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Completed Series:

Pat Novak: Meet Jack Webb's original hard boiled private eye, Pat Novak who fires off some of the most amazing similies and one liners in Detective Fiction.

Box 13: Dan Holiday needs some plot ideas for his novel, so he advertises for adventure-and gets it.

Jeff Regan: Jeff Regan is the lyon's eye and gets paid $10 a day to risk his life for anyone who gives the Lyon a good check.

Nero Wolfe: Corpulent genius Nero Wolfe solves cases by rarely leaving the house with the help of his faithful legman, Archie Goodwin.

Father Brown: G.K. Chesterton's priest sleuth solved mysteries over Mutual in the Summer of 1945.

The Thin Man: Nick and Nora Charles were the original romantic couple of mystery.

The Abbotts: Pat Abbott is a tough San Francisco Private eye whose loving and jelaous wife Jean helps him solve cases.

Rogue's Gallery: In the original hard boiled eye radio show, Dick Powell plays the rogueish Richard Rogue in this pre-Richard Diamond series. Later incarnations featured Barry Sullivan and Paul Stewart.

Completed Short Series

Johnny Madero: A 1947 clone of Pat Novak, starring Jack Webb, its archives are located on the Pat Novak page.

San Francisco Final: Reporter Mike Rivera investigates mass extortion in Chinatown.

I Deal in Crime: Before Barrie Craig and Martin Kane, William Gargan was hard boiled private eye Ross Dolan.

Audio Specials:

Call Northside 777: In our premiere episode, Jimmy Stewart gets us started off with a tale of a cynical journalist turned crusader trying to free a man wrongfully convicted of murder. Also, a long introduction to our show. Emphasis on long.

The Immortal Sherlock Holmes: We take a trip to the Mercury Theater where the great Orson Welles pays to tribute to the recently departed William Gillette and then presents a Mercury Theater presentation based on Gillette's plays about the Master Detective.

The Maltese Falcon: It's the original hard-boiled private eye novel that became a silver screen classic. In this 1943 episode of Screen Guild Theater, the original cast reunites. This episode was in of our 100th daily episode.

The One Way Ride to Nowhere: Alan Ladd, in an early radio role, plays a private detective from Chicago trying to solve a murder done on a roller coaster in California.

The Khandi Tooth Caper: In this made-for-radio sequel to the Maltese Falcon, Casper Guttman (Joseph Kearns) returns, but this time he's seeking a piece of dental work.

Chicago Deadline: A reporter (Alan Ladd) finds a woman dead of TB and is determined to find out why she died. From the 1951 Season of Screen Director's Playhouse.

The Man Who Was Thursday: Orson Welles stars in G.K. Chesterton's classic story of anarchists and spies in turn of the Century London.

The Mask of Demetrios: A mystery writer (Peter Lorre) tries to unravel the truth about Demetrios, an international criminal of legendary proportion. In the course of this search, he garners the interest of another mystery man (Sidney Greenstreet).

DOA: An accountant (Edmond O'Brien) is poisoned and spends his last days trying to find the man who murdered him.

World War II Special: This Suspense doublebill features two episodes of CBS' signature anthology series. First, a reporter is summoned to a wax museum and finds a code that could spell trouble for a war plant in Great Britain. Then, the great Lena Horne plays a talented singer who finds herself embroiled in intrigue in Brazil and employed by rough characters with hidden motives.

To the Ends of the Earth: Narcotics Commissioner Michael Barrows (Dick Powell) witnesses a Japanese sea captain throwing 100 slaves overboard to cover up a narcotics ring. Barrows is determined to get justice and sets out on a globe trotting adventure to break the ring and capture the murderous captain.

Norman Corwin Special: On the passing of the Great Norman Corwin, we take a look at one of his series of 26 plays from the classic series, "26 by Corwin" featuring a murder mystery in a radio station with a rare radio appearance by Ruth Gordon.

A Scrap of Lace: Murder Clinic: A charming young woman is murdered and Madam Rosika Storey is called in to find out who did it and save a prominent family from scandal.

Video Theater:

The Bat: Old scary house. Check. Dangerous serial killer on the loose. Check. Vincent Price and Agnes Moorhead. Check. Grab some popcorn and watch.

Cases of Eddie Drake: Shoot the Works: Eddie is hired by a wealthy woman to recover a watch that could reveal an indiscretion. Along the way, Eddie runs into murder.

My Favorite Brunette: Baby Photographer Ronnie Jackson (Bob Hope) dreams of being a private detective. He gets his chance when Detective Sam McCloud (Alan Ladd) steps out and a mysterious woman (Dorothy Lamour) comes into McCloud's office looking for help against a gang of desperate criminals.

D.O.A.: Frank Bigelow (Edmond O'Brien) is doomed to die after being poisoned. He's determined to find out who killed him and why.

Murder with Pictures: Intrigue abounds as ace newspaper photographer Kent Murdoch (Lew Ayers) finds himself up to his neck in intrigue trying to solve the murder of a mobster's lawyer and he's in love with the chief suspect (Gail Patrick).

Burke's Law: Who Killed Jason Shaw?:

A man is found dead, sitting in a running shower. Captain Amos Burke (Gene Barry) begins the case with no suspects and ends up with a colorful batch before it's all said and done.

Behind Green Lights: A private detective is killed on the police department's doorstep. Lt. Sam Carson (William Gargan) faces political pressure to frame the daughter (Carole Landis) of a reform candidate for Mayor. Carson, however, is determined to find the truth.

I'm the Law:

The Cowboy and the Blind Man Story: Lt. George Kirby (George Raft) investigates the murder of a curly haired blackmailer.

Marin Kane

The District Attorney Killer: A murderer who pledges to get even with the District Attorney kills him in open court and implicates his defense attorney as the one who provided the gun. Martin Kane goes to work

Mr. Wong

Mr. Wong, Detective: A partner in a chemical firm engages detective James Lee Wong (Boris Karloff) and ends up dead the next day

The Mystery of Mr. Wong: A jewel collector is murdered in front of a crowded party which includes Mr. Wong (Boris Karloff). Who did it?

Mr. Wong in Chinatown: A Chinese Princess is murdered while waiting to see Mr. Wong and Wong Searches for the killer.

The Fatal Hour: An undercover police officer investigating smuggling is killed and Mr. Wong is on the case.

Sherlock Holmes:

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon: Holmes and Watson have to stop a dangerous weapon from falling into the hands of Professor Moriarity---and the Nazis.

The Woman in Green: Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) seek to solve a series of brutal murders of young women.

Terror by Night: Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) guard a valuable diamond on board a train bound for Scotland. When a murder occurs on the train, everyone is under suspicion in this action packed taut thriller.

Dressed to Kill: Shelrock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) takes on a gang of criminals who will do anyting to get their hands on three identifical music boxes.

Sherlock Holmes: The Cunningham Heritage: Sherlock Holmes (Ronald Howards) meets Dr. Watson (Marion Crawford) and they deal with their first adventure as a woman is suspected of killing her wealthy boyfriend.'

Sherlock Holmes: The Christmas Pudding: A serial killer threatens to get Holmes before he's executed.

Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Lady Beryl: Lady Beryl (Paulette Goddard) confesses to a crime she didn't commit. Holmes is retained to find out why.

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