# Mr. Chameleon

Heard 1948–1953. 25 episodes.

A master of disguise, Mr Chameleon changes his appearance every episode to track down the murderer. This rare detective old time radio show featuring the winning combination of murder, millionaires, and mayhem. Mr. Chameleon is a detective old time radio show featuring the winning combination of murder, millionaires, and mayhem. Mr. Chameleon, a master of disguise, changes his appearance every episode to track down the murderer. Karl Swenson stars as Mr. Chameleon. The slow-witted sidekick, Dave Arnold is played by Frank Butler. Sponsored by Bayer Aspirin, this rare detective show created by Frank and Anne Hummert (best known for producing the soap opera set.) However, Hummert duo also created another detective show Mr. Keen, Tracer of Missing Persons. This collection is in the extensive Hummert Radio Factory Collection. Called the parents of soap opera, Anne and Frank Hummert also created Betty and Bob, Front Page Farrell, Mr. Keen Tracer of Lost Persons, Ma Perkins, Just Plain Bill, Mary Noble Backstage Wife, Young Widder Brown, Mr. Chameleon, Stella Dallas, Manhattan Merry Go Round, Lora Lawton, The American Melody Hour, Hearthstone of the Death Squad, Lorenzo Jones, Nona From Nowhere, Our Gal Sunday, Inspector Thorne, Romance of Helen Trent, and more. Synopsis from: https://www.otrcat.com/p/mr-chameleon

## Sets

- Mr. Chameleon (Old Time Radio): Marked Public Domain Mark 1.0 by its uploader at the Internet Archive; the record gives no basis for it. Source: https://archive.org/details/mr-chameleon_202203
- Mr_Chameleon (Old Time Radio): Marked Public domain (Creative Commons dedication) by its uploader at the Internet Archive; the record gives no basis for it. Source: https://archive.org/details/Mr_Chameleon
- Mr Chameleon (The Joe Hehn Memorial Collection): the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it. Source: https://archive.org/details/mr-chameleon

