Today’s Mystery: On Christmas Eve, a recently released convict who’s set to play Santa Claus at a Police Athletic League club Christmas party is taken away in a big car by mobsters.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 24, 1949

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Howard McNear; Gil Stratton; Shepard Menken; Peggy Webber; Hal March; Bert Holland; Estelle Dodge

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Adam Graham has been hosting Old Time Radio podcasts since 2007, his best known being the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio which has been putting out daily detective episodes since October 26, 2009. He also is host of the Amazing World of Radio (2017-) and the Old Time Radio Snack Wagon (2023-Present)