# Best of Classic Radio 08-29-26 - The Diamond as Big as the Ritz, The Red Raincoat, and The Insurance Fraud Scheme

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Podcast: [Classic Radio Theater with Wyatt Cox](https://stenobird.com/podcast/classic-radio-theater-with-wyatt-cox-4652529)
Published: 2026-08-29T07:00:02+00:00
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## Resource

Originally aired Monday, August 29, 2022 Hour 1 - Escape , originally broadcast August 29, 1948, 74 years ago, The Diamond as Big as the Ritz. The fascinating F. Scott Fitzgerald story about the home life of the richest family in the world. Sam Edwards and Peggy Webber star. Hour 2 - Casey Crime Photographer starring Staats Cotsworth , originally broadcast August 29, 1946, The Red Raincoat. A middle class double triangle (a hexagon?) comes right out of "True Detective Chronicles." Also the Adventures of Jungle Jim, originally broadcast August 29, 1936, Shanghai Lil makes a deal. The revolution begins, but The Purple Triangle air fleet returns to its base! Hour 3 - Box Thirteen starring Alan Ladd , originally broadcast August 29, 1948, The Insurance Fraud Scheme. A doctor, dead for almost seven years, is suspected of still being alive...and with good reason! Also Part 4 of a 6 part Yours Truly Johnny Dollar story, The Kranesburg Matter, originally broadcast August 29, 1956. A murdered pearl thief and that gun again.

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