MURDER IN 2-4 TIME

About this episode

A night of fun and song turns into a murder investigation for newspaperwomen Anne Rogers and Spritely Poole.

Newspaperwomen Anne Rogers and Spritely Poole, with Lt. Mike Flannigan, have a night of fun and song, at Anne’s apartment, until a nearby gunshot transforms it into a murder investigation.     Adapted from the script of a lost episode of the radio drama “Hot Copy”. Original broadcast on Sunday, May 14th, 1944. OUR CAST: Rhonda Sigler-Ware … Ann Rogers. Samantha Thompson ... Spritely Poole. Jerry Kokich …Lt. Mike Flannigan. Karim Kronfli ... Hodges. Scott R. McKinley ... Henry Gade.  Erin Suminsby ... Virginia Beaton. Dan Ware  … Alan Sharp. Pete Lutz … Ernest Walker.   Logan Smith ... Officer Pat O'Malley, and also, your Announcer. Jim Goodluck ... Producer / Director / Audio Editor. MUSIC AND SOUND EFFECTS CREDITS: Miss Kathleen Li ... Pianist for Classical Music. All other music and/or 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, Lt. Mike Flannigan

Topics covered

• murder investigation
• radio drama
• newspaperwomen
• 1940s
• adaptation

Keywords

• murder
• investigation
• radio theater
• 1944
• drama

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Hot Copy

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