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Charlie Chan

9 episodes · 1945–1950 · Syndicated, ABC · Detective

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Earl Derr Biggers's detective on the radio. Most of these come from the 1950 Australian series made for Grace Gibson's syndication, with William Rees as Charlie Chan; one is from the 1945 ABC series with Santos Ortega.

Sources: RadioGOLDINdex

Episodes

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1945

• The Case of the Marching Ants July 26, 1945 · ABC · 15 min
  Charlie and his Number One Son look into the murder of Sam Brighton and become the killer's next targets. A line of marching ants leads to a body.

1950

• The Case of the Romantic Engineer January 21, 1950 · Syndicated · 26 min
  A counterfeiter kidnaps Charlie's Number One Son, and Charlie beats the gang with a recording and a skeleton key.
• The Escaped Musician February 25, 1950 · Syndicated · 24 min
  A young violinist, forced to stand lookout during a burglary, gets caught up in a murder. Charlie helps him escape, and then turns the tables on him.
• The Frightened Shroff April 1, 1950 · Syndicated · 27 min
  After the police shoot a young man, his mother pays off his debts, or thinks she does: the money went to a crooked moneylender.
• The Telltale Hands April 8, 1950 · Syndicated · 28 min
  A house burglar has his blind teenage daughter describe the houses he plans to rob.
• The Fiery Santa Claus December 16, 1950 · Syndicated · 27 min
  At Christmas, a young man buys four lockets for four different women, and Charlie wants to know why.
• The Man Who Murdered Santa Claus December 23, 1950 · Syndicated · 26 min
  A rich man is throwing a Christmas party for orphans, and the actor hired to play Santa Claus is found murdered.

Undated

• The Murder of Deacon Jessup Syndicated · 13 min
  A crook known as the Deacon is found knifed in a run-down hotel. Only the first thirteen minutes survive.
• Murder in Cabin 15 Syndicated · 15 min