On This Day, August 28: Dameron and Man Behind the Gun
Also featured: I Love a Mystery.
August 28 Update
This report documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts transmitting on August 28 across American network radio and syndication, Bob Readick investigating telepathic conspiracies in Dameron, Jackson Beck narrating the Peabody Award-winning combat docudrama The Man Behind the Gun, and three multi-era installments of Carlton E. Morse's legendary I Love a Mystery (1939 Fleischmann's Yeast mystery, 1944 P&G Mexican occult thriller The Temple of Vampires, and 1950 Western desert manhunt The Case of the Murder in Turquoise Pass) (1939–1973):
1. Broadcasts
| Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "The Mind Changers (Part 1)" | Syndicated Drama 1973-08-28 |
Sustaining Sci-Fi Audio Drama |
Bob Readick (Dameron) | Roger Dixon (Writer) | ["Sci-Fi", "Psychological Thriller", "Cyberpunk", "Dystopian", "Serial"] |
Special investigator Dameron arrives on an off-world colony planet to investigate an insidious psychic mind-control conspiracy wiping human memories. |
| "The Mind Changers (Part 2)" | Syndicated Drama 1973-08-28 |
Sustaining Sci-Fi Audio Drama |
Bob Readick (Dameron) | Roger Dixon (Writer) | ["Sci-Fi", "Psychological Thriller", "Cyberpunk", "Dystopian", "Serial"] |
Dameron infiltrates a subterranean brainwashing laboratory to neutralize the neural frequency transmitter before the colony falls under total subjection. |
| "Operation in the Aleutians" | CBS (WABC) 1943-08-28 7:00 PM EWT |
Sustaining Combat Docudrama |
Jackson Beck (Narrator) | Ranald MacDougall, William N. Robson | ["Wartime", "Military", "Docudrama", "Action", "Historical"] |
American infantry soldiers and naval gunners fight freezing fog, tundra mud, and entrenched enemy forces during the Aleutian Islands campaign. |
| "Incident Concerning Death (Part 14)" | NBC Red (WEAF) 1939-08-28 7:15 PM EDST |
Standard Brands Fleischmann's Yeast |
Michael Raffetto, Barton Yarborough | Carlton E. Morse (Writer/Dir) | ["Adventure", "Mystery", "Serial", "Hardboiled", "Thriller"] |
Jack, Doc, and Reggie close in on an enigmatic killer at an isolated country estate after deciphering a cryptic death warning left on a grandfather clock. |
| "The Temple of Vampires (Part 5)" | CBS (WABC) 1944-08-28 7:00 PM EWT |
Procter & Gamble Oxydol Granulated Soap |
Michael Raffetto, Barton Yarborough | Carlton E. Morse (Writer/Dir) | ["Adventure", "Mystery", "Horror", "Occult", "Serial"] |
Jack and Doc explore subterranean catacombs beneath an ancient Mexican jungle temple, evading blood-drinking cultists and venomous traps. |
| "The Case of the Murder in Turquoise Pass (Part 6)" | Mutual (WOR) 1950-08-28 10:15 PM EDT |
Sustaining Mystery Serial |
Russell Thorson, Jim Boles | Carlton E. Morse (Writer/Dir) | ["Adventure", "Mystery", "Western", "Hardboiled", "Serial"] |
Jack and Doc track an armed highwayman through a treacherous desert mountain canyon where prospectors have been ambushed for raw turquoise. |