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The Old-Time Radio Digest!
Volume 2004 : Issue 143
A Part of the [removed]!
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ISSN: 1533-9289
Today's Topics:
GANG BUSTERS case files [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
The [removed] Old Time Radio Arc [ Roger Lorette <webmaster@cyber49er. ]
Bold Venture [ "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@hotm ]
Superman [ "Walden Hughes" <hughes1@[removed]; ]
Bold Venture [ <welsa@[removed]; ]
Dope! [ Max Schmid <mschmid@[removed]; ]
Marijuana [ "Jim Harmon" <jimharmonotr@charter. ]
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 18:40:47 -0400
From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: GANG BUSTERS case files
I have a list of criminals who were dramatized on radio's GANG BUSTERS and
although I have some material about the broadcasts, I find I have little
about their true-life crimes. (I figured there are people on this Digest
who can help with a few of these . . . ) I tried google searches and came
up with nothing, so I'm posting this list to see if any knowledgeable
experts out there can help me fill in a little bit of trivia. I figure
someone has some reference sources, encyclopedias or sources nearby that
could help.
I apologize for the list being a little long (tried to cut it down a bit)
and many as you'll notice are only last names cause I don't have the first
name. (I have the ficticious name GANG BUSTERS used but this is as close as
I have come to the real names.)
I am willing to pay money (literally) for each and every mystery that can be
solved. I just need to know the full name (if their last name is the only
thing listed) and what their crime was in some detail so I can list the true
events. Example: For the criminal Hiram Prather, I was able to compile
this:
About 10:45 [removed], on Sunday, August 10, 1941, four prisoners armed with
homemade knives attempted to break out of the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in
McAlester. The prisoners were Roy McGee, Claude Beaver, and Bill Anderson,
all convicted armed robbers, and Hiram Prather, who was serving a life
sentence for murder. The escape attempt failed and Prather was the only
prisoner to survive his wounds. He died in Oklahoma's electric chair on
July 14, 1943.
Of course, I don't need anything that large unless it's available but like I
mentioned, I'm willing to pay for each one found so anyone looking for a
little extra money, here's an opportunity.
My deadline is the 5th of May so time is of the essence.
Many thanks!
Martin Grams, Jr.
mmargrajr@[removed]
August Patterson, has something to do with the Golden Exchange bank
Clifford McKissick, bank robber
Bo Epstein
"Bum" Rogers
Merle Vandenbush, robbed banks with Harry Brunette
Vincent De Aouan (might be Aovan), also known as "The Gentleman Bandit"
Arthur, Hollywood and Neal, three Seattle, Washington safe crackers
Herman Sadler
Dan Heady
Clyde Stevens
The Gibson Gang (with two men named Gibson and Runyon)
Eddie Linehan
The Norris Gang
Frank Tesciano
Lawrence C. Rea
Willie Mason (not to be confused with Willie Sutton)
Robert Cornette
Pla, Crone and Daly, three men who collaborated in a life of crime
Jervis Jennings
Bad Bill Bagley
Arthur Barry
Haynie Liddell
Tarantino and Langille, two men involved with the Six Pins Arsons Case
The Bird Brothers Gang
Idzi Rutowski
DePasquale and Catalano, two men involved in crime
Howard and Bradshaw, same as above
Power and Dickens, same as above
Stephen Sumen, once documented in an article for Scribner circa 1937-39
Jim Clark, also known as Oklahoma Jack, famed bank robber
John Schrocki
Leo "Bad Eye" Zalutsky
Man named Kameatses, involved with the Guberif Arson Case
John Christopher Abele
Green and St. Sauveur, one of these two men was known as the Beanpole Bandit
Margie Dean
Fogleman and Napier, two men involved in crime
McCarthy and Korte, two men involved in crime
Bitus, Adams and Berger, three men involved in crime together
Kelly and Huffman, two men involved in crime
Chiapanno and Cameron, two men involved in crime
Dando Davis
Gerald Peabody, notorious Maryland criminal
John Clark, safe cracker
Salvador Mancuso
Oley and Geary, two men involved in crime
Irving Charles Chapman
Jesse Wendell, California killer
Jimmy O'Connor
Moulthrope, Lalone and Landry, three men in a life of crime
George Slade
Joe Vigoroux
Harry Wells
Tom Slaughter - I know there was an article about this criminal entitled
"Outlaw Tom Slaughter: Even His Name Spelled Death" by Ken Butler in the
Fall 1995 issue of the Oklahombres Journal but I cannot get a copy of that
article.
