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Join host Adam Graham for Counterspy, a series in which David Harding (played by Don McLaughlin) leads the semi-secret organization Counterspy which fought the forces of evil from Nazis and...
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Join host Adam Graham for Counterspy, a series in which David Harding (played by Don McLaughlin) leads the semi-secret organization Counterspy which fought the forces of evil from Nazis and Soviets to everything in between.
Host Adam Graham is your guide through this series podcast through the Great Adventurers of Old Time Radio.
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Host Adam Graham is your guide through this series podcast through the Great Adventurers of Old Time Radio.
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5 SEP 2026 · Today's Adventure: David Harding and Harry Peters investigate a multimillion-dollar bootleg liquor operation that is using discarded corn-syrup cans to smuggle illegal alcohol into states with government-controlled liquor sales. Their investigation leads to Chicago businessman Hype Gordon, but proving his involvement means finding the hidden still supplying his operation—and Gordon is determined not to lead them to it.
Original Radio Broadcast: September 27, 1949
Originating in New York
Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding, Mandel Kramer as Peters
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29 AUG 2026 · Today's Adventure: David Harding and Harry Peters move to break up a widespread parcel-post theft ring, but their raid on the gang’s New York warehouse uncovers two deaths made to look like murder-suicide. Harding suspects the apparent solution is a setup and sets out to uncover who is really behind the killings.
Original Radio Broadcast: September 22, 1949
Originating in New York
Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding, Mandel Kramer as Peters
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22 AUG 2026 · Today's Adventure: David Harding and Harry Peters investigate a massive parcel-post theft ring operating in several major cities. Peters goes undercover as a New York postal clerk, hoping to work his way inside the organization, but the investigation becomes increasingly dangerous as the gang grows suspicious of its newest recruit.
Original Radio Broadcast: July 20, 1949.
Originating in New York
Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding, Mandel Kramer as Peters
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15 AUG 2026 · Today's Adventure: David Harding investigates an interstate stolen-car racket after a detective working undercover is murdered. The trail leads to a former race-car driver with a dangerous reputation and a criminal organization determined to keep its operation - and the identity of its leader - hidden.
Original Radio Broadcast: September 15, 1949
Originating from New YorkCast:
- Don MacLaughlin as David Harding
- Mandel Kramer as Harry Peters
- Directed by William M. Sweets
- Music by Jesse Crawford
- A Phillips H. Lord production for Pepsi-Cola
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8 AUG 2026 · Today's Adventure: Counterspy chief David Harding tackles a different kind of threat when a juvenile court official asks for help breaking the grip of violent street gangs on Brooklyn's youth. Undercover operative Harry Peters infiltrates one of the toughest gangs, hoping to expose its ruthless leader before more impressionable boys are drawn into a life of crime.
Original Radio Broadcast:Septemnber 13, 1949
Originating from New York
Cast:Don MacLaughlin as David Harding
Mandel Kramer as Harry PetersDirected by Leonard L. Bass
Dramatized by Edward Adamson
Music by Jesse Crawford
A Philip H. Lord production for Pepsi-Cola
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1 AUG 2026 · Today's Adventure: Counterspy chief David Harding investigates a charity that claims to help disabled veterans and workers prepare for new careers. When a courageous insider exposes the organization's true purpose, Harding devises a plan to protect the legitimate cause while bringing a confidence man to justice.
Original Radio Broadcast: September 8, 1949
Originating from New York
Starring Don MacLaughlin as David Harding and Mandel Kramer as PetersAlso featuring Virginia Gregg
Directed by William M. Sweets
Dramatized by Palmer Thompson
Music by Jesse Crawford
A Philip H. Lord production for Pepsi-Cola
The program concludes with a special message prepared by Vice President Alvin W.
Barkley regarding employment opportunities for disabled veterans and workers.
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25 JUL 2026 · Today's Mystery: An international smuggling ring is threatened when a federal grand jury closes in on one of its American front companies. To cover their tracks, the organization's ruthless mastermind summons a professional arsonist to destroy the evidence before Counterspy agents can stop them.
Original Radio Broadcast: March 14, 1950
Originating in New York
Starring Don MacLaughlin as David Harding and Mandel Kramer as Harry Peters. Also featuring Jesse Crawford (music).
Written by Edward J. Adamson.
Directed by Leonard L. Bass. Produced by Phillips H. Lord.
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11 JUL 2026 · Today's Adventure: After the notorious Professor Emery Horn escapes from death row through an astonishing feat of planning and deception, David Harding and Harry Peters launch a nationwide hunt for the brilliant killer. Realizing conventional police methods won't be enough, Harding instead searches for the one clue Horn can't disguise—his own mind.
Original Radio Broadcast: September 1, 1949
Originating from New York
Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding and Mandel Kramer as Harry Peters. Also featuring Ralph Bell as Professor Emery HornDirected by William M. Sweets
Music by Jesse Crawford
Produced by the Phillips H. Lord Productions
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4 JUL 2026 · Today's Adventure: Professor Emery Horn has spent years cultivating the reputation of a brilliant but reclusive scientist. When a Counterspy agent arrives to question him about a daring bank robbery, Horn launches an elaborate escape that sets David Harding and Harry Peters on the trail of one of the most dangerous and ingenious criminals they've ever faced.
Original Radio Broadcast: August 30, 1949
Originating in New York
Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding and Mandel Kramer as Harry Peters. Also featuring Ralph Bell as Professor Emery Horn and Maurice Tarplin. Music by Jesse Crawford.
Produced by the Phillips H. Lord Productions.
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27 JUN 2026 · Today's Adventure: After an undercover counterspy agent narrowly survives an assassination attempt, David Harding sends Harry Peters to assume his identity and infiltrate a dangerous espionage ring. As Peters follows a trail of coded messages from Detroit to Memphis and on to New Orleans, he finds himself surrounded by people who may be allies—or assassins.
Original Radio Broadcast: August 25, 1949
Originating from New York
Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding and Mandel Kramer as Harry PetersDirected by William M. SweetsMusic by Jesse Crawford
Produced by the Phillips H. Lord Productions
To subscribe to this podcast, go to https://greatadventures.info/
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Patreon Supporter of the Day: Doc, Patreon supporter since May 2019
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Join host Adam Graham for Counterspy, a series in which David Harding (played by Don McLaughlin) leads the semi-secret organization Counterspy which fought the forces of evil from Nazis and...
show more
Join host Adam Graham for Counterspy, a series in which David Harding (played by Don McLaughlin) leads the semi-secret organization Counterspy which fought the forces of evil from Nazis and Soviets to everything in between.
Host Adam Graham is your guide through this series podcast through the Great Adventurers of Old Time Radio.
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Host Adam Graham is your guide through this series podcast through the Great Adventurers of Old Time Radio.
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