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It's radio noir at its best! Raymond Chandler's hardboiled private detective digs into the dark underbelly of postwar Los Angeles in 20 tense radio mysteries. Gerald Mohr stars as Philip Marlowe, following the clues and plot twists through tales of suicide and secrets, death bed confessions and the old double cross, the missing and the murdered.

Doses of concentrated thrills and pure, raw excitement are delivered directly on the heels of the most explosive musical theme in radio - a crashing rendition of Mussorgsky's "Night On Bald Mountain". Produced and directed by William N. Robson, Norman MacDonnell, and Antony Ellis - and featuring stories by Rudyard Kipling, Ambrose Bierce, and more - Escape is capable of chilling spines as expertly as it accelerates heartbeats.

A newspaperman of the people, by the people, and for the people - that's Randy Stone of the Chicago Star, pounding the city streets night after night on the trail of crime, corruption, and haunting human interest stories! Frank Lovejoy stars as Stone in these 16 digitally restored and remastered episodes from 1950. Sheldon Leonard, Joan Banks, William Conrad, Lurene Tuttle, Gerald Mohr, Betty Lou Gerson, Bill Johnstone, and more portray the complex characters in his intriguing adventures.

Always handy with a pack of gum - and a set of keys that allowed him entry to any premises at will - Lt. Lou Dana had a reputation for playing rough. Relying on uniformed officers, police photographers, and the beloved "lab boys", he often apprehended the killers singlehandedly...and at great personal peril.

Classic thrills and unforgettable chills are drawn from the pages of literary mysteries. Draw the curtains, dim the lights, close your eyes, and enter The Weird Circle! With stories adapted from the works of unquestioned masters of the Gothic genre by top radio talent, you'll go from shiver to shake with every episode.