Bobby Horn
Virgil Harris, bank bandit-killer
Booth and Montgomery, two men involved in crime
Dawson and Garner, two safe crackers who worked together, one had three
fingers
Joseph Parent, Michigan bad man
Meredith and Couch, two men involved in crime
A man nicknamed "Nick the Arsenal"
Francis Haines
Cecil Salter
Ben Cook, man who joined Willie Sutton's gang for a time
Earl Sears
Raisin and Pyle, two men involved in crime
Leland Harvey
Forrest Turner
Dick Williams
Ralph Briggs
Slim Gibson
Gant and Hunt, two men involved in crime
Dorothy Stirrat, also known as Madame Lady Finger. Was an article about her
in the June 1951 issue of Coronet but I have not been able to get a copy of
the article.
Cross and Russell, two men involved in crime
"Skip" Baker
Stetcko and Byra, two men involved in crime
William La Trasse
Cliff "Kip" Harback
Brown and Castleman, two men involved in crime
Charlene O'Neil
Edward McNamara
Stephen Weinberg, who operated a draft dodging school
Joe Hanley and his associates, Egan and Harpin
Robert White
Raymond Pierce and associate McMahon, Philadelphia masterminds
Walter Pelka
Clyde Nimerick
Willie DuPont
Michael Cirese
William E. Brown
Felker and Mercer, two men involved in crime
Fred Schmidt
Leonard Zalutsky
Joseph Dunbar Medley
Singer and Fauls, two men involved in crime
Ralph Grecco
Willy DeNormand
The notorious Joe McCann and his syndicate, and his associate Quinn
Sanley Matysek and John Rob Uckele, two men involved in crime
Jennings and Windmayer, two men involved in crime
Drake, Motari and Ward, three men involved in crime
Carl Hopper
Ed Davis
man known as LaNacha
The Lolli Gang
Man named Ruane, a liquor hi-jacker
Walter Freisleben
Phil Chadwick
Joseph Paul Cretzer
Neff and Howell, two men involved in crime
Wilson and Schwartz, two men involved in crime
Jack Robert Purdom
John L. Collier
The Siegel Kidnapping
Paternoster, a New Jersey counterfeiter
Joe Fletcher
Ralph Oliver and his kid brother Laut
Man named Bellisano, known as the leader of The Sedan Gang
Ray Ernest
Frenchy Martin
Almeida and Smith, two men involved in crime
Clinton Bolin
Craig and Motes, two men involved in crime
Deutsch and Pezzopane, both men wanted by the FBI
Turley and Wasson, two men involved in crime
Ames and Emrick, two men involved in crime
Miller, Florence and Cooper, two men involved in crime
George Bedwell and partner Hibdon
Graham and Earp, two men involved in crime
Robert Bertram
Joseph Blaich
Kline, Andrews and Johnson, three men involved in crime
Schellhammer and cummings, two men involved in crime
William Duble
Nick Welaka
James and William Young
Hugo Hedin
Heimi and Maloney, two men involved in crime
Mansfield, Henley and Yates, three men involved in crime
Close, Moran and Mann, three men involved in crime
May, Aker and Brown, three men involved in crime
Lloyd Sampsell, in charge of a Los Angeles robbery ring
Ralph Webster
Lindstrom and Corrigan, two men involved in crime
William J. Andrews, Jr.
Holly, Dickson and McPeak, three men involved in crime
Amato, DiPasquale and Grumshaw, three men involved in crime
Philpott and Maness, two men involved in crime
Henry Clay Tollett
Gump and Stumbough, two men involved in crime
Prine and Abel, two men involved in crime
Thomas Gunn
Hensley and McCallister, two men involved in crime
Brown and Dolan, two men involved in crime
Nash, Cornelius and Peredoe, three men involved in crime
Grambo, Cuckler and Marchand, three men involved in crime
Jack Doyle
Miller, Papiese and Bentley, three men involved in crime in Illinois
Berard and Buteau, three men involved in crime in Connecticut
Pearsall and Bradley, two men involved in crime in Kansas
Roy Dimock, criminal activities in California
McNeal, Young, Manning and Brown, criminal activities in Missouri
Darrel D. Lawson, criminal activities in Colorado
Goodford and Juryla, two men who robbed banks in New Jersey
Martinelli, Cucco, O'Keefe and Greenberg, criminal activities in New York
Meltzer and Cooper, criminal activities in Michigan
The Austin Brothers
Kingsland and Endsley, criminal activities in Oregon
Attilio Montanarella, criminal activities in New York
Terilliger and Homan, known as the Barber Gang in California
The Ransom Brothers who terrorized South and North Dakota
Turvey and White, criminal activities in Kentucky and North Carolina
Collett, Beson and Barlow, criminal activities in Maryland
Lee Johnson
Taylor, Hughey and McIlrath, criminal activities in Cameron, Washington
Able, Noble and Hodges, criminal activities in Virginia
John Zaharias, [removed] The Economos Murder. California
Rheuark, Williams, Dyer and Eaton, criminal activities in Arkansas
