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Welcome to Down These Mean Streets, a weekly trip back to the Golden Age of Radio where we rub elbows with the era's greatest private eyes, cops, and crime-fighters. Since 2013, I've been podcasting everything from cozy mysteries to police procedurals, spotlighting characters ranging from hard boiled gumshoes to amateur sleuths. 

Be sure to tune in each Sunday for adventures of a radio detective and the behind-the-scenes stories of their shows. Join me as we spend time with Sam Spade, Johnny Dollar, Sgt. Joe Friday, and more!

Feb 26, 2017

Head back to Broadway – “the gaudiest, the most violent, the lonesomest mile in the world” – with Detective Danny Clover. Larry Thor stars as the policeman with the soul of a poet in Broadway is My Beat. From flophouses to mansions, from back alleys to the bright lights of the Great White Way, Clover investigates murder in the city that never sleeps. We’ll hear three of his mysteries: “The Robe Sash Strangler Murders” (originally aired on CBS on November 3, 1950); “The Tradewinds Murders” (originally aired on CBS on June 16, 1951); and “The Frankie Crowne Arson Murders” (originally aired on CBS on October 13, 1951).