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Ron’s Amazing Stories is a weekly podcast. We play classic short stories, old-time radio and much more. Do you have a story that you want to tell? Ron will read it on the show or you can tell it for yourself! Also, we do interviews with authors, radio personalities, actors and even an NBA all-star

Jan 11, 2018

On Ron’s Amazing Stories we debut a brand new OTR series from the Towers Of London called: The Lives of Harry Lime. You might recognize the name from the classic Orson Welles movie, The Third Man. Also on the show, we have a Sherlock Holmes short story and a mysterious moment in time.

Our OTR Story - Too Many Crooks

Our OTR story today is as a suggestion from listener David Larsen. He writes:

Hey Ron, I remember another radio serial, based on the movie, The Third Man.  It is called The Lives of Harry Lime. It is a crime show from the point of view of the criminal and is played by Orson Welles as Harry.  It is an episodic serial that doesn't have an overarching storyline. It was one of the first OTR shows that I ever listened to and is one of my favorites. If you ever want to watch the original movie it can be found on Amazon Prime. As a side note, the movie and the character are much darker than the radio version - David.

It turns out that Orson Welles does reprise his role of Harry Lime from the celebrated 1949 film. However, in the film, Lime dies and thus the third man. Well, how to continue the series?  The radio series is a "prequel" to the film and depicts the many misadventures of the con-artist. I picked the very first program on the list to play and I have to say I love the writing on this one. It is titled, Too Many Crooks and first aired on August 3, 1951.

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