The Big Story: The Ugly Story of a Man (EP5087)

Today's Mystery: Reporter Chick Gleason heads into Northern California to cover what appears to be a routine forest fire. But when two blazes erupt in the same area, suspicion grows that someone has deliberately set them. Then a sudden shift in the wind traps a group of missionaries in a deadly inferno, leaving 15 men dead. As investigators search for the arsonist, Gleason uncovers a suspect whose desperate circumstances may conceal a motive far more disturbing than anyone imagined.

Original Radio Broadcast: October 6, 1954

Originating in New York

Cast:

• Joe Helgeson as Chick Gleason
• Carl Swenson as Alan Rusk
• Norman Rose as Narrator
• Dean Almquist
• Earl George
• Michael O'Day
• Ed Fuller
• Chelsea Garrett

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