DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY


Larry Maupin
 

THE REPS LIBRARY CONTAINS ONLY FIVE EPISODES WITH THIS SERIES TITLE.  I DO NOT THINK THEY ARE AVAILABLE ANYWHERE ELSE. THE BEST PART ABOUTTHEM IS THAT EACH FEATURES A DOCTOR OR A PROFESSOR WHO IS ALSO A HOMICIDAL MANIAC. THIS   PROGRAM BEGINS WITH "TONIGHT THE CASE OF THE COLD-BLOODED PROFESSOR, PART 1..  BROUGHT TO YOU EACH TUESDAY AND THURSDAY BY PEPSI-COLA.  THE SETTING IS LIPTON, ILLINOIS, ON A COUNTRY ROAD HARDING STOPS TO SPEAK TO A FARMER.  HE ASKS HIM IF A PROFESSOR HOWARD WORKS AT A COLLEGE IN LIPTON.  THE FARMER REPLIES, "YES, HE'S A GENIUS WHO WRITES ARTICLES FOR A SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL. THE FARMER GRATUITOUSLY TELLS HIM THAT PROFESSOR HOWARD HAS A GOOD HOUSEKEEPED, BUT SHE IS HOMELY."

HARDING ARRIVES AT THE PROFESSOR'S HOME AND IS ADMITTED.  RECENTLY THE AMBERVILLE BANK WAS ROBBED OF MORE THAN $100,000.  THEN HARDING TELLS HOWARD THAT THE CAR THE CULPRIT WAS DRIVING WENT THROUGH A PUDDLE OF OIL,AND HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HIS.  HARDING THEN ARRESTS HIM ON A CHARGE OF BANK ROBBERY.  WHEN HOWARD RAISES HIS HANDS, IT TRIGGERS A GUNSHOT, AND HARDING FALLS DOWN WOUNDED.  THEN THE PROFESSOR TELLS HIS ASSISTANT "WE'RE LEAVING, PACK THE BAGS."  THEY TAKE HARDING, PRESUMED DEAD, IN THE CAR WITH THEM, AND HOWARD POISONS HIS ASSISTANT WITH A CANDY BAR BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHAT HOWARD REALLY LOOKS LIKE WITHOUT A DISGUISE.  SOME TIME LATER HARDING MIRACULOUSLY SHOWS UP AT HOWARD'S EMPTY HOUSE TO INVESTIGATE.  HARDING THEN VISITS A LOCAL DOCTOR AND LEARNS THAT HOWARD HAS A SEVERE CASE OF PEPTIC ULCERS CAUSED BY A VERY HIGH-STRUNG NERVOUS CONDITION.  HOWARD TAKES BISMUTH POWDERS FOR HIS ULCERS.  THEN HOWARD ROBS A LOCAL BANK OF $130,000. HOWARD THEN TAKES PICTURES OF EVERYONE IN THE BANK, INCLUDING TWO UNSUSPECTING POLICE OFFICERS.  THE HOME OFFICE IN WASHINGTON THEN INFORMS HARDING THAT A DRUGGIST EXPECTS HOWARD TO ARRIVE IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS TO PICK UP HIS BISMUTH POWDER.  HARDING THEN BOARDS A PLANE, HOPING TO BE AT THE DRUGSTORE BEFORE HOWARD ARRIVES.  A GIRL FROM THE BANK NAMED GILDA LEAVES WITH HOWARD AND MOVES IN WITH HIM.  THE EPISODE CONCLUDES WITH THE ANNOUNCER STATING THAT NEXT WEEK PART 2 OF 'THE COLD=BLOODED PROFESSOR' WILL BE PRESENTED.  THEN 'PEPSI-COLA PRESENTS COUNTERSPY.
.  .  .    
--
Larry Maupin


Rodney Bowcock
 

Radio Spirits just released a set with 16 episodes.  74 are available in the OTRR library.  Not sure if there is overlap with any of these and the REPS offerings.

Rodney


On Feb 28, 2023, at 9:03 AM, Larry Maupin <lmaupin@...> wrote:

THE REPS LIBRARY CONTAINS ONLY FIVE EPISODES WITH THIS SERIES TITLE.  I DO NOT THINK THEY ARE AVAILABLE ANYWHERE ELSE. THE BEST PART ABOUTTHEM IS THAT EACH FEATURES A DOCTOR OR A PROFESSOR WHO IS ALSO A HOMICIDAL MANIAC. THIS   PROGRAM BEGINS WITH "TONIGHT THE CASE OF THE COLD-BLOODED PROFESSOR, PART 1..  BROUGHT TO YOU EACH TUESDAY AND THURSDAY BY PEPSI-COLA.  THE SETTING IS LIPTON, ILLINOIS, ON A COUNTRY ROAD HARDING STOPS TO SPEAK TO A FARMER.  HE ASKS HIM IF A PROFESSOR HOWARD WORKS AT A COLLEGE IN LIPTON.  THE FARMER REPLIES, "YES, HE'S A GENIUS WHO WRITES ARTICLES FOR A SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL. THE FARMER GRATUITOUSLY TELLS HIM THAT PROFESSOR HOWARD HAS A GOOD HOUSEKEEPED, BUT SHE IS HOMELY."

HARDING ARRIVES AT THE PROFESSOR'S HOME AND IS ADMITTED.  RECENTLY THE AMBERVILLE BANK WAS ROBBED OF MORE THAN $100,000.  THEN HARDING TELLS HOWARD THAT THE CAR THE CULPRIT WAS DRIVING WENT THROUGH A PUDDLE OF OIL,AND HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HIS.  HARDING THEN ARRESTS HIM ON A CHARGE OF BANK ROBBERY.  WHEN HOWARD RAISES HIS HANDS, IT TRIGGERS A GUNSHOT, AND HARDING FALLS DOWN WOUNDED.  THEN THE PROFESSOR TELLS HIS ASSISTANT "WE'RE LEAVING, PACK THE BAGS."  THEY TAKE HARDING, PRESUMED DEAD, IN THE CAR WITH THEM, AND HOWARD POISONS HIS ASSISTANT WITH A CANDY BAR BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHAT HOWARD REALLY LOOKS LIKE WITHOUT A DISGUISE.  SOME TIME LATER HARDING MIRACULOUSLY SHOWS UP AT HOWARD'S EMPTY HOUSE TO INVESTIGATE.  HARDING THEN VISITS A LOCAL DOCTOR AND LEARNS THAT HOWARD HAS A SEVERE CASE OF PEPTIC ULCERS CAUSED BY A VERY HIGH-STRUNG NERVOUS CONDITION.  HOWARD TAKES BISMUTH POWDERS FOR HIS ULCERS.  THEN HOWARD ROBS A LOCAL BANK OF $130,000. HOWARD THEN TAKES PICTURES OF EVERYONE IN THE BANK, INCLUDING TWO UNSUSPECTING POLICE OFFICERS.  THE HOME OFFICE IN WASHINGTON THEN INFORMS HARDING THAT A DRUGGIST EXPECTS HOWARD TO ARRIVE IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS TO PICK UP HIS BISMUTH POWDER.  HARDING THEN BOARDS A PLANE, HOPING TO BE AT THE DRUGSTORE BEFORE HOWARD ARRIVES.  A GIRL FROM THE BANK NAMED GILDA LEAVES WITH HOWARD AND MOVES IN WITH HIM.  THE EPISODE CONCLUDES WITH THE ANNOUNCER STATING THAT NEXT WEEK PART 2 OF 'THE COLD=BLOODED PROFESSOR' WILL BE PRESENTED.  THEN 'PEPSI-COLA PRESENTS COUNTERSPY.
.  .  .    
--
Larry Maupin


Rodney Bowcock
 

7 episodes on the new Radio Spirits set are not available from OTRR and are not listed in the collections of either Jerry Haendiges or David Goldin.

5/10/49, 5/12/49, 5/17/49, 5/19/49, 5/24/49, 5/26/49, 7/14/49

Rodney


On Feb 28, 2023, at 9:21 AM, Rodney Bowcock via groups.io <rodsterrific@...> wrote:

Radio Spirits just released a set with 16 episodes.  74 are available in the OTRR library.  Not sure if there is overlap with any of these and the REPS offerings.

Rodney


On Feb 28, 2023, at 9:03 AM, Larry Maupin <lmaupin@...> wrote:

THE REPS LIBRARY CONTAINS ONLY FIVE EPISODES WITH THIS SERIES TITLE.  I DO NOT THINK THEY ARE AVAILABLE ANYWHERE ELSE. THE BEST PART ABOUTTHEM IS THAT EACH FEATURES A DOCTOR OR A PROFESSOR WHO IS ALSO A HOMICIDAL MANIAC. THIS   PROGRAM BEGINS WITH "TONIGHT THE CASE OF THE COLD-BLOODED PROFESSOR, PART 1..  BROUGHT TO YOU EACH TUESDAY AND THURSDAY BY PEPSI-COLA.  THE SETTING IS LIPTON, ILLINOIS, ON A COUNTRY ROAD HARDING STOPS TO SPEAK TO A FARMER.  HE ASKS HIM IF A PROFESSOR HOWARD WORKS AT A COLLEGE IN LIPTON.  THE FARMER REPLIES, "YES, HE'S A GENIUS WHO WRITES ARTICLES FOR A SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL. THE FARMER GRATUITOUSLY TELLS HIM THAT PROFESSOR HOWARD HAS A GOOD HOUSEKEEPED, BUT SHE IS HOMELY."

HARDING ARRIVES AT THE PROFESSOR'S HOME AND IS ADMITTED.  RECENTLY THE AMBERVILLE BANK WAS ROBBED OF MORE THAN $100,000.  THEN HARDING TELLS HOWARD THAT THE CAR THE CULPRIT WAS DRIVING WENT THROUGH A PUDDLE OF OIL,AND HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HIS.  HARDING THEN ARRESTS HIM ON A CHARGE OF BANK ROBBERY.  WHEN HOWARD RAISES HIS HANDS, IT TRIGGERS A GUNSHOT, AND HARDING FALLS DOWN WOUNDED.  THEN THE PROFESSOR TELLS HIS ASSISTANT "WE'RE LEAVING, PACK THE BAGS."  THEY TAKE HARDING, PRESUMED DEAD, IN THE CAR WITH THEM, AND HOWARD POISONS HIS ASSISTANT WITH A CANDY BAR BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHAT HOWARD REALLY LOOKS LIKE WITHOUT A DISGUISE.  SOME TIME LATER HARDING MIRACULOUSLY SHOWS UP AT HOWARD'S EMPTY HOUSE TO INVESTIGATE.  HARDING THEN VISITS A LOCAL DOCTOR AND LEARNS THAT HOWARD HAS A SEVERE CASE OF PEPTIC ULCERS CAUSED BY A VERY HIGH-STRUNG NERVOUS CONDITION.  HOWARD TAKES BISMUTH POWDERS FOR HIS ULCERS.  THEN HOWARD ROBS A LOCAL BANK OF $130,000. HOWARD THEN TAKES PICTURES OF EVERYONE IN THE BANK, INCLUDING TWO UNSUSPECTING POLICE OFFICERS.  THE HOME OFFICE IN WASHINGTON THEN INFORMS HARDING THAT A DRUGGIST EXPECTS HOWARD TO ARRIVE IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS TO PICK UP HIS BISMUTH POWDER.  HARDING THEN BOARDS A PLANE, HOPING TO BE AT THE DRUGSTORE BEFORE HOWARD ARRIVES.  A GIRL FROM THE BANK NAMED GILDA LEAVES WITH HOWARD AND MOVES IN WITH HIM.  THE EPISODE CONCLUDES WITH THE ANNOUNCER STATING THAT NEXT WEEK PART 2 OF 'THE COLD=BLOODED PROFESSOR' WILL BE PRESENTED.  THEN 'PEPSI-COLA PRESENTS COUNTERSPY.
.  .  .    
--
Larry Maupin


Richard Davenport
 

Larry, 
Can you provide the title info on the 5 Reps episodes of the series?  I will look when I get home later and see if I have any of the show episodes in my library.

Rick

Labor ipse voluptas

On Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at 08:31:12 AM CST, Rodney Bowcock <rodsterrific@...> wrote:





7 episodes on the new Radio Spirits set are not available from OTRR and are not listed in the collections of either Jerry Haendiges or David Goldin.

5/10/49, 5/12/49, 5/17/49, 5/19/49, 5/24/49, 5/26/49, 7/14/49

Rodney



On Feb 28, 2023, at 9:21 AM, Rodney Bowcock via groups.io <rodsterrific@...> wrote:

 Radio Spirits just released a set with 16 episodes.  74 are available in the OTRR library.  Not sure if there is overlap with any of these and the REPS offerings.

