Episodes

Thursday Sep 09, 2010
The Police Reporter - Pgm 16
Thursday Sep 09, 2010
Thursday Sep 09, 2010
"The Police Reporter", in program 16, takes up a case from Dresden, Germany concerning the murder of a dancer before the World War where an ant and a flea provide vital clues to the case. The show was syndicated in the early to mid 1930s by Radio Release, Limited, and has never been previously circulated in digital form to otr collectors.

Wednesday Aug 25, 2010
The Police Reporter - Pgm 15
Wednesday Aug 25, 2010
Wednesday Aug 25, 2010
We're up to program 15 in our rare mid-30s syndicated true crime drama series, "The Police Reporter". This episode looks at a case from 1890, an insurance collection plot that leads to the murder of Ludwig Brandt. The show includes an announcement at the end asking listeners to write in if they would like to hear about a particular case.

Thursday Aug 19, 2010
The Police Reporter - Pgm 14
Thursday Aug 19, 2010
Thursday Aug 19, 2010
The mid-1930s quarter hour "true crime" drama, "The Police Reporter" returns this week with what was then a fairly new, up to date story. Program 14 concerns the 1930 murder of George Marshall by Bert (Albert) McDonald in Alaska, a crime solved by a few hairs under a microscope. The announcer encourages listeners to write in if they enjoy the show.

Thursday Aug 12, 2010
The Police Reporter - Pgm 13
Thursday Aug 12, 2010
Thursday Aug 12, 2010
We're up to program 13 in our syndicated 1930s series, "The Police Reporter". This one's a real "Believe It or Not" kind of story that looks at the true case of the convict that build Ohio's first electric chair in the 1910s. You can read about the real case in an November 1931 article from the Reading Eagle, a Pennsylvania newspaper.

Sunday Aug 08, 2010
The Police Reporter - Pgm 12
Sunday Aug 08, 2010
Sunday Aug 08, 2010
Dropping in on "The Police Reporter" this week, we're up to program 12 in the series. Listen to the puzzling 1861 London case of Major Murray who is seen bloodied leaving the apartment of George Roberts after pistol shots are heard. Murray is accused of Roberts's murder - but is he guilty?

Sunday Aug 01, 2010
The Police Reporter - Pgm 11
Sunday Aug 01, 2010
Sunday Aug 01, 2010
Program 11 in our early 30s syndicated series, "The Police Reporter", this week concerns an extramarital affair gone wrong. It's the 1927 case of Ada LeBoeuf and her lover, Dr. Thomas E. Dreher, who murdered Ada's husband in Morgan City, Louisiana. You can view an article that looks at the real case in this true crime blog entry.

Saturday Jul 24, 2010
The Police Reporter - Pgm 10
Saturday Jul 24, 2010
Saturday Jul 24, 2010
Program 10 in our previously uncirculated thirties true crime syndicated series "Police Reporter", looks at a murder case from Prague, Czechoslovakia about a hunchback chemist who pursues a young woman that spurns his advances.

Saturday Jul 10, 2010
The Police Reporter - Pgm 9
Saturday Jul 10, 2010
Saturday Jul 10, 2010
Note: This program contains ethnic stereotypes that may be offensive to some listeners. We're up to program 9 in our previously lost true crime drama series syndicated in the early 1930s, "The Police Reporter".

Saturday Jul 10, 2010
Update on The Police Reporter - Pgm 7
Saturday Jul 10, 2010
Saturday Jul 10, 2010
An intrepid blog listener did some digging and found an article about the true crime case heard a couple of weeks ago in Program 7 of the series. It's from the Sunday, January 9, 1927 edition of Heart's American Weekly by way of the San Antonio Texas Light. Thanks!

Saturday Jul 03, 2010
The Police Reporter - Pgm 8
Saturday Jul 03, 2010
Saturday Jul 03, 2010
Are you enjoying our weekly little true crime dramas? I hope so, since we've got quite a few weeks to go with this series.