On This Day, August 22: Casey Crime Photographer and Boston Blackie
Also featured: Let George Do It.
August 22 Exhaustive Update
This report documents the comprehensive provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and story synopses for 6 historical broadcasts transmitting on August 22 across American network and syndicated broadcasting history (1945–1999):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story-First Plot Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Secret Heart" | Mutual-Don Lee (KHJ) 1947-08-22 8:00 PM PST |
Standard Oil of California Chevron Supreme & RPM Motor Oil |
Bob Bailey (George Valentine), Frances Robinson (Brooksie), Ken Christy (Riley) | David Victor & Jackson Gillis (Writers), Don Clark (Director), John Hiestand (Announcer) | ["Detective", "Mystery", "Comedy", "Drama"] |
Private investigator George Valentine and Brooksie are hired by an anxious physician to restore a locked diary stolen from a convalescing heiress, uncovering a sinister blackmail plot orchestrated by her deceitful fiancé. |
| "A Tiger on the Loose" | CBS (WABC) 1945-08-22 9:30 PM EWT |
Anchor Hocking Glass Fire-King Oven Glassware |
Matt Crowley (Casey), Alice Reinheart (Ann), John Gibson (Ethelbert), Jackson Beck | Alonzo Deen Cole (Writer), John Dietz (Director), Herman Chittison (Piano), Tony Marvin (Announcer) | ["Mystery", "Detective", "Drama", "Newspaper"] |
Morning Express press photographer Flashgun Casey and reporter Ann Williams investigate the lethal escape of a circus Bengal tiger in Central Park, proving the cage was sabotaged to mask an acrobatic trainer's murder. |
| "The Fat Lady Dies" | CBS (WABC) 1946-08-22 9:30 PM EDT |
Anchor Hocking Glass Fire-King Oven Glassware |
Staats Cotsworth (Casey), Jan Miner (Ann), John Gibson (Ethelbert), Bernard Lenrow | Alonzo Deen Cole (Writer), John Dietz (Director), Tony Marvin (Announcer) | ["Mystery", "Detective", "Drama", "Newspaper"] |
Casey and Ann Williams unwind at the Blue Note before rushing to a traveling carnival sideshow where the 400-pound fat lady is poisoned with strychnine, uncovering a diamond-smuggling ring that used the victim's custom trunks as concealment. |
| "Writers' Block (The Haunted Typewriter)" | Imagination Theatre 1999-08-22 (Syndicated) |
National Syndication | Patrick Macnee (The Strangeseeker / Narrator), Seattle dramatic cast | Jim French (Writer & Director), Terry Rose (Music) | ["Supernatural", "Mystery", "Horror"] |
The Strangeseeker introduces the chilling story of a blocked horror novelist who buys an antique manual typewriter at an estate sale, discovering that whatever gruesome murder scenarios he types late at night manifest in exact detail across his neighborhood. |
| "Lyndia & Max Dine at Mrs. Dunbar's" | CBS (WCBS) 1955-08-22 2:45 PM EDT |
Procter & Gamble Blue Cheer Detergent & Ivory Snow |
Bill Smith (Rev. Richard Dennis), Blair Davies (Althea), Hal Studer (Max), Mary Linn Beller | Irna Phillips (Creator), Arthur Hanna (Director), Len Sterling (Announcer) | ["Drama", "Soap Opera", "Serial"] |
In Three Rivers, Lyndia Dennis and Max attend an uncomfortable formal dinner at Mrs. Dunbar's residence, navigating family tensions while Reverend Dennis provides pastoral guidance to the troubled household. |
| "The Golf Instructor Murder" | NBC (WEAF) 1945-08-22 8:30 PM EWT |
Lever Brothers Lifebuoy Health Soap ("Stops B.O.") |
Richard Kollmar (Boston Blackie), Lesley Woods (Mary Wesley), Maurice Tarplin (Faraday) | Jeanne Harrison (Director), Harlow Wilcox (Announcer) | ["Mystery", "Detective", "Comedy", "Crime"] |
Inspector Faraday suspects Boston Blackie when a popular country club golf professional is murdered on the 18th green, prompting Blackie and Mary Wesley to trap the real killer—a jealous club champion with heavy gambling debts. |