TRUE NOIR: The Assassination of Anton Cermak Fri, 22 May 2026 05:19:13 -0400 http://www.truenoir.co en-us © 2026 Imagination Connoisseurs Unlimited, LLC yes 16f7ccae-f2e7-5af2-a25c-9795a2af6f60 mtb@icu.co Imagination Connoisseurs Unlimited serial false This ten-episode, fully immersive audio drama was written by Max Allan Collins (ROAD TO PERDITION) and stars Michael Rosenbaum (SMALLVILLE), David Strathairn (L.A. CONFIDENTIAL), and more than twenty other of your favorite actors from television and film. The story takes place at the end of the Prohibition era and follows the exploits of Nathan Heller, a former cop-turned-private eye, as he comes between gangsters Al Capone and Frank Nitti over the murder of Chicago's mayor, Anton Cermak.

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Imagination Connoisseurs Unlimited mtb@icu.co https://storage.buzzsprout.com/rfdsv8pu0277jkitmj0i3txtpkks?.jpg TRUE NOIR: The Assassination of Anton Cermak http://www.truenoir.co Chapter 10 - The Happy Ending Chapter 10 - The Happy Ending Heller survives being pushed off the Sky Ride at the Chicago World’s Fair, triumphs in a brutal battle of blows and bullets, and even invades the domain of a Chicago mob boss without getting killed. But will he make it through breaking the bad news to Mary Anne about her missing brother? 

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]]> Heller survives being pushed off the Sky Ride at the Chicago World’s Fair, triumphs in a brutal battle of blows and bullets, and even invades the domain of a Chicago mob boss without getting killed. But will he make it through breaking the bad news to Mary Anne about her missing brother? 

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]]> Heller takes an unexpected thrill ride at the World’s Fair, ending on a metal strut hundreds of feet off the ground. It’s just the first of a series of events that night that could spell the end of his fledgling detective agency – and him.

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]]> Heller watches a capacity crowd celebrate the opening of the Chicago World's Fair. Little does he know he’s standing at the crossroads of his two biggest cases – and things are about to take an unexpected turn.

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]]> Just three days after Chicago Mayor Cermak dies from an assassin’s bullet, the Bayfront Park Shooter is tried for attempted murder on four counts and sentenced to eighty years. But Heller knows there’s more to the story than a lunatic with a gun.

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]]> https://truenoir.co/tns1/tns1ch7-trial-run/ Imagination Connoisseurs Unlimited Buzzsprout-16712156 Fri, 28 Feb 2025 15:00:00 -0600 1893 audio drama, true crime, Nathan Heller, Max Allan Collins, Michael Rosenbaum, detective fiction, serialized drama, radio play 1 7 full false Chapter 6 - Welcome to Miami, Mr. President Chapter 6 - Welcome to Miami, Mr. President Chicago Mayor Cermak hopes to curry favor with President-Elect Franklin Roosevelt at a political rally in Miami’s Bayfront Park. But among the spectators is a hitman sent by a Chicago mob boss – and only Heller can stop him.

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]]> Chicago Mayor Cermak hopes to curry favor with President-Elect Franklin Roosevelt at a political rally in Miami’s Bayfront Park. But among the spectators is a hitman sent by a Chicago mob boss – and only Heller can stop him.

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]]> Heller waits in the Dill Pickle Club to meet his new client, Mary Ann Beame - she’s a girl with a fist full of cash, a mysterious past, and plenty of dark secrets to share with the right guy.

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]]> The day after Christmas, Heller takes a sleeper car to Atlanta on the Dixie Flyer, riding into a job that will put him at odds with the most powerful men in Chicago.

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]]> https://truenoir.co/tns1/tns1ch4-two-new-clients/ Imagination Connoisseurs Unlimited Buzzsprout-16416221 Fri, 10 Jan 2025 16:00:00 -0600 1666 audio drama, true crime, Nathan Heller, Max Allan Collins, Michael Rosenbaum, detective fiction, serialized drama, radio play 1 4 full false Chapter 3 - Merry Christmas, Mr. Heller Chapter 3 - Merry Christmas, Mr. Heller Newly-minted private detective, Nathan Heller, runs three minutes late for his lunch with his uncle Louis and a distinguished guest, only to find out it’s just the first in a series of events with razor-thin margins of error.  Is Heller up to the challenge?

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]]> Newly-minted private detective, Nathan Heller, runs three minutes late for his lunch with his uncle Louis and a distinguished guest, only to find out it’s just the first in a series of events with razor-thin margins of error.  Is Heller up to the challenge?

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]]> Heller, asleep in his one-room apartment at the Hotel Adams in Chicago, is rousted awake by an uninvited – and unwelcome - visitor. Who knew this would be the first in a series of unplanned meetings?

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