Boxcars711 Old Time Radio Pod - The Lineup "Old Women Found Strangled" (12-27-51)

Old Women Found Strangled (Aired December 27, 1951)


The Lineup is a realistic police drama that gives radio audiences a look behind the scenes at police headquarters. Bill Johnstone plays Lt. Ben Guthrie, a quiet, calm-as-a-cupcake cucumber. Joseph Kearns (and from 1951 to 1953, Matt Maher) plays Sgt. Matt Grebb, a hot-tempered hot plate who is easily bored. The director and script writer often rode with police on the job and sat in on the police lineups to get ideas for The Lineup. They also read dozens of newspapers daily and intermeshed real stories with those that they used in the show. With Dragnet a smash hit, realism in police dramas was popular at the time this show aired. Don’t be caught without this radio show in your collection!

THIS EPISODE:

December 27, 1950. CBS network. "The Elsner Case". Sustaining. Unidentified Woman Strangled. William Johnstone, Wally Maher, Eddie Dunstedter (organ), Jaime del Valle (producer, director). 29:47..

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