Detective and Mystery – Retro Radio Podcast

Called on for possibly the most difficult and dangerous kind of cases, Holmes has to solve a mystery at a lady’s social circle. The matter involves a missing string of pearls. The feathers fly as the upscale ladies politely bicker and posture in their elite pecking order.

Holmes takes in the conversation. Is there any clues in among the emotions. Who is in legitimate high class standing, and who’s a low class hanger on? Is there some doubt the pearls were real?

If anybody can untangle the petty arguments, and conflicting statements, Holmes can. In epilog Watson makes sure the listener is privvy to all the twists and turns of the mystery,

In the courtroom, a drama unfolds to prove that Vincent Calloway killed his

father to inherit the family oil holdings. Was the motive for murder the alleged faked robbery, or tampering with the will? The stress of questioning causes a witness to collapse, but by hiring Philip Marlowe, , Lomond hopes to blow holes in the case.

At a diner, Marlowe learns plenty of details that could include blackmail as a motive, and there’s plenty of folks who would want old Homer dead. Philip stirs up emotions, as he irritates Vincent’s wife. Does a slap in the face count as a thump on the head?

More poking around doesn’t seem to bring out any further clues. After a little extra hide and seek, Marlowe closes in, with his .38 in hand, to face off with the real killer.

Watson tells about his gardening practices. His ramblings lead into today’s adventure between Holmes and Moriarty. In a Turkish bath, an emergency arises.

A corpse is found stabbed repeatedly. Holmes springs into action while they wait for

Scotland Yard investigators to arrive.

With all the blood, Inspector Lastraad should have no trouble in tracking down the blood stains… right? The only stains are on a pocket knife found in a locker. Will the inspector take advice from Holmes on the matter? The lack of blood stains is the curious thing.

The attendant over the laundry service, Gus, is put on the spot over the lack of blood stained towels and linen. The chase is afoot, but is it a trap for Holmes and Watson? Will our heros be boiled alive in the steam room?

In epilogue, Watson describes the loose ends of the mystery, and the explosive events of Holmes escape.

There’s no show opening, and background music. We find Marlowe arriving at the waterfront dive, with fists flying. He’s looking for Max Louderback, but finds a dark haired, green eyed dame. Her parrot, Captain Macgregor, breaks the tension as Philip learns what he can about Pirate’s Cove. Dafnety needs to find her missing crewman so she canset sail for treasure hunting.

The trail through the clues, and shady characters leads to Ted Peterson, another crew member. Who wants the crew dead? Can Marlowe manage to keep them all safe? The bodies begin to pile up as Marlowe races against the clock.

Dead ends seem to be all that Marlowe can find. It could call for some head thumping, fist fighting action for Marlowe. It might also turn up more dead bodies. The dirt on some internal friction in Dafney’s crew is uncovered. And danger is in store for Phillip before Dafney sails into the sunset.

As the title implies, Sherlock Holmes is on the case of a missing person. Does the theater owner have something to do with it? Is Holmes right to threaten him to keep him from sailing away?

Clues are reviewed that expose blackmail, and the method of keeping the dancer under wraps. Easy stuff for a master detective like Sherlock Holmes.

Schemes involving missing artwork seem to be the doings of Moriarty. With the help of Watson, Holmes works out the clues as he knows them.

Hitting the streets to investigate, Holmes and Watson hash out the evidence, and arrive at making an accusation. The complexity of Moriarty’s evil plan are shared, as is how the plan unfolded.

In the airportMarlowe joins the cops to stop his man before his plane takes off. In flashback, Philip recounts how he was hired by an old man who lay dieing in a hospital. His son, Jack Schiller had been blinded by the promise of fast money the gangsters offered. It’s up to Marlowe to find him, and reunite the son to the father.

Chasing down the slim leads at hand, Marlowe finds a thump on the head as he begins to get too close for comfort.

