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AMERICAN RADIO PROGRAMS
DOSSIER: - AMERICAN Crime, mystery, suspense and detection radio programs
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These American radio programs are listed alphabetically by year. If a program was off the air, it is listed as many times as it was revived. This file is divided into four pages:
| (1929-1930)
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Fu Manchu (First broadcast as a series of twelve programs in 1929-1930. Source: Fu Manchu -- The radio shows. |
| (1929-1930. Revived 1936)
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True Detective Mysteries
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| (1930-1935. Revived 1936)
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Sherlock Holmes, The Adventures of
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| (9 March 1930-25 May 1930-SUNDAYS)
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The Daughter of Fu Manchu - twelve-week serial, broadcast on Sundays. The Collier Hour (1927-1932) was created to promote Collier's magazine, with dramatications of both short stories and serials from the current issue of the magazine. The Daughter of Fu Manchu was serialized from 9 March 1930-25 May 1930. ARTHUR HUGHES played the part of Dr. FU MANCHU. Source: Fu Manchu -- The radio shows. |
| (1931-1932. Revived 1933-1936)
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Eno Crime Club
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| (1932-1945. Revived 1947)
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Charlie Chan, The Adventures of
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| (1932-1950)
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Chandu the Magician - SUPERHERO PROGRAM
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| (1932-1933)
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Fu Manchu Broadcast on CBS from 26 September, 1932-24 April, 1933, Mondays at 7:45 pm from Chicago, and 8:45 pm from New York. [The show was enacted first for Chicago, then again at 8:45 by the same actors, for New York.] 31 half-hour programs.
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| (1933-1940)
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Calling All Cars
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| (Revived 1933-1936)
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Eno Crime Club
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| (1933-1939)
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Twenty Thousand Years in Sing Sing
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| 1933-1940
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Calling All Detectives
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| (1935-1948)
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Dick Tracy, The Adventures of
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| (1935-1957)
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Gangbusters
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| (Revived 1936. Revived 1939)
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Sherlock Holmes, The Adventures of
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| (Revived 1936-1937. Revived 1938-1939)
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True Detective Mysteries
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| (1936-1949)
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Famous Jury Trials
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| (1936-?)
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The Shadow
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| (1936-1940)
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Renfrew of the Mounted Police
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| (1937-1939)
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Alias Jimmy Valentine
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| (1937-1938)
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Speed Gibson of the International Secret Police
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| (1937-1955)
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Mr. Keen, Tracers of Lost Persons
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| (Revived 1938-1939. Revived 1944-1956)
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True Detective Mysteries
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| (1938. Revived 1940)
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Superman, The Adventures of -SUPERHERO PROGRAM
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| (1938-1942)
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Ned Jordan, Secret Agent
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| (1938-1953)
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Green Hornet, The -SUPERHERO PROGRAM
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| (Revived 1939-1942)
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Sherlock Holmes, The Adventures of
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| (1939-1941. Revived 1942-1948)
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Ellery Queen, The Adentures of
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| (1939-1941. Revived 1943.)
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I Love A Mystery
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| (1939-1949)
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Captain Midnight -SUPERHERO PROGRAM
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| (1939-1954)
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Mr. District Attorney
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| (1939-1949) Pin issued in 1939 to promote The Shadow of Fu Manchu
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The Shadow of Fu Manchu
Syndicated, 8 May 1939-1 November 1939 Source: Fu Manchu -- The radio shows. |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
1. Same Time, Same Station, by Ron Lackman, Facts on File, 1996. [This source used even though it is rife with errors. READERS - please email all corrections!]
2. Fu Manchu -- The radio shows.
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