Elias, Moyer and Clark, three men who committed crimes together
Fred Wilson
David Blackwell
Fairfield, Hagl, and Hansen, three men in a life of crime together
Chase, Rainey, Stuart and Smith, four men in a life of crime together
Kuhnhausen and Williams, two men in a life of crime
Peters and Vierling, two men in a life of crime
Leroy B. McManaman
Fred Whitaker
Garland and Yaney, the The Hurrachas Gang, California
Goleman and Leviness, two men in a life of crime in Texas
Whaley, Evans and Dawson, three men in a life of crime
Piech, Bergamin and Wilson, three men involved in crime together
Skiliman, Jackson and Rickett, three men involved in crime together
Pekum and Collins, two men involved in crime together in California
Williamson, Martin and Ciesilski, three men involved in crime together in
South Carolina
Hathcock, Ward and Barnett, three men involved in crime together in Oklahoma
Leather, Maroe and Noll, three men involved in crime together
McGhee, Jones and Meyer, three men involved in crime together
The Rothermel Brothers
Reed, Esson and Muncy, three men involved in crime together in Ohio
Ariaz, Meza and Cabrera, three men involved in crime together
Skally and Sferas, two men in crime
Smith and Yewell, two men in crime
Powerll, Ask and Fairris, three men involved in crime together
Dauer and Hutchins, two men involved in crime together
Rondeau and Tolisano, two men involved in crime together
Mackie and Fugger, two men worked in crime together in Kansas and Michigan
Papalio, Spilotto and Frazbotto, three men who worked in crime together
Meppin, Winnik and Strokowski, three men worked in crime together
Shennault, Alexander and Anderson, three men worked in crime together
Reese, Wren and Reid, three men worked in crime together
D'Arcy, Langdon and Hyder, three men worked in crime together
Charles Edgar Cory
Agard and Simo, two men worked in crime together
Hildebrandt and La Plante, two men worked in crime together
The Robert Barberg Gang
Richard L. Dunn
Robert Bondurant
Smirl and Vidrios, two men worked in crime together
Phillips, Malloy and Geter, three men worked in crime together
Carl de Wolf
Wallace and Miller, two men worked in crime together
Kenney, Pendergraft and Gorden, three men worked in crime together
Firestone and Dugan, two men worked in crime together
Roy Blankenship.
Richard K. Franklin.
Young, Smock and Young, three men worked in crime together
Basil Mann, Rufus McCain and a man named Bones
Daniels, McKeag and Saunders, three men worked in crime together
Schoepflin and Baker, two men worked in crime together
Elesio J. Mares
Theodore Green
Simmons and Staley, two men worked in crime together
Power and King, two men worked in crime together
Rudy Long.
Martin and Isgrigg, two men worked in crime together
Polland and Rydstrom, two men worked in crime together
Bezoojan and Hanni, two men worked in crime together
Bay and Donnell, two men worked in crime together
Brown and Vaszorich, two men worked in crime together
John R. Cooke
Smith and Venditti, two men worked in crime together
Tryanowski and McCarthy, two men worked in crime together
Boyd and Van Winkle, two men worked in crime together
Louis and James Shaw.
Lombard and Nichols, two men worked in crime together
Dupree and Samuels, two men worked in crime together.
Connors and Tolliver, two men worked in crime together.
Nelson and Jordan, two men worked in crime together.
Searce and Keaton, two men worked in crime together.
Banich and Knight, two men worked in crime together.
Nelson, Lazzaro and Rafferty, three men worked in crime together.
Stroud, Porter and Davis, three men worked in crime together
Marshall Griffin.
Juelich and Larson, two men worked in crime together
Correa and Mathews, two men worked in crime together.
Tucker and Bellew, two men worked in crime together.
Barker and Anderson, two men worked in crime together.
Woodruff and Yoderi, two men worked in crime together
Eddie Lyons
Sal Perotta
Mickey Train
Chris Slade
Carl Rood
Bimmy Rvers
Harry Riss
Arthur "Blackie" Blachbohn
Whitey Bell
Shadd Gary
Chick Berry
Adam Givens
Walter "Buck" Lace
Pete Mercurio
Adolph Zintero
Breezy Catero
Fred Martin
Edge and Waters, two men worked in crime together
Carl Dayle
Walter Gurge
Deke Funella
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 18:47:45 -0400
From: Roger Lorette <webmaster@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: The [removed] Old Time Radio Archive
In mid-january the Cyber49er Old Time Radio website experienced a major crash
resulting in the loss of all of the nearly 300 web page files. At the time I
also realized that my complete backup on a different drive was also gone. So
the site has been down ever since.
