Monthly Archives: December 2014

Film Noir and news reporting – The Underworld Story

Another great Dan Duryea performance about a small town and a city newspaper which go after the criminal element. The film is based upon a Craig Rice story. The author has been featured here before in radio adapatations.

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 239 – Broadway Is My Beat

A Christmas gift – one of my favorite police detective series is Broadway Is My Beat with Larry Thor as Danny Clover and Charles Calvert (right) as Sgt. Tataglia. The series had at least one Christmas themed episode which is offered here in this last podcast of 2014. Enjoy and Merry Christmas. Music under is “New York at Christmas” sung… (more…)

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December 24, 2014, Author: jwidner
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Categories: Podcasts Tags: Charles Calvert, Christmas, David Friedkin, Jim Piazza, larry thor, Morton Fine, Richard Currier

Changes to Podcast site

I made some more changes to the site and it now looks as it always has in the past. The location of the sound files are still in a new location, but it should be transparent to what you see on the site. Hopefully, this will resolve some of the issues, some of you have noticed. As always, let me… (more…)

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 238 – Motive for Murder

A well-constructed radio play by veteran scripter E. Jack Neuman and based on a Pulp fiction piece by Ward and John Hawkins. A rare convergence of talented radio people in E. Jack Neuman, William Spier, Norman MacDonnell, Ward and John Hawkins make this a must listen. And a great performance by Alan Ladd and a veteran cast of radio actors.… (more…)