{"podcast":{"title":"1001 Radio Crime Solvers","slug":"1001-radio-crime-solvers-5874010","podcast_index_feed_id":5874010,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/529217/rss","website_url":"https://www.bestof1001stories.com/show/1001-radio-crime-solvers/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/0/a/1/a/0a1a12190707444fe55e3c100dce7605/1001Radio_logo2.jpg","author":"Jon Hagadorn","episode_count":281,"summary":"Welcome to 1001 Radio Crime Solvers - where you can enjoy the best radio detective stories from the golden age of radio. This was a time when TV was still in its infancy and radio was in its creative heyday- using top writers and top talent to capture huge audiences, and shows featuring hard boiled detectives like Sam Spade, Richard Diamond, Philip Marlowe, and Johnny Dollar competed for prime time with mental sleuths like Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot, G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown, and Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. And here you'll find standouts -like Dragnet's Joe Friday, Vincent Price's 'The Saint', and Michael Waring's free-lance troubleshooting investigator 'The Falcon'- to name a few. We release new episodes every Sunday at 5pm ET. We're a proud part of 1001 Stories Network. www.1001storiespodcast.com.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-03T08:29:05.147245+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/1001-radio-crime-solvers-5874010"},"episode":{"title":"THE CONLEY SILVER MINE and GREED CAUSES MURDER    THE SAINT","slug":"the-conley-silver-mine-and-greed-causes-murder-the-saint","published_at":"2026-06-14T15:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/1001-radio-crime-solvers-5874010/the-conley-silver-mine-and-greed-causes-murder-the-saint","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/1001-radio-crime-solvers-5874010","url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/6d90722a-143f-45eb-83cc-2b5ba24978df/ADL2529131663.mp3","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/traffic.libsyn.com/secure/6d90722a-143f-45eb-83cc-2b5ba24978df/ADL2529131663.mp3?dest-id=4552092","summary":"The Saint was a very popular radio adventure program in the United States that featured a character (The Saint, or 'Saint') created by author Leslie Charteris. As the program's introduction said, The Saint, was \"known to millions from books, magazines, and motion pictures.\" Several versions of the program appeared on different networks. Vincent Price played The Saint. ⭐ SHOW NOTES — 1001 Radio Crime Solvers The Saint \"The Conley Silver Mine\" & \"Greed Causes Murder\" Episode 1 — The Cawley Silver Mine Simon Templar heads west in this atmospheric mystery built on old grudges, buried secrets, and the promise of sudden wealth. When he crosses paths with a family guarding a long‑dormant silver mine, Templar quickly senses that the real danger isn't underground—it's in the tensions simmering among the people who claim to own it. A supposed fortune in silver draws out desperation, rivalry, and a willingness to kill , and Templar finds himself navigating a landscape where every handshake hides a motive. As he digs deeper, he uncovers the truth behind the mine's troubled history and the modern-day schemers hoping to profit from it. A rugged, frontier‑flavored mystery that lets Templar's wit and moral clarity shine against a backdrop of greed and deception. Episode 2 — Greed Causes Murder This episode drops Simon Templar into a world where ambition turns toxic and money becomes a motive strong enough to destroy anyone in its path. When a seemingly straightforward situation erupts into violence, Templar follows a trail of jealousy, manipulation, and cold‑blooded opportunism . Everyone involved has something to gain—and even more to hide. Templar's sharp instincts guide him through a maze of half‑truths and dangerous alliances as he pieces together who stood to profit most from the…","meta_description":"The Saint was a very popular radio adventure program in the United States that featured a character (The Saint, or 'Saint') created by author Leslie Chart…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3042,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/1001-radio-crime-solvers-5874010/episodes/the-conley-silver-mine-and-greed-causes-murder-the-saint/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/1001-radio-crime-solvers-5874010/the-conley-silver-mine-and-greed-causes-murder-the-saint.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}