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Casey, Crime Photographer, known by a variety of titles on radio including Crime Photographer, Flashgun Casey, and Casey, Press Photographer was a media franchise from the 1930s to the 1960s. The character was the creation of novelist George Harmon Coxe and was featured in the pulp magazine, Black Mask as well as in novels, comic books, radio, film, television and theatre. The central character Jack "Flashgun" Casey was a crime photographer for the newspaper The Morning Express and with the help of reporter Ann Williams, solved crimes. He would later recount his stories to Ethelbert the bartender and other friends at the Blue Note tavern and jazz club. Sponsors of the show included Anchor Hocking, Toni home permanents, Toni Shampoo and Philip Morris. Today's episode was originally broadcast on August 29, 1946. Please enjoy "The Red Raincoat" from Casey, Crime Photographer. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/otr-behind-the-mic/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/otr-behind-the-mic/support