## Episodes, in broadcast order

1. [Teh Case of the Dead Woman's Eyes](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/mr-chameleon/fec44890691e), aired 21 July 1948 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/mr-chameleon_202203/480721_The_Case_of_the_Dead_Womans_Eyes.mp3
1. [The Brown Stone Murder Case](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/mr-chameleon/128859a31127), aired 28 July 1948 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/mr-chameleon_202203/480728_The_Brown_Stone_Murder_Case.mp3
1. [The Case of Death and the Dependent Husband](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/mr-chameleon/090fc2d897f0), aired 4 August 1948 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/mr-chameleon_202203/480804_The_Case_of_Death_and_the_Dependent_Husband.mp3
1. [The Case of the Woman who Sensed Murder](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/mr-chameleon/c5768a8d9850), aired 18 August 1948 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/mr-chameleon_202203/480818_The_Case_of_the_Woman_Who_Sensed_Murder.mp3
1. [TheCase of His Brother's MurderER](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/mr-chameleon/696fc458b49e), aired 25 August 1948 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/mr-chameleon_202203/480825_The_Case_of_His_Brothers_Murderer.mp3
1. [The Case of the Blood-Stained Dollar Bills](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/mr-chameleon/ee8c2dd276c2), aired 1 September 1948 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/mr-chameleon_202203/480901_The_Case_of_the_Blood-Stained_Dollar_Bills.mp3
1. [Mr Chameleon's Pet Murder Case](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/mr-chameleon/e0b358717659), aired 8 September 1948 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/mr-chameleon_202203/480908_Mr_Chameleons_Pet_Murder_Case.mp3
1. [The Case of Murder and the Man Who Saw Too Much](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/mr-chameleon/a660b817d865), aired 15 September 1948 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/mr-chameleon_202203/480915_The_Case_of_Murder_and_the_Man_Who_Saw_Too_Much.mp3
1. [The Case of the Game of Death](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/mr-chameleon/58d824f5c7d8), aired 22 September 1948 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/mr-chameleon_202203/480922_The_Case_of_the_Game_of_Death.mp3
1. [The Case of the Jewels of Death](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/mr-chameleon/98e38d421eb6), aired 29 September 1948 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/mr-chameleon_202203/480929_The_Case_of_the_Jewels_of_Death.mp3
1. [The Case of the Dance of Death](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/mr-chameleon/0578640ae503), aired 12 January 1949 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/mr-chameleon_202203/490112_The_Case_of_the_Dance_Of_Death.mp3
1. [The Hanging Judge Murder Case](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/mr-chameleon/db3a7cfc0f02), aired 21 September 1949 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/mr-chameleon_202203/490921_The_Hanging_Judge_Murder_Case.mp3
1. [The Friendly Divorce Murder Case](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/mr-chameleon/e081487e6560), aired 28 September 1949 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/mr-chameleon_202203/490928_The_Friendly_Divorce_Murder_Case.mp3
1. [Mr Chameleon](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/mr-chameleon/f2d5ebaa9039), aired 21 December 1949 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/mr-chameleon/Mr%20Chameleon%20491221%20Perfect%20Maid%20Murder%20Case.mp3
1. [The Perfect Maid Murder](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/mr-chameleon/9df311a35d4f), aired 21 December 1949 (29 min): https://archive.org/download/mr-chameleon_202203/491221_The_Perfect_Maid_Murder_Case.mp3
1. [The Dusty Room Murder Case](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/mr-chameleon/b58369d08af3), aired 5 April 1950 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/mr-chameleon_202203/500405_The_Dusty_Room_Murder_Case.mp3
1. [Custody of the Child Murder Case](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/mr-chameleon/4d8156f7a1ad), aired 12 April 1950 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/mr-chameleon_202203/500412_Custody_of_the_Child_Murder_Case.mp3
1. [The Fashion World Murder Case](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/mr-chameleon/88a4c34e7c64), aired 6 September 1950 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/mr-chameleon_202203/500906_The_Fashion_World_Murder_Case.mp3
1. [The Titled Husband Murder Case](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/mr-chameleon/699873b2cbe1), aired 13 September 1950 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/mr-chameleon_202203/500913_The_Titled_Husband_Murder_Case.mp3
1. [The Dazed Girl Murder Case](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/mr-chameleon/b460c76cac2f), aired 20 September 1950 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/mr-chameleon_202203/500920_The_Dazed_Girl_Murder_Case.mp3
1. [The Broken Promise Murder Case](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/mr-chameleon/6b336ad98760), aired 27 September 1950 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/mr-chameleon_202203/500927_The_Broken_Promise_Murder_Case.mp3
1. [The Locked Room Murder Case](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/mr-chameleon/6b11a3fca346), aired 17 January 1951 (30 min): https://archive.org/download/mr-chameleon_202203/510117_Locked_Room_Murder_Case.mp3
1. [The Case of Murder And The Million Dollar Smile](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/mr-chameleon/896e752fdd6c), aired 24 April 1953 (23 min): https://archive.org/download/Mr_Chameleon/Mr_Chameleon_53-04-24_Murder_and_The_Million_Dollar_Smile.mp3
1. [The Dream House Murder Case](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/mr-chameleon/4a4dad86a90c) (30 min): https://archive.org/download/mr-chameleon_202203/513131The_Dream_House_Murder_Case.mp3
1. [The Case of Murder and the Million Dollar Smile](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/radio-drama/series/mr-chameleon/e8fb56490b8a) (24 min): https://archive.org/download/mr-chameleon_202203/XXXXXX_The_Case_of_Murder_and_the_Million_Dollar_Smile.mp3

From the Old Time Radio collection at the Internet Archive, uploaded by the collector named.

Nothing here is called public domain on this site's say-so. In the United States, sound recordings first fixed before 15 February 1972 have federal protection under the Music Modernization Act of 2018, for most until 2067 at the latest, so most American radio of the 1930s to the 1950s is not in the public domain there. Each set shows the licence, mark or statement its archive gives, and says whose it is.