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: Windfall

      Cloak and Dagger: Windfall
      Dec 13 2025
      Today's Adventure: An ex-pat gambler in Switzerland gets a top secret film both sides want and tries to sell to the highest bidder.

      Original Radio Broadcast: October 22, 1950

      Originating from New York

      Starring: Les Tremayne; Bill Quinn; Jan Miner; Grant Richards; Raymond Edward Johnson; Karl Weber; Charles Irving; Stefan Snobble; Boris Aplon; Paul Arnold; Jerry Jarrett

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      34 min
    • Cloak and Dagger: The Wine of Freedom

      Cloak and Dagger: The Wine of Freedom
      Dec 6 2025
      Today's Adventure:An American OSS agent poses as a wine merchant in Germany to organize the country's anti-Hitler elements into an effective resistance.

      Original Radio Broadcast: October 15, 1950

      Originating from New York

      Starring: Mel Ferrer; Herbert Berghoff; Frances Robinson; Ralph Bell; Raymond Edward Johnson; Will McCure; Ian Martin; Karl Weber

      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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      Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715

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      34 min
    • Cloak and Dagger: Delay on Route

      Cloak and Dagger: Delay on Route
      Nov 29 2025
      Today's Adventure: In a territory the partisans seized from the fascists in Italy, an OSS agent has to sneak out two fascists ready to give vital information to the Allies and finds himself having to overcome his partisan comrades to do so.

      Original Radio Broadcast: October 6, 1950

      Originating from New York

      Starring: Grant Richards; Arnold Moss; Luis Van Rooten

      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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      Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715

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      39 min
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