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Under Arrest
Under Arrest
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Radio

Under Arrest

Mutual

Mutual · 1948–1950

Broadcasts

9

Cadence

Twice weekly

Rated

PG

Since

1948

The run

Network
Mutual
Years active
1948–1950
Surviving broadcasts
9
Genre
detective

Under Arrest was a recurring series that was a summer replacement for The Shadow on Mutual each year from 1946 to 1948. Between 1949 and 1954 it aired outside of the summer season in different time slots. Craig McDonnell is credited in the main role of Captain John Drake during the early seasons, while Joe DeSantis plays Captain Jim Scott on all the episodes in circulation. This is the Single Episodes Page. The Maintained Set includes extras not found here. It is located here . This Single Episodes page is provided in case you want to sample the shows. Note that in many cases, file names have been modified from the…

1950 · 11949 · 41948 · 4

Source collection

Old Time Radio Researchers Group

Rights

Public domain — no renewed US copyright

Cataloguing

Air dates and notes from the Archive item record

Every broadcast below carries its own provenance sheet — transfer quality, file source and rights.Archive record: OTRR_Under_Arrest_Singles

The shape of the run

What survives, year by year

9 dated broadcasts across 3 years on the air. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.

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Clean transferListenableRough but complete No surviving recording

Episodes

Start here

Listen to the run in order

Restored broadcasts from 1948, in original transmission order.

  1. 1. The Case of the Accidental Murders · 6 Jun 1948
  2. 2. Spook of Sherwood Mansion · 1 Aug 1948
  3. 3. Max Kemp · 5 Sep 1948
  • 01

    The Case of the Accidental Murders

    6 Jun 1948 · 29 min

    Broadcast 6 June 1948. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 02

    Spook of Sherwood Mansion

    1 Aug 1948 · 30 min

    Broadcast 1 August 1948. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 03

    Max Kemp

    5 Sep 1948 · 29 min

    Broadcast 5 September 1948. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 04

    Joe Barker

    7 Nov 1948 · 29 min

    Broadcast 7 November 1948. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 05

    The Sam Carver Case

    6 Feb 1949 · 29 min

    Broadcast 6 February 1949. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 06

    Van Gogh's Paris Road

    26 Jun 1949 · 29 min

    Broadcast 26 June 1949. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 07

    The Case of the Evil Witness

    10 Jul 1949 · 29 min

    Broadcast 10 July 1949. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

  • 08

    The Case of Ruth Cutter's Burglar

    21 Aug 1949 · 30 min

    Broadcast 21 August 1949. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

Same night on the air

5 Sep 1948

Everything else the archive still holds from the night of 5 Sep 1948.

Transmission

5 September

1948

The Author Meets the Critics

Gertrude Stein

Network

Mutual

Slot

Sunday

Running time

29 min

Originally broadcast on Mutual, 5 September 1948.

Internet ArchiveThe-Author-Meets-the-CriticsListenable · 64 kbps

Transmission

5 September

1948

Nick Carter, Master Detective

The Case of the Quiet Roommate

Network

Mutual

Slot

Sunday

Running time

26 min

Originally broadcast on Mutual, 5 September 1948. Restored from the Old Time Radio archives.

Internet ArchiveOTRR_Nick_Carter_Master_Detective_SinglesClean transfer · 128 kbps

Transmission

5 September

1948

The Roy Rogers Show

Roy Rogers The Horse Thieves of Paradise Valley

Network

Mutual

Slot

Sunday

Running time

28 min

Broadcast 5 September 1948. Public-domain transfer from the Old Time Radio Researchers certified set at the Internet Archive.

Internet ArchiveThe_Roy_Rogers_ShowRough but complete · 32 kbps

Transmission

5 September

1948

Box 13

Box 13 48-09-05 ep03 Suzi Quits Paper To Work For Dan

Network

Mutual

Slot

Sunday

Running time

26 min

Broadcast on Mutual.

Internet ArchiveOTRR_Box_13_SinglesCondition unmeasured

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Mutual in 1948–1950

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