Couverture de Cloak and Dagger|World War 2 Spy Adventures

Cloak and Dagger|World War 2 Spy Adventures

Cloak and Dagger|World War 2 Spy Adventures

De : 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 Art Divertissement et arts du spectacle Drames et pièces de théâtre
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    • Cloak and Dagger: The Black Radio

      Cloak and Dagger: The Black Radio
      Oct 18 2025
      Today's Adventure: An OSS agent parachutes into Germany to team up with a local operative to run an underground broadcast to undermine the Nazi propoganda.

      Original Radio Broadcast: August 27, 1950

      Originating in New York

      Starring: Larry Haines, Lily Darvas, Berry Kroeger, Arnold Moss, Stefan Schnabel, Bob Wile, Jerry Jarrett,

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      36 min
    • Cloak and the Dagger: The Norweigan Incident

      Cloak and the Dagger: The Norweigan Incident
      Oct 11 2025
      Today's Adventure: Two OSS Agents go into occupied Norway to blow up a key Nazi-controlled bridge.

      Original Radio Broadcast: August 20, 1950

      Originating in New York

      Starring: Berry Kroeger, Raymond Edward Johnson, Jerry Jarrett, Frank Barrens, Karl Weber, Joseph Julian, Ralph Bell.

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      36 min
    • Cloak and Dagger: Roof of the World

      Cloak and Dagger: Roof of the World
      Oct 4 2025
      Today's Adventure: A husband and wife team of geologists are recruited by the IRS to journey into Tibet to seek the favor of the Dalai Lama. They find themselves in competition with two Nazi officers.

      Original Radio Broadcast: August 13, 1950

      Originating from New York

      Starring: Louise Barclay; Grant Richards; Raymond Edward Johnson; Stefan Schnabel; Berry Kroeger; Janice Gilbert; Karl Weber; Ralph Bell; Jerry Jarrett

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      34 min
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