Classic Radio for November 17, 2023 - FBI, Indictment, Gunsmoke, and Hollywood

Two hours of Crime drama First, a look at this date in history.Then a 90 minute aircheck from WROW in Albany New York from November 17, 1957, 66 years ago. It is likely that this recording originated with Mr. Pat Rispole who lived in the WROW listening area near Albany, NY. He died at 53 years old in 1979. His home recordings in the late 1950s and 1960s are the reasons that many Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, Gunsmoke, and Suspense survive from that era, but also many NY baseball games (Dodgers, Giants, and Yankees, and later Mets) from that period as well. Luckily, Rispole traded his recordings heavily with other OTR fans, so they survived the ebbs and flows of collecting interest among collectors since he passed away.The FBI in Peace and War, Jail Bait. Roland Carter, an ex-movie idol, is being swindled by Lily Sanders and her young protege Amy Brewster.The Ford Road Show with Rosemary ClooneyThe local 6 o’clock news with Dan NelsonIndictment. A woman is found dead in Central Park. Her Latin husband is suspected of the crime, but Dave Campbell confesses to the murder. However, Campbell couldn't have done it and the husband is starting to look guilty. The seeds on the husband's clothes are all the proof the cops need. This series claims to be based "on the files of" Eleazar Lipsky, an assistant District Attorney of New York City.Gunsmoke starring William Conrad. An educated Chinaman named Chin Wong comes to Dodge to work as a cook. When two bullies steal his pigtail, he threatens to kill them.Also Suspense, originally broadcast November 17, 1957, 66 years ago, The City That Was starring Francis X. Bushman. A murder story of old Hollywood told by the long time Hollywood star.Finally Lum and Abner, originally broadcast November 17, 1941, 82 years ago, Ervin the Lion is loose! The library lion finally arrives...a real lion!