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Well, now we're going to get into our next series, The Falcon,
and to be honest in laying out its origins, it may be one
of the most confusing old time radio programs there is, and I will try
not to be confusing. I talked a little bit with my wife about it
at the dinner table and she just kind of thought lost in this, So
hopefully I'll do better this time. Now you might be thinking that the Falcon
radio series is connected to the Falcon movies that starred George Sanders and later his
brother Tom Conway. That's not right, but there's an understandable reason why people
think that. There were actually two different characters named the Falcon that were created
in the late thirties and early forties. The first was the character named Michael
Wingate, who was created in nineteen thirty six Drexel Drake and was known as
the Falcon. And then there was gay Stanhope. Falcon was created by Michael
Arlin in nineteen forty. It was this second Falcon that was the technical basis
of the character adapted to film. The radio version of the character was adapted
from the Drexel Drake stories. Now, when the confusion comes in is that
the last Falcon movie was released in nineteen forty nine and in the nineteen fifties
Falkan radio series there's a throwaway line in the introduction about you've seen him in
his movies, and technically the radio version of the Falcon didn't have any movies.
Now, of course, the literary origins of the character are probably minimal
importance for enjoying the radio program. The Falcon was a name a brand of
sorts that radio and film creators did with as they wanted, dapting the character
to do whatever served the trend of the day. Some versions of the Falcon
were more daring adventures, others closer to hard boiled private Eyes, and others
were involved in international intrigue. The Falcon first appeared on radio in nineteen forty
three in a thirty nine week series starring Barry Kroger, which is unfortunately completely
lost. Between nineteen forty five and nineteen fifty four, the Falcon would be
on the radio regularly and would be played by four different actors during this period.
The second actor to play the Falcon was James Meh, who was given
the role when The Adventures of the Falcon premiered over Mutual in July nineteen forty
five. Men had been a Broadway actor in the nineteen twenties, but before
becoming a New York radio mainstay in the forties. We'll talk a bit more
about him after today's broadcast. Now, I do want to go ahead and
state in advance that the quality of this episode is not great. It's barely
listenable. So I apologize in advance to anyone who has any difficulty hearing this
episode. And do want to assure you that The Falcon does sound better than
this. Even next week's show sounds a lot better. This episode of The
Falcon originally aired on November thirteenth, nineteen forty five. It's an FRS program.
As I said, it's in a bit of a rough condition here now
is Murder knows no borderline of the Falcon. Yes, it's that free lance
Detective Michael Waring, who is always ready with a hand for repressed men and
an eye for repressed women, join the Falcon as he learns Murder shows no
border line. Hello, Yes, this is a Falcon. Oh, Maggie,
I'm glad you called. I wanted you to know. I'm meeting to
Mexico by training tonight. Ah. No, you can't come along now.
There's no use arguing. Good. I'm going alone. I've seen so much
murder of these last few weeks. This is one trip I'm going to share
with nobody. It's easing in Mexico City, the oldest city in the New
World, the one part of aspects rule is not a colorful playground for rich
Americanos. One of these later day con Cristadi, is a man named Vinci's
Perry. But unlike the other joy speakers in Men's international bar, it's the
Perry. He doesn't mean to be having much fun. Hey where why there's
not eneralists? I have gone all day? Well, well, well he's
nothing or Pery. What's the matter of his service? The gonzous like him
now loud are kind of links from a ballot, And why don't you?
Maybe I will the more time I had a talk with that jamp Anyway,
you know it's very funny because you lose from just nothing to me the b
time. Maybe I have little publishing of bery. Come on, I think
it's a never mind. I'll do it some other time, some time.
I just pressed, come on, Terry, Well minute, you think you're
talking to me? Man, my bot wants received never mind reading from me?
K one's down the house list and I don't think you will. Let's
something to shove me U. I don't have to take. I got a
point for friends. Sure. Maybe this is the reason why thing or reason
for the wikness language, because that is what the reason I left I left
from but the night set the dogs about what's the idea is from? I
just wanted to make sure and not put story of Oh, father, I
think I lost another seems once upon a time that as a man in next
to the city went to a stapy of trouble to build the next sporting organization,
and then one fine day discovery was in dever Ocras. Imagine that there's
that it almost lost all faces humanigature, especially when it wasn't safe for shoot
our shipments of merchandise. He began to suspect the taper in his ring.
If you and my friend is never one thing in my mind. That's why
I'm going to let you win on the secrets. Anybody maybe a better favorite.
