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Crime and Drama on a Tuesday

First,  a look at this day in History.

Then Counterspy starring Don MacLaughlin and Mandel Kramer, originally broadcast August 18, 1949, 77 years ago, The Case of the Desert Explosion.  Man-eating birds of prey are used to execute a betrayer. A smuggler uses "geometry in action." 

Followed by Dragnet starring Jack Webb, originally broadcast August 18, 1949, 77 years ago, Sixteen Jewel Thieves.  There have been sixteen jewel burglaries in the last sixteen days, a very active thief! The trail leads to Walter Tracy. 

Then, Escape, originally broadcast  August 18, 1947, 79 years ago, The Fourth Man starring Paul Frees.  A drama about three escaped convicts on a raft, and of their "savage" companion, a cannibal! 

Followed by The CBS Radio Workshop, originally broadcast August 18, 1957, 69 years ago, The Celestial Omnibus.   A young boy's ride on the stagecoach to Heaven.

Finally, Claudia, originally broadcast August 18, 1948, 78 years ago,  Lunch in New York with Julia.  Kathryn Bard and Paul Crabtree star.

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