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The Falcon
A sometimes tongue-in-cheek detective series, The Falcon was the nickname of P.I. Mike Waring. The character was created by Michael Arlen in 1940, and was played by George Sanders in several movies. The radio show starred Les Damon, and ran from 1943 to 1954.

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Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Murder Is A Family Affair 11/27/45 6.8 00:29:41 Ah, but what about the dog?
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Natural Seven 8/30/48 6.02 00:26:17 20 to life the hard way.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Amorous Bookkeeper 5/14/50 6.84 00:29:51 A book-keeper is conned into embezzlement.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Larcenous Lark 8/23/50 5.41 00:23:36 A hummed tune leads to a killer.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Disappearing Doll 8/30/50 5.9 00:25:45 A thief hires Mike to find a double-crossing dame.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Worried Champ 9/10/50 5.87 00:25:38 Bullets fly instead of punches in this fight game story.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Quarrelsome Quartet 9/31/50 6.13 00:26:45 The real mystery is how this crew ever trusted each other long enough to get out the door.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Careless Client 10/15/50 6.66 00:29:03 A client hires Mike, then proceeds to frame him for murder.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Double Exposure 10/29/50 6.57 00:28:40 So how many times can a guy die?
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Rich Racketeer 11/5/50 6.5 00:28:21 How to make enemies and piss off people.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Widow's Gorilla 11/12/50 6.67 00:29:07 Did he or didn't he? Only the bookie knows for sure.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Stooge's Errand 11/26/50 6.69 00:29:04 A character named Saunders stiffs alot of people for alot of money, then goes and gets killed.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Harried Husband 12/3/50 6.7 00:29:05 Never make a gangster jealous.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Raw Deal 12/10/50 6.4 00:27:56 This poker game was for keeps.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download The Unwelcome Christmas Present 12/24/50 5.75 00:25:06 A guy buys a hot fur for his girl. Complications ensue.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Invisible Thug 1/3/51 5.57 00:24:19 If he can't have her, nobody will.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Invisible Thug 1/7/51 5.64 00:24:38 A too-good description clinches the case.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Bellicose Boxer 1/28/51 5.6 00:24:25 A real jerk of a fighter, with a lead fist and a swelled head, gets himself killed. But by who?
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Neighbor's Nightmare 2/4/51 6.52 00:28:19 A swindle goes bad.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Mighty Muscle 2/11/51 5.81 00:25:22 Blackmail and murder among hoods. Who'da thunk?
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Superfluous Murder 2/18/51 12.6 00:27:42 A man's suicide is interrupted by murder.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Practical Choker 2/25/51 13.3 00:29:10 Could the cop actually be right this time?
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Unsilent Butler 3/11/51 5.6 00:24:27 So who's really got the thingamabob?
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Unsilent Butler 3/11/51 5.6 00:24:27 Alot of fuss and bother surrounding a super-duper oil finding gizmo.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Talented Texan 3/25/51 6.76 00:29:30 Adultery should be limited to adults.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Worried Wife 4/1/51 6.73 00:29:23 She hires the Falcon to protect her husband, a little too late.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Carved Ham 4/8/51 5.55 00:24:06 Jealosy and revenge dont pay.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Shopkeeper's Gun 4/15/51 6.49 00:28:22 If you can't trust a murdering con man, who can you trust.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Shopkeeper's Gun 4/15/51 6.5 00:28:22 A store owner is set up to take the rap for a murder.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Missing Miss 4/22/51 5.83 00:25:27 Term limits the hard way.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Big Talker 4/29/51 5.79 00:25:14 A second-string gangster with a big mouth talks himself into big trouble.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Flaming Club 5/6/51 5.64 00:24:36 Arson for fun and profit.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Dutch Doll 5/13/51 6.75 00:29:29 Daughter ditches Dutch.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Unwelcome Wife 5/27/51 6.87 00:29:50 In the course of solving this caper, The Falcon wakes up to find himself married.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Proud Papa 6/6/51 5.64 00:24:37 It seems like everybody killed Rita.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Sweet Swindle 6/13/51 5.73 00:25:01 The old long-lost heiress routine turns deadly.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Broken Fingerprint 6/20/51 11 00:24:09 Two jealous people, one dead guy. So who dunit?
