorry I'm late". Emma says "Oh, that's all right, the food is still hot. Here, let me take your coat. You look tired". John says "I am. The…

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The Epic Casebook - The Final Chapter 26:48

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At the time when Sergeant Jackson found the body laying in the gutter, it appeared to be just a shabbily dressed corpse. Inspector Carr says "Shine your torch on him, will you Jackson? This is no tramp. Look at his hands and fingernails. Take us close enough to look at the face. Wait, I've seen this face before. Alright, let's take a look at the ba…

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Jeff Regan, Investigator - The Lawyer and the Lady 28:52

4d ago28:52

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Regan is in Anthony J. Lyon's office. Lyon says "I have a check from our new client. His name's Kramer, and he's a big lawyer". Regan asks "Do we need one again?" Lyon says "He wants to see you". Regan asks "What about?" Lyon says "He'll tell you, then you can tell me. I want you to be nice to him. He's a big man. His office is in the Park Central …

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Screen Guild Theater - Spitfire 25:27

5d ago25:27

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Two years after his plane had permanently won the Schneider Cup Trophy for England, Reginald J. Mitchell seemed unable to interest himself in anything but his garden. The competition for the Schneider Cup officially ended in 1931, so there were no more races to win and no more record-breaking planes to build. Being an aircraft designer, R.J. Mitche…

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The Adventures of Sam Spade - The Dry Martini Caper 25:23

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Gordon Martini, chairman of the board of the Martini Trading Company, had recently been the victim of an attempted kidnapping. He had received some injuries during the ordeal, and spent some time in the hospital. Upon leaving, he calls Sam Spade to meet him at his home located at 1000 Marina Boulevard. After Sam arrives, Martini decides that the be…

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The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe - The Malevolent Medic 28:35

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Mr. Hal Horton of United Industries, pays a visit to Mr. Wolfe's office. Wolfe says "Well, I discouraged your visit here when you called earlier, Mr. Horton. However, I do have a sort of curiosity about the operation of so-called big business. May I offer you a glass of beer, and hear an explanation of the rise and fall of this morning's stock mark…

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Box 13 - Three to Die 26:19

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Dan Holiday receives a letter in his Box 13 that reads "I need your help. I dare not go to the police for reasons I will explain when you see me. Please come to my office in the Security Building. Signed, Douglas McIntosh". Susie says "McIntosh, that's a Scottish name isn't it? Wonder what he wants?" Dan says "Well, if this man is the same Macintos…

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Bold Venture - He Who Laughs Last 26:41

8d ago26:41

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Hal Dixon and his partner, Fanny Lane, are in Havana and staying at Shannon's Hotel. Slate is out with Fanny, showing her the town, while Saylor is stuck in the Hotel Lobby with Dixon and his unfunny jokes. Four hours later, Saylor says "Well, roll out the carpet. Here comes Lover Boy now". Slate says "You should have come with us, Saylor. Fanny's …

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Pursuit - Pursuit on the Night Ferry 25:57

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Scotland Yard had received word from an informer that the Night Ferry Express Train was to be held up on its run. At what time and exactly where was not known. So, Inspector Peter Black, his assistant Moffatt, Railroad Inspector George Hobson, as well as ten other men were making the journey in the hope of intercepting any attack. They had boarded …

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R.D. Wingfield - A Test to Destruction 44:58

9d ago44:58

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John Somersham and his wife Gwen are sound asleep at their home. Suddenly, Gwen says "John, wake up. Someone's at the door". John says "What...what is it?" Gwen says "John I'm frightened. There's someone at the front door". John asks "What's the time? It's 17 minutes past 2 the middle of the night". Gwen says "Someone's knocking at the front door, …

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The Amazing Mr. Malone - Haste Maketh Waste 27:26

9d ago27:26

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Dutch Schneider, owner of the Belvedere Club, is sitting behind his mahogany desk when his intercom light starts flashing on and off with the appropriate sound effects. He answers it and asks "O'Neill, what's going on out there?" O'Neill says "Just what you think, Dutch. It's a raid. Dutch asks "Are they doing any damage?" O'Neill says "Can't you h…

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Carter Brown Mysteries - High Sky Hoodoo 48:01

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Whitney Kent, jet pilot and war hero, was pleased to be back, standing in the sunlight with the sight, sound, and smell of aircraft all around. He could see the lean lethal lines of the F-92k, Kent Aircraft's jet fighter beside me. He could also see the lean lovely lines of Sue Pearson, Kent Aircraft secretary, that is, his father's secretary, and …

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Calling All Cars - Twenty Keys to Death 26:37

