The Big Story: New Facts About a 26-Year Frame-Up (EP4967)
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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
34 min
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5 chapters
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What led to the investigation of a 26-year-old murder case?
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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're 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. And I want to encourage you to check out Our other podcast. And today I'm highlighting The Great Adventurers of Old Time Radio featuring two great adventures every week, including Burzan and Counterspy. You can find it at greatadventures.info or wherever you get your podcasts from. But now, from March 1st, 1950, here is the somewhat long-winded title, New Facts About a 26-Year Frame-Up. The Big Story.
Hey, Stanley.
Stanley, just a second.
How about a statement before they lock you up? Okay. I'll tell you the whole truth, but you won't print it. I'm guilty. I'm guilty because I'm nobody. I'm guilty because somebody wanted to get somewhere, and in order to get there, he put his feet right in my face, stepped on me, sent me up for life to get where he wants to get me. I'd like to see you printing. Freedom of the press.
Detroit, Michigan. From the pages of the Detroit Free Press comes the story of a frame-up so cold, so calculating, so perfect, that it took 26 years to explode it. Detroit, Michigan. The story as it actually happened. Ralph Gall's story as he lived it. It's a dream writing assignment, Ralph Gall of the Detroit Free Press. A six-month job of digging into the unsolved crimes of Michigan, and you've written a dozen views. The riddle of the blue icicle. That one called a special coroner's interest into being. The case of the severed hand. This one brought a well-deserved promotion to a cop on the beat. And the others, all good, honest stories. And with the public clamoring for more, you kept digging in. And then, out of the morgue, came the yellow pages of a case 25 years old.
Three things hit him. First, the name. The case of the picnic murder. Second, the byline. By Teddy Larkin. Teddy Larkin, now dead, died at 31, was one of the best reporters on the paper. And an old friend. One of the very best. His byline on a story meant something. And three, the third thing that hit you was fat. A Fourth of July picnic celebration 25 years ago in Sylvan Gardens, just outside Detroit.
Cheese, cheese, cheese. Is that all you made, Edna? Cheese? Well, I thought Willie was coming. You know how he is about cheese. They have to work. You think one holiday of the year they take time off on that filling station. What are you complaining about? You know why they're working. Sure, I know. I honestly wouldn't mind waiting the extra month to get married. They'd just see us once on a Sunday or a holiday. Here's a tuna fish and a deviled egg. Did you bring the pickles? What do you think this is?
What's a picnic and no pickles? Oh, Edna!
What do you want to do? Edna!
Oh, no! The first girl, Bea, was dead instantly. The second girl had a terrible pain in the shoulder, a bullet embedded, and a memory that will live with her forever.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What led to the investigation of a 26-year-old murder case?
0:01–8:43
2
How did Ralph Goll uncover discrepancies in the original case?
8:43–19:27
3
What were the significant events during the Fourth of July picnic?
19:27–21:47
4
Who were the key suspects in the Sylvan Gardens murder?
21:47–28:27
5
What evidence was used to convict Tony Stanley?
28:27–34:01