That's rather imponsible theory, because it, like me, takes you.
There's an everything leaving me out tonight from the body of fields. God,
it would be a striking to a net wedding dot crosses. Too much might
be possible to you, tut suppose I beclined. You don't want to be
the lovely Lady's the dark dotts. Now I have my feller, this racal
with don't care during the war when things are kind of hectic along the border.
But now but now you feel the rich that's right, Oh, I'm
no part of it. From here on you can count me out. This
s my friend, I can do that in darlas you said necessary, sure,
how why I go right? I said, you went to stuff?
Okay, Fran, that's enough. There's no point in flanding your knowledge and
said, wow home, yes, married her looks that you make stem that
I met to cons to see himself where she said she can have been placing
Well angels is all right in its place, Maria, but modern day Mexico
has so much more. For examples from you, you don't think of it.
A few short hours ago you were just a beautiful lady with god lost.
Don't say that. What do you make me try? Like a woman
of mister? Where you are? Maria? Why to wear them all the
time for a very unglamorous reason? Now that's train. Oh that's a shame,
but it gives me an opportunity to play being eye dog when we get
the next that's Nichael, I don't worry, my I've been excellently pressed,
gentle, guaranteed the housebroken. What are you saying? A that's wonderful?
Good, I'll figure up there tens a previous engagement to all paying I forget
him there for the next kind of bars does consider yourself engaged to me?
Are you ready? East side? Can even sat to want you? My
name? I work for single cannot mean the imputful thing, are you?
I cannot blame you. No, that is the very commut at the airport.
But it was unfortunately how you call very? Is he worth elsewhere?
What are you talking about? The money in Osa for two semens. I'm
not very good at parismetic, but I basically comes to forty six thousand dollars.
I'm wrong, but pretends for is the single reism would be very distay
with you if I don't epy time. But it is a no interest to
me. No, you are a very screwel that perhaps its change your mind?
You know what is isting? Orb who? Yes? I wonder if
you can get the word purpose I'm going to put me You wouldn't. No,
Well, well, oh you remember now what you do with alism this
morning? Oh the lovely lady e m hm. You will give in for
you this rubble horse personally said son him m hm, Oh anybody else,
Michael, there's no reason to be terrible. Well Dan just isn't run of
the john. Well that's ridiculous. Yeah, No, wonder you're down in
a job. Where's the light press? Michael, don't tell you're down?
All the better? Oh yeah, oh what happened? But your faith?
I tell you what's love? Don't give me that? What went on here?
I no go on? Michael? Did you know? What did he
want? Could he know that either? I guess that it's chang because that's
the money I owasen your insom but tr instam, I've never had that name
before. What about those two difference? Have no idea what he was talking
about. That's the boy guy trying to find out. Please. I think
I got to take on the part of similar links, but a bit angels.
There's nothing like a good strong left. If that things right, I
don't mind it. But weom Mike Wearing, let's me see you got the
wrong character. My name is and archiposal center plature. Yeah, they got
to be a grandfather. I know you lost and some a victim of birkham
set. I absolutely, they don't know nothing about them. My Lloyd's fifth
in five G and he just the DA may have a holy on war just
not to let me surely commit to levels. Well, I'm telling that if
my team and he ain't looking for me, not the trip and when you
leave here after death? He looks like a man dis I do. But
have you heard a man named Lynbs from around here who hate? What did
he do? But for one thing? He owns the links from International Bronze
also on the side and sages a little extant? What kinds all the things
you? That? Was? Rather? Not that sounds like my man taking
to his light, loves the box. What can you get with him?
He hold? Now, I know a couple of hotters who are loaded the
fun. I'm sure you wouldn't read no, my are you king? Come
on breadroom that's removing lins from the ball and make it snappy. M hm.
May you know you're looking for someone? Maybe if comet for nobody works
on the point, it'll be mean come back here. You cannot going out
of my ways. I don't like to disturb. I got on heavy part
have parts this way in? Are you mean from like my friends the time
of afraid? You have the advantage of me? I'm like wearing falcon?
How did you know we are holyon differs its side of the red Drama's wearing
rather not the rex but my pot establishments or the bird. I start by
ordering this pump to take a ditty hand of me. I don't like being
poor like them. Don't matter with you. Didn't you hear the falcon?
Just you win JA thousand pardons not I. You don't know. That's the
state we're going to remedy in the near future. Right now, you can
take your hand out of your pocket and brows. Don't spend it with your
mouth open. Oh, I said the God. We're not interested in myself.
