Came across a few more cassettes of old-time radio shows recently. Below are my reviews:
The Shadow 04/03/1938 (Death from the Deep): First heard this episode as a teenager from a box set purchased at a bookstore in the Quinte Mall. However, I heard the Blue Coal version.
Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons 04/03/1952 (The Rented Cottage Murder Case): I'd never heard of an old-time radio show having four sponsors before.
I think Mrs Haynes and Mrs. Loraine were played by the same person.
Bulldog Drummond 06/09/1948 (Death Uses Disappearing Ink): This show was a lot more cleverly done than Mr. Keen.
The Fat Man 07/22/1949 (Murder is the Medium): How about not overeating or eating too fast in the first place?
The motive isn't clearly established.
The Adventures of the Thin Man aka Mystery Playhouse 10/06/1944 (Norah is Drugged): The solution to this is pretty easy to see from a few minutes in.
The "Wolfie" voice doesn't sound a thing like Joan.
Incidentally, its pretty sad that when you type Nick and Norah into a search engine, all you get on the first page are results having to do with the film "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist."
The FBI in Peace and War 10/06/1954 (The Carnival Act): This episode had a good plot.
The PSA about Peter Francisco was interesting.
I liked the PSA about Illinois because it mentioned IGA, one of which we used to have in the town in which I live.
Gangbusters 12/06/1947 (The Case of the Supersonic Safecrackers): The plot was good but would have been better if it weren't riddled with cliches.
Green Hornet 11/08/1945 (Hornet Drops a Hint): This was by no means the first episode, so why were they explaining everything?
Dragnet 02/22/1955 (The Big Slug): It took the police a little too long to clue in on the other guy in the photograph.
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