BONUS - Eggs and Bunnies (Nick Carter & Nero Wolfe)
4/2/20261 hr
Easter is almost here, and we've got a pair of old time radio mysteries with a twist on the bunny and his basket. Lon Clark stars as Nick Carter, Master Detective in "The Case of the Chemical Chickens," a story of explosive eggs (originally aired on Mutual on April 13, 1947). Then, a rabbit farm that ends up the scene of a murder as Sydney Greenstreet and Larry Dobkin star in "The Case of the Brave Rabbit" from The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe (originally aired on NBC on December 1, 1950).
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First 90 secondsEddie Tyler· Soundbite0:00
Get this and get it straight. Crime is a sucker's road, and those who travel it wind up in the gut of the prison or the grave.
Nick Carter· Soundbite0:06
[instrumental music] The story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.
Waldo McGlynn· Soundbite0:18
The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective.
Veek· Soundbite0:21
The Adventures of the Saint, starring Vincent Price.
Speaker 50:24
Bob Bailey in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account. America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator- Yours truly, Johnny Dollar.
Speaker 7· Host0:35
[instrumental music] Hello and welcome to a bonus episode of Down These Mean Streets. Easter is only a few days away, and in honor of the holiday, I have a pair of mysteries involving eggs and rabbits, though not exactly the ones we typically think of at this time of year. The eggs are the exploding variety, as Nick Carter discovers in the Case of the Chemical Chickens from April 13th, 1947. And the rabbits live on a farm that also houses