# Counterspy: Visiting Vultures (A0120)

An episode of [The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/335549005), 5 Sep 2026, 35 min.

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Today's Adventure: David Harding and Harry Peters investigate a multimillion-dollar bootleg liquor operation that is using discarded corn-syrup cans to smuggle illegal alcohol into states with government-controlled liquor sales. Their investigation leads to Chicago businessman Hype Gordon, but proving his involvement means finding the hidden still supplying his operation—and Gordon is determined not to lead them to it. Original Radio Broadcast: September 27, 1949 Originating in New York Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding, Mandel Kramer as Peters To subscribe to this podcast and, go to https://greatadventures.info/ Become one of our ongoing Patreon supporters at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Dangerous Assignment — “Guided Missile Plans” Steve Mitchell is sent to Dublin to recover stolen microfilm containing plans for a new American guided missile. His pursuit of the suspected courier leads him through England, where two deaths and a series of seemingly innocent picture postcards provide his best hope for locating the missing plans before someone else gets to them.Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — “The Picture Postcard Matter” Johnny Dollar travels to Switzerland after $100,000 in uncut diamonds are stolen from a courier at the Zurich airport. His only lead is a mysterious informant offering to arrange their return, but Johnny soon finds himself caught between competing players while a picture postcard offers a cryptic clue to where the diamonds may be hidden.Original Radio Broadcast Dates: • Dangerous Assignment: August 30, 1950. • Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: October 1–5, 1956. Both programs are originating from HollywoodCast — Dangerous Assignment: • Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell • Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner • Written by Robert Reif (Bob Reif) • Music by Basil Adlam • Music conducted by Ralph Hollenbeck • Produced and directed by Bill Karn Cast — Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: • Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar • Lucille Meredith • Victor Perrin • Forrest Lewis • Stan Jones • Ben Wright • Written by Robert Reif • Produced and directed by Jack Johnstone • Musical supervision by Amerigo Marino • Roy Rowan, announcer Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netPatreon Supporter of the Day: Sheila, Pa

## Transcript

[0:05] Speaker 1: Welcome to the Great Adventurers of Old Time Radio from Boise, Idaho.
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[0:56] Speaker 1: out at patreon.greatdetectives.net. But now, from September 27th, 1949, here
[1:07] Speaker 1: is The Visiting Vultures.
[1:11] Speaker 2: That's a cola.
[1:16] Speaker 3: P-E-T-S-I.
[1:17] Speaker 4: That's your smartest cola buy.
[1:19] Speaker 3: P-E-T-S-I.
[1:24] Speaker 4: That's the call I'll present, Counterspy.
[1:26] Speaker 5: Washington calling David Harding, Counterspy. Washington calling David Harding, Counterspy.
[1:43] Speaker 3: Harding, Counterspy, calling Washington.
[1:46] Speaker 6: United States Counterspies.
[1:54] Speaker 7: Especially appointed to investigate and combat the enemies of our country,
[1:59] Speaker 7: both at home and abroad.
[2:05] Speaker 4: Tonight, the case of the visiting vultures. Another counter-spy report
[2:10] Speaker 4: to the American people. Brought to you each Tuesday and
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[2:18] Speaker 4: that's a lot. That's right, you heard what they said.
[2:20] Speaker 4: Two full glasses of sparkling Pepsi from one big 12-ounce bottle.
[2:25] Speaker 4: You're getting an extra glass full. And what a delicious
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[2:52] Speaker 5: Take less when Pepsi's best?
[2:55] Speaker 4: And now, to Counterspy. In a conference room in counter-spy
[3:07] Speaker 4: headquarters in Washington, David Harding addresses a group of men
[3:11] Speaker 4: around a long, shiny table.
[3:14] Speaker 2: Gentlemen, I'm honored by the presence here of the governors
[3:17] Speaker 2: of the several southern states covered by our counter-spy districts 9, 10,
[3:21] Speaker 2: and 11.
[3:23] Speaker 3: We realize that your.
[3:24] Speaker 2: State administrations are faced with a large criminal operation, selling
[3:28] Speaker 2: illegally made alcohol and evading federal taxes.
[3:32] Speaker 4: Peter, those figures, please.
[3:34] Speaker 3: Yes, Mr.
[3:34] Speaker 6: Harding.
[3:36] Speaker 2: District 9, estimated tax loss, $ 221, 000. District 10, $ 400, 000. District 11,
[3:48] Speaker 2: over half a million dollars. Now, gentlemen, we don't yet
[3:53] Speaker 2: know what gang makes that alcohol or where it's made,
[3:56] Speaker 2: but all over your state, counter-spy squads are moving into action.
[4:07] Speaker 8: All right, here comes the truck, boys.
[4:09] Speaker 4: Don't let it get by.
[4:10] Speaker 3: It's loaded with.
[4:11] Speaker 8: One-gallon corn syrup cans.
[4:12] Speaker 3: That's what we're looking for. Okay, buddy, pull up.
[4:17] Speaker 9: United States counter fire.
[4:25] Speaker 3: This is the place. It's a dance hall and tavern.
[4:32] Speaker 3: They won't open up for us. All right, men. Smash
[4:35] Speaker 3: down that door.
[4:41] Speaker 9: This truck's coming fast, but it's got to be stopped.
