The Falcon|Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Mystery Dramas
Oct 9, 2026 · 41 min · 17 segments
Original Release Date: November 18, 2024 Today's Mystery: A woman hires The Falcon to find her missing hypochondriac husband. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 1, 1951 Originating from New York…
And now, the case of the hypocritical hypo.
It's Wednesday evening in New York, and the rain is coming down in the proverbial buckets.
From a window in a little Brooklyn hideout, a gentleman named Fred DeSantis watches anxiously.
Then finally, a car draws up to the curb.
A few minutes later, there's a knock at the door, and Mr. DeSantis almost knocks over a lamp in his...
Hello, Fred.
You're alone, Demi.
What else? Where's Margie? She wouldn't come.
What do you mean, she wouldn't come? Give a fellow a chance to take his coat off, will you? I
asked you
something, Danny.
Honest, DeSantis, have a little consideration.
I could catch pneumonia this way.
Any doctor will tell you...
Where's Margie? I told you, she didn't come with me.
Why not? She said, how did she know it wasn't a trap? There was no way of checking.
You ain't got a phone here.
Told her you were working for me.
Sure, but you wouldn't believe me.
What does she want me to do, call for the money myself? That's what she said.
Well, you go right back to her.
I don't do any good, Fred.
I practically got on my knees to the girl.
All she said was, if DeSantis wants his dough, let him come and get it.
How far does she think I'd get with Larry Sloan looking for me? I told her that, too, but she wouldn't listen.
And now, the case of the hypocritical hypo.
It's Wednesday evening in New York, and the rain is coming down in the proverbial buckets.
From a window in a little Brooklyn hideout, a gentleman named Fred DeSantis watches anxiously.
Then finally, a car draws up to the curb.
A few minutes later, there's a knock at the door, and Mr. DeSantis almost knocks over a lamp in his...
Hello, Fred.
You're alone, Demi.
What else? Where's Margie? She wouldn't come.
What do you mean, she wouldn't come? Give a fellow a chance to take his coat off, will you? I
asked you
something, Danny.
Honest, DeSantis, have a little consideration.
I could catch pneumonia this way.
Any doctor will tell you...
Where's Margie? I told you, she didn't come with me.
Why not? She said, how did she know it wasn't a trap? There was no way of checking.
You ain't got a phone here.
Told her you were working for me.
Sure, but you wouldn't believe me.
What does she want me to do, call for the money myself? That's what she said.
Well, you go right back to her.
I don't do any good, Fred.
I practically got on my knees to the girl.
All she said was, if DeSantis wants his dough, let him come and get it.
How far does she think I'd get with Larry Sloan looking for me? I told her that, too, but she wouldn't listen.
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