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Order For Murder

A former military officer who nobody likes gets shot while in the woods near Washington, D.C. Now the question is: who did it? Just about everyone had a good reason to want him dead!

The Fat Man, a popular radio show during the 1940s and early 1950s, was a detective drama created by Dashiell Hammett, author of The Thin Man. It starred J. Scott Smart in the title role, as an overweight detective who started out anonymous but rapidly acquired the name 'Brad Runyon'.

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“Order For Murder.” The Fat Man. Radio broadcast, May 23, 1951.

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