[4:50] Speaker 4: If the truck doesn't stop, blast the tires. Get those tires!
[4:53] Speaker 2: So far, gentlemen.
[5:09] Speaker 2: No useful leads have been obtained from truck drivers, tavern keepers,
[5:13] Speaker 2: and others taken in each counter fire raid. One lead
[5:16] Speaker 2: of possible value has been found, however. My assistant, Harry Peters,
[5:20] Speaker 2: is leaving tonight to investigate it in Chicago.
[5:23] Speaker 10: Hey, buddy, I'm looking for the main office of the
[5:31] Speaker 10: famous Flanagan Sisters Corn Sear Company.
[5:34] Speaker 3: Is it in here? No, no, this is only the garage.
[5:36] Speaker 3: The office is in that snazzy little building right across
[5:39] Speaker 3: the street. Anybody here?
[6:04] Speaker 4: Oh, uh, excuse me.
[6:06] Speaker 9: Yeah, Buster, what's up to you?
[6:08] Speaker 2: I was looking for a secretary or a receptionist or something.
[6:11] Speaker 3: That little blonde thing there, you see.
[6:14] Speaker 9: What's the problem?
[6:14] Speaker 2: I want to find out something about the famous Flanagan sisters.
[6:19] Speaker 3: Why, Buster?
[6:21] Speaker 2: I'm Harry Peters, United States Counter-Strike. Oh, Peters, I got
[6:25] Speaker 2: news for you. I'm the famous Flanagan sisters. You're the
[6:30] Speaker 2: famous Flanagan sisters?
[6:32] Speaker 4: All of them? Ha, ha, ha.
[6:33] Speaker 2: Yeah, it's only a trade name, and I bought the
[6:35] Speaker 2: business a couple of years ago.
[6:37] Speaker 3: My name's Hype Gordon. Sit down. Thank you, Mr. Newton. I, uh.
[6:43] Speaker 3: You believe in large offices? Why not?
[6:45] Speaker 2: I spent half my life here. Is this one of
[6:49] Speaker 2: your cans of syrup?
[6:51] Speaker 3: A sample, yeah.
[6:53] Speaker 2: That label, that is a portrait of the original Flanagan
[6:57] Speaker 2: sisters bending over a hot stove, making their corn.
[7:00] Speaker 3: Syrup according to a receipt... Hand it down from mother
[7:05] Speaker 3: to daughter.
[7:05] Speaker 2: Between you and me, the daughter could hand it back.
[7:10] Speaker 3: Tell me, do you know what happens to your used cans? Why?
[7:13] Speaker 2: Well, do you take them back, for instance?
[7:15] Speaker 3: Like milk bottles, you mean?
[7:17] Speaker 4: No.
[7:18] Speaker 3: Why?
[7:18] Speaker 2: A lot of them seem to be used for shipping
[7:21] Speaker 2: illegal alcohol around the country.
[7:24] Speaker 3: Labels drift off, of course. My cans where?
[7:27] Speaker 2: Into the so-called monopoly states, where liquor is sold only
[7:30] Speaker 2: by state-owned liquor stores. Bootleg liquor undersells those stores very
[7:34] Speaker 2: profitably because somebody forgets.
[7:36] Speaker 3: To pay the federal alcohol taxes.
[7:39] Speaker 2: We figure around $ 3 million on this particular operation alone.
[7:44] Speaker 3: Oh, you trace those cans to me. Mm-hmm.
[7:47] Speaker 2: Through the manufacturer. Want to look around the place, Peters?
[7:51] Speaker 3: I'll show you where we make the syrup and can it. 50,
[7:55] Speaker 3: 60 employees, that guy.
[7:57] Speaker 2: I'll even show you the garage where we ship it
[7:59] Speaker 2: out to stores and wholesalers.
[8:01] Speaker 3: Maybe I'll even give you a couple of cans to
[8:03] Speaker 3: take home to the little woman. Come on. This way. Hello, Milky.
[8:16] Speaker 9: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[8:18] Speaker 4: That you, Mr.
[8:19] Speaker 6: Gordon?
[8:19] Speaker 3: Listen, counter-spies are sniffing around my plant here. Counter-spies? Holy fish.
[8:25] Speaker 2: So don't send any more clucks here from the still
[8:27] Speaker 2: till you get word from me.
[8:28] Speaker 9: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[8:30] Speaker 11: Mr.
[8:30] Speaker 3: Gordon.
[8:31] Speaker 5: You had three trucks loaded and ready to.
[8:33] Speaker 2: Roll out of your garage, didn't you?
[8:34] Speaker 3: I got them out fast. So sit tight, Melty, and
[8:37] Speaker 3: we'll be okay.
[8:38] Speaker 9: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[8:52] Speaker 4: Peters to Harding in Washington.
[8:54] Speaker 2: No evidence whatever at Hype Gordon's syrup plant to connect
[8:57] Speaker 2: it or him with illegal alcohol manufacturers. However, have sent
[9:01] Speaker 2: agents to trail three loaded trucks that left his garage
[9:04] Speaker 2: while I was there. Gordon himself also under surveillance. Has
[9:09] Speaker 2: three cars, including limousine with French chauffeur. Lives in most
[9:12] Speaker 2: expensive apartment hotel in Chicago, swarming with uniformed flunkies. Gordon's
[9:17] Speaker 2: rental at least $ 15, 000 a year for lavishly furnished penthouse apartments.
