The Fifty Grand Brain — Part Two

The Steeger Classic Pulp Podcast · Jul 23, 2026 · 24m

With a stolen corpse, a missing scientist’s head, and gangsters scrambling for a fortune hidden inside a dead man’s skull, wisecracking reporter Daffy Dill races to crack a grisly ransom scheme before he and Dinah become the next bodies in the morgue.

by Richard B. Sale

Originally published on Nov. 3, 1934

[Noir | Mystery]

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Your A.I.R.T. Players

Tracy Dickson — Announcer

Kellan Dray — Joe "Daffy" Dilll

Harry Ives — Shorty McInnis

Carol Zimmerman — Gertie Dodge

Kevin Wendt — Detective Bill Hanley

Silas Renlo — Stubby Lewis

Maris Delaine — Dinah Mason

Simon Daub — Bradley

Jerry Jamison —…