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The Big Show: Dictionary and a Telephone Line Lead to a Killer (EP5007)

  1. The Big Show: Dictionary and a Telephone Line Lead to a Killer (EP5007) Adam Graham|Old Time Radio Detective Host 34:19

Today’s Mystery:When a young wife disappears from a Colorado mountain town, reporter Bernard Beckwith notices inconsistencies in her husband’s story that no one else seems to question. As he quietly follows one clue after another, what begins as a routine missing persons case slowly develops into a murder investigation.

Original Radio Broadcast: December 6, 1950

Originating in New York

Starring Benton Hayworth as Bernard Beckwith.Also featuring Adrian Byan, Scott Tennyson, John McQuade, Nat Polen, and Jason Johnson.

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Adam Graham Independent Podcaster

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)