[9:34] Speaker 3: Hey, sleeping beauty. Wake up, sweetheart. Love a boy.
[9:41] Speaker 4: Oh, hi.
[9:42] Speaker 7: What are you doing?
[9:45] Speaker 3: Working, what else? It's only 12.30, Vinnie. Say, you got
[9:50] Speaker 3: any bologna?
[9:51] Speaker 12: Yes, I'll sleep on a daggum waiting sheet.
[9:54] Speaker 3: Must be love.
[9:56] Speaker 9: What's the matter?
[9:58] Speaker 3: The famous Flanagan sister. and Uncle Sam. Holy smoke.
[10:03] Speaker 2: Sam?
[10:04] Speaker 3: I'm not sure yet. There's no time for you to
[10:07] Speaker 3: get in trouble, lover boy. I still need that second one. Hey,
[10:12] Speaker 3: I asked you if we got any bologna company.
[10:14] Speaker 8: Oh, yeah.
[10:15] Speaker 3: Hi, Sam.
[10:17] Speaker 11: Here we are tonight, living in the most expensive apartment
[10:20] Speaker 11: we've ever had.
[10:22] Speaker 10: And I have to keep burrowing and pumping nickel in
[10:24] Speaker 10: the icebox.
[10:26] Speaker 3: Refrigerator. What's the matter with bologna? It is so crude.
[10:33] Speaker 9: There was only straws, bread and wine or something.
[10:37] Speaker 3: But it's bologna and pumping nickel. Thanks. Now, somebody? Please.
[10:48] Speaker 4: Hi.
[10:49] Speaker 3: How tough is it without you, sir?
[10:51] Speaker 2: No. I figure as long as they don't find out
[10:54] Speaker 2: where my still is, they can't tie me up to it.
[10:58] Speaker 3: I'm just going to sit around and smile. And after
[11:00] Speaker 3: a while, the counter-spies will figure I'm an innocent victim.
[11:02] Speaker 1: Go away.
[11:04] Speaker 4: Oh, it's no good.
[11:07] Speaker 12: Somebody had to do it without being announced.
[11:09] Speaker 2: Maybe it's counter-spies.
[11:11] Speaker 3: You go on down the hall to the bedroom. Stay there.
[11:13] Speaker 6: Go on.
[11:14] Speaker 1: Go on.
[11:14] Speaker 3: Let me.
[11:24] Speaker 3: Uh, no.
[11:26] Speaker 4: Well, well, hiya, Hype.
[11:28] Speaker 3: Well, well, say, you look just exactly the way I
[11:31] Speaker 3: thought you would.
[11:31] Speaker 6: Yes, sir.
[11:34] Speaker 3: Not one hair out of place.
[11:36] Speaker 12: Press the plate, Hype, old boy.
[11:38] Speaker 6: It's good to see you.
[11:39] Speaker 3: Oh, Sam. Hell, hiya. Let go of my hand, will you?
[11:43] Speaker 3: How'd you get past the doorman?
[11:44] Speaker 4: Oh, my ass. Hey, look.
[11:47] Speaker 12: Do you mind if I grab my suitcase right here?
[11:50] Speaker 3: Ah, I'm Sam. Sam?
[11:52] Speaker 6: Sam Vanderbilt.
[11:54] Speaker 3: Your wife's brother, Sam. Sam?
[11:57] Speaker 12: Yeah.
[11:59] Speaker 4: Oh, Sam.
[12:01] Speaker 3: Well, how are you? Oh, great.
[12:04] Speaker 6: I'm great.
[12:05] Speaker 3: Just great.
[12:06] Speaker 6: You see, I hopped the rattle out of St.
[12:07] Speaker 3: Lou early today.
[12:08] Speaker 12: Made up my mind to hit for the Windy City.
[12:10] Speaker 12: You know, for a decent job. I need scope.
[12:13] Speaker 3: I've been there.
[12:13] Speaker 6: There ain't no scope in St.
[12:15] Speaker 8: Lou.
[12:15] Speaker 3: That's it. Just between you and me.
[12:19] Speaker 12: I come on ahead of Gladys so I can sneak
[12:21] Speaker 12: in a couple of hot nightclubs, you know.
[12:28] Speaker 3: Gladys, come and so.
[12:30] Speaker 6: Oh, sure, sure.
[12:31] Speaker 12: You see, we thought it was about time we met
[12:33] Speaker 12: the man my little sister Finney married last year. Hey, hey,
[12:38] Speaker 12: you've got a mighty classy joint around here.
[12:41] Speaker 3: Kind of small, though, ain't it? As always, Vinnie and me. Uh,
[12:45] Speaker 3: piece of back, I'd better sell you.
[12:46] Speaker 4: Oh, no, hold it, hold it.
[12:48] Speaker 6: Don't bother. Don't bother.
[12:50] Speaker 3: I could bet down right here. Uh-oh.
[12:53] Speaker 12: Hey, ain't this one of them sofas that open up into.
[12:55] Speaker 4: A bed, ain't it, huh?
[12:57] Speaker 12: Is it big enough for two?
