Classic Radio for January 16, 2024 - Fatal Appointment, the Flood, and Sabotage

Two hours of Drama

First a look at this day in History.

Then Barrie Craig Confidential Investigator starring William Gargan, originally broadcast January 16, 1952, 72 years ago, Fatal Appointment. A beautiful girl dies in a hotel room, a man gives all for love and an appointment for romance winds up in a rendezvous with death.

Followed by Dr Christian starring Gene Hersholdt, originally broadcast January 16, 1938, 86 years ago, The Flood. Doctor Christian is needed during a flood.

Then The Shadow starring Orson Welles and Agnes Moorehead, originally broadcast January 16, 1938, Sabotage. A small tube of nitroglycerine helps the Shadow to break up a spy ring run by the strange Dr. Arnheim.

Followed by Dark Fantasy, originally broadcast January 16, 1942, 82 years ago, Debt of the past. A strange and weird adventure, laid in modern America with the flavor of the nineteenth century. The story of a businessman who was almost too honest, who found a method of paying a long-standing debt of honor, although thirty years in his grave.

Finally Lum and Abner, originally broadcast January 16, 1942, 82 years ago, Lum Fakes a Nervous Breakdown. Lum decides to have a nervous breakdown to gain Abner's sympathy.

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