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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
02.20.1947	20 minute alibi	+ "Twenty-Minute Alibi". Sponsored by: Anchor Hocking Glass. A man commits suicide while on the pho...
02.06.1947	grey kitten	+ "The Grey Kitten". Sponsored by: Anchor Hocking Glass. A re-incarnated cat helps Casey track dow...
01.16.1947	the surprising corpse	+ "The Surprising Corpse". Sponsored by: Anchor Hocking Glass. A false nobleman tricks a dumb heire...
12.19.1946	christmas shopping	+ "Christmas Shopping". Sponsored by: Anchor Hocking Glass. Casey uses the nimble fingers of a pick...
09.19.1946	the duke of skid row	+ "The Duke Of Skid Row". Sponsored by: Anchor Hocking Glass. A rich foreigner, who lives in a flop...
09.19.1946	the duke of skid row	+ "The Duke Of Skid Row". Sponsored by: Anchor Hocking Glass. A rich foreigner, who lives in a flop...
09.05.1946	the handkerchief	+ "The Handkerchief". Sponsored by: Anchor Hocking Glass. A tavern owner is killed and his $20,000 ...
08.29.1946	red raincoat	+ "The Red Raincoat". Sponsored by: Anchor Hocking Glass. A middle class double triangle (a hexagon...
07.15.1946	a tooth for a tooth	+ "Truth Or Tooth". Henry Brower, one of "the older re-write men," has a "funny fear" about his un...
06.03.1946	the reunion	+ CBS net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. "The Reunion". A famous sculptor chisels a case of murder o...
03.26.1946	the buccaneers cave
02.25.1946	graveyard gertie	+ "Graveyard Gertie". Sponsored by: Anchor Hocking Glass. Casey and Ann meet a strange old lady in ...
01.16.1946	surprising corpse	+ "The Surprising Corpse". Sponsored by: Anchor Hocking Glass. A false nobleman tricks a dumb heire...
01.07.1946	earned reward	+ "Earned Reward". Sponsored by: Anchor Hocking Glass. Shorty Irwin, one of Casey's rival photograp...
05.19.1945	cupid is a killer	+ "Cupid Is The Killer". Sponsored by: Toni. Bat McCoy has committed another of his usual killings ...
08.26.1944	victory garden murder
03.18.1944	casey and the self made hero	+ "Self-Made Hero". Sponsored by: Anchor Hocking Glass. Wellington Cliffside wants more than anythi...
02.26.1944	clue in the clouds	+ In the quite evening air there suddenly comes the whirring of wings, it’s a Helicopter out of co...
07.07.1943	the case of the switched plates	+ WARNING: WHILE AUDIBLE THIS RECORDING IS A BIT CRACKLY AT THE START AND HAS HICCUPS.It gets better...
N/A	death in lovers lane	+ "Death In Lover's Lane". Sponsored by: Anchor Hocking Glass. On the trail of "The Lover's Lane Ki...
N/A	hide out	+ "Hideout". Sponsored by: Anchor Hocking Glass. A couple on the lam with $100,000 from a recent jo...

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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