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Radio Detective Story Hour

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Dec 26, 2005
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 at the career of the young Webb and play an episode called "The Prodigal Daughter." Plus a clip from Webb's only comedy show on radio.

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Dec 19, 2005
As Christmas approaches, I present a Christmas story/mystery that involves radio detective Boston Blackie. Richard Kollmar (right) stars.

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Dec 11, 2005
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 their Sherlock Holmes series. It starred Gale Gordon (right).

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Dec 4, 2005
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 television series. This week we take a look at Arlen's creation of The Falcon!

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