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Crooks are running a school for child actors. The parents sign binding contracts and are stuck until the Hornet plays a role.

Lou tells about his family. Detective Bud Abbott visits Sam Shovel in his office. He's reading a murder mystery titled, "Double Murder At The Liquor Distillery," or "When A Body Meets A Body Coming Through The Rye."

A good mood piece about a young girl kept in the mansion of a madwoman, and of the woman's idiot son.

A store owner is attacked in an art studio, a portrait has been stolen. George Valentine takes the man's place for a meeting and soon discovers that the lady in the portrait has been murdered...as was the man who owned the painting.

Liz takes French lessons, which leads George onto the field of honor.

The Hornet challenges a taxi cab racket.

Costello almost gets a part acting in a movie with Lauren Bacall and then gets an offer to work for the U.N.O. as a diplomat.

"The Maestro," a prizefight manager planning revenge on his star fighter by scalding him to death in the steamroom!

Mervyn McIntosh is a real nice guy, but he's been murdered. His brother, who is not such a nice guy, reveals that Mervyn had a deadly enemy.

George and Mr. Atterbury's college Homecoming game is this weekend and the girls don't want to go. Now that the boys don't want them to go, they want to go.

Bargo and his gang are causing a series of power outages. He wants to have the city take over the electric company.

Lou is suffering from insomnia. Bud suggests the Lou should propose to Susan Miller. Lou decides to became a lifeguard, buys a bathing suit and takes swimming lessons.

A man vows to kill the hit-and-run driver who killed his son, and he's keeping a diary of his plans!

A motel/restaurant in the desert is run by an angry cook and his wife, who has a wandering eye. A traveling salesman and a corpse in a silver coffin named Charley George Washington add to the fun.

Liz is a contestant on a quiz show and wins $500...if she can cash a check within 25 minutes.

The owner of a small stationery store refuses to pay for protection and is shot and wounded. Moroni has lawyer Sturgiss defend his alibi.

Abbott is going on vacation to New Jersey. The boys pay a visit to a travel agent and wind up on a tropical island.

A man who has just finished writing a symphony hears the exact same symphony on the radio. Then as the music finished, the announcer said, you have just been listening to Eulogy for Orchestra Opus 42 by Henri Lefevre. But who was Henri Lefevre?

Nobody seems to want Valentine, despite the time of the year.

Liz decides to help her maid Katy's romance with Mr. Nagley, the postman.

The city trolley line is being sabotaged by a competing bus line.

Costello is running for dog catcher of Glendale. Costello, the artist. Guest Benny Rubin converts the program into an audience participation show in a satire of, "Truth Or Consequences."

There's some nice detection by a newspaperman trying to locate a priceless-but-hidden mural.

The curator of a collection of artifacts has received a music box in the mail. Several other music boxes are then sent, each with a murder attached!

Liz has not been putting money in their Christmas Fund so she needs to find a job to make up the money.

Fight manager Hank Dolan is cheating his young boxers. Fight Commissioner Brill is also a crook. Kato is "on vacation" and is not heard.

The opening routine is about leap year and marriage. Guest Lon Chaney, Jr. and Costello battle over, "Honeysuckle Epstein."

A story about a penniless dancer who has her empty purse stolen in the subway. When the purse is returned, she finds it loaded with money!

A famous composer has died, leaving behind a "Secret Sonata."

George's mother comes for a visit and the Cooper household is thrown into a turmoil.

Britt Reid lures one of a gang of burglars to his apartment and finds out the identity of the head of the gang. The hunt for "The Mystery Man Of Crime" begins. Kato is "on vacation" and is not heard.

A routine about Costello's Aunt May is followed by another traffic ticket. Costello has been invited to join, "The Legion." The boys pay a visit to, "Honest Hassan, Used Camel Dealer."

Harry Andrews was a laughing happy-go-lucky fellow before he began to have dreams about Aaron Burr - dreams in which Burr would be mean to his friend Alexander Hamilton, dreams that became nightmares that began to plague him.

Helga and "The Sad Man Who Coughed" are both murdered in a seedy motel on the Mexican border.

The Atterburys are having a Halloween Party but the Coopers did not get invited.  What they don't know it's a surprise party for them!

Two conmen are promising old folks (over 50) a pension.

Lou becomes sheriff of Encino and has to investigate the spooky house owned by guest Bela Lugosi .

A railroad magnate visits a psychiatrist with complaints of headaches and bad dreams...and with good reason!

The death of "The Wicked Witch" of Juniper Lane. It's not a pleasant place, and she's not a pleasant person!

George is tired of Liz's superstitious nature. But is George's luck about to run out when a cricket enters the house but just won't leave?

A slumlord owns a tenement building that burns down. Helping him is a dishonest building inspector.

Bud had a date with Susan Miller last night. They went to the racetrack. Abbott tries to get Lou a job as a babysitter.

A good ghost story about a huge pipe organ built throughout an entire house, and the reason that it tends to play itself.

Wealthy Dora Duncan, who doesn't hear and won't speak, is found dead near the waterfall on her property.

Liz wants a television set but George is set against it. But she orders one for a free week's trial from Kimball's Appliance Store. But so does George. And so does the Atterbury's. Three sets to the Coopers?

A longshoreman is demanding a $5000 bribe from a steamship company. The Hornet sinks the racket!

After attending a wedding, Bud and Lou decide to open a matrimonial bureau.

A determined scientist plans to keep Mr. Donovan's brain alive in a jar...not such a good idea!

Mr. Ferdinand Vase has had his most valuable possessions stolen...twelves roses! The roses were stolen in Pasadena, just before the Rose Bowl! George Valentine tries to nip a murder in the bud...a thorny problem!

