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The Adventures of the Falcon

51 episodes · 1945–1952 · NBC, Mutual · Detective

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Radio's Falcon was Michael Waring, the detective of Drexel Drake's 1936 novel, not the Falcon of Michael Arlen's story that the RKO films used. The show ran from 1943 to 1954, with Berry Kroeger, James Meighan, Les Tremayne, George Petrie and Les Damon taking turns as Waring. In these 1950-51 NBC shows it's Les Damon, for Kraft.

Sources: The Falcon (fictional detective), Wikipedia

Episodes

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19452 episodes

Murder Knows No Borderline November 13, 1945 · 23 min
The Archive copy has no date; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this title on November 13, 1945, the date used here.
Murder Is a Family Affair November 27, 1945 · Mutual · 30 min
Starting with a prison execution, a whole family seems caught up in murder, and Michael Waring tries to help.

19481 episode

Murder Is a Bad Bluff November 1, 1948 · NBC · 29 min
A woman suspects her fiance is hiding something. He robs jewelry stores, and he ends up dead.

19491 episode

Murder Is A Knock-Out February 20, 1949 · 29 min
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.

195018 episodes

The Case of the Amorous Book-Keeper May 14, 1950 · NBC · 30 min
A bookkeeper is accused of embezzling, and soon his boss is murdered.
TCOT Larcenous Lark August 23, 1950 · 24 min
Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
The Case of the Disappearing Doll August 30, 1950 · NBC · 25 min
Three men rob an $80,000 payroll and are double-crossed by their girl, and one of them hires the Falcon to find her.
The Case of the Quarrelsome Quartet September 3, 1950 · NBC · 30 min
Two murders, and thieves falling out.
The Case of the Worried Champion September 10, 1950 · NBC · 25 min
The Case of the Friendly Target September 24, 1950 · NBC · 25 min
Two crooks are trapped in a dark alley. She gets away by turning on him, and the police kill him.
The Case of the Talented Twins October 1, 1950 · NBC · 25 min
A man's daughter hires the Falcon to find the hit-and-run driver who killed her father.
The Case of the Careless Client October 15, 1950 · NBC · 29 min
A tough guy is shot in a Brooklyn rooming house, and the Falcon is accused.
The Case of the Double Nephews October 22, 1950 · NBC · 29 min
A man robs his own company's safe of $250,000 in jewels and, with his wife's help, kills to cover it up. Then the dead man turns up.
The Case of the Double Exposure October 29, 1950 · NBC · 29 min
A hit man is paid $500 for a rubout, and a dead man comes back to life only to die again.
The Case of the Rich Racketeer November 5, 1950 · NBC · 29 min
A gangster just acquitted of tax evasion double-crosses his lawyer, slaps his wife and beats up his girlfriend's brother. Soon he's found murdered.
The Case of the Widow's Gorilla November 12, 1950 · NBC · 29 min
A ruined businessman kills himself, and his rival and his widow both want the suicide note.
The Case of the Puzzling Pinup November 19, 1950 · NBC · 30 min
A woman found dead with a gun in her hand, a photographer's pictures worth $500,000, and a partner who confesses and is then shot herself.
The Case of the Stooge's Errand November 26, 1950 · NBC · 29 min
A crooked promoter cheats a man and a prizefighter, and when he's found dead, one of them is suspected.
The Case of the Harried Husband December 3, 1950 · NBC · 29 min
A schemer who played the horses and the ladies finally gets what was coming to him.
The Case of the Raw Deal December 10, 1950 · NBC · 29 min
A gunman robs a hotel poker game of $65,000, and the Falcon suspects one of the players was in on it.
The Case of the Baby Brother December 17, 1950 · NBC · 29 min
A greedy woman is threatened and then found murdered, and the Falcon is accused.
The Case of the Unwelcome Christmas Present December 24, 1950 · NBC · 28 min

