The Big Story: Bobby Sox Hustling (EP4992)
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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
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What motivates Paul Schoenstein to investigate juvenile crime in New York City?
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Welcome to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio. From Boise, Idaho, this is your host, Adam Graham. In a moment, we are going to bring you this week's episode of The Big Story. But first, I want to encourage you, if you're enjoying the podcast, please follow us using your favorite podcast software. I also want to encourage you to check out our other podcast, and today... I am highlighting the Old Time Radio Snack Wagon. As you might know, this July marks the 250th birthday of the United States. And we have a special six-week miniseries of programs about America that we will be featuring. And you can check that out at snackwagon.net or wherever you get your podcasts from. But now, from November 8th, 1950, here is Bobby Socks Hustling.
The Big Story.
Okay, girls, last stop.
Oh, come on. We only live two blocks away. Put the bus down. What are you doing here? Nobody's watching.
Come on. Come on. It's after two. I'm on this run since 4 p.m. Even the bus is tired.
Oh, come on, driver. Get it to burn. We're nice, dear.
Come on out. I'm due back at the terminal in 15 minutes.
Come on, Charlene. As soon as I get my purse. Hey, what are you... We asked you to go. But no. You have to get stuck in. Me to get his change. What are you going to do? Well, I sure ain't going to leave him here to blab his big mouth off.
New York City, New York. The story of a city editor who uncovered one of the most vicious crime syndicates in history and knew he'd only touched the surface. New York City. The story is it actually happened. Paul Schoenstein's story as he lived it.
The story of the two Bobby Soxers who had shot, killed, and robbed a bus driver on East Fremont Avenue. That was one of several in the series that got you going, Paul Schoenstein, city editor of the Journal American. That and the story of the Wolf Girl Pax. None over 20 who snatched persons, tore clothes, and killed when forced into corners. That and the woman who ran an uptown night spot and who gasped with her last breath.
That bunch. They think they're going to give you a break if you pay them. So you pay them.
Then they do this to you. You hood. Take your part. With a knife.
That determined you, Paul Schoenstein, to get to the cause of these horrors. You called Jim Huran and Leon Rock into your office. Both of them reported. Both men like you, who were after the fact. Rock, a big, raw-boned man who had been assigned to the Bobby Toxin store. They picked up the two kids. They were hiding out in the most obvious hideout in the world, a friend's place. And... Well, come on, Leon, come on. I want to know what's going on here. It ain't pretty... The juvenile authorities will take care of the two girls, all right? The real point is why they did it. These are just two of 10,000 kids running around the city with crazy ideas in their head. All right, why? Some dame. A woman named Marie.
Something fantastic, mysterious, exotic, who knows what else. She's behind them some way. All right, Leon, let's go resign them. Get Marie. You got a week. Come back with the answers. Leon Rock smiles the smile that you know is calling you a name for being such a tough nut. But a smile at the same time that suggests if the stuff is gettable, he'll get it. And you turn to Huran, who has by now pounded out a lead editorial. Let me hear it, Jim. It's a little rough. All right, so it's rough. Okay. Rampant white slavery with virtual children as the vice slaves. Drug dens, sale of marijuana, heroin, and soap games. That's a good idea, Jim, but it won't work. What's the matter, Paul? It just sounds sensational. Big talk.
I want the facts. Every single detail of this thing found out, nailed down, printed. That could be a lot of trouble. Then I want names named, the responsibility placed where it belongs. That can make it pretty hot. Get pretty high up. That's exactly the idea. Exactly.
So begins an investigation into crime in the greatest city in the world. It begins in a bar uptown about a minute before four o'clock in the morning, just before legal closing time.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What motivates Paul Schoenstein to investigate juvenile crime in New York City?
0:00–11:39
2
What horrifying events lead to the uncovering of a powerful criminal network?
11:39–14:12
3
How do the reporters gather information on the juvenile crime wave?
14:12–15:23
4
What role does Marie play in the juvenile crime syndicate?
15:23–19:22
5
How does the investigation reveal the extent of vice and corruption?
19:22–35:39
6
What challenges do the reporters face during their investigation?
35:39–37:12