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Jun 2025
37m 26s

The Falcon: The Case of the Broken Key (...

Adam Graham|Old Time Radio Detective Host
About this episode
Today's Mystery:Mike Waring finds himself on the opposite side of a beautiful Communist spy on the hunt for a party member who fled to Casablanca.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 27, 1952

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Ann Shepherd

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