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Casey Crime Photographer was an old time radio mystery based on the novels penned by George Harmon Coxe. Coxe first started writing in 1922 and took whatever projects in any literary genre that came his way in order to pay the bills. It was not until 1934 that he discovered a passion for writing detective mysteries and began a serialization in Black Mask magazine. Coxe's works focused on the adventures and drama in the life of "Flashgun" Jack Casey who was a crime beat photographer for the Morning Express. He often worked in tandem with the lovely and talented reporter, Ann Williams and had a good working relationship with police detective Captain Logan. The public loved the show so much that it was first adapted into films even before it was serialized on radio. It tooke several years to convince radio executives about the viability of adapting the novels into a radio series as they believed that the market was already saturated with detective mysteries. But in 1943 the characters made their way to the airwaves for the very first time on CBS Network. Throughout the years, the program was aired under different titles but the longest running was Casey Crime Photographer which aired from 1947-1950. Jack Casey was played by several radio talents like Matt Crowley, Jim Backus, and Staats Cotsworth while the charming Jan Miner portrayed the feisty reporter Ann Williams. Click here to read more about Casey Crime Photographer

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Please enjoy these 96 old time radio episodes:

Air Date	Title	Synopsis
01.20.1954	source of information	+ "Source Of Information". A drunken old reporter is murdered to prevent his memoirs from being pu...
01.13.1954	road angel	+ "Road Angel". The first show of the season. Teddy Wilson replaces Herman Chittison as the Blue N...
11.16.1950	the upholsterer	+ Goldblatt, the upholsterer, has been shot to death within a locked room. A neighboring shop owne...
11.09.1950	woman of mystery	+ CBS net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. "Woman Of Mystery". A woman is found dead with a knife in h...
06.15.1950	unlucky numbers	+ Casey and Anne Williams are assigned to do a story that'll break up the numbers racket. They go to...
05.04.1950	the suicide	+ Carl Ashby is a businessman who has written a bad play about a suicide, which was produced on stag...
04.13.1950	the disappearance of mr dizzel	+ CBS net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. "The Disappearance Of Mr. Gissel". A rare book dealer is ki...
04.06.1950	the fire	+ Fire fighters attending a fire find a dead man but it wasn’t the fire that killed him, he’d be...
03.02.1950	bad little babe	+ CBS net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. "Bad Little Babe". An attempt on Casey's life leads to the ...
01.19.1950	wanted a gun	+ CBS net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. "Wanted, A Gun". A young man gets a gun from a pet shop and...
11.17.1949	the upholsterer	+ Goldblatt, the upholsterer, has been shot to death within a locked room. A neighboring shop owne...
11.10.1949	thunderbolt
10.20.1949	the coffin
08.25.1949	the snow ball
08.11.1949	death of a stranger	+ "Death Of A Stranger". Sponsored by: Philip Morris, Revelation Pipe Tobacco. A visitor to a wealt...
08.04.1949	sell out	+ "Sellout". Sponsored by: Philip Morris, Revelation Pipe Tobacco. The first show of the season. Th...
05.19.1949	cupid is a killer	+ "Cupid Is The Killer". Sponsored by: Toni. Bat McCoy has committed another of his usual killings ...
05.05.1949	the wolverine	+ "The Wolverine". Sponsored by: Toni. A strange killer strikes against the underworld, in a very i...
03.10.1949	scene of the crime	+ "The Scene Of The Crime". Sponsored by: Toni (commercial deleted). Ethelbert becomes a detective....
03.10.1949	the scene of the crime	+ "The Scene Of The Crime". Sponsored by: Toni (commercial deleted). Ethelbert becomes a detective....
01.20.1949	action photograph	+ "Action Photograph". Who killed the gangster named John Havana? The likely suspect is "Silk" Far...
11.25.1948	holiday	+ "Holiday". Sponsored by: Toni. A reformed safecracker is being forced to pull one last job. Casey...
07.28.1948	old joe
07.08.1948	death in lovers lane	+ "Death In Lover's Lane". Sponsored by: Anchor Hocking Glass. On the trail of "The Lover's Lane Ki...
05.27.1948	gun wanted	+ Jeff Robins gets out of city jail tomorrow after serving 60 days for throwing a punch at his wife ...

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I loved listening to this while I was over the road.

BigTroy

The actor in the lead role for Casey, Crime Photographer was supposed to be Frank Lovejoy! He decided to do summer stock with wife Joan Banks on Cape Cod in a play destined for Broadway... "The Snark was a Boojum" got there and closed very quickly. Lovejoy would later play Randy Stone in Night Beat, a role that fit like the finest glove.

Joe

Casey is a photographer for the Morning Express newspaper, but spends most of his time as a detective. He hangs out at the Blue Note Cafe, where jazz pianist Teddy Wilson plays piano. Casey is assisted by bartender Ethelbert and fellow reporter Ann Williams. It was broadcast from 1943 to 1955, and it's a shame more of these programs haven't surfaced as this is a good series.

CASEY, CRIME PHOTOGRAPHER