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Cloak and Dagger|World War 2 Spy Adventures

Cloak and Dagger|World War 2 Spy Adventures

By: 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 Drama & Plays Entertainment & Performing Arts World
Episodes
  • Cloak and Dagger: The Trojan Horse

    Cloak and Dagger: The Trojan Horse
    Jul 26 2025
    Today's Adventure: A French agent of the OSS takes a singer to Casablanca to feed inaccurate information to the Nazis.

    Original Radio Broadcast: May 28, 1950

    Originating from New York

    Starring: Jane White; Raymond Edward Johnson; Berry Kroeger; Leon Janney; Joseph Julian; Karl Weber; Guy Sorel; Bernie Gould

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    35 mins
  • Cloak and Dagger: Frank Baker's Story{WW2 Spy Audio Drama

    Cloak and Dagger: Frank Baker's Story{WW2 Spy Audio Drama
    Jul 19 2025
    Today's Adventure: An American OSS agent who parachuted into Germany tries to figure out how he made a mistake.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 7, 1950

    Originating from New York

    Starring: Joseph Julian; Dolly Haas; Raymond Edward Johnson; Corey Ford; Bernard Phillips; Ross Martin

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

    Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.

    Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715

    Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net

    Give us a call at 208-991-4783

    Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectives

    Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectives
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    36 mins
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