Category: Podcast

EP1752: Nick Carter: The Unwanted Wife

Lon Clark
Patsy gets Nick to investigate the case of a woman who insists her husband’s trying to have her committed.

Original Air Date: October 10, 1948

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EP1751: Philip Marlowe: The Glass Donkey

Gerald Mohr
Marlowe searches for the killer of an old flame.

Original Air Date: July 28, 1950

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EP1750: Crime Files of Flamond: The Case of the Delayed Revenge

A man hires Flamond to investigate the man who is taking his job as Vice-President of a research firm.

Original Air Date: Sometime in 1953

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EP1749: Michael Shayne: Mary Noble Suspects Uncle Briggs

Wally Maher
An heiress comes to Mike, claiming her uncle is trying to poison her. She leaves Mike’s apartment and immediately falls dead.

Original Air Date: June 11, 1945

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EP1748: Dragnet: The Big Betty

Jack Webb
Joe Friday and Ben Romero go after a gang of conmen who are victimizing the families of recently deceased people.

Original Air Date: November 23, 1950

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EP1747: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wayward Diamonds Matter

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An insurance agent’s oversight has Johnny following up on last week’s case as he has to prove fraud against a woman whose paste diamonds set him on the trail of her husband.

Original Air Date: September 14, 1958
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EP1746: Nick Carter: The Case of the Substitute Slayer

Lon Clark
A soap opera writer tells Nick her stories are based on real life and leading to real death threats.

Original Air Date: October 3, 1948

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EP1745: Philip Marlowe: The Last Wish

Gerald MohrMarlowe tries to find the wayward son of a dying man before the man dies.

Original Air Date:July 19, 1950

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EP1744: Crime Files of Flamond: The Case of the Suspicious Scream

A man hires Flamond to investigate a ghost that appears to be haunting the house.

Originally Aired: Sometime in 1953

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Great Detectives Cyber Monday Ebook Sale

On Cyber Monday and Tuesday, all five of my podcast-related ebooks are free or on sale.

From our fiction category, users with the Kindle or a Kindle App can get my first detective story An Ounce of Prevention for free. In An Ounce of PreventionPrivate Detective Jerry Newton takes on a simple bodyguard job for a frightened school teacher but soon finds himself facing the most difficult decision of his career. For 99 cents, you can pick up Slime Incorporateda full length novel star’s Newton’s employee Cole Ustick as he takes on a murder case set against the backdrop of the Idaho Governor’s race.

Our other free giveaway is What Made the Golden Age Shine  at Smashwords. my manifesto where I explain what’s so great about Golden Age entertainment. Use coupon code FW52E to get the book for free.

Also, my two life lessons from Great Detectives books are available for sale. You can learn life lessons from Columbo, Sherlock Holmes, Father Brown,  Adrian Monk, and others for 99 cents in All I Needed to Know I Learned from ColumboIn our longer sequel, All I Needed to Know I Learned from Dragnet you can learn lessons from Hercule Poirot, Johnny Dollar, Joe Friday, Frank Cannon, and others for the discounted prize of $2.99 .

Below is a widget for our Cyber Monday deals on Amazon and links to all of the items on Smashwords with coupon codes for those who don’t have the Kindle or a Kindle app.


Smashwords Codes:

Slime Incorporated Code (LG78H)
All I Needed to Know I Learned from Columbo Code (WS83U)
All I Needed to Know I Learned from Dragnet Code (HL98P)

EP1743: Michael Shayne: Judge Stanton Murdered

Wally Maher
A federal judge is killed and evidence found at the scene of the crime implicates a man who was just released from prison when the police found evidence that someone else had his fingerprints.

Original Air Date: June 4, 1945

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EP1742: Dragnet: The Big Parrot

Jack Webb
Friday and Romero investigate a double murder that’s been attempted to be covered up with arson.

Original Air Date: November 16, 1950

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EP1741: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Malibu Mystery Matter

Bob Bailey
Johnny is called in on what appears to be an open and shut $120,000 boat accident, but is it?

Original Air Date: September 7, 1958

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EP1740: Nick Carter: The Case of the Fatal Redhead

Lon Clark

A woman asks Nick’s help to stop her father-in-law from marrying a gold-digging night club singer.  Nick refuses to act and the father-in-law turns up murdered.

Original Air Date: April 25, 1948

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EP1739: Philip Marlowe: The Iron Coffin

Gerald Mohr

A woman hires Marlowe for fear her daughter’s fiancé is a danger to himself and her daughter. Marlowe finds a problem that centers around a relocated medieval Spanish castle.

Original Air Date: July 12, 1950

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