It would be surprised. I'd like nothing better than to make the mine,
not to say that I obvious cigarette. No, thank you don't know
what's missing. I haven't said to rend. I've had my jobs. You
a bit of a gamer hunt in my friends, but you're not. I
guess that's why you take on women. You must feel pretty sure. I
can't get your fact I am endog. May I presume, and I sort
of sense of naring follow me. You always change the sting, But that's
some of our local customers here, not very I've done the same thing done
in New York, and I didn't like it there either. I imagine that
when you informed the people involved, they were not everything. Yes, my
reaction must have said you know that's very effective. Who writes your Are you
better gon out for so being juvenile? And I find the poles very fall
I'm sorry, but maybe I can get to Mexico to the police, to
live and drink up a bit. The bls to wearing it's been telling.
I help you film it's the wedding out. I'd like to see London,
Salard. I brought my own compass without all right, fun, what is
the talking doing with in Mexico? I'm sure I have no idea he's working
for Uncle Tim. That's not so good. That is easy say all right
if I am, I'll say him, I'm quitting into Yeah, let's not
take injury. I say, remember what happened to necessary? Only if you
don't smart's one tis you don't have such thing as I know. That's why
I can't accept. We see about that? You see In the meantime,
I'd like to take me over to miss What do you want to go there?
My friends? Yours is not the question? Why yours is about to
doing you than Glid's pity? Your knowledge is English verse is so limits.
Maria Mendoza, Yes, I hope you'll pardon an inclusion, but I'd like
a few words the Mike way and send you. My name is Paulin.
I can't blame you for best Maria Hawaii. They take that, lets younger,
What do you want here? A good bit of confusion seem to exist,
most of it about two actually, if I'm used an interest, no
especially glad allow the very and where was I? Oh? Yeah, and
we were about to stir up the nest? Do you always we see the
items? Probably would not? I say, are you an apology? Obviously
a case of mistaken identity? The most that what I said it was really
I'm Maria that I don't know. That's silly and I'm got to wait out.
That's the way you just covered with an fashion. You must quite nice?
Yes, it's got what kind of money? This is easy lusion?
You know how, Maria? Yes, give me the gun's probably my dear
support the police's government compel hy this strange? I been missing? Now you
suss before our five? Hell? Yeah, you want to do I'll get
you out of this somehow I didn't I remember that well, not at the
moment, but I'm going to anyway, what makes this depositive? We killed
him? And I look in my home. When did how and when did
the gun get in your hands? You've got to give me a little help.
I'm done, got it right between the eyes. You also remember it
was your gun? How do we think? Well, where did it disappear
to after the shoes? Thenstrom take it from them? I tay you for
him. Angel, You've got to do. You have forgot no reason.
I was very good, That's what I'm after. What happened after the shot?
You've got to put your job together up to me as well alone.
Yes, I don't like you. You know that, mister Lissis. This
is going to be very upset in China. Heisty things you know, don
h'so crack and the Krispy puking a home. So a way to keep well,
I'll be up to physic is very often. We'll make sure and sing
me like magazine, I'm crazy. I think you'll be up to visit me
off it? Well, if I was a crook, would thinking me?
I would want to cross by a crack? You take it? And how
about that picture in China? Lie? Well you'll fare I think you mean
your easer, but canny grant person, I just tell me what you want
me I've done fire. You're only allowed to go play for a person.
It's certainly not in my ears hotel room I went through there were to find
two combs. I think if you find I'm sure it sounds very trouble.
I've just been so excited. He didn't think the combination practically rEFInd myself from
the prerection by opening his job and when you look, but he loves that
on the top, I don't have it. Definitely, you don't destroy the
prince. Yeah, well you find recently, Yes, for a man on
the brink of a big discovery, you certainly don't see grief with this.
I'm the bedroom. My clients expect me to do things the hard way,
and it was just too de very well, isn't this the welling? What
brings you? Hear my friends, I've come to proof of peace, Lindstrom.
I said it in the surrender unconditionally. What are your terms? You
can you're very generous, will repeat it fall not at all? Okay,
I'll stick to my own brand. If you're online, imagine a lot safer.
I'm said, I don't follow you your wedding. I'd be a chap
if I didn't learn anything from Maria's experience. It was dope, wasn't it.
You know you couldn't prove that in court. I know there's no harm
in admitting it. Between friends, you take too much for granted, for
we're not friends. I'll say this at the moment, to stick to advances.
Cannot forget it. I'll do my best. Well, what's the deal.
