Podcasts Arts Performing Arts Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives) Episode 531 - Silly Sleuthing (Molle Mystery Theatre, Johnny Fletcher Mystery, & The Thin Man)

Episode 531 - Silly Sleuthing (Molle Mystery Theatre, Johnny Fletcher Mystery, & The Thin Man)

Published: April 25, 2023, 4 a.m.

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This week\'s old time radio mysteries blend comedy with crimesolving. First, Jonathan Latimer\'s William Crane jumps from the page to the radio in an adaptation of his novel "Lady in the Morgue" from The Moll\\xe9 Mystery Theatre (AFRS rebroadcast from "Mystery Playhouse"). Then, Albert Dekker and Mike Mazurki star as a pair of con men and reluctant detectives in\\xa0Johnny Fletcher Mystery. This 1946 audition recording was adapted from Frank Gruber\'s novel "The Navy Colt." And finally, Nick and Nora Charles hunt for a missing dog in "The Adventure of the Passionate Palooka" from\\xa0The New Adventures of the Thin Man (originally aired on NBC on July 6, 1948).

Click here to watch Albert Dekker and Mike Mazurki as Johnny Fletcher and Sam Cregg in\\xa0The French Key.

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