• Radio brought the news directly into listeners’ living rooms. Among the major news stories broken on radio: the Scopes monkey trial, carried live by Chicago station WGN in 1925; the Hindenburg zeppelin disaster, covered by WLS Chicago in 1937; and Edward R. Murrow’s CBS reports on the Blitz of Britain, airing in 1940.

Mr District Attorney

Broadcast History: 3 April 1939 to 13 June 1952

Mr District Attorney was for many years the nation’s best-liked crime show. The thirty-minute drama was inspired by the real-life exploits of Thomas E Dewey, a racket-busting district attorney of the late 30s in New York. The show was directed and often written by Ed Byron, a former law student who devoted all of his time researching crime, which was the reason that the show was so topical.

Mr District Attorney 39-04-03 001 The Case of the Protection Racket [Premiere]
 3.39 MB

Mr District Attorney 39-04-04 002 The Case of The Ohio Kid
 3.34 MB

Mr District Attorney 39-06-13 xxx The Case of the 100,000 Dollar Check
 3.5 MB

Mr District Attorney 39-06-16 055 The Case of the Restaurant Racket
 3.52 MB

Mr District Attorney 41-12-10 xxx The Case of the Museum Mystery
 6.31 MB

Mr District Attorney 42-08-19 xxx The Case of the Labor Pirating
 6.83 MB

Mr District Attorney 44-08-23 xxx The Case of the Intimidated Jury
 5.38 MB

Mr District Attorney 45-02-14 xxx The Case of the Stolen Slot Machines
 6.81 MB

Mr District Attorney 45-12-05 xxx The Case Of Baby, Cradle And All
 7.33 MB

Mr District Attorney 47-05-07 xxx The Case of One Slip Meant Death
 6.49 MB

Mr District Attorney 48-03-17 510 The Case of Murder in Rhythm and Rhyme
 6.87 MB

Mr District Attorney 48-05-19 519 The Case of Spring Fever
 6.29 MB

Mr District Attorney 48-05-26 520 The Case of the Deadly Snowflake
 6.69 MB

Mr District Attorney 48-08-25 xxx The Case of the Unknown Source
 6.55 MB

Mr District Attorney 49-03-09 561 The Case of Murder a la Carte
 6.71 MB

Mr District Attorney 49-10-12 585 The Case of Charity Never Began
 5.8 MB

Mr District Attorney 49-11-23 598 The Case of the Free Play
 6.16 MB

Mr District Attorney 50-05-17 622 The Case of Deadly Devotion
 6.04 MB

Mr District Attorney 51-04-11 669 The Case of the Money Machine
 6.88 MB

Mr District Attorney 51-xx-xx xxx The Case of the Thieves' Fall-Out
 5.43 MB

Mr District Attorney 52-08-10 001 The Case of the Hijack Killer
 6.34 MB

Mr District Attorney 52-08-17 002 The Case of the Supermarket Killer
 6.08 MB

Mr District Attorney 52-08-24 003 The Case of the Man on the Ledge
 6.16 MB

Mr District Attorney 52-08-31 004 The Case of the 15 Year Old Trail
 6.33 MB

Mr District Attorney 52-09-07 005 The Case of the Joy Ride Murder
 6.4 MB

Mr District Attorney 52-09-14 006 The Case of the Murderous Hitchhiker
 6.25 MB

Mr District Attorney 52-10-19 011 The Case of the Staircase Killer
 6.43 MB

Mr District Attorney 52-10-26 012 The Case of the Charity Killer
 6.31 MB

Mr District Attorney 52-11-02 013 The Case of the Hit and Run Killer
 6.26 MB

Mr District Attorney 52-11-09 014 The Case of the Desert Killer
 6.1 MB

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