Detective and Mystery – Retro Radio Podcast

A man is raced to the hospital, and was alert enough to warn his attendants about danger. On arrival at the hospital, with nobody having access to him, he is delivered dead, and with a knife in his back. How could it happen? Time for Filo Vance to investigate. Miss Dearing assists as Vance gathers the clues. Suicide is out, the man had business partners in a jewelry business, and a woman in his life. Is it a matter of love, jealousy, poor business practices, something else? Listen carefully to the witness statements to see if you can pick up on the clues that tip off Filo. What’s the mistake the murderer made that unlocks the mystery? Just about all the players have motive to kill the man, so the trick is in figuring how the man could be stabbed after he was put in the ambulance alive. Filo has applied his knack for observation, and psychology and has it figured out. In case you don’t, he explains it all as he reenacts the crime to expose the killer.

A story of fingers that were nailed by death. A cop who usually walks the pickpocket beat, and his fiancee spend the evening at Coney Island, but face an embarrassing situation to find his wallet has been lifted. Ironic. The search for the missing wallet leads to a dead pickpocket that is found on the beach. The cop, Mike, recovers his missing wallet, but also some clues that lead him to an amusement venue on the strip. Three suspects soon emerge. Is it the female shop owner, or one of her two male henchmen? Mike and his girlfriend Ellen find out, but not after a few suspenseful moments facing down death.

It’s after midnight, and during the wee hours of the morning. The hotel clerk where Philip is the house dick needs him to deal with a guy called “the King.” The musician is putting on his own late night concerts and disturbing the guests. Philip patrols the hallways when he encounters a woman with a gun pointed his direction. Back at the night desk, Philip tries to figure out the odd clients, but checking up on his pistol packing mama, he finds her strangled body. When Philip tries to talk to the King about his dead female fan club, all he gets is resistance. The King has a new hanger on, and claims to be a former singer in his band. What does she know about the strange note, the dead girl, and who might want the King dead? A desperate phone call from Delorres has Philip on the scene to investigate the Kin’gs dead body. Philip retraces his steps in the nightclub to look for clues that might explain things. Was it Delorres? Who is Agatha? Philip calls the cops to tell them all he knows, especially when he finds Agatha’s strangled body. There’s a mountain of clues that Philip has to put together. What was meant to look like a suicide clearly isn’t. By now, Philip has the clues figured out and confronts the killer, and his plan revolving around jealousy, and revenge.

Candy Matson, former fashion model now earns her living chasing after the who done it mysteries as a private investigator. Today she receives threats to leave the case of the Cable Car Murder alone. The trouble is that she has gotten herself entangled in it already. It all went down while she was riding the cable car that day. Candy calls on her dutiful friend, artist, and recovering alcoholic, Rembrandt. While he hits his resources to do research, Candy puts her well shaped legs to work to get the word from the streets. She finds the stodgy relatives of the dead man, and agrees to both find the killer, and clear her name as one of the cop’s suspecs. After a long, hard day of work, imagine Candy’s surprise to find someone in her house with all the lights on! It’s just Rembrandt, and Mallard, Candy’s policeman friend who are waiting for her. Mallard still thinks she’s hiding something, but it takes Candy most of the night to sort through all the evidence Rembrandt has put together for her. Pieces start to fall together, when Candy decides to reenact her cable car ride. Soon more bodies show up, and Candy has it figured out. In dramatic fashion, she closes in on the killer, avoids death, and turns the case over to Mallard.

Working the robbery detail, Joe Friday and partner Frank Smith get word of local bars being terrorize by thieves. Friday interviews the bartender. Other than identifying a mode of operation, and that the same two gents are doing all the robberies, the case seems to be going nowhere. Another robbery, another interview, but the hard clues just aren’t coming in. A break comes in from a street informant. Friday needs to act fast when the next robbery winds up with a police officer being shot. More lucky breaks turn up after the interview at the latest robbery. Friday has a tough nut to crack once he is hauled into the police station, but with overwhelming evidence, it’s just a matter of time.

