The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Counterspy: The Magic Murder (A0136)

The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Show Notes

Today's Adventure: Harry Peters is critically wounded in a mysterious shooting while interviewing a European scientist working on a secret American government project. As David Harding searches for the gunman, Peters' life hangs in the balance, and Harding must arrange an urgent consultation with a renowned brain surgeon who is traveling through South America. Meanwhile, an unusual clue raises questions about the identity of the attacker and the intended target.

Original Radio Broadcast: April 4, 1950

Originating in New York

Cast: Don McLaughlin as David Harding

Mandel Kramer as Harry Peters

Leonard L. Bass, director

Paul Milton, writer

Jesse Crawford, music

Philip H. Lord, producer

Jay Jackson, announcer

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