“The Black Museum. A Repository of Death. Here in the grim stone structure on the Thames which houses Scotland Yard is a warehouse of homicide, where everyday objects . . . all are touched by murder.“ The Black Museum (1952) aired (in the United States and as near as historians can reasonably ascertain) “The Mandolin …

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Nightbeat (1950-52) aired “The Slasher” on November 10, 1950 as the 40th episode of an estimated 104. Some 74-78 episodes remain in circulation. This radio noir “detective” show featured film–and later TV–star Frank Lovejoy (1912-1962) as Randy Stone, the nightbeat reporter for the fictional Chicago Star newspaper. This is only the third episode of Night …

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