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Nervous Shakedown 6/27/51 5.62 00:24:25 Sometimes the obvious suspect really is guilty.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of Everybody's Gun 7/4/51 13.5 00:29:38 He done unto others, then others done unto him.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Cautious Cousin 7/18/51 5.24 00:22:50 Are all murderous families this confusing?
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Plenty Twenty 7/25/51 13.4 00:29:23 How about some do-it-youself currency?
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Hypocritical Hypo 8/1/51 13.6 00:29:45 A bagman with hypochondria? (The Falcon does a miracle whip commercial)
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Bashful Boss 8/8/51 6.68 00:29:10 A cuccessful gangster should know how to handle women better.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download The Beautiful Bait 8/22/51 11 00:24:10 Murderous mishigoss in the fight game.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Gold Ring 2/21/52 6.68 00:29:09 Mike Waring's vacation is interrupted when he's framed for murder.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Killer's Key 3/6/52 6.17 00:26:56 The key to this case really is a key.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Murdering Mrs. 3/13/52 6.06 00:26:26 Crime may not pay, but marriage is murder.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Talented Twins 3/27/52 5.74 00:25:04 A slick operator comes to grief trying to cover up a hit-and-run.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Missing Patient 4/14/52 6.07 00:26:29 This time the patient administers the anesthetic.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Jumping Jack 4/17/52 5.99 00:26:07 My love can go just so far, won't you please put down that crowbar...
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Weeping Willow 4/24/52 9.66 00:28:08 A drug-dealing boss and a greedy wife. And you think you\'ve got troubles.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Fatal Fix 5/1/52 6.88 00:30:02 Mike is hired to find a syndicate kingpin known as The Greek.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The King Of Hearts 5/8/52 12.3 00:27:04 A gigolo and a crooked bellhop make a temporary team.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Falling Star 5/15/52 6.05 00:26:25 A movie tough guy gets his.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Happy Hoodlum 5/22/52 11.9 00:26:05 The wrong Tony is killed, and this one was Mike Waring's friend.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Burning Bridges 5/29/52 9.82 00:28:35 For a Buddha from a fictional dynasty, he sure gets around.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Dirty Dollar 6/4/52 5.98 00:26:06 The Falcon has had it with crime and decides to hang up his feathers.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Menacing Mamselle 6/26/52 6.17 00:26:58 As an American agent in Paris, Mike Waring nearly gets pinched for murder.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Menacing Mamselle 6/26/52 6.17 00:26:58 Oui Oui Oui, mishigoss in Paree.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Babbling Brooks 7/3/52 13.5 00:29:29 The Falcon does a little intelligence work in London.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The King Of Clubs 7/17/52 13.3 00:29:09 Mike is sent by Military Intelligence to investigate trouble in postwar Berlin.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Broken Key 7/24/52 6.49 00:28:22 Mike Waring is sent to Casablanca by American Intelligence to help a prospective Communist defector.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Lonely Hunter 7/31/52 6.35 00:27:42 Mike Waring goes to Cairo to run down a lead about the narcotics trade.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Gorgeous Greek 8/14/52 9.52 00:27:42 Love and loyalty don't mix in the Greek communist party.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Silent Butler 8/21/52 6.14 00:26:47 Espionage, a frame, & murder in Lisbon.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Careless Corpse 8/28/52 6.01 00:26:13 Mystery and intrigue in cold-war Berlin.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of Jack Of Diamonds 9/17/52 6.42 00:28:02 The Falcon may be moonlighting for American Intelligence in London, but it's still blackmail and murder.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Puzzling Pinup xx/xx/xx 5.71 00:24:55 A murder-suicide, blackmail, and more murder in this introduction to the series. Can't tell the bodies without a scorecard.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Talented Twins xx/xx/xx 5.74 00:25:03 A local tough guy does a hit-and-run, and a witness tries to shake him down.
Left-click to listen, Right-click to download Case Of The Curious Cop xx/xx/xx 6.75 00:29:28 A couple of dirty cops get their just desserts.
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