CBS
CBS · 1940–1950
Broadcasts
77
Cadence
Seasonal
Rated
PG
Since
1940
The run
CASEY, CRIME PHOTOGRAPHER This series went on the air on July 7, 1943 and lasted until April 22, 1955. A total of 431 episodes were broadcast. Casey, Crime Photographer had more history than substance. It was a B-grade radio detective on a par perhaps with The Adventures of the Falcon , better than Mr Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons , but lacking the style and polish of The Adventures of Sam Spade . Originally appearing in the pages of Black Mask , under the watchful eyes of then-editor Joseph Shaw, Flashgun Casey was the originally fast-talking crime photographer, a big, hot-tempered Boston Mick with a gift for gab and a nose for trouble. No "artiste", Casey kept a bottle of hooch and a .38 in his desk drawer, and boasted of being able to put a "slug where he aimed" and having "two big fists he knew how to use". He appeared in several short stories in the pulps and several novels. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “OTRR_Casey_Crime_Photographer_Singles”; these recordings are in the public domain.
Source collection
Old Time Radio Researchers Group
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
12 dated broadcasts across 11 years on the air, with 6 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Restored broadcasts from 1943, in original transmission order.
7 Jul 1943 · 29 min
19 Sep 1946 · 27 min
20 Mar 1947 · 29 min
3 Jul 1947 · 29 min
14 Aug 1947 · 29 min
25 Sep 1947 · 29 min
6 Nov 1947 · 29 min
18 Dec 1947 · 29 min
Same night on the air
Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 25 Sep 1947.
25 September
1947
NBC
Thursday
25 min
Mystery in the Air was broadcast on NBC in 1945 and again in the summer of 1947, when Peter Lorre starred in adaptations of Poe, Dickens, Maupassant and Gogol.
Internet ArchiveMysteryintheAirCondition unmeasured
25 September
1947
Mutual
Thursday
31 min
Broadcast 25 September 1947. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.
Internet ArchiveOTRR_Crime_Club_SinglesListenable · 64 kbps
25 September
1947
CBS / NBC
Thursday
22 min
Originally broadcast on Syndicated, 25 September 1947.
Internet ArchiveBurnsAllanCondition unmeasured
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