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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
01.15.1948	the miracle	+ "The Miracle". Sponsored by: Anchor Hocking Glass. A quack doctor claims to be able to cure a mil...
09.04.1947	the loaded dice	+ "Loaded Dice". Sponsored by: Anchor Hocking Glass. The story of a pair of galloping dominoes and ...
10.23.1947	the lady in distress	+ "Lady In Distress". Sponsored by: Anchor Hocking Glass. Marybelle Warren has disappeared, and her...
10.23.1947	the lady in distress	+ "Lady In Distress". Sponsored by: Anchor Hocking Glass. Marybelle Warren has disappeared, and her...
09.05.1946	the handkerchief	+ "The Handkerchief". Sponsored by: Anchor Hocking Glass. A tavern owner is killed and his $20,000 ...
02.26.1948	the fix	+ "The Fix". Sponsored by: Anchor Hocking Glass. Mike Warren has been murdered. Keep your eye on th...
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...
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...
04.13.1950	the disappearance of mr dizzel	+ CBS net origination, AFRS rebroadcast. "The Disappearance Of Mr. Gissel". A rare book dealer is ki...
10.20.1949	the coffin
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...
10.16.1947	the camera bug	+ "The Camera Bug". Sponsored by: Anchor Hocking Glass. A young photographer, trying to get a job w...
08.21.1947	the busmans holiday	+ "Busman's Holiday". Sponsored by: Anchor Hocking Glass. A young waitress' boyfriend "steals" a fa...
03.26.1946	the buccaneers cave
01.16.1946	surprising corpse	+ "The Surprising Corpse". Sponsored by: Anchor Hocking Glass. A false nobleman tricks a dumb heire...
04.15.1947	special presentation for anchor hocking salesman
01.20.1954	source of information	+ "Source Of Information". A drunken old reporter is murdered to prevent his memoirs from being pu...
12.04.1947	serpent goddess	+ "The Serpent Goddess". Sponsored by: Anchor Hocking Glass. Two adventurers return from the South ...
08.04.1949	sell out	+ "Sellout". Sponsored by: Philip Morris, Revelation Pipe Tobacco. The first show of the season. Th...
07.17.1947	self made hero	+ "Self-Made Hero". Sponsored by: Anchor Hocking Glass. Wellington Cliffside wants more than anythi...
03.10.1949	scene of the crime	+ "The Scene Of The Crime". Sponsored by: Toni (commercial deleted). Ethelbert becomes a detective....
01.13.1954	road angel	+ "Road Angel". The first show of the season. Teddy Wilson replaces Herman Chittison as the Blue N...
08.29.1946	red raincoat	+ "The Red Raincoat". Sponsored by: Anchor Hocking Glass. A middle class double triangle (a hexagon...
01.08.1948	queen of the amazon	+ "Queen Of The Amazon". Sponsored by: Anchor Hocking Glass. A circus strong-lady reports an attemp...

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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