Come right over as the Librarian gets the book off the shelf. An intriguing story of a beautiful woman who was in love with death. Eavesdrop on a train as a woman who seems just a bit tipsy drops dead. The police later discover the poison to be atropine, actually not a poison, but a very powerful muscle relaxer. She basically relaxed her self to death. The story goes into flashback mode as the cops run through possible killers and motives. The dead woman is Susan, a wealthy socialite who runs around on her husband, and plans on dumping him in a divorce with none of her money, or a place in her will. What about Robert, Susan’s brother? He’s a wealthy businessman, but has been short on funds at his company. He only wants to borrow a hundred thousand from her. The cop has been bouncing ideas off a mystery writer friend, and the suspicious characters in the story go on. More flashback scenes reveal more twisted relationships, namely between Susan, and the jilted woman that Susan stole her lover Pearce away from. It looks like the nasty, and selfish Susan got what was coming to her if you ask me, but it’s still murder, and someone has to pay the price. How do the pieces fit together? Who had the motive and opportunity? Who was the one who slipped Susan the drug? The deep dark secrets keep on coming, so don’t make up your mind too quickly. In dramatic flair, the cop lets his mystery writer stage a classic murder mystery novel ending to put on the pressure, and reveal the killer. Listen in, and be there to see justice done.

Homicide detail. A woman has disappeared, taken from her home by a man disguised as a police officer. It’s up to Joe Friday to find her. On night watch, Joe and Ben tell about the wait, after posting news bulletins over the airwaves on the missing woman. The maid had reported a man in a gray suit, identified himself as the police, and had taken the lady of the house, Mrs Kessle. The kidnappers have only called not for a ransom, but to warn the cops to stay away, or they’d kill their victim. In voiceover, Joe Friday tells what police policy is in dealing with a kidnapping. Despite the trauma, professor Kessle keeps up appearances for the sake of his children, since this is the first night of Passover, and the Seder meal has already been arranged. Even Joe and Ben are invited to the solemn holiday observance as the family tries to keep up appearances. All that can be done for the cops is wait… and be part of the prayers for the meal. Despite a call from the morgue, prayers continue, until professor Kessle can’t take it any further, and breaks down. A visit to the morgue determines the corpse isn’t his wife. Without further word, it’s as if kidnappers and victim have vanished. A written note comes that is handled with care, to preserve any fingerprints. This time the warning to keep cops away is accompanied by a ransom demand. Following the ransom instructions, except for the keep cops away part, and the bring money part, are closely observed. Will the kidnappers fall into the cops trap?No show, and no further contact wears on nerves, as the cops wait with the family. A stroke of luck turns up Mrs Kessle, but she can’t tell where she has been or who abducted her. The kidnapper’s plan falls apart, and is soon picked up.

Sam is in a grumpy mood, as he dishes out his report to his secretary, Effie Perine. A client enters, who wants to redecorate, and make improvements to the office. The actor, Fritz, doesn’t impress Sam much. What does he propose anyway, how can he help Sam? The only redeeming quality is the promise of a job, guarding a diamond. All Sam has to do is wear a rabbit suit. At the mansion on the hill, Flopsy and Mopsy, alias Sam and Fritz, mingle at the costume party. Though he shouldn’t be, Sam recognizes that he has been made as a detective. Meanwhile, Fritz is eating up the attention from the costumed damsels. Of course, when the time comes for awarding the prize, and presenting the jewels, they are missing from the safe. Besides the Flopsie, and Mopsie, the party had also had a Cottontail. One who had also absconded with the jewels, after knocking the Pickle King on the hed. The investigation begins in earnest as Sam tries to figure who was where, when they were there, and where the jewels might have been hidden in some of the skimpy costumes. The Pickle King, Mr Montague, is tired of being rich, tired of the jewels and trappings. He would rather the jewels not be found. Twists to the tale are yet to be told, but Sam manages to unravel the mess, and wraps up his report. amzn_assoc_placement = "adunit0"; amzn_assoc_search_bar = "true"; amzn_assoc_tracking_id = "retrootr-20"; amzn_assoc_ad_mode = "manual"; amzn_assoc_ad_type = "smart"; amzn_assoc_marketplace = "amazon"; amzn_assoc_region = "US"; amzn_assoc_title = "Sam Spade on Amazon"; amzn_assoc_asins = "B00BDR8A9M,B006421JJY,1570196451,1932806229"; amzn_assoc_linkid = "d044d97d5e71edb0df9497c070c428e8";