[12:58] Speaker 1: What?
[12:59] Speaker 12: Well, you know, Gladys and I wouldn't want any inconvenience
[13:01] Speaker 12: in that. We'll be mighty comfortable right here in the
[13:03] Speaker 12: living room.
[13:05] Speaker 3: You mean you couldn't get rooms in a hotel? I
[13:08] Speaker 3: can work it for you. Hotel?
[13:10] Speaker 2: Hotel?
[13:11] Speaker 12: When I got relatives, I was fond of it like
[13:13] Speaker 12: you and Vinnie. I wouldn't dream or hurt my feelings
[13:15] Speaker 12: by going to no hotel. Oh, oh, and loamy and pumpernickel, huh?
[13:25] Speaker 4: You're right.
[13:25] Speaker 2: Good.
[13:26] Speaker 6: Yeah.
[13:27] Speaker 2: Yeah.
[13:28] Speaker 3: Honey, I'm sorry there's no frogs there.
[13:30] Speaker 4: Oh, don't feel.
[13:31] Speaker 12: Bad about that, Hype.
[13:32] Speaker 6: I love bologna and pumpernickel.
[13:43] Speaker 4: To counter-spy field office, Chicago.
[13:46] Speaker 8: Surveillance report concerning the trucks followed from famous Flanagan sisters
[13:50] Speaker 8: corn syrup company garage. They proceeded south by various roads...
[13:55] Speaker 8: to make deliveries to 18 illegal liquor users. They are
[13:59] Speaker 8: being kept under observation. Relay this report to Mr. Harding
[14:03] Speaker 8: in Cottage by Plane 1, en route Chicago.
[14:13] Speaker 2: Dave, I'm sure glad you're here in Chicago. This new
[14:15] Speaker 2: development nails it right to Hyde Gordon. He himself ships
[14:18] Speaker 2: out alcohol under cover of shipping out corn syrup. But
[14:20] Speaker 2: where is the alcohol made? That's the only one thing
[14:24] Speaker 2: to do, Peter. Pull a new series of raids on
[14:26] Speaker 2: his customers in the southern districts that might scare him
[14:29] Speaker 2: into revealing where his field's located. This tavern is being
[14:39] Speaker 2: padlocked for violation of the law.
[14:45] Speaker 3: Watch those rear windows. They're trying to get away. All right,
[14:52] Speaker 3: step on it, Jack.
[14:53] Speaker 4: We'll be late for the next raid.
[14:54] Speaker 3: All right. They're shooting at us. Blast the lock off
[15:03] Speaker 3: that door. Hello, Melty.
[15:13] Speaker 9: Hey, Hype.
[15:14] Speaker 12: Hype, for the love of Mike, you better come out
[15:15] Speaker 12: here to the stills.
[15:16] Speaker 3: Take it apart or something.
[15:19] Speaker 4: Hey, you know about all these new cottage by raids?
[15:20] Speaker 3: Listen, Melty. They can raid every joint in the country.
[15:23] Speaker 3: Won't mean nothing to us.
[15:24] Speaker 2: So long as they don't locate the stills. And they
[15:27] Speaker 2: won't so long as I don't go there so the
[15:28] Speaker 2: counter spies can tail me.
[15:30] Speaker 3: You just keep your head down and sit tight. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
[15:33] Speaker 3: Sit tight.
[15:34] Speaker 6: We ought to do something.
[15:35] Speaker 3: No.
[15:36] Speaker 2: If this was another mob muscling in or something like
[15:39] Speaker 2: those west side guys two years.
[15:40] Speaker 3: Ago, I'd go after them with guns. This has to
[15:43] Speaker 3: be played close to the vet.
[15:45] Speaker 11: Okay, Mr.
[15:46] Speaker 2: Gordon.
[15:47] Speaker 4: Suppose I have to call you later tonight.
[15:48] Speaker 3: You're home? Home. I can't go home till way later.
[15:53] Speaker 3: My brother-in-law's visiting us. What a schmoe. You're a true moe!
[15:57] Speaker 3: I can't, though. My wife sticks up for us. I'm
[16:00] Speaker 3: nuts about my wife. And there's my sister-in-law, Gladys.
[16:04] Speaker 2: Tall and skinny, she talks and talks and talks and talks.
[16:14] Speaker 9: And I never dreamed of mentioning you, Sam.
[16:16] Speaker 3: Only, after all, you're my sister-in-law.
[16:18] Speaker 11: And you know how Sam would never say a word
[16:20] Speaker 11: unless he was sure.
[16:21] Speaker 6: Good thing.
[16:23] Speaker 3: He said just now that he wasn't sure.
[16:25] Speaker 11: After all, a wife ought to know how a husband
[16:27] Speaker 11: earns his money. And after all, you only knew Hype three.
[16:30] Speaker 4: Weeks before you married.
[16:31] Speaker 12: I know that.
[16:32] Speaker 9: And Sam was always good to me.
[16:33] Speaker 11: Especially after Pop died back home. But that doesn't give
[16:38] Speaker 11: him or you the right to criticize Hype.
[16:41] Speaker 3: I'm nuts about him.
