Casey, Crime Photographer
½ hour detective show

Casey, Crime Photographer has a long and varied past.
He started out in a different medium and a different
persona. The character of Casey, was first written by
George Harmon Coxe in the pulp fiction magazine Black
Mask in the 1930s, Coxe followed this up with a few
novels. In these stories Flashgun Casey was a
hardboiled, brass knuckles kind of investigator. Then
he came to the radio as Flashgun Casey in 1943.
Shortly after his radio debut he lost the ‘Flashgun’
and was just Casey. On radio the character was much
more of a smart aleck, cynical, wise-cracking
detective, rather than the dark figure that the pulp
portrayed. (More similar to Johnny Dollar than Sam
Spade.) The radio show lasted on and off the air from
1943 to 1955 changing its name from Flashgun Casey, to
Casey, Press Photographer, to Casey, Crime
Photographer, then just Crime Photographer. The radio
show made the transition to television in 1951,
starring Darren McGavin.

The character of Casey was a photographer and reporter
for The Morning Express. Casey’s hangout of choice
was the Blue Note Café, where he could often be found
with his girlfriend Annie Williams. Also at the Blue
Note was the bartender, Ethelbert. Playing music at
the café was Teddy Wilson, the jazz pianist with the
Benny Goodman Trio. Rounding out the cast was the
police inspector Logan, and can you guess, he provides
the incompetent comedic relief. The role of Casey was
played by Staats Cotsworth, his girlfriend was played
by Lesley Woods, Jan Miner, and others. John Gibson
played Ethelbert, and Jackson Beck was the police
inspector.

All of our Old Time Radio Programs are in MP3 format. You can play them on your computer, you can transfer them to MP3 players (like the IPod), but, by and large, you cannot play them on stereos, walkmen, or car radios.

The sound quality of Old Time Radio Programs can vary greatly. Some episodes are excellent, others you have to turn up the volume a little and ignore the static. All of the episodes can be listened to and enjoyed. You can listen to our free samples to get a feel for how the programs sound.

Casey, Crime Photographer episode list
71 episodes

45-05-19 Cupid is a Killer.mp3
45-10-31 The Clue in the Clouds.mp3
46-06-03 The Reunion.mp3
46-07-15 Truth or Tooth.mp3
46-08-29 The Red Raincoat.mp3
46-09-05 Hankerchief.mp3
46-09-14 The Duke of Skidrow.mp3
46-12-19 Christmas Shopping.mp3
47-01-16 Surprising Corpse.mp3
47-02-06 The Grey Kitten.mp3
47-02-20 Twenty Minute Alibi.mp3
47-03-07 The Mysterious Lodger.mp3
47-03-20 The Demon Minor.mp3
47-04-17 The Box of Death.mp3
47-04-27 Gentle Strangler.mp3
47-05-01 King of the Apes.mp3
47-05-08 Laughing Killer.mp3
47-05-22 The Pick-Up.mp3
47-07-03 Acquitted.mp3
47-07-10 Lady Killer.mp3
47-07-17 Self Made Hero.mp3
47-07-24 Photo of the Dead.mp3
47-07-31 Death in Lover's Lane.mp3
47-08-07 Bright New Star.mp3
47-08-14 The Chivalress Gunman.mp3
47-08-21 Busman's Holiday.mp3
47-08-28 Hideout.mp3
47-09-04 Loaded Dice.mp3
47-09-11 Graveyard Gertie.mp3
47-09-18 The Tobacco Pouch.mp3
47-09-25 Treasure Cave.mp3
47-10-02 Miscarriage of Justice.mp3
47-10-09 Wedding Breakfast.mp3
47-10-16 Camera Bag.mp3
47-10-23 Lady in Distress.mp3
47-10-30 Great Grandfather's Rent Receipt.mp3
47-11-06 The Blonde Lipstick.mp3
47-11-13 Too Many Angels.mp3
47-11-20 Earned Reward.mp3
47-11-27 After Turkey, the Bill.mp3
47-12-04 Serpent Goddess.mp3
47-12-11 New Will.mp3
47-12-18 Life of the Party.mp3
47-12-25 Santa Clause of Bum Blvd.mp3
48-01-01 Hot New Year's Party.mp3
48-01-08 Queen of the Amazons.mp3
48-01-15 The Miracle.mp3
48-01-22 The Ex-Convict.mp3
48-01-29 Piggy Bank Robbery.mp3
48-02-05 Music to Die By.mp3
48-02-12 Key Witness.mp3
48-02-26 The Fix.mp3
48-03-04 Tough Guy.mp3
48-03-11 Fog.mp3
48-03-18 Murder in Black and White.mp3
48-03-25 Blind Justice.mp3
48-11-25 Holiday.mp3
48-12-19 Witchcraft.mp3
49-03-10 Scene of the Crime.mp3
49-05-05 Wolverine.mp3
49-08-04 Sellout.mp3
49-08-11 Death of a Stranger.mp3
49-11-19 Thunderbolt.mp3
50-01-19 Wanted, A Gun.mp3
50-03-02 Bad Little Babe.mp3
50-04-06 The Fire.mp3
50-04-13 The Disappearance of Mister Gazell.mp3
50-11-16 The Upholsterer.mp3
54-01-13 Road Angel.mp3
54-01-24 Source of Information.mp3
Case of the Switched Plates (record skip) 43-07-07.mp3