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The Blue Beetle was originally broadcast as a twice a week 30 minute show
starring Frank Lovejoy. The first episode was broadcast on May 15, 1940.
Frank Lovejoy was replaced after four episodes and I don't know who the
actor is that replaced him. On June 26, 1940, The Blue Beetle became a
twice a week 15 minute show, and the story that started on Wednesday
concluded on Friday.
The Blue Beetle was really Police Officer Dan Garrett, who was shot on the
job and given Vitamin 2-X which gave him the strength of 10 men (according
to the first episode).
The Blue Beetle was created by Charles Nicholas and made its first appearance
in Fox's Mystery Men comic, issue #1, August 1939. The Blue Beetle got its
own comic (Spring 1940). It also spawned a short lived Newspaper strip in
addition to the short lived radio show.
The Blue Beetle Radio Show had 12 30 minute shows, and 24 15 minute shows,
all of which survive. Jerry Haendiges' website,
www.otrsite.com lists them as being
48 15 minute shows. However,
Radio Showcase lists the series
as having twelve 30 minute shows and 24 shows that are 15 minutes in length.
My log of the show has the days of the week in which the show was broadcast.
Radio Showcase and Jerry Haendiges disagree on when Episode #6 "Death Rides
on Horseback" was broadcast. Jerry says that it was broadcast on Friday,
May 31, 1940, but Radio Showcase says it was broadcast on Monday, June 3,
1940. Since the show was broadcast on Wednesday's and Friday's, Jerry's
date would seem to be right in this case. Since it was a syndicated program,
both dates could actually be right.
- Dope Peddlers: Wednesday, May 15, 1940
- Sabotage And Liquidation: Friday, May 17, 1940
- Murder For Profit: Wednesday, May 22, 1940
- Blasting The Dynamite Gang: May 24, 1940
- The Invisible Ghost: Wednesday, May 29, 1940
- Death Rides On Horseback: Monday, June 3, 1940 or Friday, May 31, 1940
- Death Strikes From The East: Wednesday, June 5, 1940
- Sea Serpent: Friday, June 7, 1940
- The Frame Up: Wednesday, June 12, 1940
- Spirits Don't Talk: Friday, June 14, 1940
- Thoroughbreds Always Come Through: Wednesday, June 19, 1940
- Smashing The Arson Ring: Friday, June 21, 1940
- Rounding Up The Payroll Bandits: Part 1: Wednesday, June 26, 1940
- Rounding Up The Payroll Bandits: Part 2: Friday, June 28, 1940
- Crime Inc.: Part 1: Wednesday, July 3, 1940
- Crime Inc.: Part 2: Friday, July 5, 1940
- Saved By A Hair: Part 1: Wednesday, July 10, 1940
- Saved By A Hair: Part 2: Friday, July 12, 1940
- Finesse in Diamonds: Part 1: Wednesday, July 17, 1940
- Finesse in Diamonds: Part 2: Friday, July 19, 1940
- Sabotage Inc.: Part 1: Wednesday, July 24, 1940
- Sabotage Inc.: Part 2: Friday, July 26, 1940
- Smashing The Restaurant Racket: Part 1: Wednesday, July 31, 1940
- Smashing The Restaurant Racket: Part 2: Friday, August 2, 1940
- Two Rackets In One: Part 1: Wednesday, August 7, 1940
- Two Rackets In One: Part 2: Friday, August 9, 1940
- Underworld Goes Underground: Part 1: Wednesday, August 14, 1940
- Underworld Goes Underground: Part 2: Friday, August 16, 1940
- Dancing Ghost Of Rocking Hills: Part 1: Wednesday, August 21, 1940
- Dancing Ghost Of Rocking Hills: Part 2: Friday, August 23, 1940
- Whale Of Pirates Folly: Part 1: Wednesday, August 28, 1940
- Whale Of Pirates Folly: Part 2: Friday, August 30, 1940
- Asylum Of Dr. Drear: Part 1: September 4, 1940
- Asylum Of Dr. Drear: Part 2: September 6, 1940
- Jewel Mystery Of Channel Island: Part 1: September 11, 1940
- Jewel Mystery Of Channel Island: Part 2: September 13, 1940
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