I Love a Mystery

radio program

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"I Love a Mystery" was a highly regarded radio action-adventure series created by Carlton E. Morse. It featured the adventures of Jack Packard, head of the A-1 Detective Agency, and his partners, Doc Long and Reggie Yorke. Together, they traveled the globe encountering mysterious women, hidden dangers, and terrifying situations. The show is considered by many to be the ultimate radio action-adventure series. The Golden Age of American radio, from which this program emerged, spanned roughly 1930 to 1955, with the 1940s being its peak creative period.123

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Juvenile action and adventure series
…moved to prime time, was I Love a Mystery, considered by many to be the ultimate radio action-adventure series. The brainchild of Carlton E. Morse, its heroes were Jack Packard, head of the A-1 Detective Agency, and his partners, Doc Long, a hard-fighting, hard-living Texan, and Reggie Yorke, whose seeming…
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…moved to prime time, was I Love a Mystery, considered by many to be the ultimate radio action-adventure series. The brainchild of Carlton E. Morse, its heroes were Jack Packard, head of the A-1 Detective Agency, and his partners, Doc Long, a hard-fighting, hard-living Texan, and Reggie Yorke, whose seeming…
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