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On a little farm in the Great Central Valley of Oregon, Mrs. Slater is busily preparing her son, Dale, for a journey. She says "There now, there's socks, shirts, and toothbrush. That's about everything". Dale says "Thank you, Mother. I sure was nice of you to get me those things brand new". She says "Well, you'll want good durable clothes when you …

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The Big Story - A Dead Certainty 25:30

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As Kenneth McCormick, reporter for the Detroit Free Press Newspaper, is looking at a violent murder scene in the living room of a bungalow in the suburbs of Highland Park, Captain Walsh, Highland Park Detective, enters the room and introduces himself. Walsh says "You're the guy that got the Pulitzer Prize a few years ago". McCormick says "Oh, you h…

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Theater Five - The Fix 21:13

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A desperate young man that calls himself "Duke" is hiding outside Doctor Rand's office, trying to avoid a police officer, and waiting for the last patient to leave, so that he can visit the doctor. When the officer was near the corner, the light in the Doctor's office went. Duke knew it was time to make his move. He runs across the street and meets…

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Suspense - Night on Red Mountain 18:35

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A man named Battalia pulls his car into a service station named Walt's Summit Service, about 32 miles south of Victorville, California. He stops his car near the gas pumps, and honks his horn. Walt Parsons, owner, says "I'm sorry, sir. I didn't hear you drive in. You can't hear much of anything when the wind starts blowing". Battalia says "Fill her…

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A Case for Dr. Morelle - The Sleepwalker 29:18

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Mr. Richard Wilson arrives at Dr. Morelle's office for his scheduled appointment. Miss Frayle says "This is Mr. Wilson, Dr. Morelle". Morelle says "Good morning". Wilson says "Good morning, doctor". Morelle says "Thank you, Miss Frayle. Sit down, Mr. Wilson" Wilson says "Thank you. It's very good of you to see me so quickly". Morelle says "You have…

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Night Beat - The Football Player and the Syndicate 26:28

15d ago26:28

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Randy has the night off and a date with the little blonde at the information desk. He talked her into going dancing with him, and is supposed to pick her up at 9:00 PM. It was currently 8:30 PM and he is still trying to find a flower shop to buy her a corsage for the evening. He walked to the edge of skid row, and finally found a florist shop in th…

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The Mysterious Traveler - I Won't Die Alone 28:44

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Two young men are speeding along in a car on a lonely West Virginia road at 70 miles per hour. There's a tense look on the face of the driver, Steven Martin, as he takes the curves on the road without slowing down. His companion, Chuck Williams, nervously wipes the perspiration from his face. He turns and watches the road behind fearfully now and t…

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Dragnet - The Big Gangster - Part 1 26:11

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Detective Sergeants Joe Friday and Ben Romero were working the night watch out of the Los Angeles Police Homicide Division. At 5:35 PM, they got out of their car and walked toward the scene of the crime, The Loupos Cafe. One or more persons shot up the cafe using a machine gun. Romero says "Look at that, Joe. Took out the whole front of the place".…

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Dragnet - The Big Gangster - Part 2 26:15

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It was 10:00 PM when Detective Sergeants Friday, Romero, and Captain Elliot walked out of the murder room at the Ferndale Sanitarium and went down to the end of the hall, the emergency room. A doctor and a nurse were attending to Miss Stallings, who was present in the room when Valentine was shot. The doctor asks "Where are the bullets that were re…

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Dangerous Assignment - Memory Chain Equation 27:58

17d ago27:58

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Steve walks into the Commissioner's office. Ruth says "Well, here he is Commissioner. I have your plane ticket at my desk when you're ready, Steve" Steve says "Okay, Ruth. Well, where am I going this time, Commissioner?" He says "To Munich. Your plane leaves in one hour. You'll be looking for the memory chain". Steve asks "Memory chain? I hope it i…

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The Adventures of the Falcon - The Case of the Raw Deal 25:37

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It's Sunday night in New York and in Room 508 of the Hotel Westland, four men sit around a table on which stand a couple of beer bottles, some glasses, ashtrays, and 65,000 dollars in cash. Gilbert Banister, the eldest and fattest of the group studies the five playing cards in his hand, then places them on the table. He picks up the deck, turns to …

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Tales of the Texas Rangers - Apache Peak 26:05

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After midnight, on October 4, last a late model blue sedan comes to a stop at a traffic light on the highway leading Southwest out of Wichita Falls, Texas. While the driver waits for the light to change, a figure moves out from the shadows and taps on the window of the sedan. He asks "Going toward Haskell, mister? The driver says "I don't know. Whe…

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Stand By for Crime - The Clueless Crime Spree 24:09

