Theater of the Mind

Counterspy

63 episodes · 1942–1953 · ABC, NBC, Blue Network, Mutual · Adventure

Illustration: a transcription disc label made for Radio Days, not an original disc

Phillips H. Lord's spy series followed David Harding, chief of the United States Counterspies, played by Don MacLaughlin, with Mandel Kramer as his aide Peters. It fought Nazi agents during the war and smugglers and Communist spies after it, on the Blue Network, ABC, NBC and Mutual.

Sources: RadioGOLDINdex

Episodes

Tap a year to see its episodes, then a title to play it on Radio Days.

19425 episodes

Cherchez la Femme (1942) June 8, 1942 · Blue Network · 30 min
A Washington businessman who betrayed his country is driven to suicide by a woman enemy agent.
The Case of the Border Invaders June 22, 1942 · Blue Network · 29 min
Nazi spies parachute into America, and a Gestapo agent heads for Texas from Mexico.
The Case of the Loganberry Point Spy September 14, 1942 · Blue Network · 30 min
A German-American widow in northern Maine has waited forty-one years for her husband to come home.
TCOT Gasoline Barge (Counterfeit Gas Coupons) November 2, 1942 · 26 min
The Case of the Industrial Spy Ring December 14, 1942 · Blue Network · 30 min
A wife accuses her husband of seeing another woman, and he is, on Gestapo business.

19431 episode

The Case of the Confidential Messenger May 17, 1943 · Blue Network · 30 min
An Army courier carrying military plans is murdered on a train, and David Harding enlists a socialite's help.

19452 episodes

Cherchez la Femme (1945) June 13, 1945 · Blue Network · 30 min
A Washington businessman who betrayed his country is driven to suicide by a woman enemy agent.
The Case of the Dog of Dynamite July 25, 1945 · ABC · 30 min
A former Gestapo chief in Spain plans to break into a U.S. government germ laboratory.

19483 episodes

The Housing Racket aka Bunko Builders May 23, 1948 · 28 min
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this date as “The Case of the Dream House Nightmare.”
The Camera-Happy Crooks May 30, 1948 · ABC · 29 min
A movie company comes to a Pennsylvania town to reenact a famous bank robbery, with the mayor and police chief helping.
The Recruited Nurse June 6, 1948 · 29 min
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.

194923 episodes

The Case of the Poison Peddler February 24, 1949 · ABC · 29 min
An underworld boss with a strange laugh, a painted store window and a torn jacket lead to murder.
The Case of the Blackmailed Hijacker August 9, 1949 · ABC · 29 min
The Case of the Murmured Millions August 11, 1949 · ABC · 29 min
A meeting at the seashore between two men changes the lives of thousands of women.
The Case of the Statue of Death August 16, 1949 · ABC · 29 min
An electric eye is outwitted, and a thank-you gift kills an innocent woman.
The Case of the Desert Explosion August 18, 1949 · ABC · 29 min
Birds of prey are used to execute a traitor, and a smuggler puts geometry to work.
The Case of the Bouncing Bankrobber August 23, 1949 · ABC · 29 min
A gunman crashes through a plate-glass window, and a ferryboat whistle carries a strange message.
The Case of the Murdering Messenger August 25, 1949 · ABC · 29 min
A fast talker poses as himself in order to impersonate someone else.
The Case of the Cold Blooded Professor, Part 1 August 30, 1949 · ABC · 30 min
The Case of the Cold Blooded Professor, Part 2 September 1, 1949 · ABC · 30 min
The Case of the Arrogant Arsonist September 6, 1949 · ABC · 30 min
The counterspies have to play Cupid in reverse.
The Case of the Courageous Come-On September 8, 1949 · ABC · 30 min
A girl who's good at being bad finds her blind spot. Vice President Barkley speaks afterward about hiring disabled veterans.
The Case of the Flatbush Fagin September 13, 1949 · ABC · 30 min
Teenage thieves who worship a heel.
The Case of the Hot Car Killer September 15, 1949 · ABC · 30 min
A criminal mastermind moves people in stolen cars like chess pieces.
The Case of the Postal Pirates, Part 1 September 20, 1949 · ABC · 30 min
A gang is stealing from the parcel post.
The Case of the Postal Pirates, Part 2 September 22, 1949 · ABC · 30 min
The parcel-post theft case continues, and an apparent suicide turns out to be murder.
The Case of the Visiting Vultures September 27, 1949 · ABC · 30 min
A bootlegging trail runs from a backwoods Mississippi tavern to the Chicago lakefront.
The Case of the Vicious Visitor September 29, 1949 · ABC · 29 min
A prison guard is beaten in the dark, and a husband and wife are murdered.
The Case of the Sweepstakes Murder October 4, 1949 · ABC · 30 min
Frightened witnesses say the victim was killed by a golden sword.
The Case of the Genuine Counterfeit October 6, 1949 · ABC · 29 min
A gas explosion in a small European country was no accident, and $3 million in new bonds are about to be printed in America.
The Case of the Society Swindlers October 11, 1949 · ABC · 30 min
A charity event for refugees in a New York penthouse is a front for something sinister.
The Case of the High-Class Hijackers October 13, 1949 · ABC · 30 min
Hijackers make off with a tractor-trailer's cargo in Tennessee.
The Case of the Photograph Furrier October 18, 1949 · ABC · 29 min
Two crooks in a motorboat steal $60,000 in furs from a New York pier, and a candid camera helps solve it.
The Case of the International Intrigue October 20, 1949 · ABC · 30 min
An American atomic scientist is kidnapped in Switzerland and offered to the highest bidder.

