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began as a daily 15-minute broadcast on CBS at 6:45 p.m. Eastern Time on
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sounded a slowly struck gong three times between scenes, which was "a notable exception" to a pattern found in other radio mystery dramas of its era. They typically used a "musical interlude between scenes, passing in its musical atmosphere from the tempo of one scene to that of the next."
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Stephany and Eugene Eubanks headed another version of the program for CBS's Pacific Coast network in 1932. It originated from
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Manhunter; see how great a sleuth you really are. Listen carefully; you can solve the puzzle from the clues given in tonight's episode."
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Radio Crime Fighters: More Than 300 Programs from the Golden Age
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