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Chuck Morgan was on his way downtown to pick up his secretary, Carole Curtis. Lately, she had been involved in welfare work and had just attended a meeting with disabled veterans of the Korean war. Carole is telling Chuck all about her meeting, but Chuck's mind is on the latest crime spree in Los Angeles. The latest series of crimes was unusual, du…

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Broadway is My Beat - The Marcia Dean Murder Case 28:18

20d ago28:18

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Sergeant Tartaglia brings in a man named Harry Dean to see Detective Danny Clover. Danny says "Close the door, Tartaglia. It's okay, you can stay. Just close the door. Sit down, Mr. Dean". He says "Thank you". Danny says "What's on your mind?" Dean says "I'm 46 years old, Mr. Clover. I live at 903 Hillcrest Road in Queens. Once, when I was six and …

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Nick Carter, Master Detective - Murder in the Night 24:28

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Nick and Patsy are spending a short vacation at the home of Walter Summers, Sheriff of a small county in upper New York State. Their vacation there had been peaceful, until the sheriff receives a certain telephone call from the local milkman, Jed Peter, who says "Sheriff, I'm at the Parsons place. You know out on the edge of town". Sheriff says "Ye…

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Under Arrest - The Willing Victim Report 28:47

21d ago28:47

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Mrs. Mollison pays a visit to Mr. David Hale's office at the new airport. Dave says "Please have a seat, Mrs. Mollison. Now, how can I help you?" Mrs. Mollison says "I understand you're in charge of leasing out space here at the new city airport". Dave says "Well, not airfield or hangar space. Just commercial space in the various buildings. What di…

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Mr. and Mrs. North - Wheel of Chance 24:44

21d ago24:44

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A dubious character named Harry Connors is in his New York brownstone room, nervously pacing the floor. Finally, the phone rings. He says "Hello?". The voice on the line says "Connors?" He says "Yeah, where you been, Lorenz? I've been waiting". Lorenz says "You're too nervous, Connors. Irritable, a sign of insecurity". Connors says "Your telegram s…

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Walk Softly, Peter Troy - Lydia and the Long Shot 23:25

22d ago23:25

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Lydia Laverton is speaking with her uncle the 10th Baron Elderly. He says "Well, I don't know. Yeah, I suppose we'll have to do something". Lydia says "You should sell out, Uncle, that's what". Baron says "Sell the estate? You can't be serious?" Lydia says "Of course I'm serious. You could get a couple of hundred thousand for this place, and live i…

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The Adventures of Frank Race - The Adventure of the Green Doubloon 26:39

22d ago26:39

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Frank Race and Mark Donovan are on a plane heading toward Central America. They are a few minutes from the landing field at Kalan, gate to the eastern entrance of the Panama Canal. Frank says "We're losing altitude, we'll be on the ground shortly". Mark says "I hope the weather is nicer down there than it is up here. It's been a very bumpy ride. Wh…

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I Was a Communist for the FBI - Abby, as in Abigale 27:07

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Comrade Revchinco has party work for Matt Cvetic. Revchinco says "Comrade Cvetic, you know of course about the organization known as the American Rally for Peace and Tolerance". Cvetic says "The ARPT, yes, something for us to infiltrate I take it". Revchinco says "My dear Cvetic, do you pretend not to know that the ARPT has been a Communist front f…

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Philo Vance - The White Murder Case 25:10

23d ago25:10

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A racket boss, Ricky, is waiting for one of his soldiers, Harry, to report on Peter White. When Harry appears, Ricky says "I've been waiting for you, Harry, come on in. What is going on?" Harry says "Boss, that extortion we got with Peter White is off". Ricky says "I'm listening". Harry says "He's hot as a two bit pistol. I just trailed the guy, Wh…

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Counterspy - The Case of the Insidious Impersonation 27:01

24d ago27:01

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Counterspy Agent David Harding is receiving a message from Agent Ferguson in Washington. Ferguson says "Urgent, reference Confidential File R33X". Harding says "Go ahead, Ferguson". Ferguson says "The State Department requests that you personally meet the ocean liner S.S. Tregania, which is scheduled to arrive at 10:00 A.M. in New York, Pier 33". H…

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Whitehall 1212 - The Case of the Fatal Bath 29:00

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A letter is passed along to Inspector Steven Rockeed's desk. It is addressed to Criminal Investigation Department, New Scotland Yard, and sent from a man named Crittenden, living at Aston Clinton in Buckinghamshire. While the Inspector was glancing over it, a visitor was announced. He came in and laid a three day old copy of the Morning Telegraph n…

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Hollywood Star Playhouse - An Obit for Joe 26:35

