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The Big Story: The Miracle Phone Call (EP5062)

· 33 min · S17 E291

Episode The Big Story: The Miracle Phone Call (EP5062)

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Today's Mystery: Newspaper reporter Dorothy Patterson is contacted by the desperate mother of five-year-old Johnny McDermott, who is gravely ill and needs an expensive experimental treatment his family cannot afford. Despite warnings that readers won’t contribute thousands of dollars to help a child they don’t know, Dorothy puts her faith in the generosity of her community and uses her newspaper column to make an appeal on Johnny’s behalf. Original Radio Broadcast: April 1, 1953 Originating in New York Cast:

• Jan Miner as Dorothy Patterson • Francis DeSales • Ted Osborne • Joey Fallon • Bobby Rick (probable identification) • Rae Terry • Brenna Rayburn • Bob Sloane, announcer

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