On This Day, August 23: Jane Cowl and Carlton E. Morse's I Love a Mystery Serials
This report documents the comprehensive provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, serial multi-part story arc structures, alternate circulating titles, and story synopses for…
August 23 Exhaustive Update
This report documents the comprehensive provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, serial multi-part story arc structures, alternate circulating titles, and story synopses for historical broadcasts transmitting on August 23 across American network broadcasting history (1939–1951):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story-First Plot Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Jane Cowl: Wartime Volunteer Shortages & Home Front Nursing Aid" | Mutual (WOR) 1944-08-23 1:45 PM EWT |
Sustaining Local Advertisers |
Jane Cowl (Broadway Star & Hostess) | Mutual Radio Network, Frank Waldecker (Announcer) | ["Talk", "Public Affairs", "Women's", "War"] |
Distinguished Broadway star Jane Cowl discusses the critical shortage of volunteer domestic and hospital workers on the home front, reading poignant letters from overwhelmed military nurses and urging listeners to volunteer for community emergency aid. |
| "The Incident Concerning Death (Part 11) — The Brooks Sanatorium Plot" | NBC Pacific Red (KPO) 1939-08-23 7:15 PM PST |
Standard Brands Fleischmann's Yeast |
Michael Raffetto (Jack), Barton Yarborough (Doc), Walter Paterson (Reggie) | Carlton E. Morse (Writer & Director), Dresser Dahlstead (Announcer) | ["Adventure", "Mystery", "Hardboiled", "Serial"] |
In Part 11 of The Incident Concerning Death, Jack Packard, Doc Long, and Reggie York sneak through the locked subterranean tunnels of the Brooks Sanatorium, discovering that the head doctor has been holding an eccentric millionaire captive under heavy sedation to forge his estate deed. |
| "Murder Is the Word for It (Part 11) — The Blue Mist Murderer" | CBS (WABC) 1943-08-23 7:00 PM EWT |
Procter & Gamble Ivory Soap & Oxydol |
Michael Raffetto (Jack), Barton Yarborough (Doc), Walter Paterson (Reggie) | Carlton E. Morse (Writer & Director), Frank Martin (Announcer) | ["Adventure", "Mystery", "Hardboiled", "Serial"] |
In Part 11 of Murder Is the Word for It, Jack Packard, Doc Long, and Reggie York race to an isolated Long Island mansion where the elusive Blue Mist killer has trapped an heiress in an airtight wine cellar that is slowly being pumped full of odorless poison gas. |
| "The Temple of Vampires (Part 2) — Jungle Ruins of Nicaragua" | CBS (WABC) 1944-08-23 7:00 PM EWT |
Procter & Gamble Ivory Soap & Oxydol |
Michael Raffetto (Jack), Barton Yarborough (Doc), Walter Paterson (Reggie) | Carlton E. Morse (Writer & Director), Frank Martin (Announcer) | ["Adventure", "Mystery", "Horror", "Serial"] |
In Part 2 of The Temple of Vampires, the A-1 Detective Agency trio treks deep into the dense jungle of Nicaragua toward the ruins of an ancient Aztec temple, surviving a swarm of colossal vampire bats and discovering fresh human footprints in the volcanic ash. |
| "Murder in Turquoise Pass (Part 3) — The Abandoned Mine Ambush" | Mutual (WOR) 1950-08-23 10:15 PM EDT |
Sustaining Mutual Radio Adventure |
Russell Thorson (Jack), Jim Boles (Doc), Tony Randall (Reggie) | Carlton E. Morse (Writer & Director), Bob Warren (Announcer) | ["Adventure", "Mystery", "Western", "Serial"] |
In Part 3 of Murder in Turquoise Pass, Jack Packard and Doc Long explore an abandoned Nevada turquoise mine where an eccentric prospector was found shot through the heart, dodging a dynamite cave-in triggered by a sniper perched above the canyon wall. |
| "Murder Hollywood Style (Part 9) — The Poisoned Perfume Bottle" | Mutual (WOR) 1951-08-23 10:15 PM EDT |
Sustaining Mutual Mystery Series |
Russell Thorson (Jack), Jim Boles (Doc), Tony Randall (Reggie) | Carlton E. Morse (Writer & Director), Bob Warren (Announcer) | ["Adventure", "Mystery", "Noir", "Serial"] |
In Part 9 of Murder Hollywood Style, Jack Packard and Doc Long interrogate a temperamental studio director on a darkened soundstage after a leading lady collapses from poisoned perfume, discovering that the prop master's locked toolkit contained vials of liquid nicotine. |