Today’s Adventure: After the notorious Professor Emery Horn escapes from death row through an astonishing feat of planning and deception, David Harding and Harry Peters launch a nationwide hunt for the brilliant killer. Realizing conventional police methods won’t be enough, Harding instead searches for the one clue Horn can’t disguise—his own mind.

Original Radio Broadcast: September 1, 1949

Originating from New York

Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding and Mandel Kramer as Harry Peters. Also featuring Ralph Bell as Professor Emery HornDirected by William M. Sweets

Music by Jesse Crawford

Produced by the Phillips H. Lord Productions

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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)