Today’s Mystery: An international smuggling ring is threatened when a federal grand jury closes in on one of its American front companies. To cover their tracks, the organization’s ruthless mastermind summons a professional arsonist to destroy the evidence before Counterspy agents can stop them.

Original Radio Broadcast: March 14, 1950

Originating in New York

Starring Don MacLaughlin as David Harding and Mandel Kramer as Harry Peters. Also featuring Jesse Crawford (music). 

Written by Edward J. Adamson. 

Directed by Leonard L. Bass. Produced by Phillips H. Lord.

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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)