That's where you're wrong again, You're not getting any Unfortunately, I need
a scapegoad. I think Maria will do very well under the circumstance. But
you can't let a girl hang. I can, and I will. I
it's a disillusion to the Medican DOLLI and cold, not a lie. I
ought to know if you pointed out I was the only one there. My
poken Dolly didn't have a time. He couldn't possibly have seen. I put
out the guns back for start you all the time? Is that going to
be your story? Not really? I always say, honestly, just to
get munny. But I always say too, all right, let's come get
your coat. We're going out of the local back feel because I have other
ideas on the subjects, like reading, for I wish a prior power.
Well, if it would make you anything, an play im aspected to padly.
I obviously, yes, you ought to be ashamed of yourself. Big
boy like you walking around with his flip shine. I wonder you clipped over
it, and in particular your mother. Don't keep riding by them. I'll
leave, you know, be sure and do that comfortable now? Yeah,
perfectly dying. Oh no, you don't know what it's mean. You don't
know what you're selling for me. I do see. Well that great,
So the least you could do it to give me a proge. I want
much better. You know you're looking something nice for me. Oh you just
give me a chance here, youtain everything to me? Well, then some
kil guns. The reason you didn't know the scull was because you were dope.
You means it. That was a merchandise. The linsm was reported to
the United States. Why did you pick on me? Because you were the
only woman wearing God's bases on the plane. It was supposed to be another
one, but the federal boys grabbed her. Did you see Luis Leal?
The long not at good. The only one who could identify you was a
man named Vinton's Terrist. He was dead and when Lindstrom found out he's gon
take it was too late. That's when he decided to get with the Blue
and Gundlas, who were pressing the tall at the same time. So he
thought he made it easy for you to get his care of the sun never
would take care of Leisu and you would only incriminate you after shooting. Gonzales
wouldn't forced the gun on your hands, and he thought that it didn't need
state. Well, I'd be sure to find it. But remembering yourself,
I told you that Gonzales were cut between your eyes. According to Linston,
Gonzales never even saw you pull a gun. You never knew what who did.
The only way that could work out is if you got him in the
back of one. It was the little lady and I have about We don't
want any good neighbors welcome back. This one is a pretty standard adventure and
with a relatively simple mystery. The putting a gun in her hands and telling
her she was the murderer practically meant that we knew who did it. The
only question was how more interestingly we got to look at mica wearing style.
You get a sense right away of him being a ladies man and also being
very intimidating when hardened criminals start thinking about bugging out because you showed up in
a foreign city you have no jurisdiction in You know you're a tough guy now.
James Men, who played Wearing, had a couple of interesting roles.
He starred in Alias Jimmy Valentine, which was a radio series based on an
o' henry story and it was produced by the Humberts in the thirties lot Carl
Swinson. He made the rounds on the soap. He played the male lead
Larry Noble on Backstage Wife and the nephew of Just Playing Bill on another soap.
He was also the real live nephew of Silent film star Thomas Mehn So
Men was definitely a competent actor and he would end up starring as the Falcon
for two years and as I mentioned at the start of the program, he
do have another episode of his run that is thankfully in much better condition.
Well, now it's time to thank our Patreon supporter of the day, and
I want to go ahead and thank David. David has been one of our
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much for your support, David, And that will do it for today.
We'll be back next Monday with another adventure of the Falcon. But join us
back here tomorrow for the start of another yours, truly, Johnny Dollar Cereal.
Where we want seem to listen to reason Right now, it's a particularly
bad period for us. OK. Forbes seems to be in one of his
party giving moods. He has him every once in a while, about three
weeks at a time, a big party every night wherever he happens to be.
Then he quiets down for a month to two. Yeah, probably resting
up. But how how come he's in Cape Town now? Who knows?
Who knows why he goes anywhere he does? Oh? Brother, sounds like
a real character. Yeah, but what we want you to do is to
talk him out of being a character long enough to put that diamond in a
safe place and to keep an eye on it until he does. We got
a plane reservation for you tonight at midnight tonight. Just a minute. Look,
if it's the money you're worried about, don't be. This means a
lot to us. We're willing to pay accordingly. Sure you may not believe
this, but I wasn't thinking about the money. Then. What those three
men who got killed over that diamond? You told me about them over the
phone. Oh that let The diamond's fifty years old. Those three killings were
twenty thirty years ago. Just the same three is always a crowd, and
I wouldn't like to say I hope you'll be with us then. In the
meantime, do send your comments to Box thirteen at Great Detectives dot net,
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