"The National Broadcasting Company presents a new series of programs transcribed to expose the inside secrets of gamblers, racketeers and con men; it's called: Easy Money."
"Easy money? There's no such thing as easy money."
"Mike Trent, famous rackets detective and ex-magician has an exciting story of an Easy Money swindle for you, and here he is, that super-sleuth who makes an honest living out of fraud, Mike Trent."
Easy Money was an NBC program that appears to have aired just one year, from October 3, 1954 to June 5, 1955. The series starred Larry Haines as Mike Trent, the series' protagonist. Bill McCoy was the program's announcer. In the series, Mike Trent would go up against professional criminals and use his knowledge of magic to either solve the manner in which the crimes were performed, or equip himself to bring down the criminals.
Larry Haines had an appealing voice; he starred in a lot of episodes of Inner Sanctum Mysteries and I've always found him easy to listen to. Otherwise, the cast was comprised of a lot of familiar NBC voices (many recognizable to listeners of the Adventures of the Falcon).
The use of stage magic to solve crimes makes this show interesting, even with a mere 4 episodes to choose from. I'd be happy to hear more of this show, should they turn up.
The Old Time Radio Researchers Library has 4 episodes of Easy Money, at this link.
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