Rodney



On Feb 28, 2023, at 9:03 AM, Larry Maupin <lmaupin@...> wrote:

THE REPS LIBRARY CONTAINS ONLY FIVE EPISODES WITH THIS SERIES TITLE.  I DO NOT THINK THEY ARE AVAILABLE ANYWHERE ELSE. THE BEST PART ABOUTTHEM IS THAT EACH FEATURES A DOCTOR OR A PROFESSOR WHO IS ALSO A HOMICIDAL MANIAC. THIS   PROGRAM BEGINS WITH "TONIGHT THE CASE OF THE COLD-BLOODED PROFESSOR, PART 1..  BROUGHT TO YOU EACH TUESDAY AND THURSDAY BY PEPSI-COLA.  THE SETTING IS LIPTON, ILLINOIS, ON A COUNTRY ROAD HARDING STOPS TO SPEAK TO A FARMER.  HE ASKS HIM IF A PROFESSOR HOWARD WORKS AT A COLLEGE IN LIPTON.  THE FARMER REPLIES, "YES, HE'S A GENIUS WHO WRITES ARTICLES FOR A SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL. THE FARMER GRATUITOUSLY TELLS HIM THAT PROFESSOR HOWARD HAS A GOOD HOUSEKEEPED, BUT SHE IS HOMELY."

HARDING ARRIVES AT THE PROFESSOR'S HOME AND IS ADMITTED.  RECENTLY THE AMBERVILLE BANK WAS ROBBED OF MORE THAN $100,000.  THEN HARDING TELLS HOWARD THAT THE CAR THE CULPRIT WAS DRIVING WENT THROUGH A PUDDLE OF OIL,AND HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HIS.  HARDING THEN ARRESTS HIM ON A CHARGE OF BANK ROBBERY.  WHEN HOWARD RAISES HIS HANDS, IT TRIGGERS A GUNSHOT, AND HARDING FALLS DOWN WOUNDED.  THEN THE PROFESSOR TELLS HIS ASSISTANT "WE'RE LEAVING, PACK THE BAGS."  THEY TAKE HARDING, PRESUMED DEAD, IN THE CAR WITH THEM, AND HOWARD POISONS HIS ASSISTANT WITH A CANDY BAR BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHAT HOWARD REALLY LOOKS LIKE WITHOUT A DISGUISE.  SOME TIME LATER HARDING MIRACULOUSLY SHOWS UP AT HOWARD'S EMPTY HOUSE TO INVESTIGATE.  HARDING THEN VISITS A LOCAL DOCTOR AND LEARNS THAT HOWARD HAS A SEVERE CASE OF PEPTIC ULCERS CAUSED BY A VERY HIGH-STRUNG NERVOUS CONDITION.  HOWARD TAKES BISMUTH POWDERS FOR HIS ULCERS.  THEN HOWARD ROBS A LOCAL BANK OF $130,000. HOWARD THEN TAKES PICTURES OF EVERYONE IN THE BANK, INCLUDING TWO UNSUSPECTING POLICE OFFICERS.  THE HOME OFFICE IN WASHINGTON THEN INFORMS HARDING THAT A DRUGGIST EXPECTS HOWARD TO ARRIVE IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS TO PICK UP HIS BISMUTH POWDER.  HARDING THEN BOARDS A PLANE, HOPING TO BE AT THE DRUGSTORE BEFORE HOWARD ARRIVES.  A GIRL FROM THE BANK NAMED GILDA LEAVES WITH HOWARD AND MOVES IN WITH HIM.  THE EPISODE CONCLUDES WITH THE ANNOUNCER STATING THAT NEXT WEEK PART 2 OF 'THE COLD=BLOODED PROFESSOR' WILL BE PRESENTED.  THEN 'PEPSI-COLA PRESENTS COUNTERSPY.
.  .  .    
--
Larry Maupin


Larry Maupin
 

Hi Rick.  The four titles that I am immediately able to find are: "The Case of the Cold-Blooded Professor", Part 1; the second is  the second is "The Case of the Cold-Blooded Professor Part 2; the third one is entitled "The Case of the Murdered Professor (April 27, 1950); the forth one is "The Case of the Foreign Fire" (October 13, 1950).


Larry, 
Can you provide the title info on the 5 Reps episodes of the series?  I will look when I get home later and see if I have any of the show episodes in my library.

Rick

Labor ipse voluptas






On Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at 08:31:12 AM CST, Rodney Bowcock <rodsterrific@...> wrote:





7 episodes on the new Radio Spirits set are not available from OTRR and are not listed in the collections of either Jerry Haendiges or David Goldin.

5/10/49, 5/12/49, 5/17/49, 5/19/49, 5/24/49, 5/26/49, 7/14/49

Rodney



> On Feb 28, 2023, at 9:21 AM, Rodney Bowcock via groups.io <rodsterrific@...> wrote:
>
>  Radio Spirits just released a set with 16 episodes.  74 are available in the OTRR library.  Not sure if there is overlap with any of these and the REPS offerings.
>
> Rodney
>
>
>
>> On Feb 28, 2023, at 9:03 AM, Larry Maupin <lmaupin@...> wrote:
>>
>> THE REPS LIBRARY CONTAINS ONLY FIVE EPISODES WITH THIS SERIES TITLE.  I DO NOT THINK THEY ARE AVAILABLE ANYWHERE ELSE. THE BEST PART ABOUTTHEM IS THAT EACH FEATURES A DOCTOR OR A PROFESSOR WHO IS ALSO A HOMICIDAL MANIAC. THIS   PROGRAM BEGINS WITH "TONIGHT THE CASE OF THE COLD-BLOODED PROFESSOR, PART 1..  BROUGHT TO YOU EACH TUESDAY AND THURSDAY BY PEPSI-COLA.  THE SETTING IS LIPTON, ILLINOIS, ON A COUNTRY ROAD HARDING STOPS TO SPEAK TO A FARMER.  HE ASKS HIM IF A PROFESSOR HOWARD WORKS AT A COLLEGE IN LIPTON.  THE FARMER REPLIES, "YES, HE'S A GENIUS WHO WRITES ARTICLES FOR A SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL. THE FARMER GRATUITOUSLY TELLS HIM THAT PROFESSOR HOWARD HAS A GOOD HOUSEKEEPED, BUT SHE IS HOMELY."
>>
>> HARDING ARRIVES AT THE PROFESSOR'S HOME AND IS ADMITTED.  RECENTLY THE AMBERVILLE BANK WAS ROBBED OF MORE THAN $100,000.  THEN HARDING TELLS HOWARD THAT THE CAR THE CULPRIT WAS DRIVING WENT THROUGH A PUDDLE OF OIL,AND HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HIS.  HARDING THEN ARRESTS HIM ON A CHARGE OF BANK ROBBERY.  WHEN HOWARD RAISES HIS HANDS, IT TRIGGERS A GUNSHOT, AND HARDING FALLS DOWN WOUNDED.  THEN THE PROFESSOR TELLS HIS ASSISTANT "WE'RE LEAVING, PACK THE BAGS."  THEY TAKE HARDING, PRESUMED DEAD, IN THE CAR WITH THEM, AND HOWARD POISONS HIS ASSISTANT WITH A CANDY BAR BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHAT HOWARD REALLY LOOKS LIKE WITHOUT A DISGUISE.  SOME TIME LATER HARDING MIRACULOUSLY SHOWS UP AT HOWARD'S EMPTY HOUSE TO INVESTIGATE.  HARDING THEN VISITS A LOCAL DOCTOR AND LEARNS THAT HOWARD HAS A SEVERE CASE OF PEPTIC ULCERS CAUSED BY A VERY HIGH-STRUNG NERVOUS CONDITION.  HOWARD TAKES BISMUTH POWDERS FOR HIS ULCERS.  THEN HOWARD ROBS A LOCAL BANK OF $130,000. HOWARD THEN TAKES PICTURES OF EVERYONE IN THE BANK, INCLUDING TWO UNSUSPECTING POLICE OFFICERS.  THE HOME OFFICE IN WASHINGTON THEN INFORMS HARDING THAT A DRUGGIST EXPECTS HOWARD TO ARRIVE IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS TO PICK UP HIS BISMUTH POWDER.  HARDING THEN BOARDS A PLANE, HOPING TO BE AT THE DRUGSTORE BEFORE HOWARD ARRIVES.  A GIRL FROM THE BANK NAMED GILDA LEAVES WITH HOWARD AND MOVES IN WITH HIM.  THE EPISODE CONCLUDES WITH THE ANNOUNCER STATING THAT NEXT WEEK PART 2 OF 'THE COLD=BLOODED PROFESSOR' WILL BE PRESENTED.  THEN 'PEPSI-COLA PRESENTS COUNTERSPY.
>> .  .  .    
>> --
>> Larry Maupin
>









--
Larry Maupin


B. J. Watkins
 

Those are all in the OTRR set.


From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> on behalf of Larry Maupin <lmaupin@...>
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2023 7:31 AM
To: 'main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io' <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io>
Subject: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY
 

Hi Rick.  The four titles that I am immediately able to find are: "The Case of the Cold-Blooded Professor", Part 1; the second is  the second is "The Case of the Cold-Blooded Professor Part 2; the third one is entitled "The Case of the Murdered Professor (April 27, 1950); the forth one is "The Case of the Foreign Fire" (October 13, 1950).


Larry, 
Can you provide the title info on the 5 Reps episodes of the series?  I will look when I get home later and see if I have any of the show episodes in my library.

Rick

Labor ipse voluptas






On Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at 08:31:12 AM CST, Rodney Bowcock <rodsterrific@...> wrote:





7 episodes on the new Radio Spirits set are not available from OTRR and are not listed in the collections of either Jerry Haendiges or David Goldin.

5/10/49, 5/12/49, 5/17/49, 5/19/49, 5/24/49, 5/26/49, 7/14/49

Rodney



> On Feb 28, 2023, at 9:21 AM, Rodney Bowcock via groups.io <rodsterrific@...> wrote:
>
>  Radio Spirits just released a set with 16 episodes.  74 are available in the OTRR library.  Not sure if there is overlap with any of these and the REPS offerings.
>
> Rodney
>
>
>
>> On Feb 28, 2023, at 9:03 AM, Larry Maupin <lmaupin@...> wrote:
>>
>> THE REPS LIBRARY CONTAINS ONLY FIVE EPISODES WITH THIS SERIES TITLE.  I DO NOT THINK THEY ARE AVAILABLE ANYWHERE ELSE. THE BEST PART ABOUTTHEM IS THAT EACH FEATURES A DOCTOR OR A PROFESSOR WHO IS ALSO A HOMICIDAL MANIAC. THIS   PROGRAM BEGINS WITH "TONIGHT THE CASE OF THE COLD-BLOODED PROFESSOR, PART 1..  BROUGHT TO YOU EACH TUESDAY AND THURSDAY BY PEPSI-COLA.  THE SETTING IS LIPTON, ILLINOIS, ON A COUNTRY ROAD HARDING STOPS TO SPEAK TO A FARMER.  HE ASKS HIM IF A PROFESSOR HOWARD WORKS AT A COLLEGE IN LIPTON.  THE FARMER REPLIES, "YES, HE'S A GENIUS WHO WRITES ARTICLES FOR A SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL. THE FARMER GRATUITOUSLY TELLS HIM THAT PROFESSOR HOWARD HAS A GOOD HOUSEKEEPED, BUT SHE IS HOMELY."
>>
>> HARDING ARRIVES AT THE PROFESSOR'S HOME AND IS ADMITTED.  RECENTLY THE AMBERVILLE BANK WAS ROBBED OF MORE THAN $100,000.  THEN HARDING TELLS HOWARD THAT THE CAR THE CULPRIT WAS DRIVING WENT THROUGH A PUDDLE OF OIL,AND HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HIS.  HARDING THEN ARRESTS HIM ON A CHARGE OF BANK ROBBERY.  WHEN HOWARD RAISES HIS HANDS, IT TRIGGERS A GUNSHOT, AND HARDING FALLS DOWN WOUNDED.  THEN THE PROFESSOR TELLS HIS ASSISTANT "WE'RE LEAVING, PACK THE BAGS."  THEY TAKE HARDING, PRESUMED DEAD, IN THE CAR WITH THEM, AND HOWARD POISONS HIS ASSISTANT WITH A CANDY BAR BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHAT HOWARD REALLY LOOKS LIKE WITHOUT A DISGUISE.  SOME TIME LATER HARDING MIRACULOUSLY SHOWS UP AT HOWARD'S EMPTY HOUSE TO INVESTIGATE.  HARDING THEN VISITS A LOCAL DOCTOR AND LEARNS THAT HOWARD HAS A SEVERE CASE OF PEPTIC ULCERS CAUSED BY A VERY HIGH-STRUNG NERVOUS CONDITION.  HOWARD TAKES BISMUTH POWDERS FOR HIS ULCERS.  THEN HOWARD ROBS A LOCAL BANK OF $130,000. HOWARD THEN TAKES PICTURES OF EVERYONE IN THE BANK, INCLUDING TWO UNSUSPECTING POLICE OFFICERS.  THE HOME OFFICE IN WASHINGTON THEN INFORMS HARDING THAT A DRUGGIST EXPECTS HOWARD TO ARRIVE IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS TO PICK UP HIS BISMUTH POWDER.  HARDING THEN BOARDS A PLANE, HOPING TO BE AT THE DRUGSTORE BEFORE HOWARD ARRIVES.  A GIRL FROM THE BANK NAMED GILDA LEAVES WITH HOWARD AND MOVES IN WITH HIM.  THE EPISODE CONCLUDES WITH THE ANNOUNCER STATING THAT NEXT WEEK PART 2 OF 'THE COLD=BLOODED PROFESSOR' WILL BE PRESENTED.  THEN 'PEPSI-COLA PRESENTS COUNTERSPY.
>> .  .  .    
>> --
>> Larry Maupin
>









--
Larry Maupin


Joe Webb
 
Edited

What I find so amusing is that I ran these shows from discs when I was in college almost 50 years ago!
I had no money, so Stu Weiss helped me get them at the first FOTR convention in 1976. $5 a disc!! I wish I had kept the one that Don McLaughlin signed for me.
I did not keep the master tapes I made, but I have been running into nice copies that I traded with some of the pioneer collectors of the time
I wish I had kept the tapes, which gets filed under the rapidly expanding file "if only I knew then...."