[16:41] Speaker 11: But also, said it wasn't, he didn't think the famous
[16:44] Speaker 11: Flanagan sisters corn syrup company was very successful. And still,
[16:47] Speaker 11: you and Hype have three cars, and you've got four
[16:50] Speaker 11: closets full of clothes, and that diamond ring. And then yesterday,
[16:54] Speaker 11: Sam followed Hype around the city, and Hype didn't go
[16:57] Speaker 11: anywhere near any customers.
[16:59] Speaker 3: Sam's been changing.
[17:01] Speaker 4: I mean, snooping around after Hype.
[17:03] Speaker 3: Oh, that's contemptible. Hype?
[17:07] Speaker 8: Loverboy?
[17:09] Speaker 10: You're awfully late.
[17:10] Speaker 3: A lot of work, Renee. Hello, Gladys. Hello. Vinnie, I'm
[17:16] Speaker 3: going to have some bologna and pumpernickel. Where's Sam?
[17:19] Speaker 4: In the kitchen, having some bologna and pumpernickel.
[17:25] Speaker 3: Time to hit the hay, Vinnie. Yeah.
[17:28] Speaker 4: Good night, Gladys.
[17:30] Speaker 3: Good night, Vinnie. Good night, Gladys. Vinnie, the guy drives
[17:39] Speaker 3: me nuts.
[17:39] Speaker 10: Who?
[17:40] Speaker 3: Who?
[17:40] Speaker 7: Sam.
[17:42] Speaker 3: And Gladys. Now, listen, sweetheart. How about taking them out? Well,
[17:45] Speaker 3: they won't be here much longer. What do you mean?
[17:47] Speaker 12: Two years?
[17:47] Speaker 10: Now, lover boy.
[17:49] Speaker 3: They drive me nuts. They're always in the way. They
[17:53] Speaker 3: sleep on the sofa.
[17:54] Speaker 4: Diver.
[17:55] Speaker 3: Borrows my shirt. Needs my bologna and comprimitum.
[17:59] Speaker 4: I'll tell you.
[18:00] Speaker 3: Getting so the only pleasure I have at home. Just
[18:03] Speaker 3: taking off my shoes.
[18:05] Speaker 4: I can't throw Sam and Gladys out, lover boy.
[18:07] Speaker 7: They're all the family I got left.
[18:09] Speaker 3: Vinnie. Vinnie, my customer down south. You got raided. I
[18:16] Speaker 3: need a clear head, Vinnie.
[18:17] Speaker 2: And that schmo brother of yours gets me so mad,
[18:19] Speaker 2: I can't think straight.
[18:22] Speaker 3: First thing you know, I'll do something dumb. And, honey,
[18:24] Speaker 3: it'll be his fault. I'll murder the guy. Not so loud.
[18:31] Speaker 3: On my pajamas. Sam, got my pajamas?
[18:34] Speaker 4: On the pillow.
[18:36] Speaker 11: I guess this is no time for you to be upset,
[18:41] Speaker 11: and I.
[18:42] Speaker 10: I'd better tell you instead of you finding it out.
[18:45] Speaker 3: Find out what? Well, uh, Sam follows you around. What?
[18:52] Speaker 10: No.
[18:53] Speaker 3: He follows me around?
[18:56] Speaker 2: Sam, that iron-headed clam digger? I'll drain him now, so
[19:01] Speaker 2: help me. Where's the Sam Hill of my slippers?
[19:04] Speaker 3: I suppose he's got them too.
[19:05] Speaker 2: I love her, boy.
[19:06] Speaker 12: Don't make a scene.
[19:08] Speaker 3: I'll get rid of them both by Saturday, I promise.
[19:12] Speaker 4: Please, lover boy.
[19:13] Speaker 3: Please.
[19:27] Speaker 4: In just a moment, we'll return to Counterspy, brought to
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[20:34] Speaker 4: say Pepsi at the fountain. Say Pepsi at the stand.
[20:38] Speaker 4: Say Pepsi. Whenever you reach for a refreshment, remember... Why
[20:43] Speaker 4: take less when Pepsi's best? And now, back to Counterspy.
[20:57] Speaker 3: Peter, I've been studying the surveillance reports on Hype Gordon. Yeah,
[21:00] Speaker 3: me too, Dad. He hasn't made a single betraying move.
[21:04] Speaker 3: It's great.
[21:04] Speaker 2: We smash his customers, stop the tax losses. We know
[21:07] Speaker 2: he ships out the alcohol.
[21:08] Speaker 3: But what we don't know is where's that still? On
[21:11] Speaker 3: the moon, maybe.
[21:13] Speaker 2: Well, I've got one notion that might be useful. Did
[21:15] Speaker 2: you notice in these reports about Hype Gordon's brother and
[21:18] Speaker 2: sister-in-law visiting? And driving him crazy, yes. Peter's relatives and
[21:23] Speaker 2: in-laws often make trouble for decent people.
[21:25] Speaker 4: Why not trouble for crooks, too?
[21:27] Speaker 3: I think this Mr.
[21:28] Speaker 2: Sam Vandervoort might be a lot of help to us.
[21:31] Speaker 2: With a push from you.
[21:40] Speaker 11: Sam, maybe I shouldn't have said anything about you following
[21:43] Speaker 11: Hype around, but it just sort.
[21:45] Speaker 7: Of popped out.
