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In the Name of the Law was a crime radio series that aired on 1936. Like Dragnet and Gang Busters, the show also featured actual polices cases or stories. Being a short-run series, it was able to produce only 12 episodes in its entire run. 

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Please enjoy these old time radio shows:

Air Date Title Synopsis
 1936-05-31  Robbery
 1936-06-07  Who Killed Francis
 1936-06-14  I Dreamed Mor Was Po
 1936-06-21  Red Ryans Prison Break
 1936-06-28  July Fourth Picnic
 1936-07-05  Phantom Gang
 1936-07-12  Bumped Off Hubby
 1936-07-12  07 Bumped Off Hubby
 1936-07-19  08 Narcotics In The Trunk
 1936-07-19  Narcotics In Trunk
 1936-07-26  09 Nothing Ever Happens In
 1936-07-26  Nothing Ever Happens In
 1936-08-02  I Didnt Do Nothing

+ Program #13. Syndicated. "I Didn't Do Nothing". Commercials added locally. Two robbers take the life savings from two old farmers. One of them is killed, the other is beaten unmercifully.
 1936-08-08  She Was Murdered

+ Program #14. Syndicated. "She Was Murdered". Commercials added locally. A drama based on a crime that took place on August 5, 1935. A barber's wife is found drowned in 8 inches of water, with a swollen leg. The wife's was heavily insured, and she was his fifth wife! The date is approximate. 
 1936-08-16  He Did It, Or Did He

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