The Falcon|Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Mystery Dramas
Sep 18, 2026 · 36 min · 18 segments
Original Release Date: November 4, 2024 Today's Mystery: A man is poisoned in the presence of the Falcon and the finger of suspicion is pointed at his cousin. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 18…
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And the problem is that the murder of Uncle George would throw suspicion on Ernest for the murder.
And if Ernest was convicted of murdering Uncle George, neither he nor Ruth would end up inheriting, so it's not like the Falcon was taking on some very clever murderer.
Also, Brian being anxious about Ernest taking his drink seems weird because if there was no poison in Ernest's drink, why did he care? The only thing that served to do is to plant the idea in Ernest's head that Brian had tried to poison him.
Also, kind of an obvious line at the end from Mike Waring, because we've had episodes where he has talked to a beautiful woman rather than to Sergeant Corbett.
How did you solve it conversation with anyone? I remember one episode of a series, I forget which one it was, where the detective was kind of chasing down some random character and trying to coach them into...
Well, now we turn to listener comments and feedback and we start out over on Spotify where Vicki writes in...
The episode that we played today did not have them, although there are was a ghost with the reference to the Ed's Luncheonette, seeing that we didn't get the full flavor.
Over on YouTube, Ron puts a thanks for the upload on the case of the nervous shakedown.
And then we go over to Instagram for a comment on our 15th anniversary special, Brains, Benton Rites.
I've only been listening to Great Detectives for a couple of years, but you're my favorite hosted old-time radio podcast.
Welcome back.
And the problem is that the murder of Uncle George would throw suspicion on Ernest for the murder.
And if Ernest was convicted of murdering Uncle George, neither he nor Ruth would end up inheriting, so it's not like the Falcon was taking on some very clever murderer.
Also, Brian being anxious about Ernest taking his drink seems weird because if there was no poison in Ernest's drink, why did he care? The only thing that served to do is to plant the idea in Ernest's head that Brian had tried to poison him.
Also, kind of an obvious line at the end from Mike Waring, because we've had episodes where he has talked to a beautiful woman rather than to Sergeant Corbett.
How did you solve it conversation with anyone? I remember one episode of a series, I forget which one it was, where the detective was kind of chasing down some random character and trying to coach them into...
Well, now we turn to listener comments and feedback and we start out over on Spotify where Vicki writes in...
The episode that we played today did not have them, although there are was a ghost with the reference to the Ed's Luncheonette, seeing that we didn't get the full flavor.
Over on YouTube, Ron puts a thanks for the upload on the case of the nervous shakedown.
And then we go over to Instagram for a comment on our 15th anniversary special, Brains, Benton Rites.
I've only been listening to Great Detectives for a couple of years, but you're my favorite hosted old-time radio podcast.
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