Counterspy: Murdering Messenger (A0100)
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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
33 min
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8 chapters
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What leads to the assassination attempt on the counterspy agent?
Kun kuvanveistäjä Felix Nyland vuosia sitten suunnitteli kolmen sepän patsasta, hän ei millään keksinyt, mitä veistoksen miehet tekisivät. Mielessä kävivät niin katumuusikot, feissarit, kuin kolme rosmuakin. Mutta mikään ei tuntunut oikealta. Kunnes eräänä päivänä Felix haki evästä Alepasta, ja vastaus ilmestyi ruokalautaselle kuin itsestään. Takoja. Kolmen takojan patsas.
Alepa. Urbaani legenda.
Welcome to the Great Adventurers of Old Time Radio from Boise, Idaho. This is your host, Adam Graham. In a moment, we're going to bring you this week's episode of Counterspy. But first, I want to encourage you, if you're enjoying the podcast, to please follow us using your favorite podcast software. Today's program is brought to you in part by the financial support of our listeners. You can support the show on a one-time basis, support.greatdetectives.net and become one of our ongoing Patreon supporters for as little as $2 per month. Just go to patreon.greatdetectives.net. Now, from August 25th, 1949, here is The Murdering Messenger.
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Harding, counter-spy, calling Washington.
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And now, to Counterspy.
In espionage, the penalty for mistakes is death. Every member of the guilty spy ring is doomed by its faraway superiors. Yet the sentence is rarely carried out by direct means. The watchwords are concealment and mystery. In the city of Detroit, a small branch library stands in a quiet side street. One morning, a young man with eyes alert entered the building and went to the main reading room.
Excuse me, miss.
Yes, sir?
I want to turn this book in.
Julius Caesar's Commentaries. In the original Latin.
How does Harry Peters assume the identity of the counterspy?
Yes.
You're quite a student, Mr. Argyle.
Caesar was quite a boy.
Are you taking out another book?
No, I'm leaving Detroit very soon. Goodbye, and thanks a lot.
Goodbye, Mr. Argyle.
I beg your pardon.
Yes, sir?
I was looking on the shelves for Julius Caesar's commentaries, but it doesn't seem to be there.
No, it's right here. Our only copy was just returned a moment ago. Do you want to take it out?
Yes, please. Here's my library card. Harry J. Peters.
From Peters, counter-spy field office, Detroit, to David Harding, Washington... have just received coded report from counter-spy George Argyle operating undercover inside foreign spy ring in United States. Code used, alternate word and line transposition. What are your orders?
Leaders, have message decoded in Detroit and hold there. I'm flying Detroit immediately.
The End
Mr. Harding, this is the original message Argyle left for me in the library book, disguised as a letter home.
Thanks, Peter.
Still addresses me as Aunt Bessie. Here's the decoded transcript, Aunt Bessie. Thanks, Junior. Dear Mr. Harding, trouble ahead. Last night, the only man in the spy ring I ever saw was killed in a car smash out on Woodward Avenue. A fake accident. There was an accident, David. A man was killed. What's more, I've been ordered to leave my job in the turbojet factory here and go to Memphis, Tennessee. I think the superiors of the spy ring now realize that someone has fed them nothing but false information for a year.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What leads to the assassination attempt on the counterspy agent?
0:00–3:59
2
How does Harry Peters assume the identity of the counterspy?
3:59–6:47
3
What coded messages does Peters uncover during his mission?
6:47–9:18
4
What dangers does Peters face while infiltrating the spy ring?
9:18–11:51
5
How does Peters' cover get compromised in Memphis?
11:51–14:05
6
What pivotal events occur during the tour of the High Mountain Cave?
14:05–17:01
7
How does the murder of Argyle impact the investigation?
17:01–18:57
8
What is the resolution of the spy ring's plot by the end of the episode?
18:57–33:12