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<img alt='cover image' title='The Big Story'
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src='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'>
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<ul>
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<li>Crime</li>
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<label>The Big Story</label>
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<aside>
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<span>38 episodes</span>
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<span>Aired 1947-1955</span>
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</aside>
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</div>
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</section>
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<div class='detail'>
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<ol><li class='episode' title='The Thirteenth Key (James Fusco)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00010.mp3'>
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<label>The Thirteenth Key (James Fusco)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>25mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1947-06-04</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Counterfeit Coins (Jack Adams)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00027.mp3'>
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<label>Counterfeit Coins (Jack Adams)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>30mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1947-10-01</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='The Bobby-Sox Kid from Bayonne (Dorothy Kilgallen)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00029.mp3'>
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<label>The Bobby-Sox Kid from Bayonne (Dorothy Kilgallen)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>29mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1947-10-15</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Unfinished Love Song (Howard Beaufait)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00035.mp3'>
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<label>Unfinished Love Song (Howard Beaufait)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>29mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1947-11-26</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Final Curtain (Aubrey Maddock)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00037.mp3'>
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<label>Final Curtain (Aubrey Maddock)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>30mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1947-12-10</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Ambitious Hobo (Russell Wilson)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00038.mp3'>
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<label>Ambitious Hobo (Russell Wilson)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>30mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1947-12-17</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Manhunt in Manhattan (Ted Prager)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00041.mp3'>
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<label>Manhunt in Manhattan (Ted Prager)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>30mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1948-01-07</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Pillars of Society (William Miller)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00058.mp3'>
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<label>Pillars of Society (William Miller)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>30mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1948-05-05</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Lucky Longshot (Robert Early)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00059.mp3'>
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<label>Lucky Longshot (Robert Early)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>15mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1948-05-12</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='The Deadline Murder (Rolf K Mills)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00060.mp3'>
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<label>The Deadline Murder (Rolf K Mills)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>30mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1948-05-19</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='The Hate Between a Brother and a Sister (A B Hendry)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00066.mp3'>
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<label>The Hate Between a Brother and a Sister (A B Hendry)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>16mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1948-06-30</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='The Woman Who Was a Witch (George Cleveland Bullette)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00067.mp3'>
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<label>The Woman Who Was a Witch (George Cleveland Bullette)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>14mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1948-07-07</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='The Lottery Racket (Keeler McCartney)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00069.mp3'>
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<label>The Lottery Racket (Keeler McCartney)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>29mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1948-07-21</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Murderous Kid (Al Aaronson)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00093.mp3'>
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<label>Murderous Kid (Al Aaronson)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>30mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1949-01-05</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Jig Saw (Joseph Wirges)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00096.mp3'>
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<label>Jig Saw (Joseph Wirges)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>28mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1949-01-26</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Respected Chemist Dead (Ike McAnally)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00102.mp3'>
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<label>Respected Chemist Dead (Ike McAnally)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>30mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1949-03-09</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='The Bitterest Man On the Earth (Julian C Houseman)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00115.mp3'>
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<label>The Bitterest Man On the Earth (Julian C Houseman)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>30mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1949-06-08</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='The Poison Pen Murders (Tom Mercer)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00121.mp3'>
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<label>The Poison Pen Murders (Tom Mercer)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>25mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1949-07-20</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='The Loneliest Man On Earth (Ray Sprigle)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00133.mp3'>
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<label>The Loneliest Man On Earth (Ray Sprigle)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>28mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1949-10-12</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Three Golden Coins (Nolan Bullock)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00142.mp3'>
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<label>Three Golden Coins (Nolan Bullock)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>25mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1949-12-14</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Murder and a Frustrated Father (Sam Melnick)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00145.mp3'>
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<label>Murder and a Frustrated Father (Sam Melnick)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>26mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1950-01-04</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Gambling, Divorce, and Murder (Frank McCulloch)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00146.mp3'>
