MURDER AT THE JUNKYARD

About this episode

Newspaperwomen Anne Rogers and Spritely Poole investigate the suspicious murder of a Mexican-American man.

Newspaperwomen Anne Rogers and Spritely Poole investigate the suspicious murder of a Mexican-American man. Adapted from the script of a lost episode of the radio drama “Hot Copy”. Originally broadcast on Sunday, November 19th, 1944.. OUR CAST: Rhonda Sigler-Ware … Ann Rogers. Samantha Thompson ... Spritely Poole. Christian Neuhaus ... Inspector Collins. Jerry Kokich … Lt. Mike Flannigan. Rebecca Olivia Hodges … Peggy Bradley. Scott R. McKinley, … Jack Bradley. Dan Ware ... Diego Fernandez. Erin Suminsby ... Sofia Fernandez. Kathleen Li , … Investigator Kathy Lee. Logan Smith ... your Announcer. Jim Goodluck ... Producer / Director / Audio Editor. SOUND EFFECTS CREDITS: All sound effects are from Freesound.org ,  Inspector J , or the Public Domain . CONTACT US! If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, please feel free to email: hotcopyradiotheater@gmail.com BlueSky: @hotcopyradio.bsky.social‬ Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/HotCopyRadioTheater Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Jim Goodluck

Guests: Anne Rogers, Spritely Poole

Topics covered

• murder investigation
• radio drama
• suspense
• journalism
• adaptation

Keywords

• murder
• investigation
• radio drama
• suspense
• journalism
• 1944

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Hot Copy

Places: Mexico

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