BONUS - Play Ball! (Boston Blackie & The Saint)
3/25/202657 min
A new baseball season begins this week, and we're throwing out a ceremonial radio first pitch with a pair of mysteries set around the diamond. First, Boston Blackie investigates when a player is murdered in the middle of a game in a syndicated mystery starring Richard Kollmar. Then, Vincent Price investigates a gang of crooked gamblers out to fix some ballgames in "Baseball Murder" from The Saint (originally aired on NBC on September 3, 1950).
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First 90 secondsInspector Faraday0:00
Get this and get it straight. Crime is a sucker's road, and those who travel it wind up in the gutter, the prison, or the grave.
Speaker 20:06
[dramatic music] The story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.
0:17
The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective.
Speaker 40:21
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.
Speaker 20:33
Yours truly, Johnny Dollar.
· Host0:35
[upbeat jazz music] Hello, and welcome to a midweek bonus episode of Down These Mean Streets. A new baseball season begins this week, and to celebrate the return of America's pastime, we've got a pair of old-time radio mysteries set in and around the diamond. First up is a syndicated adventure of Boston Blackie starring Richard Calmer, where a ballplayer is murdered right in the middle of a game. Then Vincent Price stars as The Saint in