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In the Name of the Law

12 episodes · 1936 · Syndicated · Detective

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Syndicated half-hour dramas of 1936 based on real crimes, several of them versions of stories also done on True Detective Mysteries.

Sources: RadioGOLDINdex

Episodes

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1936

• The Robbery 1936 · Syndicated · 25 min
  A double murder in the town auditor's office brings a special investigator from the Governor's office, working under cover.
• Who Killed Francis? 1936 · Syndicated · 26 min
  Who killed Aunt Frances? A tangled family is under suspicion.
• I Dreamed Mother Was Poisoned 1936 · Syndicated · 26 min
  A Texas woman dreams her mother has died, but Mother is fine, until she isn't.
• Red Ryan's Prison Break 1936 · Syndicated · 26 min
  Red Ryan and other convicts break out of prison, and bank robberies in Canada follow.
• July 4th Picnic 1936 · Syndicated · 26 min
  A Fourth of July picnic in Fort Smith, Arkansas, ends in murder.
• Phantom Gang 1936 · Syndicated · 26 min
  A lumber store is robbed by the Phantom Gang, and a police officer is suspected of helping them.
• We Bumped Off Hubby 1936 · Syndicated · 25 min
  A man dies suddenly in his kitchen, and a car with a bad windshield wiper is the sheriff's clue.
• Narcotics in the Trunk 1936 · Syndicated · 25 min
  A woman caught smuggling heroin says she knew nothing, then vanishes from a locked hotel room.
• Nothing Ever Happens in Chinatown 1936 · Syndicated · 24 min
  A Chinatown merchant is shot dead in Chicago, and a detective who speaks Chinese takes the case.
• I Didn't Do Nothing 1936 · Syndicated · 25 min
  Two robbers take two old farmers' life savings, and one of the farmers is killed.
• She Was Murdered 1936 · Syndicated · 24 min
  A barber's heavily insured wife, his fifth, is found drowned in eight inches of water.
• He Did It, or Did He? 1936 · Syndicated · 25 min
  A young woman's body is found in a ravine after a storm, and her twin sister tells of a shadowy figure.