A couple of thugs have a bank robbery planned. Rufus is the henchman, and the professor has the plan organized to the minute. Their crime isn’t even noticed until the next day when the bank opens and the open safe is found along with the murdered guard. The precise professor seems to have far reaching accomplices. Though Inspector Farraday is baffled with his clues, Blackie sees the story as obvious. They onlyarrive at the same conclusion when the accomplice from the construction site is found ded. The bickering Blackie and Farraday hash out the details as they decide where to go from here. The hysterical wife of the dead construction worker has calmed down enough to phone Farraday with the tip about the professor. Meanwhile, the professor and Rufus are planning another robbery, complete with another construction site and patsy to help with their diversion. Farraday is at least on the ball enough to stop the robbery, but his killers get away. Elsewhere in the city, the hysterical wife from earlier in the story goes to Blackie with her information, and a tip on where the professor lives. Blackie is a bit more subtle when he sneaks up on the professor, but can he take down the crook? There’s still one element in the story, and one that the professor never counted on. Don’t mess with a mama bear. The hysterical widow has her own ideas of revenge and justice, but before anything can go wron, Blackie has recovered from his knock on the head and made sure things won’t go wrong this time.

Joe Friday is working the Homacide beat with partner Ben Romero. The call comes in that officers have been shot. Witnesses are questioned, forensics reports are in, and Friday is sent back out to go after the shooters. Gotta love that huge IBM machine with a room sized computer. The dramas and suspense builds when computer match ups ballistic reports from several crimes. The new info helps focus our detectives in their work and the next witness tells of a nickel plated gun and a red headed gunman. Dramatic scene recreations are interjected into the interview. Mixing drama with the deadpan police work that the show would later The robberies and shootings continue. Some facts line up, but others don’t. Is it the same robbers or not? Informants come through, and names are given to follow up on. It’s the crucial point needed to bring the case together, and take down the bad guys. The suspects are tough nuts to crack, but with some misleading questioning to make them feel safe, the crooks rat each other out and do the work for the cops.

In a large suburban house, a woman makes a phone call in a state of nervous desperation. Though her sister Bessy is to come right over, she is suddenly struck down by an unknown assailant. The sister that Edna had phoned is now in the office of Mr Keen to tell him the story of the murder, and now missing Edna. Mr Keen and Mike Clancey comfort her, as they go to make a search of the house. At the house, a man pulls up, he turns out to be the real estate agent that rented the house to Edna. Together, they have a look around the place. A phone call comes in from the property owner, who is on the way over. As the man and his wife arrive, Mike has found the body of the strangled woman. The police are notified, and the couple share a superstition about the house. The relative they inherited it from had died in quicksand. Mr Keen takes in all the odd events, but looks for a motive that he thinks will connect the past murders with this one. Is it all just coincidence, or is there something to actually tie it all together? Mr Keen has a look with Mike at the pool of quicksand. The previous murder of the rich relative hasn’t been very long ago. Did Edna discover a clue that got her killed? The sound of gunshots draw Mike and Mr Keen away, and back towards the house. The shooter has gotten away, and Mr Keen finds the sister in the house. She is warned to leave as Mr Keen prepares to spring his trap to catch that vicious murderer. Mr Keen uses an important clue that he found earlier, and the killer is lured into the trap. Who is it? In dramatic fashion,complete with secret rooms, and sneaking around, Mr Keen confronts the killer, and the mystery is exposed, with all the details being told.

