Jeff Regan Presented by the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
Aug 21, 2026 · 35 min · 18 segments
Release Date: August 3, 2010 International is retained by a Southern Family with old money to prevent a murder-but who’s? Original Air Date: November 9, 1949 Support the show monthly…
They called it Margate Mansion, but the name didn't fit.
It was a pile of old cement and cracked stucco held up by a half a dozen tired palm trees.
The people inside didn't fit either.
A crusty old lady who talked backwards.
A redhead with an urge to travel fast.
But it was Junior who won first prize.
Only when this boy played, it was with poison.
It started on a Tuesday.
I was headed down Taft Avenue on my way to the laundromat.
I had a date with a washing machine and a blonde cashier named Gloria.
That's when a cab pulled up beside me and the lion hopped out.
He was blowing sparks out of a fat cigar.
I could tell by the 50-cent smell that we had a new client.
Oh, Jeffrey, Jeffrey, my boy, I'm glad I
caught you.
Get back in the cab, fat, so I'm busy.
But
I have to talk to you.
I was just going up to your apartment.
Have a good time.
I'll be out all day.
Now, Jeffrey, is there any way to talk after all I've done for you? After the many opportunities I've given you to help your fellow beings in distress?
I've worked three weeks without a rest.
I've got to wash my
They called it Margate Mansion, but the name didn't fit.
It was a pile of old cement and cracked stucco held up by a half a dozen tired palm trees.
The people inside didn't fit either.
A crusty old lady who talked backwards.
A redhead with an urge to travel fast.
But it was Junior who won first prize.
Only when this boy played, it was with poison.
It started on a Tuesday.
I was headed down Taft Avenue on my way to the laundromat.
I had a date with a washing machine and a blonde cashier named Gloria.
That's when a cab pulled up beside me and the lion hopped out.
He was blowing sparks out of a fat cigar.
I could tell by the 50-cent smell that we had a new client.
Oh, Jeffrey, Jeffrey, my boy, I'm glad I
caught you.
Get back in the cab, fat, so I'm busy.
But
I have to talk to you.
I was just going up to your apartment.
Have a good time.
I'll be out all day.
Now, Jeffrey, is there any way to talk after all I've done for you? After the many opportunities I've given you to help your fellow beings in distress?
I've worked three weeks without a rest.
I've got to wash my
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