Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

In this week's bonus comedy episode, Spring is in the air on "Fibber McGee and Molly" (originally aired on NBC on May 11, 1943) and "The Milton Berle Show" (originally aired on NBC on March 23, 1948).

This week on "Down These Mean Streets," "The Big Story" presents ripped-from-the-headlines tales of brave journalists who went above and beyond the call of duty: "The Deadline Murder" (5/19/48) and "The Bitterest Man on the Earth" (6/8/49).

In this bonus comedy episode, we celebrate Mother's Day with a pair of mothers-in-law dropping in for visits on "The Burns and Allen Show" and "My Favorite Husband."

This week on "Down These Mean Streets," Superman takes flight in a pair of radio mysteries: "One Minute to Death" (11/19/49) and "The Diamond of Death" (12/17/49).

In this midweek bonus comedy episode, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello perform some of their classic routines (2/27/47) and Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis clown around with guest star Henry Fonda (6/5/49).

This week on "Down These Mean Streets," Dick Powell sings his way through three radio mysteries as "Richard Diamond, Private Detective." We'll hear "The Fred Sears Murder Case" (6/19/49); "The Angelino Giuseppe Case" (1/7/50); and "The Bald Head Case" (9/20/50).

In this week's bonus comedy show, we'll hear from George Burns and Gracie Allen plus special guest Jack Benny in a pair of old time radio episodes (3/6/47 and 1/8/48).

This week on "Down These Mean Streets," we'll hear two stories of mystery and murder from the library of "The Crime Club" - "Dead Men Control" (3/20/47) and "Death Swims at Midnight" (8/27/47).

For this midweek comedy break, we'll hear Milton Berle offer a salute to income tax (3/9/48) and Jack Benny try to fend off questions from a pair of inquisitive IRS agents (3/16/52).

This week on "Down These Mean Streets," we salute Betty Lou Gerson, one of radio's best character actresses. We'll hear her in "Beyond Reasonable Doubt" from "The Whistler" (7/16/47) and "The Indian Giver" from "Philip Marlowe" (8/13/49).

For our midweek comedy break, Fibber McGee and Molly (3/23/48) and Phil Harris and Alice Faye (3/25/51) are on hand to help us celebrate Easter!

This week on "Down These Mean Streets," the reporters of "Big Town" fight to keep their city safe. We'll hear "Double Murder" (10/12/48), "I Remember Murder" (11/30/48), and "The Fatal Alibi" (5/3/49).

It's another midweek comedy bonus episode featuring April Fools comedy from Mel Blanc (4/1/47) and Lucille Ball in "My Favorite Husband" (4/1/49).

This week on "Down These Mean Streets," Chester Gould's two-fisted, square-jawed super cop Dick Tracy stars in a super-sized serial adventure "The Black Pearl of Osiris" (2/8 - 2/25/38).

In a special midweek bonus show, we'll lighten the mood with a pair of old time radio comedies starring Jack Benny (9/29/46) and Eve Arden as "Our Miss Brooks" (7/17/49).