Crackling Airwaves Old Time Radio
Oct 2, 2026 · 30 min · 12 segments
This is Your FBI aired from 1945 to 1953. The show got the endorsement of J. Edgar Hoover and many times featured crimes that were well known at the time, told from the perspective of the agent…
You know, Colonel?
Yeah?
I think, Michael, we may sum it up in one word of two syllables.
Like which?
Police.
You mean they were hep to us?
They would've been, Michael, shortly after that check I cashed began to ricochet.
Yeah, but suppose they get an idea we caught this train and they got the New York police waiting for us when we roll into Grand Central.
Please, Michael, I'd rather not have to wrestle with that remote contingency for the moment.
Huh?
Allow me, if you will, to revel in a vision of the unbounded joy of my dear Valerie when I show her the fruits of this little mission to the West.
You ain't gonna give her the whole five grand.
Valerie has demanded a mink coat of Santa Claus, and Valerie, my dear Michael, knows who Santa Claus is.
Have your tickets ready, please.
I might get them right here, Colonel.
May I check your ticket please, madam?
Oh, yes.
Here's my ticket right here.
Thank you.
9:00.
Well, I do hope my daughter is there to meet me.
Sweet little old lady, ain't she?
Yes.
You know, Colonel?
Yeah?
I think, Michael, we may sum it up in one word of two syllables.
Like which?
Police.
You mean they were hep to us?
They would've been, Michael, shortly after that check I cashed began to ricochet.
Yeah, but suppose they get an idea we caught this train and they got the New York police waiting for us when we roll into Grand Central.
Please, Michael, I'd rather not have to wrestle with that remote contingency for the moment.
Huh?
Allow me, if you will, to revel in a vision of the unbounded joy of my dear Valerie when I show her the fruits of this little mission to the West.
You ain't gonna give her the whole five grand.
Valerie has demanded a mink coat of Santa Claus, and Valerie, my dear Michael, knows who Santa Claus is.
Have your tickets ready, please.
I might get them right here, Colonel.
May I check your ticket please, madam?
Oh, yes.
Here's my ticket right here.
Thank you.
9:00.
Well, I do hope my daughter is there to meet me.
Sweet little old lady, ain't she?
Yes.
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