--


Scott Mahan
 

I ordered the Radio Sprits set, just to see.

And, actually, we have those 7 episodes, we just disagree with the dates.

Our dates agree with Goldin.

 

07_counterspy_05-10-49_the_statue_of_death.mp3

Statue of Death

8/16/1949

387

MP3

29:09:00

26.7 MB

08_counterspy_05-12-49_the_desert_explosion.mp3

Desert Explosion

8/18/1949

388

MP3

29:21:00

26.9 MB

09_counterspy_05-17-49_the_bouncing_bank_robber.mp3

Bouncing Bank Robber

8/23/1949

389

MP3

29:15:00

26.8 MB

10_counterspy_05-19-49_the_murdering_messenger.mp3

Murdering Messenger

8/25/1949

390

MP3

29:14:00

26.8 MB

11_counterspy_05-24-49_the_cold_blooded_professor_part_1.mp3

Cold Blooded Professor Pt1

8/30/1949

391

MP3

29:37:00

27.1 MB

12_counterspy_05-26-49_the_cold_blooded_professor_part_2.mp3

Cold Blooded Professor Pt2

9/1/1949

392

MP3

29:32:00

27 MB

13_counterspy_07-14-49_the_international_intrigue.mp3

Case of the International Intrigue, The

10/20/1949

406

MP3

29:37:00

27.1 MB

 

 

From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> On Behalf Of Rodney Bowcock
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2023 8:31 AM
To: main@oldtimeradioresearchers.groups.io
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY

 

7 episodes on the new Radio Spirits set are not available from OTRR and are not listed in the collections of either Jerry Haendiges or David Goldin.

 

5/10/49, 5/12/49, 5/17/49, 5/19/49, 5/24/49, 5/26/49, 7/14/49

 

Rodney



On Feb 28, 2023, at 9:21 AM, Rodney Bowcock via groups.io <rodsterrific@...> wrote:

Radio Spirits just released a set with 16 episodes.  74 are available in the OTRR library.  Not sure if there is overlap with any of these and the REPS offerings.

 

Rodney



On Feb 28, 2023, at 9:03 AM, Larry Maupin <lmaupin@...> wrote:

THE REPS LIBRARY CONTAINS ONLY FIVE EPISODES WITH THIS SERIES TITLE.  I DO NOT THINK THEY ARE AVAILABLE ANYWHERE ELSE. THE BEST PART ABOUTTHEM IS THAT EACH FEATURES A DOCTOR OR A PROFESSOR WHO IS ALSO A HOMICIDAL MANIAC. THIS   PROGRAM BEGINS WITH "TONIGHT THE CASE OF THE COLD-BLOODED PROFESSOR, PART 1..  BROUGHT TO YOU EACH TUESDAY AND THURSDAY BY PEPSI-COLA.  THE SETTING IS LIPTON, ILLINOIS, ON A COUNTRY ROAD HARDING STOPS TO SPEAK TO A FARMER.  HE ASKS HIM IF A PROFESSOR HOWARD WORKS AT A COLLEGE IN LIPTON.  THE FARMER REPLIES, "YES, HE'S A GENIUS WHO WRITES ARTICLES FOR A SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL. THE FARMER GRATUITOUSLY TELLS HIM THAT PROFESSOR HOWARD HAS A GOOD HOUSEKEEPED, BUT SHE IS HOMELY."

HARDING ARRIVES AT THE PROFESSOR'S HOME AND IS ADMITTED.  RECENTLY THE AMBERVILLE BANK WAS ROBBED OF MORE THAN $100,000.  THEN HARDING TELLS HOWARD THAT THE CAR THE CULPRIT WAS DRIVING WENT THROUGH A PUDDLE OF OIL,AND HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HIS.  HARDING THEN ARRESTS HIM ON A CHARGE OF BANK ROBBERY.  WHEN HOWARD RAISES HIS HANDS, IT TRIGGERS A GUNSHOT, AND HARDING FALLS DOWN WOUNDED.  THEN THE PROFESSOR TELLS HIS ASSISTANT "WE'RE LEAVING, PACK THE BAGS."  THEY TAKE HARDING, PRESUMED DEAD, IN THE CAR WITH THEM, AND HOWARD POISONS HIS ASSISTANT WITH A CANDY BAR BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHAT HOWARD REALLY LOOKS LIKE WITHOUT A DISGUISE.  SOME TIME LATER HARDING MIRACULOUSLY SHOWS UP AT HOWARD'S EMPTY HOUSE TO INVESTIGATE.  HARDING THEN VISITS A LOCAL DOCTOR AND LEARNS THAT HOWARD HAS A SEVERE CASE OF PEPTIC ULCERS CAUSED BY A VERY HIGH-STRUNG NERVOUS CONDITION.  HOWARD TAKES BISMUTH POWDERS FOR HIS ULCERS.  THEN HOWARD ROBS A LOCAL BANK OF $130,000. HOWARD THEN TAKES PICTURES OF EVERYONE IN THE BANK, INCLUDING TWO UNSUSPECTING POLICE OFFICERS.  THE HOME OFFICE IN WASHINGTON THEN INFORMS HARDING THAT A DRUGGIST EXPECTS HOWARD TO ARRIVE IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS TO PICK UP HIS BISMUTH POWDER.  HARDING THEN BOARDS A PLANE, HOPING TO BE AT THE DRUGSTORE BEFORE HOWARD ARRIVES.  A GIRL FROM THE BANK NAMED GILDA LEAVES WITH HOWARD AND MOVES IN WITH HIM.  THE EPISODE CONCLUDES WITH THE ANNOUNCER STATING THAT NEXT WEEK PART 2 OF 'THE COLD=BLOODED PROFESSOR' WILL BE PRESENTED.  THEN 'PEPSI-COLA PRESENTS COUNTERSPY.
.  .  .    
--
Larry Maupin


Karl Schadow
 

I performed the research and wrote the liner notes for the Radio Spirits set. The episode titles and dates were culled from the AS BROADCAST scripts. 

A log for this program is being prepared which will be sent to Brian upon its completion.

Karl



From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> on behalf of Scott Mahan <scott@...>
Sent: Friday, March 3, 2023 12:22 PM
To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY
 

I ordered the Radio Sprits set, just to see.

And, actually, we have those 7 episodes, we just disagree with the dates.

Our dates agree with Goldin.

 

07_counterspy_05-10-49_the_statue_of_death.mp3

Statue of Death

8/16/1949

387

MP3

29:09:00

26.7 MB

08_counterspy_05-12-49_the_desert_explosion.mp3

Desert Explosion

8/18/1949

388

MP3

29:21:00

26.9 MB

09_counterspy_05-17-49_the_bouncing_bank_robber.mp3

Bouncing Bank Robber

8/23/1949

389

MP3

29:15:00

26.8 MB

10_counterspy_05-19-49_the_murdering_messenger.mp3

Murdering Messenger

8/25/1949

390

MP3

29:14:00

26.8 MB

11_counterspy_05-24-49_the_cold_blooded_professor_part_1.mp3

Cold Blooded Professor Pt1

8/30/1949

391

MP3

29:37:00

27.1 MB

12_counterspy_05-26-49_the_cold_blooded_professor_part_2.mp3

Cold Blooded Professor Pt2

9/1/1949

392

MP3

29:32:00

27 MB

13_counterspy_07-14-49_the_international_intrigue.mp3

Case of the International Intrigue, The

10/20/1949

406

MP3

29:37:00

27.1 MB

 

 

From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> On Behalf Of Rodney Bowcock
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2023 8:31 AM
To: main@oldtimeradioresearchers.groups.io
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY

 

7 episodes on the new Radio Spirits set are not available from OTRR and are not listed in the collections of either Jerry Haendiges or David Goldin.

 

5/10/49, 5/12/49, 5/17/49, 5/19/49, 5/24/49, 5/26/49, 7/14/49

 

Rodney



On Feb 28, 2023, at 9:21 AM, Rodney Bowcock via groups.io <rodsterrific@...> wrote:

Radio Spirits just released a set with 16 episodes.  74 are available in the OTRR library.  Not sure if there is overlap with any of these and the REPS offerings.

 

Rodney



On Feb 28, 2023, at 9:03 AM, Larry Maupin <lmaupin@...> wrote:

THE REPS LIBRARY CONTAINS ONLY FIVE EPISODES WITH THIS SERIES TITLE.  I DO NOT THINK THEY ARE AVAILABLE ANYWHERE ELSE. THE BEST PART ABOUTTHEM IS THAT EACH FEATURES A DOCTOR OR A PROFESSOR WHO IS ALSO A HOMICIDAL MANIAC. THIS   PROGRAM BEGINS WITH "TONIGHT THE CASE OF THE COLD-BLOODED PROFESSOR, PART 1..  BROUGHT TO YOU EACH TUESDAY AND THURSDAY BY PEPSI-COLA.  THE SETTING IS LIPTON, ILLINOIS, ON A COUNTRY ROAD HARDING STOPS TO SPEAK TO A FARMER.  HE ASKS HIM IF A PROFESSOR HOWARD WORKS AT A COLLEGE IN LIPTON.  THE FARMER REPLIES, "YES, HE'S A GENIUS WHO WRITES ARTICLES FOR A SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL. THE FARMER GRATUITOUSLY TELLS HIM THAT PROFESSOR HOWARD HAS A GOOD HOUSEKEEPED, BUT SHE IS HOMELY."

HARDING ARRIVES AT THE PROFESSOR'S HOME AND IS ADMITTED.  RECENTLY THE AMBERVILLE BANK WAS ROBBED OF MORE THAN $100,000.  THEN HARDING TELLS HOWARD THAT THE CAR THE CULPRIT WAS DRIVING WENT THROUGH A PUDDLE OF OIL,AND HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HIS.  HARDING THEN ARRESTS HIM ON A CHARGE OF BANK ROBBERY.  WHEN HOWARD RAISES HIS HANDS, IT TRIGGERS A GUNSHOT, AND HARDING FALLS DOWN WOUNDED.  THEN THE PROFESSOR TELLS HIS ASSISTANT "WE'RE LEAVING, PACK THE BAGS."  THEY TAKE HARDING, PRESUMED DEAD, IN THE CAR WITH THEM, AND HOWARD POISONS HIS ASSISTANT WITH A CANDY BAR BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHAT HOWARD REALLY LOOKS LIKE WITHOUT A DISGUISE.  SOME TIME LATER HARDING MIRACULOUSLY SHOWS UP AT HOWARD'S EMPTY HOUSE TO INVESTIGATE.  HARDING THEN VISITS A LOCAL DOCTOR AND LEARNS THAT HOWARD HAS A SEVERE CASE OF PEPTIC ULCERS CAUSED BY A VERY HIGH-STRUNG NERVOUS CONDITION.  HOWARD TAKES BISMUTH POWDERS FOR HIS ULCERS.  THEN HOWARD ROBS A LOCAL BANK OF $130,000. HOWARD THEN TAKES PICTURES OF EVERYONE IN THE BANK, INCLUDING TWO UNSUSPECTING POLICE OFFICERS.  THE HOME OFFICE IN WASHINGTON THEN INFORMS HARDING THAT A DRUGGIST EXPECTS HOWARD TO ARRIVE IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS TO PICK UP HIS BISMUTH POWDER.  HARDING THEN BOARDS A PLANE, HOPING TO BE AT THE DRUGSTORE BEFORE HOWARD ARRIVES.  A GIRL FROM THE BANK NAMED GILDA LEAVES WITH HOWARD AND MOVES IN WITH HIM.  THE EPISODE CONCLUDES WITH THE ANNOUNCER STATING THAT NEXT WEEK PART 2 OF 'THE COLD=BLOODED PROFESSOR' WILL BE PRESENTED.  THEN 'PEPSI-COLA PRESENTS COUNTERSPY.
.  .  .    
--
Larry Maupin


Larry Maupin
 

Thank you Scott.  That's good to know.

Larry


I ordered the Radio Sprits set, just to see.

And, actually, we have those 7 episodes, we just disagree with the dates.

