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

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.