George and Liz and the Atterbury's go out to dinner together and to try out fumble each other for the check. Will George ever get that raise?

An unsafe roller coaster is the target of the Hornet.

Costello's going to be a "T-Man." He meets "Dolores" and "Big Tony."

A determined scientist plans to keep Mr. Donovan's brain alive in a jar...not such a good idea!

A woman's husband is in danger...so they go skiing and death slaloms along for the ride

Liz has been elected treasurer of her women's club. George insists that she balance the books for the household as well as for the club.

The Hornet tackles Cunningham and Williams, two card sharks who cheat their victims while riding on the railroad.

Looking through Costello's family album. Costello (prophetically) has a meeting scheduled with the income tax collector. Abbott explains the difference between capital and labor. They then visit an accountant.

A young boy who was thought dead returns home. Or does he?

George Valentine receives a letter asking for help...from Santa Claus! Claire Brooks disappears, the toys are stolen, and the kid on Santa's knee is really a midget!

George and Liz decide to clean out the attic, so of course they get themselves locked in.

A meat packing plant is being sabotaged. The Hornet takes a bite out of a plot to control the company.

Costello's Uncle Mike has struck gold in Alaska.

Orson appears in several roles in a story about actors, one of whom returns from the dead and tries a little extortion.

George Valentine is hired to go to Panama to pay off a supposedly dead gangster, so a Hollywood producer can release a film about his life

Liz and Iris are determined to learn how to play baseball.

The president of a crooked construction company treats his employees as "contractors." When one of them is severely wounded, Brandimeyer is legally not responsible. The Hornet tackles the job.

Lou tries to get a bathtub installed in his new house.

A man driving across the country (with a beautiful hitchhiker) is shot at everywhere he goes.

Mrs. Vivian Hargrove summons George Valentine and Miss Brooks to a "party" at her thirty second floor penthouse (and the elevator isn't working!) The apartment is filled with weapons, death masks, and murder!

The Coopers return from their summer vacation and meet their new neighbors and find themselves convincing the youngest of the kids that they are Elves.

A building erected by Hudson's construction company has collapsed. Hudson and his foreman deny that faulty material was to blame.

Lou recalls his career as a boxer. The boys go to Africa to claim their diamond mine, but get jobs on a freighter.

A forger finds refuge (of sorts) from fighting the Fascists in Spain.

The parents of a little girl aren't coming back for Christmas. They were on a plane reported missing over the Atlantic

Special guests include Ron Ecklebarger of Classic Comedy of Old-Time Radio Podcast (classiccomedyotr.com), Andrew Rhynes from OTR Westerns Podcast (otrwesterns.com), and Adam Graham of Great Detectives of Old Time Radio (greatdetectives.net)

Wanda the waitress hires George Valentine to look into the death of "Timid Tommy," the truck driver. Tommy was murdered before his truck was wrecked!

Man accused of robbing his place of employment ends up learning the true spirit of Christmas.

Liz looks through her scrapbook and remembers: her first driving lesson, when she told the endings of all of George's jokes, the butcher who fell for her.

A party at Miss Brooks', with a magic Christmas tree, or was it all a dream? This is part of our 4-part Christmas Collab with the hosts from Classic Comedy of Old-Time Radio, OTR Westerns and The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio. You can hear the episode at https://iloveoldtimeradio.com/episodes/special/sp0005

A protection racket is victimizing the circus. The Hornet decides that this is nothing to clown around about.

Costello is taking his test for a driving license. He's preparing to become an assistant to columnist Erskine Johnson and conducts an interview.

A great story with Orson doing his usual magnificent job playing two roles in two different Italian dialects!

Gloria Bishop is the beautiful housekeeper of the famous artist Wentworth Jonas. She calls George Valentine to discover the killer of her pet cat! But who is trying to murder Jonas?

After a dinner out with the Atterburys, Liz vows that she'll finish everything that she starts. The first task: cleaning out the hall desk, where an old love letter is found.

The Hornet foils an attempt to bribe legislators into passing a gambling bill.

Lou is the new landlord of an apartment building and needs to evict a tenant so he can have a place to live.

A story about a femme fatale German spy and her nephew/henchman who are up to no good. There's kidnapping, murder, espionage, etc

A known racketeer named Eric Suderman has appeared before the Grand Jury and not been indicted. After Atkins, a witness against the racketeer mysteriously dies, "Old Ironjaw," the prosecutor disappears!

George and Liz meet their next door neighbors.

It appears that honest Judge Grayson has taken a bribe!

Abbott and Costello visit a talent agent to get Costello a job in the movies. The orchestra plays, "I Know That You Know." Susan Miller sings, "It's June In January."

A story about two "hams" who are working on a secret defense weapon and talking to each other by shortwave. One of them is killed while talking to the other on the air.

Buddy Purcell is a huge man with the mind of a child. Who stole his mother's brooch?

George disapproves of Liz's gossip habit. Will it come back to haunt her?

The Hornet breaks up a gasoline station protection racket.

It's New Year's Eve and plans are being made to go to the Rose Bowl football game. New Year's resolutions; a day in the life of Lou Costello. Bud and Lou visit an astrologer.

A Hollywood movie director joins the New York police in a hunt for a Nazi spy, murderer, and all-around bad guy.

A movie cowboy asks George to help prevent a murder. George fails, but the prime suspect is blind!

George wakes up feeling sick, but it's Liz who winds up in the hospital for a tonsillectomy.

The Hornet breaks up a gang stealing money from the city's charities.