Classic Radio 05-30-25 - Camera Happy Crooks, Larceny Express, and Memorial Day Memories

Espionage on this Friday with remembrances of Memorial Day

First a look at the events of the day

Then Counterspy starring Don MacLaughlan and Mandel Kramer, originally broadcast May 30, 1948, 77 years ago, The Case of the Camera Happy Crooks.  A movie company comes to a small town in Pennsylvania to re-enact a famous bank robbery. Even the mayor and the chief of police lend a hand.

Followed by This Is Your FBI, originally broadcast May 30, 1952, 73 years ago, The Larceny Express. Several cartons of wrist watches and nylons are stolen from a train. A sheriff is murdered while investigating the crime. 

Then The Green Hornet starring Al Hodge, originally broadcast May 30, 1939, 86 years ago, Words and Music. The Hornet ruins the act of a phony spiritualist - The Rajah - and an investment counselor named, Abbott.

Followed by Anthology, originally broadcast May 30, 1954, 71 years ago, Memorial Day 1954. A WNBC radio program with appearances via recording from Bing Crosby, Frank Lovejoy, and Agnes Moorehead. 

Finally, Against The Storm, originally broadcast May 30, 1941, 84 years ago, Memorial Day Memories. Memories in a Civil War graveyard.

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