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March 25, 2016 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment

DL063: The Lady Was a Tiger—In Grave Danger

~ CBS Radio Mystery Theater, The Lady Was a Tiger, Act 1, Scenes 4-8 — In Grave Danger ~ A femme fatale double agent frames an unemployed reporter for homicide in Paris. Running Smoothly Like Clockwork Larry and Dave have made it to France. Larry goes off to play his part by interviewing Professor Teal. During the interview, he is handed […]

March 12, 2016 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment

DL062: The Lady Was a Tiger—New Recruit

~ CBS Radio Mystery Theater, The Lady Was a Tiger, Act 1, Scenes 1-3 — The New Recruit ~ A femme fatale double agent frames an unemployed reporter for homicide in Paris. New Recruit: Larry Fielding, a newspaper reporter, gets fired from his job, apparently for no reason. Things go from bad to worse, but in the end he […]

January 22, 2016 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment

DL061: Intimidated Jury — Thieves Fall Out

Mr District Attorney and the Intimidated Jury, Scene 10 No way is that cop gonna’ talk! In our last episode, the District Attorney’s chat with Mr Butler alerted Butler that he needed to do something fast or he and Stanley would be caught. The policeman was alive and recovering from a coma after getting […]

January 15, 2016 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment

DL060: Intimidated Jury — Cat and Mouse

Mr District Attorney and the Intimidated Jury, Scene 9 [Photo © inigocia/Bigstock.com] Brilliant deduction After finding a canceled debt in Taylor’s books, the District Attorney pays Butler a visit. Butler had held the mortgage on Taylor’s businesses, and now the debt is gone. Butler certainly appears to be the man Taylor felt indebted to, so the DA has […]

January 8, 2016 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment

DL059: Intimidated Jury – Fishing for an Angle

Mr District Attorney and the Intimidated Jury, (scene 8): Gone fishing? Where’s the District Attorney? He hasn’t gone fishing, has he? In this episode, Harrington comes looking for the DA, but the DA is not in his office right now. While waiting for the DA, Harrington and the District Attorney’s secretary talk shop. They discuss the […]

January 1, 2016 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment

DL058: Intimidated Jury–The Heat Is On!

Mr District Attorney and the Intimidated Jury, (scene 7): The heat is on, but Stanley is totally unaware of it. Boy, does this kid ever need to wake up and smell the coffee! This one’s on the house! Two episodes ago, Mr. Stanley, the hitman, killed jury foreman, Mr. Taylor, for Mr. Butler. Taylor was being […]

December 25, 2015 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment

DL057: Intimidated Jury–Somebody’s Stooge

Mr. District Attorney and the Intimidated Jury, (Scene 6): Just the stooge: The District Attorney and his secretary are talking about the case and they are quite satisfied that they have enough evidence to convict Mr. Taylor of jury tampering. It looks like Mrs. Clark was right. The jurors had been manipulated into voting ‘not […]

December 18, 2015 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment

DL056: Intimidated Jury–A Jostled Kingpin

Mr. District Attorney and the Intimidated Jury, (Scene 5): Everything to lose: The District Attorney has just informed Mr Taylor that a member of the jury, Mrs Clark, had charged him with swaying the jury into voting “not guilty”. He’s been warned. He could end up on trial. He could end up doing time in prison. By ‘doing time’, […]

December 11, 2015 By Dramatic Listening 2 Comments

DL055: Intimidated Jury — Taking Offense

Mr. District Attorney and the Intimidated Jury, (Scene 4) Taking offense: Harrington has rounded up the accused jury foreman, Mr Taylor, and brought him back to the DA’s office. When Taylor hears the charge against him, he takes offense. “Ridiculous! That’s libelous!” he cries, but it is all a pretense. Deep down inside, he knows he […]

December 4, 2015 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment

DL054: Intimidated Jury — Gangster Etiquette

Mr. District Attorney and the Intimidated Jury, (Scene 3) [Photo © VadimGuzhva/Bigstock.com]STANLEY: I wanna thank you, Mr. Butler.BUTLER: For what?STANLEY: For the fix.BUTLER: You mean the verdict? Gangster Etiquette In this episode, we see into the gangsters’ world. Now, when you’re being tried for murder, being faced with the electric chair, and someone gets you […]