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Cloak and Dagger|World War 2 Spy Adventures

Cloak and Dagger|World War 2 Spy Adventures

著者: Adam Graham|Old Time Radio Spy Story Host
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Are you willing to undertake a dangerous mission behind the enemy lines, knowing you may never return alive?

This was the question asked of men and women, ordinary citizens. Those who said yes became part of the Office of Strategic Services. They risked their lives in dangerous missions and formed a powerful spy system throughout Europe and Asia which would be key to Allied success in World War II.

During the War, the stories of their adventures - of their courage and their sacrifice - remained closely-guarded military secrets. When the War came to its end, their story began to be told in the 1945 book Cloak and Dagger by Lt. Colonel Corey Ford and Major Alastir Macbain.

That book inspired Cloak and Dagger, a radio series dramatizing cases from the OSS’s Washington, D.C. files. It aired from May to October 1950 on the NBC network. As the late old time radio historian John Dunning observed, the series opened a Sunday afternoon mystery block "of far inferior quality," receiving little media attention and no sponsorship.

On paper, it looked like another low-budget, network-sustained placeholder. It was an anthology program starring a solid group of New York radio regulars who reliably turned in great acting performances for union scale. On paper, it looked like one of those cheap network-sustained placeholder.

The series disappeared from the air, unlamented and unremembered. However, according to Dunning, contemporary researchers discovered a nearly complete run of the series. What was discovered was a "gripping show with every story an unpredictable departure from formula." The twenty circulating episodes live up to Dunning's praise, and then some, while celebrating the vital clandestine work of the OSS.

Adam Graham is your guide through all circulating episode of this amazing series of courage and adventure.Copyright Adam Graham
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  • Cloak and Dagger: People of the Forest
    2025/08/09
    Today's Adventure: An OSS agent parachutes into occupied France to steal plans from the enemy and is aided by a local French resistance group.

    Original Radio Broadcast: June 11, 1950

    Originating from New York

    Starring: Larry Haines; Boris Aplon; Berry Kroeger; Jerry Jarrett; Lily Darvas; Raymond Edward Johnson; Joseph Buloff; Nancy Franklin

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    32 分
  • Cloak and Dagger: The Brenner Pass Story
    2025/08/02
    Today's Adventure: An OSS agent undertakes a secret mission to blow up a highway in Italy to block the escape of the Germans.

    Original Radio Broadcast: June 4, 1950

    Originating from New York

    Starring: Boris Aplon; Hester Sondergaard; Berry Kroeger; Virginia Payne; Raymond Edward Johnson; Karl Weber; Joseph Julian; Everett Sloan

    To subscribe to this podcast and, go to https://greatadventures.info/

    Become one of our ongoing Patreon supporters at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net

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    35 分
  • Cloak and Dagger: The Trojan Horse
    2025/07/26
    Today's Adventure: A French agent of the OSS takes a singer to Casablanca to feed inaccurate information to the Nazis.

    Original Radio Broadcast: May 28, 1950

    Originating from New York

    Starring: Jane White; Raymond Edward Johnson; Berry Kroeger; Leon Janney; Joseph Julian; Karl Weber; Guy Sorel; Bernie Gould

    To subscribe to this podcast and, go to https://greatadventures.info/

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    35 分
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