Wyllis Cooper

Wyllis Cooper

Wyllis Cooper (1899-1955) was an American writer and producer most remembered for creating and writing the old time radio programs Lights Out and Quiet, Please.

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Whitehall 1212
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Whitehall 1212
  • By: Wyllis Cooper
  • Narrator: Full Cast
  • Length: 4 hours 53 minutes
  • Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
  • Publish date: January 28, 2020
  • Language: English
Whitehall 1212 was a 1951-1952 crime radio series based on facts. The title is actually derived from the telephone number of the Scotland Yard. It featured several stories of true crime, presented by Chief Inspector John Davison.
Whitehall 1212: The Blitz Murder Case
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Whitehall 1212: The Blitz Murder Case
  • By: Wyllis Cooper
  • Narrator: Full Cast
  • Length: 29 minutes
  • Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
  • Publish date: January 28, 2020
  • Language: English
The first show of the series. A visit to the Black Museum and an exhibit of teacup fragments. A woman and her companion have been killed with a shotgun.
Whitehall 1212: The Case of Dr. Duncan Allen
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Whitehall 1212: The Case of Dr. Duncan Allen
  • By: Wyllis Cooper
  • Narrator: Full Cast
  • Length: 28 minutes
  • Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
  • Publish date: January 28, 2020
  • Language: English
A bottle of The Glenlivet in the Black Museum is the exhibit in a case of stolen uranium!
Whitehall 1212: The Case of The Unidentified Woman
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Whitehall 1212: The Case of The Unidentified Woman
  • By: Wyllis Cooper
  • Narrator: Full Cast
  • Length: 30 minutes
  • Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
  • Publish date: January 28, 2020
  • Language: English
A woman’s stocking is kept in the Black Museum as a keepsake of a woman who was struck by a motorcar. However, the woman wasn’t killed by the car, she was seen getting into a green van…with a shoe painted on the side.
Whitehall 1212: The Case of Thomas Applebee
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Whitehall 1212: The Case of Thomas Applebee
  • By: Wyllis Cooper
  • Narrator: Full Cast
  • Length: 28 minutes
  • Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
  • Publish date: January 28, 2020
  • Language: English
Thomas A’Becket Appleby has been murdered. His Wife Alma is arrested for the crime, but her young lover confesses to the crime.
Whitehall 1212: The Fournier Case
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Whitehall 1212: The Fournier Case
  • By: Wyllis Cooper
  • Narrator: Full Cast
  • Length: 29 minutes
  • Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
  • Publish date: January 28, 2020
  • Language: English
A woman’s body is found in an old trunk at the Charing Cross railroad station baggage claim. Who killed Mrs. Noami Fornier?
Whitehall 1212: The Inoperative Wireless
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Whitehall 1212: The Inoperative Wireless
  • By: Wyllis Cooper
  • Narrator: Full Cast
  • Length: 29 minutes
  • Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
  • Publish date: January 28, 2020
  • Language: English
A wireless set that was never intended to be operative is in the Black Museum because of its involvement with the murder of a bartender with strychnine.
Whitehall 1212: The Magenta Blotting Pad
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Whitehall 1212: The Magenta Blotting Pad
  • By: Wyllis Cooper
  • Narrator: Full Cast
  • Length: 29 minutes
  • Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
  • Publish date: January 28, 2020
  • Language: English
A magenta colored blotting paper is on exhibit in the Black Museum because of its involvement with a murder in Oxford. A foreign gentleman’s poor sister has been killed.
Whitehall 1212: The Man Who Murdered His Wife
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Whitehall 1212: The Man Who Murdered His Wife
  • By: Wyllis Cooper
  • Narrator: Full Cast
  • Length: 29 minutes
  • Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
  • Publish date: January 28, 2020
  • Language: English
A woman’s body is found covered with quicklime. Mrs. Hope Russell seems to have been murdered by her husband…but he was really killed by the Luftwaffe!
Whitehall 1212: The Murder of Duncan Frazier
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Whitehall 1212: The Murder of Duncan Frazier
  • By: Wyllis Cooper
  • Narrator: Full Cast
  • Length: 29 minutes
  • Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
  • Publish date: January 28, 2020
  • Language: English
Sidney Patterson’s body has been found in a burning building. But, he was shot in the back! Mr. Patterson then turns out to be Duncan Frazier! The teeth tell the story.
Whitehall 1212: The Winchester Bottles
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Whitehall 1212: The Winchester Bottles
  • By: Wyllis Cooper
  • Narrator: Full Cast
  • Length: 29 minutes
  • Publisher: Nathan and Evan Inc.
  • Publish date: January 28, 2020
  • Language: English
A Winchester bottle is the exhibit in the Black Museum associated with the murder of a four year old girl. A set of mysterious fingerprints on the bottle cannot be identified. Scotland Yard decides to fingerprint the entire town of Blackbourne!

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