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Cloak and Dagger|World War 2 Spy Adventures

Cloak and Dagger|World War 2 Spy Adventures

Auteur(s): Adam Graham|Old Time Radio Spy Story Host
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 Are you willing to undertake a dangerous mission behind the enemy lines, knowing you may never return alive?

This was the question asked of men and women, ordinary citizens. Those who said yes became part of the Office of Strategic Services. They risked their lives in dangerous missions and formed a powerful spy system throughout Europe and Asia which would be key to Allied success in World War II.

During the War, the stories of their adventures - of their courage and their sacrifice - remained closely-guarded military secrets. When the War came to its end, their story began to be told in the 1945 book Cloak and Dagger by Lt. Colonel Corey Ford and Major Alastir Macbain.

That book inspired Cloak and Dagger, a radio series dramatizing cases from the OSS’s Washington, D.C. files. It aired from May to October 1950 on the NBC network. As the late old time radio historian John Dunning observed, the series opened a Sunday afternoon mystery block "of far inferior quality," receiving little media attention and no sponsorship.

On paper, it looked like another low-budget, network-sustained placeholder. It was an anthology program starring a solid group of New York radio regulars who reliably turned in great acting performances for union scale. On paper, it looked like one of those cheap network-sustained placeholder.

The series disappeared from the air, unlamented and unremembered. However, according to Dunning, contemporary researchers discovered a nearly complete run of the series. What was discovered was a "gripping show with every story an unpredictable departure from formula." The twenty circulating episodes live up to Dunning's praise, and then some, while celebrating the vital clandestine work of the OSS.

Adam Graham is your guide through all circulating episode of this amazing series of courage and adventure.Copyright Adam Graham Art Divertissement et arts de la scène Monde Théâtre
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  • Cloak and Dagger: Operation Sellout

    Cloak and Dagger: Operation Sellout
    Nov 15 2025
    Today's Adventure: An OSS agent leads a mission with a British officer and a former German officer.

    Original Radio Broadcast: September 22, 1950

    Originating from New York

    Starring: Carl Eastman; Louise Erickson; Ian Martin; Luis Van Rooten; Arnold Moss; Karl Weber; Raymond Edward Johnson

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    36 min
  • Cloak and Dagger: Seeds of Doubt

    Cloak and Dagger: Seeds of Doubt
    Nov 8 2025
    Today's Adventure: In the waning days of the war, an OSS agent impersonates a dead Frenchman and pretends to marry his fiancée in order to weed out German agents trying to undermine Allied morale.

    Original Radio Broadcast: September 15, 1950

    Originating from New York

    Starring: Charles Webster; Alice Frost; Joseph Julian; Karl Weber; Evie Juster; Jerry Jarrett; Louis Sorin; Horace Braham; Anna Karen

    To subscribe to this podcast and, go to https://greatadventures.info/

    Become one of our ongoing Patreon supporters at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net

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    34 min
  • Cloak and Dagger: Over Ground Railroad

    Cloak and Dagger: Over Ground Railroad
    Nov 1 2025
    Today's Adventure: An OSS agent goes into France to team up with a formidable wealthy French woman to set up an escape route for downed Allied flyers.

    Original Radio Broadcast: September 8, 1950

    Originating from New York

    Starring: Les Tremayne; Bryna Raeburn; Lily Valenti; Jack Gordon; Ralph Bell

    To subscribe to this podcast and, go to https://greatadventures.info/

    Become one of our ongoing Patreon supporters at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net

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    35 min
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