Our dates agree with Goldin.

 

07_counterspy_05-10-49_the_statue_of_death.mp3

Statue of Death

8/16/1949

387

MP3

29:09:00

26.7 MB

08_counterspy_05-12-49_the_desert_explosion.mp3

Desert Explosion

8/18/1949

388

MP3

29:21:00

26.9 MB

09_counterspy_05-17-49_the_bouncing_bank_robber.mp3

Bouncing Bank Robber

8/23/1949

389

MP3

29:15:00

26.8 MB

10_counterspy_05-19-49_the_murdering_messenger.mp3

Murdering Messenger

8/25/1949

390

MP3

29:14:00

26.8 MB

11_counterspy_05-24-49_the_cold_blooded_professor_part_1.mp3

Cold Blooded Professor Pt1

8/30/1949

391

MP3

29:37:00

27.1 MB

12_counterspy_05-26-49_the_cold_blooded_professor_part_2.mp3

Cold Blooded Professor Pt2

9/1/1949

392

MP3

29:32:00

27 MB

13_counterspy_07-14-49_the_international_intrigue.mp3

Case of the International Intrigue, The

10/20/1949

406

MP3

29:37:00

27.1 MB

 

 

From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> On Behalf Of Rodney Bowcock
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2023 8:31 AM
To: main@oldtimeradioresearchers.groups.io
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY

 

7 episodes on the new Radio Spirits set are not available from OTRR and are not listed in the collections of either Jerry Haendiges or David Goldin.

 

5/10/49, 5/12/49, 5/17/49, 5/19/49, 5/24/49, 5/26/49, 7/14/49

 

Rodney



On Feb 28, 2023, at 9:21 AM, Rodney Bowcock via groups.io <rodsterrific@...> wrote:

Radio Spirits just released a set with 16 episodes.  74 are available in the OTRR library.  Not sure if there is overlap with any of these and the REPS offerings.

 

Rodney



On Feb 28, 2023, at 9:03 AM, Larry Maupin <lmaupin@...> wrote:

THE REPS LIBRARY CONTAINS ONLY FIVE EPISODES WITH THIS SERIES TITLE.  I DO NOT THINK THEY ARE AVAILABLE ANYWHERE ELSE. THE BEST PART ABOUTTHEM IS THAT EACH FEATURES A DOCTOR OR A PROFESSOR WHO IS ALSO A HOMICIDAL MANIAC. THIS   PROGRAM BEGINS WITH "TONIGHT THE CASE OF THE COLD-BLOODED PROFESSOR, PART 1..  BROUGHT TO YOU EACH TUESDAY AND THURSDAY BY PEPSI-COLA.  THE SETTING IS LIPTON, ILLINOIS, ON A COUNTRY ROAD HARDING STOPS TO SPEAK TO A FARMER.  HE ASKS HIM IF A PROFESSOR HOWARD WORKS AT A COLLEGE IN LIPTON.  THE FARMER REPLIES, "YES, HE'S A GENIUS WHO WRITES ARTICLES FOR A SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL. THE FARMER GRATUITOUSLY TELLS HIM THAT PROFESSOR HOWARD HAS A GOOD HOUSEKEEPED, BUT SHE IS HOMELY."

HARDING ARRIVES AT THE PROFESSOR'S HOME AND IS ADMITTED.  RECENTLY THE AMBERVILLE BANK WAS ROBBED OF MORE THAN $100,000.  THEN HARDING TELLS HOWARD THAT THE CAR THE CULPRIT WAS DRIVING WENT THROUGH A PUDDLE OF OIL,AND HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HIS.  HARDING THEN ARRESTS HIM ON A CHARGE OF BANK ROBBERY.  WHEN HOWARD RAISES HIS HANDS, IT TRIGGERS A GUNSHOT, AND HARDING FALLS DOWN WOUNDED.  THEN THE PROFESSOR TELLS HIS ASSISTANT "WE'RE LEAVING, PACK THE BAGS."  THEY TAKE HARDING, PRESUMED DEAD, IN THE CAR WITH THEM, AND HOWARD POISONS HIS ASSISTANT WITH A CANDY BAR BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHAT HOWARD REALLY LOOKS LIKE WITHOUT A DISGUISE.  SOME TIME LATER HARDING MIRACULOUSLY SHOWS UP AT HOWARD'S EMPTY HOUSE TO INVESTIGATE.  HARDING THEN VISITS A LOCAL DOCTOR AND LEARNS THAT HOWARD HAS A SEVERE CASE OF PEPTIC ULCERS CAUSED BY A VERY HIGH-STRUNG NERVOUS CONDITION.  HOWARD TAKES BISMUTH POWDERS FOR HIS ULCERS.  THEN HOWARD ROBS A LOCAL BANK OF $130,000. HOWARD THEN TAKES PICTURES OF EVERYONE IN THE BANK, INCLUDING TWO UNSUSPECTING POLICE OFFICERS.  THE HOME OFFICE IN WASHINGTON THEN INFORMS HARDING THAT A DRUGGIST EXPECTS HOWARD TO ARRIVE IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS TO PICK UP HIS BISMUTH POWDER.  HARDING THEN BOARDS A PLANE, HOPING TO BE AT THE DRUGSTORE BEFORE HOWARD ARRIVES.  A GIRL FROM THE BANK NAMED GILDA LEAVES WITH HOWARD AND MOVES IN WITH HIM.  THE EPISODE CONCLUDES WITH THE ANNOUNCER STATING THAT NEXT WEEK PART 2 OF 'THE COLD=BLOODED PROFESSOR' WILL BE PRESENTED.  THEN 'PEPSI-COLA PRESENTS COUNTERSPY.
.  .  .    
--
Larry Maupin


--
Larry Maupin


Scott Mahan
 

Well, I didn’t say what we had was right, just that it matched something, so it wasn’t totally made up.

This was an ABC series (at that point), not syndicated, so there should be a definitive broadcast date.

And scripts are usually the best evidence.            

Thus, you have to wonder where Goldin (and Neyhart also) got those dates. I suppose we should ask them.

But, if these episodes really do belong in the spring, and not the fall, then 6 of them are part of a string of 16 chained together by trailer promo’s announcing the next episode. In which case, all 16 belong in the spring, not the fall.

Did you, perhaps, research that also?

 

From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> On Behalf Of Karl Schadow
Sent: Friday, March 3, 2023 12:09 PM
To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY

 

I performed the research and wrote the liner notes for the Radio Spirits set. The episode titles and dates were culled from the AS BROADCAST scripts. 

 

A log for this program is being prepared which will be sent to Brian upon its completion.

 

Karl

 

 


From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> on behalf of Scott Mahan <scott@...>
Sent: Friday, March 3, 2023 12:22 PM
To:
main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY

 

I ordered the Radio Sprits set, just to see.

And, actually, we have those 7 episodes, we just disagree with the dates.

Our dates agree with Goldin.

 

07_counterspy_05-10-49_the_statue_of_death.mp3

Statue of Death

8/16/1949

387

MP3

29:09:00

26.7 MB

08_counterspy_05-12-49_the_desert_explosion.mp3

Desert Explosion

8/18/1949

388

MP3

29:21:00

26.9 MB

09_counterspy_05-17-49_the_bouncing_bank_robber.mp3

Bouncing Bank Robber

8/23/1949

389

MP3

29:15:00

26.8 MB

10_counterspy_05-19-49_the_murdering_messenger.mp3

Murdering Messenger

8/25/1949

390

MP3

29:14:00

26.8 MB

11_counterspy_05-24-49_the_cold_blooded_professor_part_1.mp3

Cold Blooded Professor Pt1

8/30/1949

391

MP3

29:37:00

27.1 MB

12_counterspy_05-26-49_the_cold_blooded_professor_part_2.mp3

Cold Blooded Professor Pt2

9/1/1949

392

MP3

29:32:00

27 MB

13_counterspy_07-14-49_the_international_intrigue.mp3

Case of the International Intrigue, The

10/20/1949

406

MP3

29:37:00

27.1 MB

 

 

From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> On Behalf Of Rodney Bowcock
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2023 8:31 AM
To: main@oldtimeradioresearchers.groups.io
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY

 

7 episodes on the new Radio Spirits set are not available from OTRR and are not listed in the collections of either Jerry Haendiges or David Goldin.

 

5/10/49, 5/12/49, 5/17/49, 5/19/49, 5/24/49, 5/26/49, 7/14/49

 

Rodney

 

On Feb 28, 2023, at 9:21 AM, Rodney Bowcock via groups.io <rodsterrific@...> wrote:

Radio Spirits just released a set with 16 episodes.  74 are available in the OTRR library.  Not sure if there is overlap with any of these and the REPS offerings.

 

Rodney

 

On Feb 28, 2023, at 9:03 AM, Larry Maupin <lmaupin@...> wrote:

THE REPS LIBRARY CONTAINS ONLY FIVE EPISODES WITH THIS SERIES TITLE.  I DO NOT THINK THEY ARE AVAILABLE ANYWHERE ELSE. THE BEST PART ABOUTTHEM IS THAT EACH FEATURES A DOCTOR OR A PROFESSOR WHO IS ALSO A HOMICIDAL MANIAC. THIS   PROGRAM BEGINS WITH "TONIGHT THE CASE OF THE COLD-BLOODED PROFESSOR, PART 1..  BROUGHT TO YOU EACH TUESDAY AND THURSDAY BY PEPSI-COLA.  THE SETTING IS LIPTON, ILLINOIS, ON A COUNTRY ROAD HARDING STOPS TO SPEAK TO A FARMER.  HE ASKS HIM IF A PROFESSOR HOWARD WORKS AT A COLLEGE IN LIPTON.  THE FARMER REPLIES, "YES, HE'S A GENIUS WHO WRITES ARTICLES FOR A SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL. THE FARMER GRATUITOUSLY TELLS HIM THAT PROFESSOR HOWARD HAS A GOOD HOUSEKEEPED, BUT SHE IS HOMELY."

HARDING ARRIVES AT THE PROFESSOR'S HOME AND IS ADMITTED.  RECENTLY THE AMBERVILLE BANK WAS ROBBED OF MORE THAN $100,000.  THEN HARDING TELLS HOWARD THAT THE CAR THE CULPRIT WAS DRIVING WENT THROUGH A PUDDLE OF OIL,AND HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HIS.  HARDING THEN ARRESTS HIM ON A CHARGE OF BANK ROBBERY.  WHEN HOWARD RAISES HIS HANDS, IT TRIGGERS A GUNSHOT, AND HARDING FALLS DOWN WOUNDED.  THEN THE PROFESSOR TELLS HIS ASSISTANT "WE'RE LEAVING, PACK THE BAGS."  THEY TAKE HARDING, PRESUMED DEAD, IN THE CAR WITH THEM, AND HOWARD POISONS HIS ASSISTANT WITH A CANDY BAR BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHAT HOWARD REALLY LOOKS LIKE WITHOUT A DISGUISE.  SOME TIME LATER HARDING MIRACULOUSLY SHOWS UP AT HOWARD'S EMPTY HOUSE TO INVESTIGATE.  HARDING THEN VISITS A LOCAL DOCTOR AND LEARNS THAT HOWARD HAS A SEVERE CASE OF PEPTIC ULCERS CAUSED BY A VERY HIGH-STRUNG NERVOUS CONDITION.  HOWARD TAKES BISMUTH POWDERS FOR HIS ULCERS.  THEN HOWARD ROBS A LOCAL BANK OF $130,000. HOWARD THEN TAKES PICTURES OF EVERYONE IN THE BANK, INCLUDING TWO UNSUSPECTING POLICE OFFICERS.  THE HOME OFFICE IN WASHINGTON THEN INFORMS HARDING THAT A DRUGGIST EXPECTS HOWARD TO ARRIVE IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS TO PICK UP HIS BISMUTH POWDER.  HARDING THEN BOARDS A PLANE, HOPING TO BE AT THE DRUGSTORE BEFORE HOWARD ARRIVES.  A GIRL FROM THE BANK NAMED GILDA LEAVES WITH HOWARD AND MOVES IN WITH HIM.  THE EPISODE CONCLUDES WITH THE ANNOUNCER STATING THAT NEXT WEEK PART 2 OF 'THE COLD=BLOODED PROFESSOR' WILL BE PRESENTED.  THEN 'PEPSI-COLA PRESENTS COUNTERSPY.
.  .  .    
--
Larry Maupin


Karl Schadow
 

Correct, all of those shows were aired in the spring/early summer of 1949 per the log below

May 1949 through July 1949
05/03/49   Blackmailed Hijacker
05/05/49   Murmured Millions
05/10/49   Statue of Death
05/12/49   Desert Explosion
05/17/49   Bouncing Bank Robber
05/19/49   Murdering Messenger
05/24/49   Cold-Blooded Professor Part 1
05/26/49   Cold-Blooded Professor Part 2
05/31/49   Arrogant Arsonist
06/02/49  Courageous Come-on
06/07/49   Flatbush Fagin
06/09/49   Hot Car Killer
06/14/49   Postal Pirates Part 1
06/16/49   Postal Pirates Part 2
06/21/49   Visiting Vultures
06/23/49   Vicious Visitor
06/28/49   Sweepstakes Murders
06/30/49   Genuine Counterfeits
07/05/49   Society Swindlers
07/07/49   High Class Hijacker
07/12/49   Photographed Furrier
07/14/49   International Intrigue
07/19/49   Beefy Buyer
07/21/49   Department Store Racket
07/26/49   Adopted City
07/28/49   Danish Courier


From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> on behalf of Scott Mahan <scott@...>
Sent: Friday, March 3, 2023 3:51 PM
To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY
 

Well, I didn’t say what we had was right, just that it matched something, so it wasn’t totally made up.

