Today’s Mystery:Freshly hired cub reporter Ed Neumeier expects to spend his first day covering routine local stories while the veteran reporters chase a sensational double murder. Instead, a chance encounter with a nervous stranger thrusts the inexperienced reporter into the biggest story of his young career.
Original Radio Broadcast: March 14, 1951
Originating from New York
Starring Russell Thorson as Ed Neumeier
Also featuring Melba Rae, Amzie Strickland, Chet Stratton, William Keene, and Joe Helgeson
Based on the reporting of Ed Neumeier of the Humboldt Times
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