25d ago26:35

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Reporter Joe Cathcart and the Police Lieutenant Halloran are looking at a once attractive blonde, in her early 30s, that is now on a slab in the city morgue. Halloran says "Yep, there you are. The unidentified body picked up off Pier 23, at the end of of Greenwich Street, at 3 P.M. yesterday. The Medical Examiner thinks she hit the water Tuesday ni…

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The Crime Club - No Time for Murder 29:58

25d ago29:58

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Early in the evening, Peter Woods, a young lawyer, had time to kill before his appointment with Hilda Ryan, his fiancé, so he took a walk along Madison Avenue which was practically deserted. He stopped to window browse outside a bookshop. Just as he was getting interested in some of the titles, he was joined by a couple. The guy says "What you stop…

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Cloak and Dagger - Seeds of Doubt 29:23

26d ago29:23

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The note is given to the baker's delivery boy, Henri. He drives the dilapidated old truck through those majestic iron gates of the Chateau Breton, 12 miles south of Paris. Henri circled the huge house and came to a stop at the servant's entrance. Celeste's personal maid, Muriel, answers the door. A message for Celeste is given to her. Muriel then b…

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Boston Blackie - Blackie and the Fur Thefts 26:05

26d ago26:05

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Harry and Janet are walking in front of a retail fur store. Janet says "There's the fur coat I was telling you about, Harry. The one in the window". Harry asks "Which one, Janet?" She says "The second one to the left". Harry says "It's a mink, isn't it?" Janet says "Yes, can you get that one for me?" Harry says "Sure I can, easy". Janet says "But, …

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - A Case of Identity 43:56

27d ago43:56

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Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are sitting on either side of the fire in his lodgings at Baker Street discussing criminal psychology and deduction. Holmes explains to Watson, the more complicated and interesting crimes are usually the seemingly insignificant, everyday incidents that escape the public’s notice. Holmes says “The bigger the crime, the…

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The Chase - The Will 29:10

27d ago29:10

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Rodney has received a message that his Aunt Victoria is gravely ill. He and his wife, Celia are driving to his aunt's home. Celia says "You're driving too fast, Rodney". He says "We mustn't be late". Celia asks "You really think your aunt is dying?" Rodney says "The message was urgent, Celia. Aunt Victoria has been ill for a long time". Celia says …

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Lux Radio Theater - Panic in the Street 50:58

28d ago50:58

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It is late at night in the deserted waterfront of a large southern city. Two guys named Blackie and Polty are following another man down to a warehouse. Blackie says "He takes 190 bucks from me in a card game, and then says he don't want to play no more. You told us he was your cousin, Polty. What kind of a guy is this?" Polty says "I don't know Bl…

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The Line-Up - The Bromell and Bellows Bloody Bullet Case 23:26

29d ago23:26

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Lieutenant Ben Guthrie sees Sergeant Charlie Quine on the way to the nightly line-up. Guthrie has not brought a witness to the viewing area. He is just there to observe. Quine asks "What's the latest on the Bromell Case?" Guthrie says "Nothing new. He goes to trial tomorrow". Quine says "Okay, see you later. I'm going to the office. Later, during t…

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Let George Do It - The Sedan from the City 27:08

1M ago27:08

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In the town of Broomeville, Fred Brewster is working at his gas station, when a big sedan slams on the brakes and stops near the gas pumps. The driver yells out of the car window "Hey, what is this joint called, Broomeville?" Fred says "Yes, this is Broomeville. The way your headed is Timber Corners". The driver hits the gas pedal, gets back on the…

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The FBI in Peace and War - The Old Man 20:20

1M ago20:20

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In the city of Detroit, at a joint called The Four Deuces, Dave Reynolds is talking to a dame named Vera, when the police enter. Dave quickly hands Vera his wallet and says "Listen to me, quick take this wallet and put it in your purse. Keep it for me till you see me again. I'll explain to you then". Vera says "Not a chance Mister. If you're in tro…

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Escape - This Side of Nowhere 27:48

1M ago27:48

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Pilot Deke Gannett owns an old Stinson airplane and makes his living by giving his customers a short plane ride, for three dollars each. There wasn't much business in Missouri, but he had better luck in Kansas. He visited a couple of smaller towns where a plane is still a fancy contraption. About 50 miles east of Wichita, he landed his plane in a g…

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The Black Museum - The Tan Shoe 24:42

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On the morning of May the 20th, Wallace Bennett and John Linkman walked along the platform at Newcastle Station to board their train. Wallace says "I tell you John, my firm regards me most highly". John asks "In what way?" Wallace says "Well as you know, they allow me to travel with the colliery (coal mine business) wages each Friday from the bank …