195023 episodes

The Case of the Counterfeit Traveler's Checks February 21, 1950 · 26 min
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs doesn't list this date, but lists the same title on February 14, 1950.
The Case of the Magic Murder April 4, 1950 · ABC · 29 min
A counterspy is shot while interviewing a European jet scientist, and only a brain surgeon in Venezuela can save him.
The Mile-High Murders April 11, 1950 · ABC · 29 min
A Cuban gang smuggling refugees into the U.S. thinks nothing of mass murder.
The Hoodlum's Hero April 13, 1950 · ABC · 27 min
On the trail of a man who leads young boys into crime.
The Case of the Fabulous Formula, Part 1 April 18, 1950 · ABC · 29 min
A scientist who discovers how to make artificial mica is killed for it.
The Case of the Fabulous Formula, Part 2 April 20, 1950 · ABC · 30 min
A woman with the stolen formula leaves a trail of death across the country.
The Case of the Hijacked Country April 25, 1950 · ABC · 24 min
A plot to seize a whole South American country for its uranium ore.
The Murdered Confessor April 27, 1950 · ABC · 28 min
A defector is shot at the airport despite seven counterspies guarding him.
The Case of the Soaring Saucer May 2, 1950 · ABC · 31 min
Smugglers use flying saucers to bring narcotics into the country.
The Case of the Crystalline Double Cross May 4, 1950 · ABC · 28 min
A thief steals a huge diamond, and the owner's wife comes along for the ride.
Tattooed Eye June 13, 1950 · ABC · 24 min
An escaped convict blind in one eye is on the loose.
The Case of the Foolish Father August 15, 1950 · ABC · 30 min
A gangster marries a dancer without reckoning on her very strange father.
The Case of the Foreign Fires October 13, 1950 · NBC · 28 min
The Case of the Curious Conspiracy October 20, 1950 · NBC · 29 min
The Case of the Insidious Impersonation October 27, 1950 · NBC · 29 min
A Philippine statesman arrives by liner with plans for the islands' defense.
The Case of the Carbon Consul November 3, 1950 · NBC · 29 min
The Case of the Stolen Secret November 12, 1950 · NBC · 29 min
The Case of the Pseudo-Spuds November 19, 1950 · NBC · 28 min
The Case of the Hideous Hijacker November 26, 1950 · NBC · 30 min
The Case of the Spectrograph December 3, 1950 · NBC · 31 min
The Case of the Infiltrating Agent December 10, 1950 · NBC · 28 min
The Case of the Invisible Insurrectionist December 17, 1950 · NBC · 29 min
Communist saboteurs in New York.
The Case of the Pretty Plant December 24, 1950 · NBC · 29 min
A list of five thousand Americans the Communists could blackmail, and a turncoat spy killed for it.

19513 episodes

The Case of the Kleptomaniac Clues January 7, 1951 · 28 min
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
The Case of the Captured Contact January 14, 1951 · NBC · 24 min
The Case of the Double-Crossing Defender January 21, 1951 · NBC · 29 min
A 'patriotic' group is really a front working to wreck civil-defense planning.

19522 episodes

The Fight Against Narcotics February 14, 1952 · NBC · 30 min
The addict brother of a counterspy is shot dead in a seedy hotel.
The Case of the Corrupt Counselor November 23, 1952 · NBC · 29 min
A dock boss is framed for murder by two crooks who then double-cross each other.

19531 episode

The Case of the Diamond Thieves December 21, 1953 · Mutual · 30 min
An inventor's secret basement project turns out to be stolen jewelry.