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Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 114 - Candy Matson Oct 29, 2007

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I begin a new series of podcasts focusing on radioâs âLady Detectives.â? First up is Candy Matson, probably the best of the lady detectives on radio. There are extensive sound bytes from my interview with Jack French (right) who authored Private Eyelashes, a book which looks at radioâs female detectives. Candy Matson was a production for the West Coast coming out of San Francisco beginning in 1949.

Music under is Johnny Mercer singing âCandy.â?

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 113 - 21st Precinct Oct 08, 2007

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Part two of a look at the police procedurals of radio drama. While Dragnet was the âdaddyâ? of procedurals, 21st Precinct was probably an example of almost pure procedure. Dragnet had characters listeners could care about. 21st Precinct was much dryer in tone even forsaking opening and closing music and musical bridges to maintain a sense of a documentary style approach. The opening voice was always the desk sergeant mostly portrayed by veteran radio and television actor, Harold Stone (right).Radio Detective Home Page

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 112 - Dragnet Oct 01, 2007

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Beginning a new theme - police procedurals. The detective genreâs most recent sub-genre is the police procedural. Radio followed suit with the introduction of Dragnet in 1949 created by Jack Webb (right) and its influence both on radio detectives as well as the printed word continues to be felt. Iâll provide examples of what makes a story a police procedural. Next week Iâll continue the theme.

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 111 - The Shadow Sep 17, 2007

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A look at my final entry into radio detectives born out of the pulp magazines. The Shadow was in some ways not a detective as much as a crime fighter (there is a difference), but some of the episodes did bear some aspects where Lamont Cranston did do some detective work to help come to the resolution.

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 110 - Flashgun Casey Sep 10, 2007

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Continuing a look at radio detectives who had their beginnings in the pulps, this week a look at Jack âFlashâ? Casey created by George Harmon Coxe and born from the pages of Black Mask Magazine. Jack Casey came to radio first as âFlashgunâ? Casey, then Casey, Crime Photographer.

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 109 - Nick Carter, Master Detective Sep 03, 2007

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This week begins a short series on radio detectives who come from the pulps. This includes pulps such as the early publications like the one on the right and Black Mask Magazine. I'll start with one of the earliest pulp detectives who appeared on radio, Nick Carter. A look at the history of these pulps, some of the early detectives, and an early Nick Carter, Master Detective episode from 1943.

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 108 - Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Aug 20, 2007

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From John Dickson Carr to Ellery Queen, we now move to the last of our look at the scientific detectives on radio - the master himself, Sherlock Holmes, as written by Anthony Boucher (right) and Denis Green. Iâll do a little comparing to the Edith Meiser version of Holmes too.

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 107 - Adventures of Ellery Queen Aug 13, 2007

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Continuing the examination of the detectives using the deductive process, a look at the authors Fred Dannay and Manfred Lee, aka Ellery Queen and their famous detective. We'll follow their connection to last week's author John Dickson Carr and hear an episode that while not from the first year (the hour long series) reflects the hour long series since the originals are lost to time. This is from The Ford Theatre and stars the original Ellery Queen Hugh Marlowe (right).

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 106 - Suspense: Five Canaries in a Room Aug 06, 2007

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This week concludes my focus on John Dickson Carr. A look at a radio play based upon his Colonel March detective stories (written under the pseudonym Carter Dickson) without, unfortunately, the Colonel. "Five Canaries in a Room" starring Ona Munson (right) is based upon his Colonel March short story "The Crime in Nobody's Room." This version has been Americanized and was written by Carr himself but without Colonel March. Instead we have an Inspector Braddock.

Radio Detective Story Hour Episode 105 - Suspense: John Dickson Carr Jul 30, 2007

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This week, a look at the detective Dr. Gideon Fell created by mystery writer John Dickson Carr. Carr was an American who spent much of his life in England writing "locked room" mysteries and crime involving his several detectives. Dr. Gideon Fell was one his most popular. We'll also look at the writing of John Dickson Carr and listen to a partial episode of his famous detective on Suspense plus a complete episode with the detective written out, but other characters serving up the detection!

Music under is Oscar Peterson and a "Waltz for Debby".

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