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Suspense "The Beast Must Die" July 13, 1944

A man vows to kill the hit and run driver who killed his son, and he's keeping a diary of his plans! The story has a good "suspense" ending. + The Beast Must Die is a powerful story of vengeance and retribution. Herbert Marshall plays the part of Felix Laine a writer by profession of detective novels who was planning to kill a man. He didn’t know his name, where he lived or what he looked like but he knew that he was going to find him and kill him. He recorded all of the details in a diary, which was either the best murder novel he had ever written, or an incriminating document.

The Mercury Theatre on the Air - "The Search For Henry Le Ferre"" (July 12, 1946)

"Blood Red Roses" CBS Radio Mystery Theater - July 12, 1976

When his son is brutally murdered by the mafia, a father's beliefs are shaken. He meets the mastermind behind the crime and falls deeper into confusion and the Boss' love for Red Roses is the key to their salvation.

The Mercury Theatre on the Air - "Dracula" (July 11, 1938)

Richard Diamond Private Detective "Charles Walsh Bob Wells" (July 9, 1949)

Two convicts escape from Sing Sing with plans to kill Richard Diamond. They start by kidnapping Diamond's girlfriend Helen Asher. Diamond's alcoholic friend "Wilbur" is similar to the character "Jocko" heard on, "Pat Novak, For Hire." After the story, Dick Powell imitates Ezio Pinza and sings, "Some Enchanted Evening!" Charles Walsh and Bob Wells two lifers were planning to bust out of the state penitentiary and head for safety in Cuba. Walsh had paid out a lot of dough to make sure it all came off but before he left New York for Florida then Cuba he was planning to knock off an ex-cop for bringing down his brother in a bank job. That ex-cop was Richard Diamond, private detective…

Candy Matson "Cable Car Case" (July 7, 1949)

The man riding next to Candy on a cable car is silently shot to death. + Candy Matson was sitting besides a man on a Cable Car when it appeared that he had been killed. Candy didn’t know him from Adam but suddenly she was a suspect the only thing for her to do was to investigate herself…

The Thin Man - "The Adventure Of The Passionate Palooka" (July 6, 1948)

Nick and Nora Charles have promised to find Jojo the mongrel pooch whose mysterious disappearance has broken the heart of “Atom Bomber” Birkenhead the heavy weight challenger who lacks a mind.

Suspense "The White Rose Murders" July 6, 1943

A good story about a maniacal murderer, one who kills only young girls and leaves a white rose behind. The story has a surprise ending. + He stood there waiting, he knew that presently they would come out of a second rate dance hall, out in to the dimly lit street. He listened a while and smiled as the orchestra played that tune inside. And then they came out the two girls and still he waited till he was close enough to hear what they were saying. In the narrow alley that divided the dance hall from an ugly office building he stood smiling and standing stiffly against the wall, his head back, eyes closed, arms straight down and in his left hand a white rose…

Suspense "The Search For Henri Lefevre" July 6, 1944

A man who has just finished writing a symphony hears the exact same symphony on the radio. This is a network, sponsored version. The script was used subsequently on "Audion Theatre" . + He had just set down the last note on paper he was happy and weary and full of peace. There was a radio near the couch, he sat down and turned it on and felt great horror as he heard the music playing on the radio, the music that he had just set down on paper. Then as the music finished the announcer said, you have just been listening to eulogy for orchestra opus 42 by Henri Lefevre. But who was Henri Lefevre?

Richard Diamond Private Detective "Hat Without A Body" (July 2, 1949)

The program switches to Saturdays at 10:00 P. M. Bert Kalmus is framed for murder in an early version of a classic scam. Dick Powell sings, "A, You're Adorable." The name Bert Kalmus was used previously on the program of June 5, 1949. Bea Kalmus was actually a broadcaster in New York City at this time. + When taxi driver Hennessey found a hat with the initials B.K. in it and blood around the rim in the gutter with a 38 gun besides it, not wanting to get involved with the police he took it to private detective Richard Diamond. Diamond knew that he should’ve taken it down to his friend Lieutenant Levinson but he didn’t have anything to do so he decided to fit the pieces in to the puzzle of the hat without a body.

** This episode file has the title of "George Watkins Framed" but with the same exact date.