This was an ABC series (at that point), not syndicated, so there should be a definitive broadcast date.

And scripts are usually the best evidence.            

Thus, you have to wonder where Goldin (and Neyhart also) got those dates. I suppose we should ask them.

But, if these episodes really do belong in the spring, and not the fall, then 6 of them are part of a string of 16 chained together by trailer promo’s announcing the next episode. In which case, all 16 belong in the spring, not the fall.

Did you, perhaps, research that also?

 

From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> On Behalf Of Karl Schadow
Sent: Friday, March 3, 2023 12:09 PM
To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY

 

I performed the research and wrote the liner notes for the Radio Spirits set. The episode titles and dates were culled from the AS BROADCAST scripts. 

 

A log for this program is being prepared which will be sent to Brian upon its completion.

 

Karl

 

 


From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> on behalf of Scott Mahan <scott@...>
Sent: Friday, March 3, 2023 12:22 PM
To:
main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY

 

I ordered the Radio Sprits set, just to see.

And, actually, we have those 7 episodes, we just disagree with the dates.

Our dates agree with Goldin.

 

07_counterspy_05-10-49_the_statue_of_death.mp3

Statue of Death

8/16/1949

387

MP3

29:09:00

26.7 MB

08_counterspy_05-12-49_the_desert_explosion.mp3

Desert Explosion

8/18/1949

388

MP3

29:21:00

26.9 MB

09_counterspy_05-17-49_the_bouncing_bank_robber.mp3

Bouncing Bank Robber

8/23/1949

389

MP3

29:15:00

26.8 MB

10_counterspy_05-19-49_the_murdering_messenger.mp3

Murdering Messenger

8/25/1949

390

MP3

29:14:00

26.8 MB

11_counterspy_05-24-49_the_cold_blooded_professor_part_1.mp3

Cold Blooded Professor Pt1

8/30/1949

391

MP3

29:37:00

27.1 MB

12_counterspy_05-26-49_the_cold_blooded_professor_part_2.mp3

Cold Blooded Professor Pt2

9/1/1949

392

MP3

29:32:00

27 MB

13_counterspy_07-14-49_the_international_intrigue.mp3

Case of the International Intrigue, The

10/20/1949

406

MP3

29:37:00

27.1 MB

 

 

From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> On Behalf Of Rodney Bowcock
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2023 8:31 AM
To: main@oldtimeradioresearchers.groups.io
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY

 

7 episodes on the new Radio Spirits set are not available from OTRR and are not listed in the collections of either Jerry Haendiges or David Goldin.

 

5/10/49, 5/12/49, 5/17/49, 5/19/49, 5/24/49, 5/26/49, 7/14/49

 

Rodney

 

On Feb 28, 2023, at 9:21 AM, Rodney Bowcock via groups.io <rodsterrific@...> wrote:

Radio Spirits just released a set with 16 episodes.  74 are available in the OTRR library.  Not sure if there is overlap with any of these and the REPS offerings.

 

Rodney

 

On Feb 28, 2023, at 9:03 AM, Larry Maupin <lmaupin@...> wrote:

THE REPS LIBRARY CONTAINS ONLY FIVE EPISODES WITH THIS SERIES TITLE.  I DO NOT THINK THEY ARE AVAILABLE ANYWHERE ELSE. THE BEST PART ABOUTTHEM IS THAT EACH FEATURES A DOCTOR OR A PROFESSOR WHO IS ALSO A HOMICIDAL MANIAC. THIS   PROGRAM BEGINS WITH "TONIGHT THE CASE OF THE COLD-BLOODED PROFESSOR, PART 1..  BROUGHT TO YOU EACH TUESDAY AND THURSDAY BY PEPSI-COLA.  THE SETTING IS LIPTON, ILLINOIS, ON A COUNTRY ROAD HARDING STOPS TO SPEAK TO A FARMER.  HE ASKS HIM IF A PROFESSOR HOWARD WORKS AT A COLLEGE IN LIPTON.  THE FARMER REPLIES, "YES, HE'S A GENIUS WHO WRITES ARTICLES FOR A SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL. THE FARMER GRATUITOUSLY TELLS HIM THAT PROFESSOR HOWARD HAS A GOOD HOUSEKEEPED, BUT SHE IS HOMELY."

HARDING ARRIVES AT THE PROFESSOR'S HOME AND IS ADMITTED.  RECENTLY THE AMBERVILLE BANK WAS ROBBED OF MORE THAN $100,000.  THEN HARDING TELLS HOWARD THAT THE CAR THE CULPRIT WAS DRIVING WENT THROUGH A PUDDLE OF OIL,AND HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HIS.  HARDING THEN ARRESTS HIM ON A CHARGE OF BANK ROBBERY.  WHEN HOWARD RAISES HIS HANDS, IT TRIGGERS A GUNSHOT, AND HARDING FALLS DOWN WOUNDED.  THEN THE PROFESSOR TELLS HIS ASSISTANT "WE'RE LEAVING, PACK THE BAGS."  THEY TAKE HARDING, PRESUMED DEAD, IN THE CAR WITH THEM, AND HOWARD POISONS HIS ASSISTANT WITH A CANDY BAR BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHAT HOWARD REALLY LOOKS LIKE WITHOUT A DISGUISE.  SOME TIME LATER HARDING MIRACULOUSLY SHOWS UP AT HOWARD'S EMPTY HOUSE TO INVESTIGATE.  HARDING THEN VISITS A LOCAL DOCTOR AND LEARNS THAT HOWARD HAS A SEVERE CASE OF PEPTIC ULCERS CAUSED BY A VERY HIGH-STRUNG NERVOUS CONDITION.  HOWARD TAKES BISMUTH POWDERS FOR HIS ULCERS.  THEN HOWARD ROBS A LOCAL BANK OF $130,000. HOWARD THEN TAKES PICTURES OF EVERYONE IN THE BANK, INCLUDING TWO UNSUSPECTING POLICE OFFICERS.  THE HOME OFFICE IN WASHINGTON THEN INFORMS HARDING THAT A DRUGGIST EXPECTS HOWARD TO ARRIVE IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS TO PICK UP HIS BISMUTH POWDER.  HARDING THEN BOARDS A PLANE, HOPING TO BE AT THE DRUGSTORE BEFORE HOWARD ARRIVES.  A GIRL FROM THE BANK NAMED GILDA LEAVES WITH HOWARD AND MOVES IN WITH HIM.  THE EPISODE CONCLUDES WITH THE ANNOUNCER STATING THAT NEXT WEEK PART 2 OF 'THE COLD=BLOODED PROFESSOR' WILL BE PRESENTED.  THEN 'PEPSI-COLA PRESENTS COUNTERSPY.
.  .  .    
--
Larry Maupin


Scott Mahan
 

Does that mean that Radio Spirits actually has the last four that you list, which to my knowledge are not circulating episodes, and we’ll perhaps see them in a second David Harding, Counterspy release in the future?

07/19/49   Beefy Buyer

07/21/49   Department Store Racket

07/26/49   Adopted City

07/28/49   Danish Courier

 

From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> On Behalf Of Karl Schadow
Sent: Monday, March 6, 2023 12:47 PM
To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY

 

Correct, all of those shows were aired in the spring/early summer of 1949 per the log below

 

May 1949 through July 1949

05/03/49   Blackmailed Hijacker

05/05/49   Murmured Millions

05/10/49   Statue of Death

05/12/49   Desert Explosion

05/17/49   Bouncing Bank Robber

05/19/49   Murdering Messenger

05/24/49   Cold-Blooded Professor Part 1

05/26/49   Cold-Blooded Professor Part 2

05/31/49   Arrogant Arsonist

06/02/49   Courageous Come-on

06/07/49   Flatbush Fagin

06/09/49   Hot Car Killer

06/14/49   Postal Pirates Part 1

06/16/49   Postal Pirates Part 2

06/21/49   Visiting Vultures

06/23/49   Vicious Visitor

06/28/49   Sweepstakes Murders

06/30/49   Genuine Counterfeits

07/05/49   Society Swindlers

07/07/49   High Class Hijacker

07/12/49   Photographed Furrier

07/14/49   International Intrigue

07/19/49   Beefy Buyer

07/21/49   Department Store Racket

07/26/49   Adopted City

07/28/49   Danish Courier  


From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> on behalf of Scott Mahan <scott@...>
Sent: Friday, March 3, 2023 3:51 PM
To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY

 

Well, I didn’t say what we had was right, just that it matched something, so it wasn’t totally made up.

This was an ABC series (at that point), not syndicated, so there should be a definitive broadcast date.

And scripts are usually the best evidence.            

Thus, you have to wonder where Goldin (and Neyhart also) got those dates. I suppose we should ask them.

But, if these episodes really do belong in the spring, and not the fall, then 6 of them are part of a string of 16 chained together by trailer promo’s announcing the next episode. In which case, all 16 belong in the spring, not the fall.

Did you, perhaps, research that also?

 

From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> On Behalf Of Karl Schadow
Sent: Friday, March 3, 2023 12:09 PM
To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY

 

I performed the research and wrote the liner notes for the Radio Spirits set. The episode titles and dates were culled from the AS BROADCAST scripts. 

 

A log for this program is being prepared which will be sent to Brian upon its completion.

 

Karl

 

 


From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> on behalf of Scott Mahan <scott@...>
Sent: Friday, March 3, 2023 12:22 PM
To:
main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY

 

I ordered the Radio Sprits set, just to see.

And, actually, we have those 7 episodes, we just disagree with the dates.

Our dates agree with Goldin.

 

07_counterspy_05-10-49_the_statue_of_death.mp3

Statue of Death

8/16/1949

387

MP3

29:09:00

26.7 MB

08_counterspy_05-12-49_the_desert_explosion.mp3

Desert Explosion

8/18/1949

388

MP3

29:21:00

26.9 MB

09_counterspy_05-17-49_the_bouncing_bank_robber.mp3

Bouncing Bank Robber

8/23/1949

389

MP3

29:15:00

26.8 MB

10_counterspy_05-19-49_the_murdering_messenger.mp3

Murdering Messenger

8/25/1949

390

MP3

29:14:00

26.8 MB

11_counterspy_05-24-49_the_cold_blooded_professor_part_1.mp3

Cold Blooded Professor Pt1

8/30/1949

391

MP3

29:37:00

27.1 MB

12_counterspy_05-26-49_the_cold_blooded_professor_part_2.mp3

Cold Blooded Professor Pt2

9/1/1949

392

MP3

29:32:00

27 MB

13_counterspy_07-14-49_the_international_intrigue.mp3

Case of the International Intrigue, The

10/20/1949

406

MP3

29:37:00

27.1 MB

 

 

From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> On Behalf Of Rodney Bowcock
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2023 8:31 AM
To: main@oldtimeradioresearchers.groups.io
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY

 

7 episodes on the new Radio Spirits set are not available from OTRR and are not listed in the collections of either Jerry Haendiges or David Goldin.

 

5/10/49, 5/12/49, 5/17/49, 5/19/49, 5/24/49, 5/26/49, 7/14/49

 

Rodney

 

On Feb 28, 2023, at 9:21 AM, Rodney Bowcock via groups.io <rodsterrific@...> wrote:

Radio Spirits just released a set with 16 episodes.  74 are available in the OTRR library.  Not sure if there is overlap with any of these and the REPS offerings.

 

Rodney

 

On Feb 28, 2023, at 9:03 AM, Larry Maupin <lmaupin@...> wrote:

THE REPS LIBRARY CONTAINS ONLY FIVE EPISODES WITH THIS SERIES TITLE.  I DO NOT THINK THEY ARE AVAILABLE ANYWHERE ELSE. THE BEST PART ABOUTTHEM IS THAT EACH FEATURES A DOCTOR OR A PROFESSOR WHO IS ALSO A HOMICIDAL MANIAC. THIS   PROGRAM BEGINS WITH "TONIGHT THE CASE OF THE COLD-BLOODED PROFESSOR, PART 1..  BROUGHT TO YOU EACH TUESDAY AND THURSDAY BY PEPSI-COLA.  THE SETTING IS LIPTON, ILLINOIS, ON A COUNTRY ROAD HARDING STOPS TO SPEAK TO A FARMER.  HE ASKS HIM IF A PROFESSOR HOWARD WORKS AT A COLLEGE IN LIPTON.  THE FARMER REPLIES, "YES, HE'S A GENIUS WHO WRITES ARTICLES FOR A SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL. THE FARMER GRATUITOUSLY TELLS HIM THAT PROFESSOR HOWARD HAS A GOOD HOUSEKEEPED, BUT SHE IS HOMELY."

