Episode 618 - Jailbreak! (Boston Blackie, Richard Diamond, The Saint, & Dragnet)

Sound the alarm! We've got fugitives on the lam in these radio mysteries - each with an escape from jail at the center of the story. A convict Boston Blackie put behind bars is out and making his way to Blackie's door in a syndicated mystery, and Richard Diamond, Private Detective suspects an escaped gangster is back in town and settling scores in "The Ralph Baxter Case" (originally aired on NBC on April 26, 1950). The Saint comes to the aid of a young man falsely convicted of robbery who breaks out of prison to clear his name in "No Hiding Place" (originally aired on NBC on November 19, 1950). And the cops of Dragnet have to catch their man a second time after he escapes from custody in "The Big Break" (originally aired on NBC on December 14, 1950).