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!

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This week a look at the police investigator instead of a private one. The series is from a late thirties syndicated series that was sponsored by True Detective Magazine.

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 Jackson Beck as Vance.

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 known to exist. Recently all 13 episodes have re-surfaced and you'll hear one of the new one's here in this podcast. Claudia Morgan (right) starred as Jean Abbott and Les Damon as Pat.

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 - 1933 with Richard Gordon as Holmes and Leigh Lovell as Dr. Watson.

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.

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.

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.

Continuing our look at the radio career of Jack Webb, I look at an earlier series in which Webb starred - Pat Novak For Hire.

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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 Damon (see photo) and Claudia Morgan.

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 episode called "The Nineteenth Pearl."

This week we look at one of the more unusual radio detectives who not only uses deductive reasoning in solving crimes, but who also uses elements of the mystical. The pulp fictional detective Lamont Cranston, aka The Shadow. This episode is from the Orson Welles year.

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 Yarborough as Ben Romero.

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

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: 'The Case of Bielanski and Tilotson'. Running time is about 60 minutes.

"The Radio Detective Story Hour visits once more with Bob Bailey, this time in his long running series as George Valentine in Let George Do It. This week's episode is 'Death in Blue Jeans.' Running Time: 35 minutes."

Radio Detective Story Hour has an exclusive interview with Jack French, author of the Agatha Award winning "Private Eyelashes: Radio's Lady Detectives" and ends with probably the best of the female detectives: Candy Matson in "The Cable Car Case." Running time: about 60 minutes.

The Adventures of the Saint. We look at Leslie Charteris, Simon Templar, and its appearances on radio, television and film. This week's episode: The Color Blind Murder on Shipboard. Total running time: about 31 minutes.