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A streetcar robber shoots a police officer and becomes the focus of a long pursuit, with an unexpected murder-trial outcome preceding his eventual conviction for robbery.
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A streetcar robber shoots a police officer and becomes the focus of a long pursuit, with an unexpected murder-trial outcome preceding his eventual conviction for robbery.
An apparently honest young farmer is killed by twelve gunshots. His wife, married to him only a month, reacts with unusual calm and says he had been afraid of something;…
An apparently honest young farmer is killed by twelve gunshots. His wife, married to him only a month, reacts with unusual calm and says he had been afraid of something;…
A drama-documentary focuses on impoverished children suffering rheumatic heart disease and the social conditions that place their health at risk.
A repeat offender linked to burglaries and violent assaults is gradually cornered as detectives assemble enough evidence to force a confession.
This Fibber McGee and Molly installment centers on “Down On The Farm,” the situation identified in the transcribed episode index.
A young girl's xylophone becomes an unexpected clue that helps police identify the safecrackers who robbed the theater where she practiced.
Two short plays follow an alien observing a distant world and a ruthless general who dies only to find himself facing judgment.
An undercover operative enters a narcotics-smuggling organization and works to catch its elusive leader in possession of incriminating evidence.
An elderly man's invented burglary story draws police into a deeper investigation that reveals how his wife really died and exposes his increasingly paranoid delusions.
A fugitive convict is hunted across the countryside, and the people he encounters force him to confront cruelty, fear, and man's inhumanity toward man.
Financial ruin drives a formerly respectable man into bank robbery, setting him on a path toward a tragic final encounter with police.
This Fibber McGee and Molly installment centers on “The Sports Reporter,” the situation identified in the transcribed episode index.
Police searching for two dangerous bank robbers receive an unexpected tip that finally points them toward the fugitives.
The mysterious Dr. Percival, drawn to places where trouble is brewing, boards an ocean liner already headed toward disaster.
This Fibber McGee and Molly installment centers on “Acting School Principal,” the situation identified in the transcribed episode index.
A fugitive leaves with another man's wife and commits a bank robbery, setting off a police chase that stretches across the country.
The final hours and execution of Marie Antoinette are dramatized in an experimental portrait of the doomed queen at the end of the French monarchy.
An unknown actress rises to Hollywood fame while the established star who loves her declines, turning their marriage into a story of ambition and sacrifice.
Two dangerous criminals escape a Memphis jail and flee across the country, prompting a long-distance police pursuit that ends in their capture.
This Fibber McGee and Molly installment centers on “Treasure On The McGee Property,” the situation identified in the transcribed episode index.
The hit-and-run death of a truck driver leads investigators to an intoxicated motorist and a contested trial over responsibility for the killing.
Music takes a major narrative role as Alice enters Wonderland and begins meeting the strange creatures and impossible logic of Lewis Carroll's fantasy world.
The Shadow races to keep an innocent man, framed for murder, from being executed in the electric chair.
A woman places herself inside a powerful Reno narcotics operation, gathering evidence against the corrupt organization from within.
Alice's Wonderland journey continues through the Mad Tea Party and other absurd encounters before reaching the chaotic trial that brings the adventure to its climax.
This Fibber McGee and Molly installment centers on “Supervisor of The State Fair,” the situation identified in the transcribed episode index.
Police and fire investigators combine their efforts to expose a property owner who repeatedly sets fires in order to collect insurance money.
A mother from humble beginnings gives up her own happiness so her daughter can enter a more privileged world and build a better future.
Family conflict and financial collapse feed a young man's growing bitterness until he chooses murder as an act of revenge.
A Columbia Workshop radio drama or experimental presentation titled “The Killers - Illusion.”
A wife persuades her husband to quit work and become a writer, only for their roles and expectations to reverse in ways that strain their marriage.
Detectives investigating the street murder of a new father struggle against frightened witnesses and intimidation that keep the neighborhood silent.
An Indian dancer using mysticism and a live cobra fronts a dangerous drug-smuggling operation that draws The Shadow in.
An idealistic doctor sacrifices comfort and personal happiness to pursue medical research, confronting the human cost of scientific ambition.
What begins as a straightforward inquiry into an elderly man's death grows into a complicated case of lies and betrayal that deputies must carefully untangle.
Four ordinary people win the Irish Sweepstakes, and the sudden money transforms their relationships, choices, and expectations in very different ways.
Ghostly terror at a secluded country house leads The Shadow to a criminal plot rooted in old crimes and deception.
The search for a missing man leads police to a violent offender responsible for attacks on taxi drivers and a related murder.
Dr. Christian leaves Rivers End for a fishing vacation with Swampy and reaches a remote river shack to find young Jimmy unconscious with a ruptured appendix. The nearest hospital is…
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