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Nick Carter, Master Detective - "The Case of the Chemical Chickens" (1947)
Nick Carter, Master Detective presents “The Case of the Chemical Chickens,” episode 283, originally broadcast on April 13, 1947. Lon Clark stars as Nick Carter, with Charlotte Manson as Patsy Bowen. The script was written by Alfred Bester, later celebrated for his science-fiction novels.
A strange chemical discovery in Waldo McGlynn’s breakfast eggs sends Nick, Patsy, and Sgt. Mathison from a neighborhood grocery toward a rural community where farming and industry meet. What begins as an unusual food-safety puzzle becomes a suspenseful investigation of impersonation, vanished leads, and…
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