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The Adventures of the Falcon — 1951

45 episodes broadcast in 1951.

January 7, 1951 The Case of the Invisible Thug Listen (MP3)
A shooter hires the Falcon to clear him of the very killing he committed -- and a hidden tape recorder gives the game away.
January 14, 1951 The Case of the Happy Hoodlum Listen (MP3)
A jailbreak scheme curdles into murder when the men desperate to get out decide killing is the way through.
January 21, 1951 The Case of the Substitute Target Listen (MP3)
The Falcon stops a run of gangland rub-outs by out-maneuvering the double-crosser who has marked him for death.
January 28, 1951 The Case of the Bellicose Boxer Listen (MP3)
A rising boxing prodigy draws the Falcon ringside, where one face in the fight crowd belongs to a killer.
February 4, 1951 The Case of the Neighbor's Nightmare Listen (MP3)
A man who fancies himself a lady-killer may mean the phrase literally, and the Falcon aims to stop him first.
February 11, 1951 The Case of the Mighty Muscle Listen (MP3)
February 18, 1951 The Case of the Superfluous Murder Listen (MP3)
A gun holds one bullet too many -- and so, it seems, does the corpse -- when the Falcon counts up a curious murder.
February 25, 1951 The Case of the Practical Chocker Listen (MP3)
A man who publicly threatened the victim looks guilty until the widow remarries barely half a day after the killing.
March 4, 1951 The Case of the Gangster's Girl Listen (MP3)
A woman wants out of a romance her possessive boyfriend refuses to end, and the Falcon works to keep it from ending in murder.
March 11, 1951 The Case of the Un-Silent Butler Listen (MP3)
At an oil tycoon's office, a self-styled practical joker decides the biggest bang in life comes from a loaded gun.
March 18, 1951 The Case of the Witty Widow Listen (MP3)
March 25, 1951 The Case of the Talented Texan Listen (MP3)
After a slow stretch, fresh trouble finds the Falcon when a woman sets out to give him 'the business.'
April 1, 1951 The Case of the Worried Wife Listen (MP3)
April 8, 1951 The Case of the Carved Ham Listen (MP3)
A jealous boss, a kidnapping, and a brutal disfigurement lead the Falcon to a killer determined to keep his girl.
April 15, 1951 The Case of the Shopkeeper's Gun Listen (MP3)
A tense hotel-room shakedown over money owed sets the Falcon on the trail of a shopkeeper's deadly debt.
April 22, 1951 The Case of the Missing Miss Listen (MP3)
A senator's suicide and a shadowy oil company send the Falcon hunting for the truth about a woman named Jean Colbert.
April 29, 1951 The Case of the Big Talker Listen (MP3)
A loudmouthed out-of-towner is murdered, forcing the Falcon to manufacture an alibi to get at the real killer.
May 6, 1951 The Case of the Flaming Club Listen (MP3)
A club owner is found dead in his own burning nightclub, and suspicion settles on a too-curious bartender.
May 13, 1951 The Case of the Dutch Doll Listen (MP3)
A stormy New York night and one very dangerous 'doll' teach the Falcon that some playthings are lethal.
May 20, 1951 The Case of the Curious Cop Listen (MP3)
Police corruption and a murder with no corpse lead the Falcon to ask who really killed a cop on the take.
May 27, 1951 The Case of the Unwelcome Wife Listen (MP3)
A club manager's $90,000 embezzlement drags the Falcon into a sham marriage -- and a real killing.
June 6, 1951 The Case of the Proud Papa Listen (MP3)
A man certain he has found a fortune learns from the Falcon that no million dollars is worth killing for.
June 13, 1951 The Case of the Sweet Swindle Listen (MP3)
A hurried swindler convinced he has beaten a murder rap is in for a very rude shock.
June 20, 1951 The Case of the Broken Fingerprint Listen (MP3)
A wife waits alone in a darkened apartment, and a single smudged fingerprint cracks the Falcon's case.
June 27, 1951 The Case of the Nervous Shakedown Listen (MP3)
A seedy tip about a 'sure thing' partnership walks the Falcon straight into a barroom shakedown.
July 4, 1951 The Case of Everybody's Gun Listen (MP3)
When the Falcon's client is killed before paying his fee, Waring settles the account in justice instead.
July 11, 1951 The Case of the Vanishing Varmint Listen (MP3)
An escaped convict returns to New York for his girl, his stolen bonds, and revenge on the Falcon.
July 18, 1951 The Case of the Cautious Cousin Listen (MP3)
A man plots to poison his cousin over cocktails, but his tidy little scheme goes badly off the rails.
July 25, 1951 The Case of the Plenty Twenty Listen (MP3)
A man far too proud of his own cleverness is beaten to death, and the Falcon sets out to find who bettered him.
August 1, 1951 The Case of the Hypocritical Patient Listen (MP3)
A sleepless hypochondriac is in line for a cure of lead unless the Falcon can intervene in time.
August 8, 1951 The Case of the Bashful Boss
The Falcon squares off with a crowd who believe a dangerous rival is best silenced by a bullet.
August 15, 1951 The Case of the Loose Lip Listen (MP3)
A young loudmouth's cheap talk looks certain to get him killed, and the Falcon steps in before it does.
August 22, 1951 The Case of the Beautiful Bait Listen (MP3)
A beauty the Falcon turned away is strangled, and a tell-all boxing book ties her death to a fighter's suicide.
August 29, 1951 (untitled)
October 18, 1951 (untitled)
October 25, 1951 (untitled)
November 1, 1951 (untitled)
November 8, 1951 (untitled)
November 15, 1951 (untitled)
November 22, 1951 (untitled)
A man convinced murder is a shortcut to a fortune tests whether the Falcon can talk him back from the edge.
November 29, 1951 (untitled)
December 6, 1951 (untitled)
December 13, 1951 (untitled)
December 20, 1951 The Case of the Unwelcome Christmas Gift
A bargain 'stolen' fur bought two days before Christmas lands a shopper in a lethal holiday tangle -- a restaging of the 1950 Christmas show.
December 27, 1951 (untitled)
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