HARDING ARRIVES AT THE PROFESSOR'S HOME AND IS ADMITTED.  RECENTLY THE AMBERVILLE BANK WAS ROBBED OF MORE THAN $100,000.  THEN HARDING TELLS HOWARD THAT THE CAR THE CULPRIT WAS DRIVING WENT THROUGH A PUDDLE OF OIL,AND HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HIS.  HARDING THEN ARRESTS HIM ON A CHARGE OF BANK ROBBERY.  WHEN HOWARD RAISES HIS HANDS, IT TRIGGERS A GUNSHOT, AND HARDING FALLS DOWN WOUNDED.  THEN THE PROFESSOR TELLS HIS ASSISTANT "WE'RE LEAVING, PACK THE BAGS."  THEY TAKE HARDING, PRESUMED DEAD, IN THE CAR WITH THEM, AND HOWARD POISONS HIS ASSISTANT WITH A CANDY BAR BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHAT HOWARD REALLY LOOKS LIKE WITHOUT A DISGUISE.  SOME TIME LATER HARDING MIRACULOUSLY SHOWS UP AT HOWARD'S EMPTY HOUSE TO INVESTIGATE.  HARDING THEN VISITS A LOCAL DOCTOR AND LEARNS THAT HOWARD HAS A SEVERE CASE OF PEPTIC ULCERS CAUSED BY A VERY HIGH-STRUNG NERVOUS CONDITION.  HOWARD TAKES BISMUTH POWDERS FOR HIS ULCERS.  THEN HOWARD ROBS A LOCAL BANK OF $130,000. HOWARD THEN TAKES PICTURES OF EVERYONE IN THE BANK, INCLUDING TWO UNSUSPECTING POLICE OFFICERS.  THE HOME OFFICE IN WASHINGTON THEN INFORMS HARDING THAT A DRUGGIST EXPECTS HOWARD TO ARRIVE IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS TO PICK UP HIS BISMUTH POWDER.  HARDING THEN BOARDS A PLANE, HOPING TO BE AT THE DRUGSTORE BEFORE HOWARD ARRIVES.  A GIRL FROM THE BANK NAMED GILDA LEAVES WITH HOWARD AND MOVES IN WITH HIM.  THE EPISODE CONCLUDES WITH THE ANNOUNCER STATING THAT NEXT WEEK PART 2 OF 'THE COLD=BLOODED PROFESSOR' WILL BE PRESENTED.  THEN 'PEPSI-COLA PRESENTS COUNTERSPY.
.  .  .    
--
Larry Maupin


Karl Schadow
 

Do not know what episodes Radio Spirits has at the moment. The log is compiled from scripts, audio, etc.



From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> on behalf of Scott Mahan <scott@...>
Sent: Monday, March 6, 2023 3:26 PM
To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY
 

Does that mean that Radio Spirits actually has the last four that you list, which to my knowledge are not circulating episodes, and we’ll perhaps see them in a second David Harding, Counterspy release in the future?

07/19/49   Beefy Buyer

07/21/49   Department Store Racket

07/26/49   Adopted City

07/28/49   Danish Courier

 

From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> On Behalf Of Karl Schadow
Sent: Monday, March 6, 2023 12:47 PM
To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY

 

Correct, all of those shows were aired in the spring/early summer of 1949 per the log below

 

May 1949 through July 1949

05/03/49   Blackmailed Hijacker

05/05/49   Murmured Millions

05/10/49   Statue of Death

05/12/49   Desert Explosion

05/17/49   Bouncing Bank Robber

05/19/49   Murdering Messenger

05/24/49   Cold-Blooded Professor Part 1

05/26/49   Cold-Blooded Professor Part 2

05/31/49   Arrogant Arsonist

06/02/49   Courageous Come-on

06/07/49   Flatbush Fagin

06/09/49   Hot Car Killer

06/14/49   Postal Pirates Part 1

06/16/49   Postal Pirates Part 2

06/21/49   Visiting Vultures

06/23/49   Vicious Visitor

06/28/49   Sweepstakes Murders

06/30/49   Genuine Counterfeits

07/05/49   Society Swindlers

07/07/49   High Class Hijacker

07/12/49   Photographed Furrier

07/14/49   International Intrigue

07/19/49   Beefy Buyer

07/21/49   Department Store Racket

07/26/49   Adopted City

07/28/49   Danish Courier  


From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> on behalf of Scott Mahan <scott@...>
Sent: Friday, March 3, 2023 3:51 PM
To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY

 

Well, I didn’t say what we had was right, just that it matched something, so it wasn’t totally made up.

This was an ABC series (at that point), not syndicated, so there should be a definitive broadcast date.

And scripts are usually the best evidence.            

Thus, you have to wonder where Goldin (and Neyhart also) got those dates. I suppose we should ask them.

But, if these episodes really do belong in the spring, and not the fall, then 6 of them are part of a string of 16 chained together by trailer promo’s announcing the next episode. In which case, all 16 belong in the spring, not the fall.

Did you, perhaps, research that also?

 

From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> On Behalf Of Karl Schadow
Sent: Friday, March 3, 2023 12:09 PM
To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY

 

I performed the research and wrote the liner notes for the Radio Spirits set. The episode titles and dates were culled from the AS BROADCAST scripts. 

 

A log for this program is being prepared which will be sent to Brian upon its completion.

 

Karl

 

 


From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> on behalf of Scott Mahan <scott@...>
Sent: Friday, March 3, 2023 12:22 PM
To:
main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY

 

I ordered the Radio Sprits set, just to see.

And, actually, we have those 7 episodes, we just disagree with the dates.

Our dates agree with Goldin.

 

07_counterspy_05-10-49_the_statue_of_death.mp3

Statue of Death

8/16/1949

387

MP3

29:09:00

26.7 MB

08_counterspy_05-12-49_the_desert_explosion.mp3

Desert Explosion

8/18/1949

388

MP3

29:21:00

26.9 MB

09_counterspy_05-17-49_the_bouncing_bank_robber.mp3

Bouncing Bank Robber

8/23/1949

389

MP3

29:15:00

26.8 MB

10_counterspy_05-19-49_the_murdering_messenger.mp3

Murdering Messenger

8/25/1949

390

MP3

29:14:00

26.8 MB

11_counterspy_05-24-49_the_cold_blooded_professor_part_1.mp3

Cold Blooded Professor Pt1

8/30/1949

391

MP3

29:37:00

27.1 MB

12_counterspy_05-26-49_the_cold_blooded_professor_part_2.mp3

Cold Blooded Professor Pt2

9/1/1949

392

MP3

29:32:00

27 MB

13_counterspy_07-14-49_the_international_intrigue.mp3

Case of the International Intrigue, The

10/20/1949

406

MP3

29:37:00

27.1 MB

 

 

From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> On Behalf Of Rodney Bowcock
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2023 8:31 AM
To: main@oldtimeradioresearchers.groups.io
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY

 

7 episodes on the new Radio Spirits set are not available from OTRR and are not listed in the collections of either Jerry Haendiges or David Goldin.

 

5/10/49, 5/12/49, 5/17/49, 5/19/49, 5/24/49, 5/26/49, 7/14/49

 

Rodney

 

On Feb 28, 2023, at 9:21 AM, Rodney Bowcock via groups.io <rodsterrific@...> wrote:

Radio Spirits just released a set with 16 episodes.  74 are available in the OTRR library.  Not sure if there is overlap with any of these and the REPS offerings.

 

Rodney

 

On Feb 28, 2023, at 9:03 AM, Larry Maupin <lmaupin@...> wrote:

THE REPS LIBRARY CONTAINS ONLY FIVE EPISODES WITH THIS SERIES TITLE.  I DO NOT THINK THEY ARE AVAILABLE ANYWHERE ELSE. THE BEST PART ABOUTTHEM IS THAT EACH FEATURES A DOCTOR OR A PROFESSOR WHO IS ALSO A HOMICIDAL MANIAC. THIS   PROGRAM BEGINS WITH "TONIGHT THE CASE OF THE COLD-BLOODED PROFESSOR, PART 1..  BROUGHT TO YOU EACH TUESDAY AND THURSDAY BY PEPSI-COLA.  THE SETTING IS LIPTON, ILLINOIS, ON A COUNTRY ROAD HARDING STOPS TO SPEAK TO A FARMER.  HE ASKS HIM IF A PROFESSOR HOWARD WORKS AT A COLLEGE IN LIPTON.  THE FARMER REPLIES, "YES, HE'S A GENIUS WHO WRITES ARTICLES FOR A SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL. THE FARMER GRATUITOUSLY TELLS HIM THAT PROFESSOR HOWARD HAS A GOOD HOUSEKEEPED, BUT SHE IS HOMELY."

HARDING ARRIVES AT THE PROFESSOR'S HOME AND IS ADMITTED.  RECENTLY THE AMBERVILLE BANK WAS ROBBED OF MORE THAN $100,000.  THEN HARDING TELLS HOWARD THAT THE CAR THE CULPRIT WAS DRIVING WENT THROUGH A PUDDLE OF OIL,AND HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HIS.  HARDING THEN ARRESTS HIM ON A CHARGE OF BANK ROBBERY.  WHEN HOWARD RAISES HIS HANDS, IT TRIGGERS A GUNSHOT, AND HARDING FALLS DOWN WOUNDED.  THEN THE PROFESSOR TELLS HIS ASSISTANT "WE'RE LEAVING, PACK THE BAGS."  THEY TAKE HARDING, PRESUMED DEAD, IN THE CAR WITH THEM, AND HOWARD POISONS HIS ASSISTANT WITH A CANDY BAR BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHAT HOWARD REALLY LOOKS LIKE WITHOUT A DISGUISE.  SOME TIME LATER HARDING MIRACULOUSLY SHOWS UP AT HOWARD'S EMPTY HOUSE TO INVESTIGATE.  HARDING THEN VISITS A LOCAL DOCTOR AND LEARNS THAT HOWARD HAS A SEVERE CASE OF PEPTIC ULCERS CAUSED BY A VERY HIGH-STRUNG NERVOUS CONDITION.  HOWARD TAKES BISMUTH POWDERS FOR HIS ULCERS.  THEN HOWARD ROBS A LOCAL BANK OF $130,000. HOWARD THEN TAKES PICTURES OF EVERYONE IN THE BANK, INCLUDING TWO UNSUSPECTING POLICE OFFICERS.  THE HOME OFFICE IN WASHINGTON THEN INFORMS HARDING THAT A DRUGGIST EXPECTS HOWARD TO ARRIVE IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS TO PICK UP HIS BISMUTH POWDER.  HARDING THEN BOARDS A PLANE, HOPING TO BE AT THE DRUGSTORE BEFORE HOWARD ARRIVES.  A GIRL FROM THE BANK NAMED GILDA LEAVES WITH HOWARD AND MOVES IN WITH HIM.  THE EPISODE CONCLUDES WITH THE ANNOUNCER STATING THAT NEXT WEEK PART 2 OF 'THE COLD=BLOODED PROFESSOR' WILL BE PRESENTED.  THEN 'PEPSI-COLA PRESENTS COUNTERSPY.
.  .  .    
--
Larry Maupin


Richard Davenport
 

I have 144 Counterspy shows in my library.  I know some are prob dupes. I have one called Diamond Thieves #674 from Dec 21, 1953. I will see about cleaning them up and share what I find in the next few days.

Rick

Labor ipse voluptas

On Monday, March 6, 2023 at 09:50:01 PM CST, Karl Schadow <bluecar91@...> wrote:





  

Do not know what episodes Radio Spirits has at the moment. The log is compiled from scripts, audio, etc.








________________________________
From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> on behalf of Scott Mahan <scott@...>
Sent: Monday, March 6, 2023 3:26 PM
To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY
 




Does that mean that Radio Spirits actually has the last four that you list, which to my knowledge are not circulating episodes, and we’ll perhaps see them in a second David Harding, Counterspy release in the future?

07/19/49   Beefy Buyer

07/21/49   Department Store Racket

07/26/49   Adopted City

07/28/49   Danish Courier

 



From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> On Behalf Of Karl Schadow
Sent: Monday, March 6, 2023 12:47 PM
To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY



 


Correct, all of those shows were aired in the spring/early summer of 1949 per the log below



 



May 1949 through July 1949



05/03/49   Blackmailed Hijacker



05/05/49   Murmured Millions



05/10/49   Statue of Death



05/12/49   Desert Explosion



05/17/49   Bouncing Bank Robber



05/19/49   Murdering Messenger



05/24/49   Cold-Blooded Professor Part 1



05/26/49   Cold-Blooded Professor Part 2



05/31/49   Arrogant Arsonist



06/02/49   Courageous Come-on



06/07/49   Flatbush Fagin



06/09/49   Hot Car Killer



06/14/49   Postal Pirates Part 1



06/16/49   Postal Pirates Part 2



06/21/49   Visiting Vultures



06/23/49   Vicious Visitor



06/28/49   Sweepstakes Murders



06/30/49   Genuine Counterfeits



07/05/49   Society Swindlers



07/07/49   High Class Hijacker



07/12/49   Photographed Furrier



07/14/49   International Intrigue



07/19/49   Beefy Buyer



07/21/49   Department Store Racket



07/26/49   Adopted City



07/28/49   Danish Courier  



________________________________



From:  main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> on behalf of Scott Mahan <scott@...>
Sent: Friday, March 3, 2023 3:51 PM
To:  main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY


 





Well, I didn’t say what we had was right, just that it matched something, so it wasn’t totally made up.

