Welcome to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio! A podcast featuring the best vintage detective radio programs. Each week from Monday through Saturday, we feature six of Old Time Radio's great detective series from the beginning of the show to its very last episode. And as a bonus, twice a month we also post a public domain movie or TV mystery or detective show video.
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Book Review, Golden Age Article, Nero Wolfe
Book Review: The Mother Hunt
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A wealthy young widow has a baby left on her doorstep with the claim that the Baby was her late husband’s child born out of wedlock. She hires Wolfe to find out who the mother is.
The task is impossible but as usual, Wolfe comes up with a plan thanks to the unusual buttons on the baby’s outfit. However, when the buttons traced to its source, a nurse who’d cared for the baby-the nurse is murdered.
Wolfe and Archie find themselves in a tight spot with the cops as they try to find the mother, but are invariably forced to find the killer as well.
This was a well-done story with great characters and a twisting and turning plot that drives Wolfe from the Brownstone under the tightest spot of his career as far as the police are concerned.
The relationship between Archie and the widow is played very well and honestly I could have seen it going places. I think there’s a good case to be made that this story was where the Corpus should have ended maybe with wedding bells and respectability for Archie at last.
If not, the book marks the end of the greatest era of Wolfe stories. From 1946-63, Stout produced his best work. With A Right to Die, the tone of the rest of the books would change dramatically.
Overall, this was a wonderful Nero Wolfe novel and earns a:
Rating: Very Satisfactory
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CBS, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, YTJD Add
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Big Scoop Matter (EP1255)
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When a reporter friend is killed while investigating a gambling syndicate, Johnny investigates.
Original Air Date: November 11, 1956
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Mutual, Nick Carter, Podcast
EP1254: Nick Carter: Webs of Murder
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A woman who makes her living selling black widow spiders is murdered.
Original Air Date: March 11, 1945
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NBC, Philip Marlowe, Philip Marlowe OTR, Podcast
EP1253: Philip Marlowe: The Red Wind
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Philip Marlowe witnesses a murder in a bar and becomes involved in the sad case of a married young woman.
Original Air Date: June 17, 1947
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ABC, Pat Novak, Podcast
EP1252: Pat Novak for Hire: Marcia Halpern
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A woman with apparent amnesia stumbles into Pat Novak and then dies. Novak has to find out who she really is before Hellman rushes him off to the gas chamber.
Original Air Date: February 27, 1949
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Manhunt, Podcast, Syndicated
EP1251: Manhunt: The Clue of the Stairway Slaying and The Clue of the Legal Loophole
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A night watchman is killed in course of a safe burglary.
Original Air Date: April 22, 1944
An invalid appears to have died of a heart attack, but it turns out he was murdered.
Original Air Date: April 29, 1944
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Mystery Special, NBC, Podcast, The Chase
EP1250s: The Chase: Elliott Preston Is Framed for Murder
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A man is accused of murdering his girlfriend’s uncle who stands in the way of her marrying him.
Original Air Date: May 18, 1952
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