[21:46] Speaker 3: Oh, well, Gladys, it don't make no difference. I couldn't
[21:48] Speaker 3: find anything out anyway.
[21:50] Speaker 4: I guess I'll have to go back to St.
[21:51] Speaker 3: Louis Saturday, maybe. Where are they tonight, Hype and Vinnie?
[21:54] Speaker 3: I don't know.
[21:55] Speaker 11: We got the apartment all to ourselves, and I must
[21:56] Speaker 11: say it's a relief to have a little privacy. Oh,
[22:00] Speaker 11: somebody's at the door. You go, Sam, and if it's
[22:02] Speaker 11: a telegram or anything for Hype, you better open it
[22:04] Speaker 11: in case you get caught.
[22:07] Speaker 3: All right. Yes? There's hyphens? Hot swords? No. No, he's not.
[22:14] Speaker 3: Did I give him a message? You're a friend of his? No,
[22:17] Speaker 3: I'm his brother-in-law. Oh. Well, give him this message, would you?
[22:20] Speaker 4: Rush.
[22:21] Speaker 3: Tell him to get out to the still right away.
[22:23] Speaker 6: Get out to the still right away?
[22:26] Speaker 3: What name will I tell him?
[22:27] Speaker 2: You'll know where the message is from.
[22:28] Speaker 3: Come on. Who was it, Sam?
[22:33] Speaker 2: Telegram?
[22:34] Speaker 11: Special delivery? Sam, I asked you a question. Why don't
[22:37] Speaker 11: you answer me? Sam, something's happened. I can always tell
[22:40] Speaker 11: by your face whenever you've got an idea.
[22:41] Speaker 4: Now, why don't you tell me?
[22:42] Speaker 2: Huh?
[22:43] Speaker 3: What? I said, I was thinking... Oh, shut up, will you?
[22:46] Speaker 3: I'm trying to think. Lenny? Lenny, it's me.
[23:02] Speaker 2: Sam?
[23:04] Speaker 5: What is.
[23:07] Speaker 2: It? Oh, well, nobody.
[23:18] Speaker 3: Yeah?
[23:18] Speaker 6: Hi, Mr.
[23:19] Speaker 3: Finney.
[23:20] Speaker 9: Where have you been?
[23:20] Speaker 3: The athletic club, like I told you. Where are you?
[23:24] Speaker 11: I told Sam I'm here.
[23:26] Speaker 4: The minute we got in control, Milky got all excited
[23:28] Speaker 4: and ran away.
[23:29] Speaker 9: Oh, all the other men too.
[23:30] Speaker 3: Milky? The other men? Finney, are you at the stills? Well, Sam.
[23:37] Speaker 11: I couldn't help it.
[23:44] Speaker 2: I don't know what's going on, but I'm going to
[23:45] Speaker 2: kill somebody for this.
[23:48] Speaker 3: Don't move. Don't do anything. I'll come right out.
[23:57] Speaker 9: Hi.
[23:58] Speaker 10: You don't have to yell at me.
[23:59] Speaker 4: I was only trying to help.
[24:00] Speaker 7: Help.
[24:01] Speaker 1: Help.
[24:03] Speaker 2: You and Sam together, you've made me do the one
[24:06] Speaker 2: thing I swore I'd never do.
[24:07] Speaker 3: Come out to this still so I could be pale. Why,
[24:09] Speaker 3: you got me and Vinnie all wrong about it. Sam,
[24:11] Speaker 3: you shut up.
[24:12] Speaker 2: And what'd you bring that idiot along for, too?
[24:15] Speaker 3: Me? Ladders? Look, I'll let go of it. I'm trying
[24:19] Speaker 3: to find a hand on what happened. Now, what happened? Will!
[24:25] Speaker 4: Will!
[24:26] Speaker 10: While we were out, you and me, that is, Hype.
[24:28] Speaker 12: A guy come to the door with a message for you.
[24:30] Speaker 12: Get out of the still right away.
[24:31] Speaker 3: A guy? What guy? I thought he was sent by Milt. No,
[24:34] Speaker 3: he wouldn't send a guy. He's gone. Until you came out. Sam,
[24:38] Speaker 3: what did you butt in for?
[24:39] Speaker 12: Now, Hype, you'd better listen to what I got to say.
[24:42] Speaker 2: Tell him, Sam.
[24:43] Speaker 3: Gladys, you shut up or I'll brain you. All right,
[24:46] Speaker 3: let's have it, Sam. All right. You think I'm a chatterhead,
[24:48] Speaker 3: don't you?
[24:49] Speaker 12: But I figured out right from the start you had
[24:51] Speaker 12: a racket.
[24:51] Speaker 3: And the minute that.
[24:52] Speaker 12: Guy talked about it, still I was sure of it.
[24:54] Speaker 1: So, so?
[24:55] Speaker 3: So I want a job. Here, working for you.
[24:57] Speaker 2: We're at the famous Flanagan Sisters corn syrup company.
[25:00] Speaker 3: Or else I talk.
[25:02] Speaker 12: Ben!
[25:03] Speaker 2: You told me you only wanted to help her.
[25:06] Speaker 3: Get up, Penny. You'll talk. To the counter-spot. Oh, Bright Eyes,
[25:12] Speaker 3: you listen to me.