This was an ABC series (at that point), not syndicated, so there should be a definitive broadcast date.

And scripts are usually the best evidence.            

Thus, you have to wonder where Goldin (and Neyhart also) got those dates. I suppose we should ask them.

But, if these episodes really do belong in the spring, and not the fall, then 6 of them are part of a string of 16 chained together by trailer promo’s announcing the next episode. In which case, all 16 belong in the spring, not the fall.

Did you, perhaps, research that also?

 



From:  main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> On Behalf Of Karl Schadow
Sent: Friday, March 3, 2023 12:09 PM
To:  main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY



 


I performed the research and wrote the liner notes for the Radio Spirits set. The episode titles and dates were culled from the AS BROADCAST scripts. 



 



A log for this program is being prepared which will be sent to Brian upon its completion.



 



Karl



 



 



________________________________



From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> on behalf of Scott Mahan <scott@...>
Sent: Friday, March 3, 2023 12:22 PM
To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY


 





I ordered the Radio Sprits set, just to see.

And, actually, we have those 7 episodes, we just disagree with the dates.

Our dates agree with Goldin.

 

  
07_counterspy_05-10-49_the_statue_of_death.mp3
    
Statue of Death
    
8/16/1949
    
387
    
MP3
    
29:09:00
    
26.7 MB
  
  
08_counterspy_05-12-49_the_desert_explosion.mp3
    
Desert Explosion
    
8/18/1949
    
388
    
MP3
    
29:21:00
    
26.9 MB
  
  
09_counterspy_05-17-49_the_bouncing_bank_robber.mp3
    
Bouncing Bank Robber
    
8/23/1949
    
389
    
MP3
    
29:15:00
    
26.8 MB
  
  
10_counterspy_05-19-49_the_murdering_messenger.mp3
    
Murdering Messenger
    
8/25/1949
    
390
    
MP3
    
29:14:00
    
26.8 MB
  
  
11_counterspy_05-24-49_the_cold_blooded_professor_part_1.mp3
    
Cold Blooded Professor Pt1
    
8/30/1949
    
391
    
MP3
    
29:37:00
    
27.1 MB
  
  
12_counterspy_05-26-49_the_cold_blooded_professor_part_2.mp3
    
Cold Blooded Professor Pt2
    
9/1/1949
    
392
    
MP3
    
29:32:00
    
27 MB
  
  
13_counterspy_07-14-49_the_international_intrigue.mp3
    
Case of the International Intrigue, The
    
10/20/1949
    
406
    
MP3
    
29:37:00
    
27.1 MB
  


 

 



From:  main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> On Behalf Of Rodney Bowcock
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2023 8:31 AM
To:  main@oldtimeradioresearchers.groups.io
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY



 

7 episodes on the new Radio Spirits set are not available from OTRR and are not listed in the collections of either Jerry Haendiges or David Goldin.


 



5/10/49, 5/12/49, 5/17/49, 5/19/49, 5/24/49, 5/26/49, 7/14/49



 



Rodney


 

  
  On Feb 28, 2023, at 9:21 AM, Rodney Bowcock via groups.io <rodsterrific@...> wrote:

  
  
  Radio Spirits just released a set with 16 episodes.  74 are available in the OTRR library.  Not sure if there is overlap with any of these and the REPS offerings.

  
   


  
  Rodney

  
   

  
  On Feb 28, 2023, at 9:03 AM, Larry Maupin <lmaupin@...> wrote:

  
  
  THE REPS LIBRARY CONTAINS ONLY FIVE EPISODES WITH THIS SERIES TITLE.  I DO NOT THINK THEY ARE AVAILABLE ANYWHERE ELSE. THE BEST PART ABOUTTHEM IS THAT EACH FEATURES A DOCTOR OR A PROFESSOR WHO IS ALSO A HOMICIDAL MANIAC. THIS   PROGRAM BEGINS WITH "TONIGHT THE CASE OF THE COLD-BLOODED PROFESSOR, PART 1..  BROUGHT TO YOU EACH TUESDAY AND THURSDAY BY PEPSI-COLA.  THE SETTING IS LIPTON, ILLINOIS, ON A COUNTRY ROAD HARDING STOPS TO SPEAK TO A FARMER.  HE ASKS HIM IF A PROFESSOR HOWARD WORKS AT A COLLEGE IN LIPTON.  THE FARMER REPLIES, "YES, HE'S A GENIUS WHO WRITES ARTICLES FOR A SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL. THE FARMER GRATUITOUSLY TELLS HIM THAT PROFESSOR HOWARD HAS A GOOD HOUSEKEEPED, BUT SHE IS HOMELY."

HARDING ARRIVES AT THE PROFESSOR'S HOME AND IS ADMITTED.  RECENTLY THE AMBERVILLE BANK WAS ROBBED OF MORE THAN $100,000.  THEN HARDING TELLS HOWARD THAT THE CAR THE CULPRIT WAS DRIVING WENT THROUGH A PUDDLE OF OIL,AND HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HIS.  HARDING THEN ARRESTS HIM ON A CHARGE OF BANK ROBBERY.  WHEN HOWARD RAISES HIS HANDS, IT TRIGGERS A GUNSHOT, AND HARDING FALLS DOWN WOUNDED.  THEN THE PROFESSOR TELLS HIS ASSISTANT "WE'RE LEAVING, PACK THE BAGS."  THEY TAKE HARDING, PRESUMED DEAD, IN THE CAR WITH THEM, AND HOWARD POISONS HIS ASSISTANT WITH A CANDY BAR BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHAT HOWARD REALLY LOOKS LIKE WITHOUT A DISGUISE.  SOME TIME LATER HARDING MIRACULOUSLY SHOWS UP AT HOWARD'S EMPTY HOUSE TO INVESTIGATE.  HARDING THEN VISITS A LOCAL DOCTOR AND LEARNS THAT HOWARD HAS A SEVERE CASE OF PEPTIC ULCERS CAUSED BY A VERY HIGH-STRUNG NERVOUS CONDITION.  HOWARD TAKES BISMUTH POWDERS FOR HIS ULCERS.  THEN HOWARD ROBS A LOCAL BANK OF $130,000. HOWARD THEN TAKES PICTURES OF EVERYONE IN THE BANK, INCLUDING TWO UNSUSPECTING POLICE OFFICERS.  THE HOME OFFICE IN WASHINGTON THEN INFORMS HARDING THAT A DRUGGIST EXPECTS HOWARD TO ARRIVE IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS TO PICK UP HIS BISMUTH POWDER.  HARDING THEN BOARDS A PLANE, HOPING TO BE AT THE DRUGSTORE BEFORE HOWARD ARRIVES.  A GIRL FROM THE BANK NAMED GILDA LEAVES WITH HOWARD AND MOVES IN WITH HIM.  THE EPISODE CONCLUDES WITH THE ANNOUNCER STATING THAT NEXT WEEK PART 2 OF 'THE COLD=BLOODED PROFESSOR' WILL BE PRESENTED.  THEN 'PEPSI-COLA PRESENTS COUNTERSPY.
.  .  .    
--
Larry Maupin



Scott Mahan
 

When you did this research, did you find any evidence to date or provide official titles to the “Maisie the Barfly” and “Flanagan Sisters Corn Syrup” episodes? I’ve always thought it odd that they are “homeless”.

 

From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> On Behalf Of Karl Schadow
Sent: Monday, March 6, 2023 9:50 PM
To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY

 

Do not know what episodes Radio Spirits has at the moment. The log is compiled from scripts, audio, etc.

 

 


From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> on behalf of Scott Mahan <scott@...>
Sent: Monday, March 6, 2023 3:26 PM
To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY

 

Does that mean that Radio Spirits actually has the last four that you list, which to my knowledge are not circulating episodes, and we’ll perhaps see them in a second David Harding, Counterspy release in the future?

07/19/49   Beefy Buyer

07/21/49   Department Store Racket

07/26/49   Adopted City

07/28/49   Danish Courier

 

From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> On Behalf Of Karl Schadow
Sent: Monday, March 6, 2023 12:47 PM
To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY

 

Correct, all of those shows were aired in the spring/early summer of 1949 per the log below

 

May 1949 through July 1949

05/03/49   Blackmailed Hijacker

05/05/49   Murmured Millions

05/10/49   Statue of Death

05/12/49   Desert Explosion

05/17/49   Bouncing Bank Robber

05/19/49   Murdering Messenger

05/24/49   Cold-Blooded Professor Part 1

05/26/49   Cold-Blooded Professor Part 2

05/31/49   Arrogant Arsonist

06/02/49   Courageous Come-on

06/07/49   Flatbush Fagin

06/09/49   Hot Car Killer

06/14/49   Postal Pirates Part 1

06/16/49   Postal Pirates Part 2

06/21/49   Visiting Vultures

06/23/49   Vicious Visitor

06/28/49   Sweepstakes Murders

06/30/49   Genuine Counterfeits

07/05/49   Society Swindlers

07/07/49   High Class Hijacker

07/12/49   Photographed Furrier

07/14/49   International Intrigue

07/19/49   Beefy Buyer

07/21/49   Department Store Racket

07/26/49   Adopted City

07/28/49   Danish Courier  


From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> on behalf of Scott Mahan <scott@...>
Sent: Friday, March 3, 2023 3:51 PM
To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY

 

Well, I didn’t say what we had was right, just that it matched something, so it wasn’t totally made up.

This was an ABC series (at that point), not syndicated, so there should be a definitive broadcast date.

And scripts are usually the best evidence.            

Thus, you have to wonder where Goldin (and Neyhart also) got those dates. I suppose we should ask them.

But, if these episodes really do belong in the spring, and not the fall, then 6 of them are part of a string of 16 chained together by trailer promo’s announcing the next episode. In which case, all 16 belong in the spring, not the fall.

Did you, perhaps, research that also?

 

From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> On Behalf Of Karl Schadow
Sent: Friday, March 3, 2023 12:09 PM
To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY

 

I performed the research and wrote the liner notes for the Radio Spirits set. The episode titles and dates were culled from the AS BROADCAST scripts. 

 

A log for this program is being prepared which will be sent to Brian upon its completion.

 

Karl

 

 


From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> on behalf of Scott Mahan <scott@...>
Sent: Friday, March 3, 2023 12:22 PM
To:
main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY

 

I ordered the Radio Sprits set, just to see.

And, actually, we have those 7 episodes, we just disagree with the dates.

Our dates agree with Goldin.

 

07_counterspy_05-10-49_the_statue_of_death.mp3

Statue of Death

8/16/1949

387

MP3

29:09:00

26.7 MB

08_counterspy_05-12-49_the_desert_explosion.mp3

Desert Explosion

8/18/1949

388

MP3

29:21:00

26.9 MB

09_counterspy_05-17-49_the_bouncing_bank_robber.mp3

Bouncing Bank Robber

8/23/1949

389

MP3

29:15:00

26.8 MB

10_counterspy_05-19-49_the_murdering_messenger.mp3

Murdering Messenger

8/25/1949

390

MP3

29:14:00

26.8 MB

11_counterspy_05-24-49_the_cold_blooded_professor_part_1.mp3

Cold Blooded Professor Pt1

8/30/1949

391

MP3

29:37:00

27.1 MB

12_counterspy_05-26-49_the_cold_blooded_professor_part_2.mp3

Cold Blooded Professor Pt2

9/1/1949

392

MP3

29:32:00

27 MB

13_counterspy_07-14-49_the_international_intrigue.mp3

Case of the International Intrigue, The

10/20/1949

406

MP3

29:37:00

27.1 MB

 

 

From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> On Behalf Of Rodney Bowcock
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2023 8:31 AM
To: main@oldtimeradioresearchers.groups.io
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY

 

7 episodes on the new Radio Spirits set are not available from OTRR and are not listed in the collections of either Jerry Haendiges or David Goldin.

 

5/10/49, 5/12/49, 5/17/49, 5/19/49, 5/24/49, 5/26/49, 7/14/49

 

Rodney

 

On Feb 28, 2023, at 9:21 AM, Rodney Bowcock via groups.io <rodsterrific@...> wrote:

Radio Spirits just released a set with 16 episodes.  74 are available in the OTRR library.  Not sure if there is overlap with any of these and the REPS offerings.