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<label>Gambling, Divorce, and Murder (Frank McCulloch)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>26mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1950-01-11</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Twenty Six Years to Explode Frame-Up (Ralph Goll)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00153.mp3'>
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<label>Twenty Six Years to Explode Frame-Up (Ralph Goll)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>25mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1950-03-01</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Death In the Family (William Noble)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00169.mp3'>
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<label>Death In the Family (William Noble)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>26mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1950-06-21</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Hunch That Paid Off (Bill Griffith)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00172.mp3'>
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<label>Hunch That Paid Off (Bill Griffith)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>26mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1950-07-12</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Puritan Morality and Violent Death (Albert I Prince)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00186.mp3'>
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<label>Puritan Morality and Violent Death (Albert I Prince)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>26mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1950-10-18</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Bobby Soxer Story (Paul Schoenstein)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00189.mp3'>
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<label>Bobby Soxer Story (Paul Schoenstein)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>24mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1950-11-08</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='A Dead Certainty (Kenneth McCormick)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00190.mp3'>
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<label>A Dead Certainty (Kenneth McCormick)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>26mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1950-11-15</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Triple Murder (T R Johnson)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00192.mp3'>
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<label>Triple Murder (T R Johnson)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>23mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1950-11-29</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Paul Grays Missing Wife (Bernard Beckwith)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00193.mp3'>
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<label>Paul Grays Missing Wife (Bernard Beckwith)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>27mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1950-12-06</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Poker Game Ends In Death (William E Doherty)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00210.mp3'>
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<label>Poker Game Ends In Death (William E Doherty)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>24mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1951-04-04</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Wife Poisoned (Bus Bergen)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00226.mp3'>
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<label>Wife Poisoned (Bus Bergen)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>24mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1951-07-25</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Friendly Betrayal (Alan Cowperthwaite)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00260.mp3'>
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<label>Friendly Betrayal (Alan Cowperthwaite)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>29mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1952-03-19</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Body Found On Tamiami Trail (William H Adams)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00282.mp3'>
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<label>Body Found On Tamiami Trail (William H Adams)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>25mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1952-10-08</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='The Three Gangsters (Don Morrisey)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00299.mp3'>
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<label>The Three Gangsters (Don Morrisey)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>25mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1953-02-04</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='Too Terrible to Be Believed (Arthur Mielke)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00337.mp3'>
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<label>Too Terrible to Be Believed (Arthur Mielke)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>27mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1954-01-27</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='A Witness to Violence and Death (John Cahlan)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00345.mp3'>
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<label>A Witness to Violence and Death (John Cahlan)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>25mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1954-03-24</span>
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</aside>
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</li><li class='episode' title='The Deadly Sound of Laughing (Sid Hughes)'
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data-cover='/cover/sm/the-big-story.jpg'
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data-series='The Big Story'
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data-file='otr/the-big-story/00362.mp3'>
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<label>The Deadly Sound of Laughing (Sid Hughes)</label>
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<aside>
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<span>26mins</span>
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<span>Aired 1954-10-20</span>
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</aside>
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</li></ol>
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<article><p>
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The Big Story was a true crime radio drama that focused on real-life news stories, primarily featuring murder and other violent crime cases from the perspective of a newspaper reporter. Each week, the show dramatized the heroic deeds of a different news reporter who had solved a crime, exposed corruption, or performed a notable public service. At the end of each program, the actual news reporter was brought on the air and given a $500 reward by the show's sponsor, Pall Mall.</p><p>The Big Story aired between April 2, 1947, and March 23, 1955, primarily on NBC radio network. The radio series was top-rated, even surpassing the ratings of Bing Crosby's Philco Radio Time in its first year on air. Sponsored by Pall Mall cigarettes, the program was produced by Bernard J. Prockter, directed by Tom Vietor and Harry Ingram, and scripted by Gail Ingram, Arnold Pearl, and Max Ehrlich. The radio series was also adapted into a television crime drama on NBC which aired from September 16, 1949, until 1958. The TV series transitioned from NBC to syndication for its final season, featuring notable guest stars such as James Dean, Lee Marvin, Walter Matthau, and Steve McQueen.
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<p><strong>Sources:</strong>
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<a href='https://archive.org/details/OTRR_Big_Story_Singles' target='_blank'>archive.org</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Big_Story_(radio_and_TV_series)' target='_blank'>wikipedia.org</a>, <a href='https://www.otrcat.com/p/big-story' target='_blank'>otrcat.com</a>
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