[25:13] Speaker 4: Now, hold your horses, Hype.
[25:15] Speaker 3: Just give me a job and I won't talk. Talk,
[25:17] Speaker 3: you big fat fool, you! That message wasn't for Milky.
[25:21] Speaker 2: It was a counter-spy gag, a trap, and you walked
[25:24] Speaker 2: into it, and I got to walk into it too
[25:26] Speaker 2: to get you out.
[25:27] Speaker 3: Give me a job, Eastford. Give me a job, you
[25:30] Speaker 3: rocked head.
[25:31] Speaker 2: I might be out of business altogether before morning.
[25:33] Speaker 8: Oh, Hype.
[25:34] Speaker 3: I don't buy all that, Hype. You can't brush me
[25:36] Speaker 3: off that easy.
[25:37] Speaker 6: What?
[25:40] Speaker 3: Vinnie. Go on up in the car. Stay there. We
[25:44] Speaker 3: may have to leave bad. I'll douse all the lights
[25:47] Speaker 3: in here.
[25:49] Speaker 11: Sam?
[25:50] Speaker 3: You win. You and Gladys, come on with me.
[25:53] Speaker 2: I'll show you something.
[26:02] Speaker 6: There you see, Sam?
[26:08] Speaker 3: Where my flashlight shows now? The alcohol's not a thing.
[26:13] Speaker 3: From here to this cellar, the alcohol gets piped to
[26:15] Speaker 3: my corn syrup factory.
[26:17] Speaker 2: Our pipeline runs two miles in an abandoned sewer we found.
[26:21] Speaker 3: Gosh, what a setup. I sure got to hand it
[26:25] Speaker 3: to you, fella. I'm glad. Yeah, it's remarkable. Sam, how
[26:31] Speaker 3: would you like to stay here?
[26:33] Speaker 4: Work here?
[26:34] Speaker 9: Sam.
[26:34] Speaker 3: Sam, he's up to something. Price, you take us out
[26:39] Speaker 3: of this cellar this minute. Yeah. Yeah, I... Let's talk
[26:43] Speaker 3: about it outside. Well, talk right here. I don't believe
[26:48] Speaker 3: there was any message. You rushed Vinnie off her feet.
[26:50] Speaker 3: Now you want to sneak out? Squeal on me. You rotten,
[26:54] Speaker 3: counter-vice tool.
[26:55] Speaker 12: Pardon me?
[26:56] Speaker 3: You're crazy.
[26:57] Speaker 5: Shut it up!
[26:58] Speaker 9: My family's quiet. You stay here.
[27:00] Speaker 3: With them, got it? He's out. No air.
[27:12] Speaker 4: We'll die down here, you murdering....
[27:17] Speaker 3: So long, both of you. For good.
[27:20] Speaker 5: Benny, why don't you outside like.
[27:27] Speaker 3: I told you?
[27:31] Speaker 9: Oh, Cardor, I'm scared.
[27:32] Speaker 3: It's dark and creepy in here.
[27:34] Speaker 4: Cardor.
[27:34] Speaker 3: Holy smoke, we've got to get out of here. But
[27:36] Speaker 3: we can't leave Sam and Garnet. Never mind them. Come on,
[27:38] Speaker 3: it's a side door. But Sam and Garnet... Oh, sorry. What? Oh,
[27:42] Speaker 3: that door was in the cellar where you were just outside.
[27:44] Speaker 4: But Sam, Garnet, it's over here. Gordon, Mrs.
[27:48] Speaker 3: Gordon, stand where you are. How does it look, Gordon? Oh, good, Gordon,
[27:52] Speaker 3: drop the gun. Stop resisting, Gordon. The entire building's running.
[27:56] Speaker 3: I don't want to get hurt. That's better. Handcuffs for Gordon, Peter.
[28:00] Speaker 3: With pleasure.
[28:01] Speaker 2: Gordon, you and all of your men are under arrest
[28:03] Speaker 2: for making and selling illegal alcohol. Just now as we
[28:06] Speaker 2: came in, we found Sam Vandervoort and his wife in
[28:08] Speaker 2: the cellar.
[28:09] Speaker 3: You'll be charged with their attempted murder.
[28:11] Speaker 2: Sam's a dirty stool-pitcher.
[28:16] Speaker 3: He was working for the counter-spy. My own brother-in-law.
[28:20] Speaker 2: You're wrong, Gordon. We only tricked him to trick you
[28:23] Speaker 2: into leading us here to your cell. Now your entire
[28:25] Speaker 2: racket smacks. All right, Peters, have these people held outside,
[28:29] Speaker 2: and we'll start taking this place apart.
[28:42] Speaker 4: When your friends drop in, be generous, but be thrifty, too.
[28:46] Speaker 4: Serve plenty of delicious Pepsi-Cola. Pepsi's big 12-ounce bottle gives
[28:51] Speaker 4: you not just one sparkling glassful, but two. Get a
[28:54] Speaker 4: carton of six and serve 12 delicious drinks. Yes, Pepsi
[28:59] Speaker 4: is America's biggest cola value. You get twice the tangy taste,
[29:03] Speaker 4: twice the refreshment, twice the Pepsi. So why take less
[29:07] Speaker 4: when Pepsi is best? Whenever you reach for refreshment, remember...