Now the great news. Last week I purchased one of those USB external hard
drive cases in order to start making use of another hard drive that I had
lying around. After hooking it up I joyfully discovered that the old drive
had another backup copy of the archive files! An older [removed] 2 years
[removed] a copy none-the-less.
I have now patched together the files and content and have the archive back
online at it's usual address [removed] .
Since the outage notice page was getting about 500 hits a day I can safely
assume that there is still interest in the site. For those who have
patiently visited waiting for the archive to return, your wait is over.
Roger Lorette
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 18:49:20 -0400
From: "Martin Grams, Jr." <mmargrajr@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Bold Venture
Kenneth Clarke asked:
I have a few questions about the OTR program known as "Bold Venture", which
starred
Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Was it ever a movie? Who sponsored the
OTR version?
How long was it on the air?
BOLD VENTURE was a syndicated series consisting of 52 episodes, produced by
the ZIV company. The ZIV company was responsible for creating a large
number of radio programs and later, television programs. Instead of being
broadcast live, the studio purposely produced programs on transcription so
they could be aired at different times on different days of the week,
depending on the convenience of the radio schedule. This BOLD VENTURE could
be heard in Southern Georgia around 9 pm on Saturday nights, while the show
could be heard in northern New York on Wednesday afternoons. Because it was
syndicated, there really is no one-sponsor for the program. local sponsors
paid for ad time since each episode ran a total of 25 or 26 minutes,
allowing for 4 or 5 minutes of commercial space.
The series was never made into a movie. ZIV took advantage of having
real-life husband and wife team Bogart and Bacall as the stars of the
series. (Though the series did found the format for ZIV's later television
series, SEA HUNT. Watch the TV show and listen to the radio show and you'll
see a comparison.) BOLD VENTURE was done on television for a VERY brief
run, some episodes float about in collector circulation and usually can be
purchased from collectors (bootleg! whoa!)
52 episodes means one year, but the order of which the episodes were
broadcast varies from station to station. Only a number of episodes exist
thanks to the fact that the program was originally transcribed, but if
anyone has any "off-the-air" recordings, chances are those would have some
sort of local commercials and would be worth listening to . . .
Martin Grams, Jr.
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 18:50:10 -0400
From: "Walden Hughes" <hughes1@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Superman
Hi Everybody,
I need some help. I receive a telephone call from a listener asking me what
is the value of a 1938 CD paper premium of Superman. He told me that he has
is name written on it but it is in good shape. Take care,
Walden Hughes
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 20:26:32 -0400
From: <welsa@[removed];
To: "OTR Digest" <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Bold Venture
I'm not aware of a movie called Bold Venture. But in 1959 there was a
one-season TV version starring Dane Clark and Joan Marshall.
Ted
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 20:26:53 -0400
From: Max Schmid <mschmid@[removed];
To: [removed]@[removed]
Subject: Dope!
At 06:47 PM 4/23/04, you wrote:
MARIHUANA on old-time radio [ "Martin Grams, Jr."
<mmargrajr@hotm ]
Sergeant Tetaglia: what was this pro [ "Matthew Bullis"
<matthewbullis@run ]
One answer for two posts! The series that Matthew is looking for is
Broadway Is My Beat (or is it Broadway's My Beat as Jerry lists
it???) There are about a hundred or more episodes around, and it is one of
my favorites.
Another favorite topic of mine is DOPE ON THE RADIO (must have been the
permissive days of my youth!). It seems that this archive is looking for
more than marijuana shows, judging from the list.
There was one on Broadway is My Beat that isn't on their list:
6/30/51 The Boy's Club (Muggles story!) with Dick Crenna
If I hadn't destroyed my brain back in the sixties, I'm sure dozens of
other examples would pop up. How about "Speed" by Arch Oboler?
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Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 21:14:40 -0400
From: "Jim Harmon" <jimharmonotr@[removed];
To: <[removed]@[removed];
Subject: Marijuana
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I remember -- remember only, no tapes, no listing -- an episode of a show
called "Hot Copy" about a female newspaper reporter investigating the
marijuana racket. The dealer caught her, put her in a room which he flooded
with marijuana fumes, strong enough to "kill her" (allegedly).
However, she survived by drinking water which counteracted the fumes. She
didn't inhale, but she did swallow.
-- Jim Harmon
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