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Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

Episode 55 - Diamond Anniversary (Richard Diamond, Private Detective)

Broadcast on:
27 Apr 2014

Sixty-five years ago this week, Richard Diamond, Private Detective premiered on NBC, and listeners were introduced to Dick Powell as radio's singing private eye.  To mark the occasion, we'll hear Powell in two radio mysteries: "The Homing Pigeon Case" (originally aired on NBC on October 11, 1950) and "Blue Serge Suit" (originally aired on ABC on February 9, 1951).