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Calling All Cars

Calling All Cars is an old-time radio police drama in the United States. It was broadcast on the CBS West Coast network and on the Mutual-Don Lee Network November 29, 1933 - September 8, 1939 and carried by transcription on stations in other areas. The program was notable for being one of the first police dramas on radio.

This recording is part of the Old Time Radio collection.

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Chapters

Burma White Case

28:26

York Gang Holdup

30:11

The Human Bomb

29:36

Cookie Vejar Killing

28:00

Missing Mexican Sheiks

27:45

Caliente Money Car Holdup

28:20

The Steele Kidnapping

29:50

Case of the Three Grooved Bullets

30:29

Castor Oil Diamond Robbery

31:44

The Smashed Windshield

29:59

The Times Bombing Case

30:14

Killer Hudson

31:27

The Chloroform Murder

31:39

The Dillinger Case

31:20

The Spinoza Case

30:12

The Red Rose Girl

31:30

The Cut Rate Murder

32:14

Hammers in Honduras

30:59

Captain Courageous

34:08

Murder at Southgate

34:21

Little Phil Alquin

31:57

Gettle Kidnapping Case

32:33

Seven Words and a Fingerprint

31:20

Dinner Party Bandits

31:26

The Big Mail Robbery

30:42

Murder of a Soul

30:39

One of the Finest

29:43

Power and Light Holdup

30:29

July Fourth In a Radio Car

30:35

Fingerprints Don't Lie

30:30

Manchuko Dope Ring

30:22

Execution of Dillinger

31:03

Nitroglycerin Parson

30:41

Corpse in the Desert

30:43

Crooks Are Human Beings

30:22

You Can't Kill a Cop

32:08

Let the Sucker Pay

30:35

Marks on the Bedroom Screen

29:53

The Human Monkey

30:28

The Ruth Judd Case

32:30

Stop That Car

30:37

Skid Row Dope Ring

34:34

The Unwritten Law

34:13

One Way Ride

31:41

Trouser Cuff Clue

32:03

The Perfect Crime

32:20

Six Shots at Midnight

30:43

A Thousand Pieces of Paper

27:35

Death for a Diamond Ring

27:49

Sometimes People Aren't Murdered

28:14

Don't Get Chummy with a Watchman

30:31

A Cup of Coffee, Some Strychnine Too

29:59

Moving Picture Murder

29:50

Human Side of a Cop

29:13

Highlights of 1934

29:57

Crime Does Not Pay

29:09

Two Against Six

28:02

San Quentin Prison Break

28:03

Necking Party Murder

29:19

Banker in the Well

32:27

Remote Control Sleuth

36:07

Wreck of the Old Sixty Nine

32:08

California Two Man Crime Wave

32:40

Undercover Woman

32:33

Thou Shalt Not Kill

32:45

The Mae West Jewel Robber (re-dramatization)

30:44

Rhythm of the Jute Mill

32:35

Aborted Revolution

33:03

The Blonde Menace

33:30

Midnight Phantom

32:10

Wholesale Murder

37:07

Corpse in the Cellar

32:33

The Wilting Chrysanthemum

30:55

Murder in the Vineyard

30:55

The Hightower Case

32:23

Youth Rides Rough

30:39

The Innocent Bride

31:30

Hot Bonds

31:52

The Chinese Puzzle

31:20

Meet the Baron

31:26

Oakland Payroll Robbery

31:46

Murder by Blueprint

30:46

The Human Claw

30:48

Opium Den

30:53

Gun Drunk

29:45

Celestial Journey

33:17

Vegetable Market Murder

30:31

The Grinning Skull

30:33

Bad Dope

38:48

Black Vengeance

31:24

The Tunnel Bandits

31:09

Eighteen Days of Freedom

31:11

Hollywood Kidnapping

34:31

Escape

31:28

Fire! Fire! Fire!

