Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 277 – Escape: Finger of Doom

Radio Detective Story Hour by Jim Widner

Jul 31, 201736:32Arts

Writer and critic Anthony Boucher was assembling short stories from current mystery writers in 1945 for a collection he was calling Great American Detective Stories and wanted to include one from mystery and noir writer...

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