HV088- Scene of the Crime

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088 Scene of the Crime: Victims, Cops, and Criminals
Host: Jake Warga of Hearing Voices
Airs week of: 2011-04-13 (Originally: 2010-03-31)

“Scene of the Crime” (52:00 mp3):

There will be blood:

An archival interview with 1950s NYC crime scene photographer, Arthur Fellig (1899-1968), aka, Weegee. SoundPortraits has more of this July 1945 interview by nationally-syndicated talk show host Mary Margaret McBride (WEAF-New York City). (Music: “Angel of Solitude” by Alias.)

Casey (no first name ever revealed) was crime photographer for the fictional Morning Express newspaper. He and reporter Ann Williams snapped shots, tracked criminals, and solved crimes. This excerpt from episode 330 (of a total 431) of the popular half-hour mystery-adventure series aired 1950-03-02.

A short clip from the third episode (1948-10-10) of this NBC show, starring Van Heflin with a script by Milton Geiger based on the stories of Raymond Chandler.

The This American Life producer spends a couple days riding around L.A. with the professional “Crime Scene Cleaners, specializing in homocides, suicides, and accidental deaths.”

Mark Morze was a CFO involved in one of the biggest corporate frauds of the 1980s. The company he worked for, ZZZZ Best, was a southern California carpet cleaning business founded by a teenage entrepreneur named Barry Minkow. The two men bilked investors for $100M, by creating a paper trail of fake revenue and phony work orders. Morze served 50 months in Federal Prison for fraud. Now he travels the country educating people about the consequences of white-collar crime. (PRX)

Episode 68 (1950-09-28) of this NBC radio police drama series, conceived and produced by Jack Webb, who starred as Sergeant Joe Friday. The series ran September 1949 through February 1957 on radio, and spawned a successful TV series and movies.

Our host takes the saying, “No good deed goes unpunished” to a new level, ending up assaulted, bleeding, and hospitalized.

Music: Belle & Sebastian “Consuelo” Storytelling, Alias “Angel of Solitude (Instrumental)” The Other Side of the Looking Glass, Placebo “Where is My Mind” Placebo, Kodo “Japanese Taiko Drumming” Heartbeat Drummers Of Japan, Princess Mononoke “Taiko Drums” Tatakai no Taiko (The Battle Drums), Wang Yi-Dong “Music For Chinese Drums And Keyboard Percussion” Copper Ideophones Over The Drums.

Jake’s eyeglasses post-crime.

HV080- Elvis Aaron Presley

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080 Elvis Aaron Presley: Birthday Party
Host: Barrett Golding of Hearing Voices
Airs week of: 2011-01-05 (Originally: 2010-01-06)

“Elvis sAaron Presley” (52:00 mp3):

Elvis Presley (born Jan 8 1935 Tupelo, Mississippi; died Aug 16 1977 Memphis, Tennesse), a 75th Birthday Party fit for a King, with fans, friends, religion and rockin’:

Interviews from the Elvis archives, and new ones with Gordon Stoker of The Jordanaires (Elvis’ backup singers) and Elvis friends (aka, Memphis Mafia) Jerry Schilling and Patty Parry. Produced by Paul Chuffo and Joshua Jackson of Joyride Media, for the Sony Elvis 75 project, which has more music and interviews. Also check Joyride’s other Elvis hours: The Early Years, In Memphis, and He Touched Me- Elvis Gospel Music.

From 1954, the second Sun Records release by Elvis Presley. Taken from

Chuck Denault is a Police Officer for the small town of Kittery, Maine. He has two passions;: Serving the community he lives in and being the best possible Elvis Impersonator he can be. In April of 2003 the producer went for a squad car ride-along for some behind the scenes aspects of law enforcement and Elvis.

In August 1954 Elvis performed his brand new single on the Louisiana Hayride. Taken from the collection The Legend Begins.

“Elvis Fans’ Comments/Opening Riff” and “Elvis Fans’ Comments III” from 1977 Elvis In Concert.

Special Bonus Track on the 1982 collection Hitstory- The Story Continues.

The singer expounds her biographical song “Elvis Presley Blues”. Producer by David Schulman for MITOW series (site | NPR | PRX).

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