195127 episodes

The Case of the Happy Hoodlum January 14, 1951 · NBC · 30 min
A jailbreak plot turns to murder.
The Case of the Substitute Target January 21, 1951 · NBC · 30 min
The Falcon solves a string of gangland killings by double-crossing a double-crosser.
The Case of the Neighbor's Nightmare February 4, 1951 · NBC · 30 min
A man who fancies himself a lady-killer may take it too literally.
The Case of the Mighty Muscle February 11, 1951 · NBC · 30 min
Somebody means to make a fortune through murder.
The Case of the Superfluous Murder February 18, 1951 · NBC · 30 min
Waring investigates a gun with one bullet too many.
The Case of the Practical Choker February 25, 1951 · NBC · 30 min
A man is murdered, another had bragged he'd do it, and the widow remarries twelve hours later.
The Case of the Gangster's Girl March 4, 1951 · NBC · 30 min
A girl tries to break up with her boyfriend, but he won't let her go.
The Case of the Unsilent Butler March 11, 1951 · NBC · 30 min
A practical joker gets his laughs with a gun.
The Case of the Talented Texan March 25, 1951 · NBC · 30 min
Business is slow for the Falcon, until a woman decides to give him the business.
The Case of the Worried Wife April 1, 1951 · NBC · 29 min
A man's old girlfriend tries to shoot him, his new wife hires the Falcon, and he's too late.
The Case of the Shopkeeper's Gun April 15, 1951 · NBC · 28 min
The Case of the Missing Miss April 22, 1951 · NBC · 27 min
Senators committing suicide, a mysterious oil company and a woman named Jean Colbert.
The Case of the Big Talker April 29, 1951 · NBC · 30 min
A loudmouthed loser from St. Louis is murdered, and the Falcon has to invent an alibi.
The Case of the Flaming Club May 6, 1951 · NBC · 30 min
A man who hired the Falcon to follow his partner dies when his nightclub burns down.
The Case of the Dutch Doll May 13, 1951 · NBC · 30 min
A deadly game with dolls, and the Falcon has to stop it.
The Case of the Curious Cop May 20, 1951 · NBC · 29 min
A policeman who may have been on the take is killed, and the case becomes a murder without a corpse.
The Case of the Proud Papa June 6, 1951 · NBC · 30 min
A man figures out how to make a fortune, and the Falcon shows him a million isn't worth shooting for.
The Case of the Sweet Swindle June 13, 1951 · NBC · 29 min
Someone who thinks he can get away with murder is in for a shock.
The Case of the Broken Fingerprint June 20, 1951 · NBC · 30 min
A man tries to keep a girl from wasting her life, and may help her lose it.
The Case of the Nervous Shakedown June 27, 1951 · NBC · 30 min
A man with a sure thing wants the Falcon in on a killing.
The Case of Everybody's Gun July 4, 1951 · NBC · 30 min
A client is murdered before he can pay the Falcon.
The Case of the Vanishing Varmint July 11, 1951 · NBC · 30 min
Dead bodies always turn up, like bad pennies.
The Case of the Cautious Cousin July 18, 1951 · NBC · 30 min
A family fortune in the balance tips toward murder.
The Case of the Plenty Twenty July 25, 1951 · NBC · 30 min
A man so good at his work he thought no one could beat him, and somebody beat him to death.
The Case of the Hypocritical Hypo August 1, 1951 · NBC · 30 min
A hypochondriac who can't sleep is prescribed a lead pill.
The Case of the Loose Lip August 15, 1951 · NBC · 30 min
A young man who talks too much is likely to be stopped for good.
The Case of the Beautiful Bait August 22, 1951 · NBC · 25 min
A woman the Falcon turned away is found strangled, and a prizefighter's contract is at stake.

19522 episodes

The Case of the Jack of Diamonds September 7, 1952 · NBC · 30 min
Marked cards, and someone is bound to make a killing.
The Case of the Strawberry Blonde September 14, 1952 · NBC · 29 min
The Falcon goes to Paris to prove fifty million Frenchmen can be wrong about murder.