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November 20, 2015 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment

DL052: Intimidated Jury 1- Reasonable Doubt

Mr District Attorney — Intimidated Jury, Scene 1: A Reasonable Doubt The Jury is Still Out As our story opens, we find a crime has already been committed. We are in a courtroom waiting for the jury to return with their verdict. Will they find Mr Stanley guilty or not guilty of murder? The District […]

November 13, 2015 By Wendy Lambert Leave a Comment

DL051: MrDA — Intimidated Jury (Intro)

The Old Time Radio Legal Thriller: Mr. District Attorney was a popular radio program on NBC and ABC radio stations from 1939 to 1952. Each episode is a legal story that centers on the court trial. Meet the Jury: When a serious crime has been committed, such as murder, the American legal system chooses a group […]

October 30, 2015 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment

DL050: Archie – Bankrupt 6 — Put out the fire

What have I done! Archie is shocked when he realizes what he’s done. There’s his dad telling him he’s not broke, yet Archie had heard him worrying over how to make money — he’d heard him with his own ears! Archie’s mom pulls the two strands of the story together and finally everyone realizes […]

October 16, 2015 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment

DL049: Archie – Bankrupt 5 — Things fall apart

At a Time Like This Fred arrives back home with the party food. Of course, he has quite a story to tell his wife… and she has a new turn of events to tell him about, too. From this point on, a series of events take place that tell Fred and Mary something is wrong. […]

October 2, 2015 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment

DL048: Archie – Bankrupt 4: Connections

The Unwitting Charity Case When Fred hurries down to the corner store for party snacks, he experiences what it is like to be a charity case (「仁愛案件」，貧寒人家) – someone you do a favor for out of pity. But he doesn’t really know what’s going on. Mr. Pringle, the shop owner offers him credit at his store, something […]