Moving through a high class of nightclubs, bars, fancy buildings, and glittery, sparkly women, Marlowe spots Jack. The dame he’s with though, is the known girlfriend of notorious gangster, Martini. How can the club manager, Holland, help Philip? The propositions get dangerous as they have Marlowe playing on both sides of the fence.

The stakes are driven up when George Martini is found dead in his penthouse apartment. Can Marlowe get the killer, and deliver him up to the cops on a silver platter? Has Jack just been the fall guy? The truth explodes, the chase is on, and we find ourselves where we came in, at the airport.

Will Jack see his proud father again? Will Philip keep his promise to deliver the bad guy? Somethings in life don’t always work out the way we expect, but in radio dramas, justice manages to find its way.

Sam seems to have picked up a stalker, a timid man who struggles to get up the courage to talk to our hard boiled detective. What’s the life and death situation that has the man so terrified? With only a meager clue from the shabby, and under nourished actor, Sam sets out to get to the bottom of a murder.

A trip to San quentin finds Sam interviewing an inmate, Willie Johnson. Is it such a queer thing that the prisoner claims to be innocent? Following up on the set up, Sam is soon on the trail to stop the murder of Willie, if he can. Clues keep coming, but can Sam beat the ticking clock?

Finding the clue that made Willie become the fall guy, Sam tries to mobilize the cops to act. Will the legal system spring into action to save an innocent man? Will Sam’s clue be hard enough evidence to stay the execution? The race intensifies to save Willie, and bring the real bad guys to justice.

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Matters of journalism, and the National Geographic seem to have Effie Perine in tears today. Will Sam’s report on the latest caper settle her down? Playing long distance phone tag finally connects Sam to a client of his from a year ago, or so Wendall claims. Sam is reluctant to take the job of defending family honor, but the eccentric, wealthy family draws him in.

More of the neurotic family members are interviewed about the missing person. Is there a money trail? At the bank, Sam gets some crossed wires, when Wendall claims to have never spoken to the hard boiled detective at, all. Golly! The crazy characters just don’t stop for Sam, including a notable pink car. If it wasn’t Wendall who contacted Sam, who did? The trail isn’t too difficult, but ddangerous.

Awaking from a thump on the head, Sam finds his pants on fire. Being a little burned up, pun intended, as well as various others, Sam confronts Rowdy Dowser to see why he tried to kill him. Fists speak, but does Rowdy know anything about the missing uncle Purse “Snatcher” Wisby? Sam smells a rat, and might be able to save the Wisby farm.

California, 1941. Visiting a potential client, Marlowe meets the formidable Mrs Murdock, and becomes acquainted with the eccentric family and the matter of a missing, rare coin. Can Marlowe handle the delicate family matter, and leave it to Mrs Murdock to privately rake her daughter in law, Linda, over the coals for swiping the coin? She did it… right?

Nightclub owners, kept women, love triangles, club singers, and murder creep into the picture. Marlowe soon has more trouble than he expected. The cops are willing to work with Philip, but the complications are just beginning when that rare doubloon shows up in the hands of our hard boiled detective. But when the coin shows up with Mrs Murdock, the case is closed as far as she’s concerned.

Is Marlowe obligated to keep his client’s embarrassments confidential? How much can he tell to the cops and keep his conscience clear? The Murdock matter may be closed… sort of… but there’s murder that Marlowe is left to answer on his own.

Facing a deadline with the cops, Marlowe digs into who killed who, and why. Easy resolutions are at hand to appease the cops, but the travesty of justice, truth, and ethics only make a big stink for Marlowe. Bodies pile up, secrets explode to the surface, and blackmail is exposed.

Though the cops are happy with their case closure, it’s confrontation time to unravel the truth, and see that justice is done, confidentially, and in Marlowe style.

Bonus Tracks

It’s a long show, so Keith keeps his comments brief. There’s only some mention about the manner of justice, while avoiding the justice system.