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Robbery rode the show train until police officers found the mysterious passenger and stopped murder on the carnival midway.
Gangbusters – The Case Of The Carnival Caper
Robert Dryden (narrator-by-proxy), Arthur Vinton, Bill Smith, Frank Readick, Jean Ellen, Stanley Niss (writer), Phillips H. Lord (producer), William Sweets (director), Don Gardiner (announcer).
ABC network. Sponsored by World Wide Handicrafts. WRVR rebroadcast date: April 18, 1974.
A father and son team specialize in kidnapping, theft and murder.
This program is noted for its use of a melodeon instead of the usual organ.
Gangbusters – The Case of the Quincy Killers
Ted Corday (director), Stanley Niss (writer), William Zuckert, Bill Smith, Phillips H. Lord (producer), Don Gardiner (announcer), Ben Hunter (KEX Portland Oregon announcer).
ABC network origination, syndicated, WRVR-FM, New York rebroadcast.
Sergeant Friday calls his mother to tell her that he’s going to not be home for a month. He’s going under cover to try to get evidence on the Flats gang of narcotics pushers.
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