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Intrigue. August 21, 1946. CBS net, WABC, New York "Great Inpersonation". Sustaining. An excellent tale of wartime espionage and murder. Joseph Schildkraut, Charles Vanda (director).

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Listen to radio's famous gumshoes and well-remembered cops. From the fog-bound shores of San Francisco to the insurance investigations of radio's famous expense account investigator; from the riotous actions of famous gang busters to the reality based exploits of Los Angles detectives.

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Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 21 - Sherlock Holmes: This week - a look at probably the most well-known "media" detective - film, radio, fiction - Sherlock Holmes. You'll hear some of the history of the radio programs over the years it was broadcast and a rarer episode from the earliest known copy -... by Radio Detective Story Hour
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Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 11....Gang Busters: The Radio Detective Story Hour looks at radio's cops and robbers. We interview Martin Grams Jr., author of many books on old time radio including 'Gang Busters: The Crime Fighters of American Broadcasting' and listen to an episode from the series:... by Radio Detective Story Hour
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Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 19 - Richard Diamond, Private Investigator: Finishing up our look at the radio detective career of Dick Powell I turn to his role as Richard Diamond, "the singing gumshoe." By this time Powell had reinvented himself from "boy crooner" to tough detective both in film and radio. by Radio Detective Story Hour
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Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 26 - The Falcon: Michael Arlen was the English fictional voice of the Jazz Age. In 1940, he wrote one short story that was intended to be his foray into crime writing. That one short story spawned at least 9 Hollywood films, several radio series and a short-lived... by Radio Detective Story Hour
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Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 12 ... Michael Shayne: Another great pulp magazine detective is featured on this week's podcast. This time - Brett Halliday's Michael Shayne, in the New Adventures of Michael Shayne. Running time: 30 minutes by Radio Detective Story Hour
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Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 23 - Philo Vance: Philo Vance was the creation of author S.S. Van Dine. He proved to be a popular detective as nine films were based on the character and three radio series. This week a look at all three radio series with a complete episode from the final one starring... by Radio Detective Story Hour
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Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 18 - Rogue's Gallery: The first of a two podcast look at how Dick Powell began to reinvent his image from boy crooner into movie and radio tough guy. Tonight I look at the first of his radio series in his new image - Richard Rogue in Rogue's Gallery. by Radio Detective Story Hour
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Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 15 - The Fat Man: I return once more to Dashiell Hammett's only fictional detective created exclusively for radio! Brad Runyon, the Fat Man. "The hard boiled, hard hitting adventures of a criminologist who tips the scale at 247 pounds..." J. Scott Smart stars in the... by Radio Detective Story Hour
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Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 40 - Calling All Cars: One of the earliest police procedual dramas and possibly the model for Gang Busters and later Dragnet, Calling All Cars happened because of the public's interest in new technology - police car radios! Plus, something completely different - an... by Radio Detective Story Hour
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Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 13 - Dragnet: A look this week at probably one of the most famous detective/cop radio shows ever and the man behind it all. The facts: Dragnet is the show; Jack Webb is the creative force. An early episode from the run starring Webb as Joe Friday and Barton... by Radio Detective Story Hour
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Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 16 - The Thin Man: UPDATE: The previous feed for this podcast was defective. I have corrected the problem! A return to detective author, Dashiell Hammett, and his last fictional creations - Nick and Nora Charles in The Adventures of the Thin Man. The series starred Les... by Radio Detective Story Hour
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Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 14 - The Shadow: Repeat episode (Sep 2005) while I take some time off.A look at an unusual Radio Detective - one doesn't always think of this radio character in the detective vein, though he was indeed the investigator as much as a crime fighter. The Shadow is one of... by Radio Detective Story Hour
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Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 20 - Box 13: A look at radio detective Dan Holiday - Alan Ladd - from Box 13. "Adventure Wanted. Will go anywhere. Do anything. Box 13." The series was produced by Ladd's Mayfair Productions. by Radio Detective Story Hour
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Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 27 - Casebook of Gregory Hood: This weekâs podcast of the Casebook of Gregory Hood began as a summer replacement for Sherlock Holmes. Gregory Hood was a dealer in antiquities who happened to also be a crime solver. Written by Denis Green and Anthony Boucher, it even sounded like... by Radio Detective Story Hour
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Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 57 - San Francisco Final: This week you'll hear an audition episode of a series that apparently never aired. San Francisco Final was produced by many of the same personnel who brought Dragnet to the television. Though San Francisco Final is a very well written episode, it has... by Radio Detective Story Hour
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Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 44 - Rocky Fortune: In the early fifties, Frank Sinatra's career seemed nearly over. His musical style was out of date and while he had appeared in some films, most were musically oriented. Then came From Here to Eternity for which he carried away a best supporting... by Radio Detective Story Hour
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Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 29 - Jeff Regan, Investigator: Jeff Regan was known as the "Lyon's Eye," a private investigator who worked for Anthony J. Lyon. Regan was fleshed out on radio by the young Jack Webb who portrayed a number of detectives on radio including his most famous - Sgt. Joe Friday. I'll look... by Radio Detective Story Hour
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Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 22 - The Abbotts: A lesser known detective husband and wife team. The Abbotts first appeared 1945 on radio, but none of those episodes are known to exist. In 1955 a new version appeared called "The Adventures of the Abbotts" but until recently only one episode was... by Radio Detective Story Hour
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Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 25 - Defense Attorney: This week a woman attorney who spends more time solving the crimes she is asked to defend than she spends in the courtroom. Mercedes McCambridge (right) stars as Martha Ellis Bryant! Please Take our Listener Survey by Radio Detective Story Hour
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Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 31 - Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons: This week a look at one of the longest running detective series on radio. Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons was in some ways not much more than a light drama produced by the soap drama factory of Frank and Anne Hummert. Yet, it had its share of crime... by Radio Detective Story Hour
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Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 32 - Nick Carter, Master Detective: From out of the pulps comes Nick Carter, Master Detective! This week "another case for that most famous of all man hunters - the detective whose ability at solving crime is unequal in the history of detective fiction - Nick Carter, Master Detective."... by Radio Detective Story Hour
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