Old Time Radio Mystery Specials
Oct 9, 2026 · 35 min · 14 segments
Release Date: November 10, 2013 A vacationing police officer helps his brother (who is a police officer in another town) catch a serial killer using skills acquired in an FBI training school…
[upbeat music] And now, School for Men starring Gregory Peck as Jim Davenport on the Cavalcade of America.
America.Don't let the title of tonight's play fool you.
This is a mystery.
[eerie music] Yes, that's right.
I'd like to tell you the story.
My name is Jim Davenport.
This is my story, too.
And the facilities are, well, we'll let my story tell more about that.
I wasn't assigned to this case because it was in Midvale where my brother, Jerry, lives and works as a detective.
Midvale, an average-sized, average-looking Midwestern town, and on this particular spring night it was quiet, dark.
[door knocking] Oh, who's that?
Come on, open up.
Go away.
Get away from here.
Hey, Agnes, what's the matter with you? It's me, Jim.
Jim.
Oh, oh, Jim.
[door locking] Oh, Jim.
[laughs] Hey, what goes on here? Can't a brother-in-law drop in without-
I'm sorry, Jim.
Wait a minute, I'll close the door.
[door locking]
Well, what's the idea of the barrage of locks and bolts, Dracula making his nightly rounds?
[upbeat music] And now, School for Men starring Gregory Peck as Jim Davenport on the Cavalcade of America.
America.Don't let the title of tonight's play fool you.
This is a mystery.
[eerie music] Yes, that's right.
I'd like to tell you the story.
My name is Jim Davenport.
This is my story, too.
And the facilities are, well, we'll let my story tell more about that.
I wasn't assigned to this case because it was in Midvale where my brother, Jerry, lives and works as a detective.
Midvale, an average-sized, average-looking Midwestern town, and on this particular spring night it was quiet, dark.
[door knocking] Oh, who's that?
Come on, open up.
Go away.
Get away from here.
Hey, Agnes, what's the matter with you? It's me, Jim.
Jim.
Oh, oh, Jim.
[door locking] Oh, Jim.
[laughs] Hey, what goes on here? Can't a brother-in-law drop in without-
I'm sorry, Jim.
Wait a minute, I'll close the door.
[door locking]
Well, what's the idea of the barrage of locks and bolts, Dracula making his nightly rounds?
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