[29:12] Speaker 4: Pepsi Cola hits the spot. Two cold glasses, that's a lot.
[29:16] Speaker 4: Lot more value, lot more zest. Why take less when
[29:19] Speaker 4: Pepsi's best? Tune in every Tuesday and Thursday, same time,
[29:23] Speaker 4: same station, to Counterspy. Listen on Thursday for the exciting
[29:27] Speaker 4: Counterspy case of the Vicious Visitor. Tangling with the criminal
[29:32] Speaker 4: I call the Vicious Visitor was dangerous for all concerned.
[29:35] Speaker 4: For his prison guards, it meant a beating in the dark.
[29:39] Speaker 4: For his partner, bullets.
[29:42] Speaker 2: And for the woman who had once known him, it
[29:43] Speaker 2: meant death for her husband, death for herself. I invite
[29:48] Speaker 2: you to be tuned in on Thursday.
[29:50] Speaker 4: To Case of the Vicious Visitor on Counterspy. Tonight's Counterspy
[30:03] Speaker 4: program originated in New York, was directed by Leonard L. Bass,
[30:06] Speaker 4: dramatized by Paul Milton, and featured Don McLaughlin and Mandel
[30:10] Speaker 4: Kramer with music by Jesse Crawford. Counterspy is a Philip H.
[30:15] Speaker 4: Lord production for Pepsi-Cola. Enjoy some Pepsi ice cold tonight.
[30:42] Speaker 1: Welcome back! Okay, Ralph Bell as Gordon is kind of
[30:47] Speaker 1: in an interesting spot. He often plays underworld characters and
[30:52] Speaker 1: usually they're pretty ruthless with little regard.
[30:56] Speaker 4: For human life.
[30:58] Speaker 1: Here, Gordon is restrained because he actually likes his wife
[31:04] Speaker 1: and doesn't want to mess things up with her by
[31:08] Speaker 1: getting tough with her brother but he gets pushed to
[31:13] Speaker 1: his limit as David Harding uses the most devastating weapon
[31:19] Speaker 1: he has at his disposal in-laws now we already discussed
[31:24] Speaker 1: listener support appreciation campaign on Tuesday on Tarzan I do
[31:31] Speaker 1: want to go ahead though and let you know what
[31:33] Speaker 1: plans we have for Saturdays Counterspy will continue on for
[31:40] Speaker 1: much of the season, but there are a lot of
[31:43] Speaker 1: missing episodes. So next year, you will eventually be listening
[31:49] Speaker 1: to Voyage of the Scarlet Queen on Saturdays. This is
[31:55] Speaker 1: such a great series. I've been waiting years for an
[31:58] Speaker 1: occasion to do it, and I hope that you enjoy
[32:01] Speaker 1: it as well. Listen to our comments and feedback now,
[32:05] Speaker 1: and we have this comment from YouTube regarding an episode
[32:11] Speaker 1: we played a bit a ways back. It's the Bouncing
[32:16] Speaker 1: Bank Robber, episode A0098. This seems like a terribly planned
[32:24] Speaker 1: operation by Counterspy. They decided to start moving in while
[32:29] Speaker 1: a passenger ferry was departing literally one block, one building
[32:36] Speaker 1: away without even posting anyone to cut the guy off
[32:40] Speaker 1: when they allegedly blocked all the exits. And yeah, this
[32:45] Speaker 1: is a fair point because they were aware that the
[32:49] Speaker 1: ferry was there and it seems to that you could have,
[32:55] Speaker 1: you know, sent somebody to block the ferry. At the
[32:57] Speaker 1: very least, you could have just had the ferry not operating, uh,
[33:04] Speaker 1: until the, uh, suspect Hondo was taken in. But to
[33:10] Speaker 1: be fair, Hondo did force the issue prematurely. So maybe
[33:16] Speaker 1: not everyone was in place, but covering the ferry was
[33:20] Speaker 1: kind of basic. Uh, And what explanation can be offered
[33:26] Speaker 1: for why Harding didn't make sure that the ferry was secure?
[33:33] Speaker 1: You know, to paraphrase a YouTuber, so that the radio
[33:37] Speaker 1: show could happen. Which is not a great excuse. You
[33:41] Speaker 1: wish the writers could have found something else. But they're like, hey,
[33:44] Speaker 1: this is a thrilling scene. And it was, so let's
[33:47] Speaker 1: go with it. All right, well, now it's time to
[33:50] Speaker 1: thank our Patreon supporter of the day. And thank you
[33:54] Speaker 1: to Tom, Patreon supporter since August of 2022, currently supporting
[34:01] Speaker 1: the podcast at the cadet level of $ 2 or more
[34:04] Speaker 1: per month. Well, that will do it for today. If
[34:07] Speaker 1: you're enjoying the podcast, please follow us using your favorite
[34:11] Speaker 1: podcast software. We will be back next Saturday with another
[34:16] Speaker 1: episode of Counterspy, But join us on the Great Detectives
[34:20] Speaker 1: of Old Time Radio tomorrow for our listener support appreciation special.
[34:27] Speaker 1: And then join us back here on Tuesday for Tarzan.
[34:31] Speaker 1: In the meantime, send your comments to box13 at greatdetectives.net.
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