January 27, 2017 By Wendy Lambert Leave a Comment DL085: Find 100,000 Barrels of Oil – An Enterprising Gent — Part 4 of “Find 100,000 Barrels of Oil, a Dangerous Assignment radio play: The Lost City of Enzak Mitchel continues his investigation by accompanying Dean, the pilot who monitors the pipeline. As he flies along the pipeline looking for leaks or any sign of oil theft in the marks in the desert sand, Mitchel […]
January 13, 2017 By Wendy Lambert Leave a Comment DL084: Find 100,000 Barrels of Oil – Logistics — A “Dangerous Assignment” old-time radio play aired on NBC on May 17, 1950 A Belly Dancer’s Perspective Government agent, Steve Mitchel, goes to the Oasis Club to ask about Yusef and how he died. He expects the charming Sarita, a belly dancer, to know Yusef well. Yusef was captivated by her beauty, but to […]
December 30, 2016 By Wendy Lambert Leave a Comment DL083: Find 100,000 Barrels of Oil – Rookie Mistake [Photo © buso23/Bigstockphoto.com] He’s a rookie: When Steve Mitchel arrives in Arabia, he meets with Williams, the field manager, to hear his version of what happened. What caused the problem between the Five Star Oil Company and the Sheik? Williams’ story is the same as what Mitchel already heard when he was given this assignment. […]
December 17, 2016 By Wendy Lambert 2 Comments DL082: Find 100,000 Barrels of Oil – Disgruntled Sheik A “Dangerous Assignment” radio play first aired on May 17, 1950 on NBC A Disgruntled Sheik Government agent, Steve Mitchel, is given his next assignment. It takes him to Saudi Arabia. At first, he’s a little reluctant to go. He wonders why this is a government assignment. But there is an Arab leader, a Sheik, who […]
January 22, 2016 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment DL061: Intimidated Jury — Thieves Fall Out Mr District Attorney and the Intimidated Jury, Scene 10 No way is that cop gonna’ talk! In our last episode, the District Attorney’s chat with Mr Butler alerted Butler that he needed to do something fast or he and Stanley would be caught. The policeman was alive and recovering from a coma after getting […]
January 15, 2016 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment DL060: Intimidated Jury — Cat and Mouse Mr District Attorney and the Intimidated Jury, Scene 9 [Photo © inigocia/Bigstock.com] Brilliant deduction After finding a canceled debt in Taylor’s books, the District Attorney pays Butler a visit. Butler had held the mortgage on Taylor’s businesses, and now the debt is gone. Butler certainly appears to be the man Taylor felt indebted to, so the DA has […]
January 8, 2016 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment DL059: Intimidated Jury – Fishing for an Angle Mr District Attorney and the Intimidated Jury, (scene 8): Gone fishing? Where’s the District Attorney? He hasn’t gone fishing, has he? In this episode, Harrington comes looking for the DA, but the DA is not in his office right now. While waiting for the DA, Harrington and the District Attorney’s secretary talk shop. They discuss the […]
January 1, 2016 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment DL058: Intimidated Jury–The Heat Is On! Mr District Attorney and the Intimidated Jury, (scene 7): The heat is on, but Stanley is totally unaware of it. Boy, does this kid ever need to wake up and smell the coffee! This one’s on the house! Two episodes ago, Mr. Stanley, the hitman, killed jury foreman, Mr. Taylor, for Mr. Butler. Taylor was being […]
December 25, 2015 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment DL057: Intimidated Jury–Somebody’s Stooge Mr. District Attorney and the Intimidated Jury, (Scene 6): Just the stooge: The District Attorney and his secretary are talking about the case and they are quite satisfied that they have enough evidence to convict Mr. Taylor of jury tampering. It looks like Mrs. Clark was right. The jurors had been manipulated into voting ‘not […]
December 18, 2015 By Dramatic Listening Leave a Comment DL056: Intimidated Jury–A Jostled Kingpin Mr. District Attorney and the Intimidated Jury, (Scene 5): Everything to lose: The District Attorney has just informed Mr Taylor that a member of the jury, Mrs Clark, had charged him with swaying the jury into voting “not guilty”. He’s been warned. He could end up on trial. He could end up doing time in prison. By ‘doing time’, […]