The librarian has the book waiting for you, so come right over. The very absorbing story of a corpse who wouldn’t be bound by the rules. Barney is the son of a police investigator, and he is also interested in Egyptology. He and his girlfriend visit a museum display when the mummy turns out to be a fresh body in mummy wrappings. Barney’s dad investigates, as Barney lends his specialized knowledge to the case. Dad let’s son and girlfriend tag along as he goes about the process of gathering information. If the body in the mummy suit is fresh, what happened to the original mummy? Didn’t anybody inspect the museum display as it changed hands? The cops have enough suspects and evidence to make some initial arrests, but is there still something missing? Barney and girlfriend Janice, do their own snooping around. The two kids get too close for comfort and find themselves trapped in an air tight room. Before they get out through secret panels, they start piecing the clues together. Join Barney and Janice in the creepy chambers of the museum as they locate the key piece of evidence the cops need to close the case. Learn how an ancient mummy can point out the modern day killer. All they need to do is escape death, and take the clues to Barney’s dad to nab the bad guys. Barney tells all to Janice about how he solve the mystery.

A red headed dame awaits as Philip Marlowe heads back to his apartment. Will her lies intrigue him to learn more about her? Instead, a client named Ramsey has a problem of blackmail that wins Marlowe’s attention. That dame is suddenly back in the picture, followed closely by a thump on the head. Visiting Leona, Philip gets some information that could help him deal with the gray sedan that has been tailing him. Is this going to be a night of false leads? The red headed dame is suddenly back, but will Rhea spill the beans, or will this encounter lead to murder? An ebony cufflink becomes a clue that brings all the rest of the details into focus. A wild goose chase, and a hint of danger changes to the real chase, and confronting a killer.

An intriguing story of the stocks of passion, and the bonds of death. After a tough day at work, a Manicurist and a barber talk about liveing a better lifestylle. Tony plans to play the stockmarket, but is upset when Joan has had her own game going on. They end up in a fight over her diamond bracelet that she managed to get from Larry the stockbroker. Plot twists explode when Joan demands Larry divorce his wife Stella. Larry and Stella have a strange marriage of convenience that they both use to their advantange. What kinds of shady deals are going on here? The undercurrents and secrets abound, and it leads up to the stockbroker being found dead. Now the cops need to figure which of our suspicious people did it. Got questions? The cops run through more details that surround the murder as they get the scoop from our shady characters. Everybody claims that they didn’t do it, but the fact remains that there’s a dead body, somebody killed him, and the Commissioner wants to know who. Was it for love, or for money, over that divorce, or a swindle of the company? All good reasons for a motive. As if to help things along, the killer delivers an extra body to help narrow things down. The cops have a plan and stake out the scene. In epilog, the cops tell all and share how they figured it out.

It all happened in San Pedro, as Marlowe goes to look for his new client on the dingy water front. Mike Basso is having trouble with a hot head punk, and after being roughed up, he wants help from aPhilip Marlowe. Is there more danger in store for Mike? Philip investigates, and crosses paths with a dame. Giles is a friend of Johnny Dyke, but when push comes to shove, Philip manages to get him to squeal. What will Johnny’s wife have to expose on a guy named Sharky? Will his prying only get Marlowe a knife blade against his throat? How about a good old fashioned thump on the head? Going to report to his boss, Marlowe and Sharky hear a scream, and the body of Mike Basso. After alerting the cops, Philip returns to interrogate Christina Dyke, but the business end of her gun convinces Marlowe to mind his own business. Retracing his steps through the trail of characters, Marlowe digs for more clues. He and Giles make a bee line for a dock warehouse. Will there be more bodies to keep the cops busy? Clues have launched red flags for Philip Marlowe, and suddenly the case is blown wide open. What was the real motive and crime at hand? Revenge? A frame up? Stay tuned as Marlowe explains it all.