Calling All Cars - "The Homicidal Hobo" (02-15-38)

The Homicidal Hobo (Aired February 15, 1938)

Calling All Cars was one of radio’s earliest cop shows, dramatizing true crime stories and introduced by officers from the Los Angeles and other police departments. The narrator of the program was speech professor Charles Frederick Lindsley, and the only other regular voice heard on the program week after week belonged to that of Sergeant Jesse Rosenquist of the L.A.P.D., whose name and voice were so unusually distinctive that he was retained for the show’s entire run. None of the actors on the show ever received on-air credit, but among the talent OTR fans can hear the likes of Elvia Allman, Jackson Beck, Charles Bickford, John Gibson, Richard LeGrand and Hanley Stafford, just to name a few.

THIS EPISODE:

February 15, 1938. Program #221. CBS Pacific network (Don Lee network). "The Homicidal Hobo". Sponsored by: Rio Grande Oil. The owner of a railroad restaurant in Portola has been shot and wounded. A "message" is read from the sheriff of Plumas county. Jesse Rosenquist (dispatcher), Charles Frederick Lindsley (narrator). 30:15. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.