 

Rodney

 

On Feb 28, 2023, at 9:03 AM, Larry Maupin <lmaupin@...> wrote:

THE REPS LIBRARY CONTAINS ONLY FIVE EPISODES WITH THIS SERIES TITLE.  I DO NOT THINK THEY ARE AVAILABLE ANYWHERE ELSE. THE BEST PART ABOUTTHEM IS THAT EACH FEATURES A DOCTOR OR A PROFESSOR WHO IS ALSO A HOMICIDAL MANIAC. THIS   PROGRAM BEGINS WITH "TONIGHT THE CASE OF THE COLD-BLOODED PROFESSOR, PART 1..  BROUGHT TO YOU EACH TUESDAY AND THURSDAY BY PEPSI-COLA.  THE SETTING IS LIPTON, ILLINOIS, ON A COUNTRY ROAD HARDING STOPS TO SPEAK TO A FARMER.  HE ASKS HIM IF A PROFESSOR HOWARD WORKS AT A COLLEGE IN LIPTON.  THE FARMER REPLIES, "YES, HE'S A GENIUS WHO WRITES ARTICLES FOR A SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL. THE FARMER GRATUITOUSLY TELLS HIM THAT PROFESSOR HOWARD HAS A GOOD HOUSEKEEPED, BUT SHE IS HOMELY."

HARDING ARRIVES AT THE PROFESSOR'S HOME AND IS ADMITTED.  RECENTLY THE AMBERVILLE BANK WAS ROBBED OF MORE THAN $100,000.  THEN HARDING TELLS HOWARD THAT THE CAR THE CULPRIT WAS DRIVING WENT THROUGH A PUDDLE OF OIL,AND HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HIS.  HARDING THEN ARRESTS HIM ON A CHARGE OF BANK ROBBERY.  WHEN HOWARD RAISES HIS HANDS, IT TRIGGERS A GUNSHOT, AND HARDING FALLS DOWN WOUNDED.  THEN THE PROFESSOR TELLS HIS ASSISTANT "WE'RE LEAVING, PACK THE BAGS."  THEY TAKE HARDING, PRESUMED DEAD, IN THE CAR WITH THEM, AND HOWARD POISONS HIS ASSISTANT WITH A CANDY BAR BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHAT HOWARD REALLY LOOKS LIKE WITHOUT A DISGUISE.  SOME TIME LATER HARDING MIRACULOUSLY SHOWS UP AT HOWARD'S EMPTY HOUSE TO INVESTIGATE.  HARDING THEN VISITS A LOCAL DOCTOR AND LEARNS THAT HOWARD HAS A SEVERE CASE OF PEPTIC ULCERS CAUSED BY A VERY HIGH-STRUNG NERVOUS CONDITION.  HOWARD TAKES BISMUTH POWDERS FOR HIS ULCERS.  THEN HOWARD ROBS A LOCAL BANK OF $130,000. HOWARD THEN TAKES PICTURES OF EVERYONE IN THE BANK, INCLUDING TWO UNSUSPECTING POLICE OFFICERS.  THE HOME OFFICE IN WASHINGTON THEN INFORMS HARDING THAT A DRUGGIST EXPECTS HOWARD TO ARRIVE IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS TO PICK UP HIS BISMUTH POWDER.  HARDING THEN BOARDS A PLANE, HOPING TO BE AT THE DRUGSTORE BEFORE HOWARD ARRIVES.  A GIRL FROM THE BANK NAMED GILDA LEAVES WITH HOWARD AND MOVES IN WITH HIM.  THE EPISODE CONCLUDES WITH THE ANNOUNCER STATING THAT NEXT WEEK PART 2 OF 'THE COLD=BLOODED PROFESSOR' WILL BE PRESENTED.  THEN 'PEPSI-COLA PRESENTS COUNTERSPY.
.  .  .    
--
Larry Maupin


Karl Schadow
 

Not yet, still working on 1950s episodes.


From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> on behalf of Scott Mahan <scott@...>
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2023 11:05 AM
To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY
 

When you did this research, did you find any evidence to date or provide official titles to the “Maisie the Barfly” and “Flanagan Sisters Corn Syrup” episodes? I’ve always thought it odd that they are “homeless”.

 

From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> On Behalf Of Karl Schadow
Sent: Monday, March 6, 2023 9:50 PM
To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY

 

Do not know what episodes Radio Spirits has at the moment. The log is compiled from scripts, audio, etc.

 

 


From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> on behalf of Scott Mahan <scott@...>
Sent: Monday, March 6, 2023 3:26 PM
To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY

 

Does that mean that Radio Spirits actually has the last four that you list, which to my knowledge are not circulating episodes, and we’ll perhaps see them in a second David Harding, Counterspy release in the future?

07/19/49   Beefy Buyer

07/21/49   Department Store Racket

07/26/49   Adopted City

07/28/49   Danish Courier

 

From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> On Behalf Of Karl Schadow
Sent: Monday, March 6, 2023 12:47 PM
To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY

 

Correct, all of those shows were aired in the spring/early summer of 1949 per the log below

 

May 1949 through July 1949

05/03/49   Blackmailed Hijacker

05/05/49   Murmured Millions

05/10/49   Statue of Death

05/12/49   Desert Explosion

05/17/49   Bouncing Bank Robber

05/19/49   Murdering Messenger

05/24/49   Cold-Blooded Professor Part 1

05/26/49   Cold-Blooded Professor Part 2

05/31/49   Arrogant Arsonist

06/02/49   Courageous Come-on

06/07/49   Flatbush Fagin

06/09/49   Hot Car Killer

06/14/49   Postal Pirates Part 1

06/16/49   Postal Pirates Part 2

06/21/49   Visiting Vultures

06/23/49   Vicious Visitor

06/28/49   Sweepstakes Murders

06/30/49   Genuine Counterfeits

07/05/49   Society Swindlers

07/07/49   High Class Hijacker

07/12/49   Photographed Furrier

07/14/49   International Intrigue

07/19/49   Beefy Buyer

07/21/49   Department Store Racket

07/26/49   Adopted City

07/28/49   Danish Courier  


From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> on behalf of Scott Mahan <scott@...>
Sent: Friday, March 3, 2023 3:51 PM
To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY

 

Well, I didn’t say what we had was right, just that it matched something, so it wasn’t totally made up.

This was an ABC series (at that point), not syndicated, so there should be a definitive broadcast date.

And scripts are usually the best evidence.            

Thus, you have to wonder where Goldin (and Neyhart also) got those dates. I suppose we should ask them.

But, if these episodes really do belong in the spring, and not the fall, then 6 of them are part of a string of 16 chained together by trailer promo’s announcing the next episode. In which case, all 16 belong in the spring, not the fall.

Did you, perhaps, research that also?

 

From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> On Behalf Of Karl Schadow
Sent: Friday, March 3, 2023 12:09 PM
To: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY

 

I performed the research and wrote the liner notes for the Radio Spirits set. The episode titles and dates were culled from the AS BROADCAST scripts. 

 

A log for this program is being prepared which will be sent to Brian upon its completion.

 

Karl

 

 


From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> on behalf of Scott Mahan <scott@...>
Sent: Friday, March 3, 2023 12:22 PM
To:
main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io>
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY

 

I ordered the Radio Sprits set, just to see.

And, actually, we have those 7 episodes, we just disagree with the dates.

Our dates agree with Goldin.

 

07_counterspy_05-10-49_the_statue_of_death.mp3

Statue of Death

8/16/1949

387

MP3

29:09:00

26.7 MB

08_counterspy_05-12-49_the_desert_explosion.mp3

Desert Explosion

8/18/1949

388

MP3

29:21:00

26.9 MB

09_counterspy_05-17-49_the_bouncing_bank_robber.mp3

Bouncing Bank Robber

8/23/1949

389

MP3

29:15:00

26.8 MB

10_counterspy_05-19-49_the_murdering_messenger.mp3

Murdering Messenger

8/25/1949

390

MP3

29:14:00

26.8 MB

11_counterspy_05-24-49_the_cold_blooded_professor_part_1.mp3

Cold Blooded Professor Pt1

8/30/1949

391

MP3

29:37:00

27.1 MB

12_counterspy_05-26-49_the_cold_blooded_professor_part_2.mp3

Cold Blooded Professor Pt2

9/1/1949

392

MP3

29:32:00

27 MB

13_counterspy_07-14-49_the_international_intrigue.mp3

Case of the International Intrigue, The

10/20/1949

406

MP3

29:37:00

27.1 MB

 

 

From: main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io <main@OldTimeRadioResearchers.groups.io> On Behalf Of Rodney Bowcock
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2023 8:31 AM
To: main@oldtimeradioresearchers.groups.io
Subject: Re: [OldTimeRadioResearchers] DAVID HARDING, COUNTERSPY

 

7 episodes on the new Radio Spirits set are not available from OTRR and are not listed in the collections of either Jerry Haendiges or David Goldin.

 

5/10/49, 5/12/49, 5/17/49, 5/19/49, 5/24/49, 5/26/49, 7/14/49

 

Rodney

 

On Feb 28, 2023, at 9:21 AM, Rodney Bowcock via groups.io <rodsterrific@...> wrote:

Radio Spirits just released a set with 16 episodes.  74 are available in the OTRR library.  Not sure if there is overlap with any of these and the REPS offerings.

 

Rodney

 

On Feb 28, 2023, at 9:03 AM, Larry Maupin <lmaupin@...> wrote:

THE REPS LIBRARY CONTAINS ONLY FIVE EPISODES WITH THIS SERIES TITLE.  I DO NOT THINK THEY ARE AVAILABLE ANYWHERE ELSE. THE BEST PART ABOUTTHEM IS THAT EACH FEATURES A DOCTOR OR A PROFESSOR WHO IS ALSO A HOMICIDAL MANIAC. THIS   PROGRAM BEGINS WITH "TONIGHT THE CASE OF THE COLD-BLOODED PROFESSOR, PART 1..  BROUGHT TO YOU EACH TUESDAY AND THURSDAY BY PEPSI-COLA.  THE SETTING IS LIPTON, ILLINOIS, ON A COUNTRY ROAD HARDING STOPS TO SPEAK TO A FARMER.  HE ASKS HIM IF A PROFESSOR HOWARD WORKS AT A COLLEGE IN LIPTON.  THE FARMER REPLIES, "YES, HE'S A GENIUS WHO WRITES ARTICLES FOR A SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL. THE FARMER GRATUITOUSLY TELLS HIM THAT PROFESSOR HOWARD HAS A GOOD HOUSEKEEPED, BUT SHE IS HOMELY."

HARDING ARRIVES AT THE PROFESSOR'S HOME AND IS ADMITTED.  RECENTLY THE AMBERVILLE BANK WAS ROBBED OF MORE THAN $100,000.  THEN HARDING TELLS HOWARD THAT THE CAR THE CULPRIT WAS DRIVING WENT THROUGH A PUDDLE OF OIL,AND HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS HIS.  HARDING THEN ARRESTS HIM ON A CHARGE OF BANK ROBBERY.  WHEN HOWARD RAISES HIS HANDS, IT TRIGGERS A GUNSHOT, AND HARDING FALLS DOWN WOUNDED.  THEN THE PROFESSOR TELLS HIS ASSISTANT "WE'RE LEAVING, PACK THE BAGS."  THEY TAKE HARDING, PRESUMED DEAD, IN THE CAR WITH THEM, AND HOWARD POISONS HIS ASSISTANT WITH A CANDY BAR BECAUSE HE KNOWS WHAT HOWARD REALLY LOOKS LIKE WITHOUT A DISGUISE.  SOME TIME LATER HARDING MIRACULOUSLY SHOWS UP AT HOWARD'S EMPTY HOUSE TO INVESTIGATE.  HARDING THEN VISITS A LOCAL DOCTOR AND LEARNS THAT HOWARD HAS A SEVERE CASE OF PEPTIC ULCERS CAUSED BY A VERY HIGH-STRUNG NERVOUS CONDITION.  HOWARD TAKES BISMUTH POWDERS FOR HIS ULCERS.  THEN HOWARD ROBS A LOCAL BANK OF $130,000. HOWARD THEN TAKES PICTURES OF EVERYONE IN THE BANK, INCLUDING TWO UNSUSPECTING POLICE OFFICERS.  THE HOME OFFICE IN WASHINGTON THEN INFORMS HARDING THAT A DRUGGIST EXPECTS HOWARD TO ARRIVE IN LESS THAN TWO HOURS TO PICK UP HIS BISMUTH POWDER.  HARDING THEN BOARDS A PLANE, HOPING TO BE AT THE DRUGSTORE BEFORE HOWARD ARRIVES.  A GIRL FROM THE BANK NAMED GILDA LEAVES WITH HOWARD AND MOVES IN WITH HIM.  THE EPISODE CONCLUDES WITH THE ANNOUNCER STATING THAT NEXT WEEK PART 2 OF 'THE COLD=BLOODED PROFESSOR' WILL BE PRESENTED.  THEN 'PEPSI-COLA PRESENTS COUNTERSPY.
.  .  .    
--
Larry Maupin