31:47

Murder for Insurance

33:17

Lt Crowley Murder

30:10

The Murder Quartet

30:45

Catching the Loose Kid

31:31

Invitation to Murder

30:46

Bank Bandits and Bullets

32:25

Burglar Charges Collect

32:47

Paroled

31:00

Corpse by the Road

31:23

The Moran Jewelry Robbery

31:39

Ghost House

30:39

Death Under the Sajuaro

31:15

The Match Burglar

31:41

Corpse with a Face

33:27

Bull in the China Shop

31:29

Knives on the Barbary Coast

29:03

Young Dillinger

30:24

Murder in the Back Room

30:28

The Bloodstained Saw

30:16

Hundred Dollar Nightgown

30:49

Case of the June Bug

32:44

The San Rafael Gang

29:54

Think Before You Shoot

29:31

Crime vs Time

28:49

One Good Turn Deserves Another

29:44

Hang Me Please

31:11

Beer Bottle Murder

31:07

And a Little Child Shall Lead Them

31:48

Weather Clear - Track Fast

31:03

Seventy-Four Day Stakeout

31:24

Triple Cross

31:24

Throat That Didn't Bleed

31:10

Drive 'em off the Dock

31:10

Gold in Them Hills

31:59

Woman with the Stone Heart

28:36

Reefers by the Acre

27:37

Flaming Tick of Death

27:58

The Crimson Riddle

27:27

The Cockeyed Killer

28:27

Corpse in the Shack

27:56

Chance Meeting Murder

28:12

Opium and Dough Don't Mix

28:08

Missing Messenger

28:22

Body, Body Who's Got the Body

30:47

All That Glitters

28:20

Body in the Mine

28:23

Twenty Keys to Death

28:43

Verdugo Hills Murder

28:11

The September Killer

28:12

Hard to Kill

28:13

The Holy Twenty-One

28:42

Noblesse Oblige

28:43

Trap to Catch a Mailman

29:19

The Army Game

28:57

Murder in Room 9

28:55

Nine Years a Safecracker

28:53

The Corpse in the Red Necktie

28:49

Baby Dillinger Gang

29:36

The Fire Detective

28:27

The Criminal Policeman

29:52

Multiple Murders

29:43

Milk Bottle Murder

29:08

Fifty Cents for Life

29:55

Banks and Bribes

29:00

Curiosity Killed a Cat

30:06

Death Is Box Office

28:53

Dr Nitro

28:33

Whistling Snowbirds

30:53

The Laughing Killer

30:49

Ten Tortured Extortionists

30:21

Banker Bandit

30:44

The Honor Complex

29:03

Desertion Leads to Murder

28:52

Hit and Run Driver

28:29

Trial by Talkie

28:32

Double Cross

28:41

1937-04-07 - 176) Death in the Morning

29:20

Ransom Ring

29:12

Peg Leg Justice

30:19

Murder Week

28:46

Ice House Murder

29:01

John Doe #71

28:37

The Turk Burglars

28:46

Disappearing Scar

28:57

Cinder Dick

29:01

The Man Who Lost His Face

29:18

The Bamboo Snake

29:09

Desperate Choice

38:25

COT Perfumed Cigarette Lighter

28:55

Kidnapped

29:38

Man Overboard

29:30

Alibi

28:27

Bottle Trouble

29:19

Broken Xylophone

29:47

The Manila Envelopes

28:50

True Confession

30:51

The Criminal Returns

29:41

Case of the One Pound Note

29:27

Tobaccoville Road

29:46

Murder in Basin Street

31:46

The Bone Button

28:58

The Crimson Crusader

29:13

Sirens in the Night

29:47

The Two Edged Knife

28:53

Death in the Forenoon

29:09

The Bloodstained Coin

29:11

People vs O'Brien

30:46

The Phantom Radio

29:00

Rhythm of the Wheels

29:24

The Bad Man

30:02

The Flat Nosed Pliers

30:08

Skeleton in the Desert

36:02

The General Kills at Dawn

32:22

The Shanghai Jester

28:53

Sands of the Desert

28:52

The Buccaneer

27:55

Swing Low Sweet Chariot

29:04

The Tilted Pan

29:27

Trail of the Numbered Bills

29:12

History of Dallas Eagan

30:03

Flight from Freedom

30:15

Homicidal Hobo

30:36

The Drunken Sailor

30:04

The Broken Motel

31:57

Death in the Moonlight

30:11

The Peroxide Blond

29:58

The Long Bladed Knife

30:49

Murder with Mushrooms

31:00

The Pink Nosed Pig

30:45

The Roving Robbers

29:56

Murder at Midnight

31:00

The Pattering Parrot

28:13

The Bloodstained Shoe

29:40

The King's Ransom

29:49

Muerte En Buenaventura

30:09

The Greasy Trail

29:17

The Turtle Necked Murderer

29:47

The 25th Stamp

30:04

The Incorrigible Youth

29:12

The Big Shot

29:56

The Kalsomined Kar

29:25

The Man Who Talked

29:08

A Murder Has Been Arranged

29:24

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Parker

29:47

Murder on Eddy Street

28:47

I Asked for It

28:50

The Unbroken Spirit

29:31

The Thirteenth Grave

29:56

The Artful Dodger

27:52

Murder on the Left

27:54

The Embroidered Slip

29:04

The Black Cat

28:25

The Barking Dog

29:34

The Blond Paper Hanger

29:07

The Abandoned Bricks

29:30

The Swollen Face

29:11

The Portuguese Crooner

31:20

The Glass Gun

20:48

The Four Lead Slugs

30:11

The Rasping Voice

29:47

The Blind Man's Bluff

32:10

The Poisoning Jezebel

30:18

December Rhapsody

29:34

Murder at Sundown

29:15

Three Faces West

28:53

The Grass Skirt

30:41

The Silver Cord

30:19

The Azure Ring

29:49

The Baker's Bride

29:53

The Careless Caretaker

29:46

The Green Sedan

29:47

The Bloodstained Wrench

29:29

The Unconquerable Mrs Shuttle

30:09

The Lesson in Loot

29:42

The Twenty Dollar Bill

29:41

Flight in the Desert

29:12

The Hunted Man

30:07

The Rope Bound Trunk

32:39

The Man Who Walked Like an Ape

32:46

Death in the Canyon

33:30

The Bitter Wine

31:00

The Man Who Ran Away

31:11

Gospel of Brother Ned

31:40

You Can Cheat an Honest Man

31:28

Murder at Sunset

31:57

The Bloodstained Car

32:07

Plague of the Black Locust

31:14

The Old Grad Returns

31:26

Man with the Injured Knee

29:16

In the Still of the Night

30:48

The Wired Wrists

30:21

The Wicked Flea

29:43

The Squealing Rat

29:07

The 26th Wife

28:56

The Teardrop Charm

30:01

Body on the Promenade Deck

30:47

The Missing Guns

31:38

Man with the Iron Pipes

30:43

The 10th Commandment

30:19

Six of a Kind

34:51

Murder in the Morning

29:52