Hot Copy: Death Studies the Angles

About this episode

The episode explores a mysterious death of a mayoral candidate, suspected to be murder.

Original Release Date: March 18, 2025 Today's Mystery: The anti-vice candidate for mayor dies suddenly. The coroner says it was heart failure, but Anne think he was murdered. Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 27, 1944 Originating from Chicago Starring: Betty Lou Gerson as Anne Rogers, Virginia Payne as Spritely Poole Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day: Mark, Patreon supporter since March 2020 Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net. Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net Give us a call at 208-991-4783 Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectives Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectives

People in this episode

Host: Adam Graham

Guests: Betty Lou Gerson, Virginia Payne

Topics covered

• murder mystery
• politics
• coroner investigation
• old time radio
• Chicago

Keywords

• murder
• mayor
• heart failure
• Chicago
• old time radio
• mystery
• coroner

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon

Places: Chicago

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