Detective and Mystery – Retro Radio Podcast

Preparing for the upcoming Christmas party, Archie and Nero have conflicting ideas on socializing. Archie parts ways to have a festive time, and the drinks flow from a bar tender dressed up in a Santa costume. The festivity continues with the announcement of wedding plans. Things are going too well, isn’t it about time for a corpse to make the scene? Can the doors be locked in time to keep the deadly Santa from fleeing the building?

Cops are soon on hand, and the clues of the crime are reviewed. Who had motive, and access to the poison that was used? Was Santa the killer, or just a hired man to mix up the drinks, for someone else? Back in the office, Archie learns… Let’s just say that Santa’s padding wasn’t fake… and he discovers a secret about where Nero was. What other observations does Nero have about the happenings at the party? Can he catch a killer before he has the embarrassment of confessing his secrets to inspector Kramer?

Some body at the party may have seen through Nero’s involvement as Santa. What do they want in trying to leverage a little blackmail against him? Does Miss Kwon know who the killer is? Is Kraemer smarter than Archie figured in finding clues? Will Nero have what he needs to bring the case to a rapid close? The cast of suspects are rounded up, and Nero confronts each with the facts in the case. By the time Kraemer shows up, Nero wraps up the big reveal. Stand by for plenty of plot twists as Nero kicks the lid off the crime.

Has Sam had it with detective work? What would he do if he decided to quit? He reports on his latest caper, and the lecture of foreign correspondents he attended that started it all. Boring… until the gunshots rang out. In flashback, Sam recounts earlier events that led to his job at the affair to be a body guard.

Who wanted Syrus Manning dead? The correspondent had been working in China, and other communist countries. Sam may not be the best body guard, but he has a handle on the aftermath at the crime scene. The confusing trail takes Sam to a dame at a hotel, and yet another dead reporter. Not waiting for the path to grow cold, Sam relies on informants, and finds himself at the waterfront where a thump on the head awaits him.

When all else seems to fail, what’s Sam to do? Check out the dame, of course. Might there be more trouble in Sam’s future? Thugs, fist fights, gunshots, thumps on the head? Naturally, but his answers for the mystery also are in store for him.

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An aging broad, Hattie, needs the services of Nero Wolfe. Archie is inclined to give her the brush off, but when a dame, 30 years younger comes around he is a bit more lenient. Hey, he and Nero aren’t totally heartless, when the old dame nearly gets run down by a car, they take her in to hear her story. Will the package she found lead to a reward, or trouble?

Investigating the counterfeit bills, Archie goes to Hattie’s place, only to have a corpse complicate the matter. Time to get the cops involved, as well as the men from the Treasury department. Hattie proves to be cantankerous enough to barricade herself into her house. Can Archie sweet talk her into cooperation? What’s the tie between the counterfeit bills and the corpse? Archie is convinced Hattie is innocent of murder.

As Archie drags the reluctant Nero into the mess, the case is reviewed, and more characters emerge who play a part in the drama. Certain that one of the newcomers to his doorstep is the killer, Nero prepares to interrogate them to figure out which one it is. Has Nero figured it out?

Get ready for the big reveal as Nero calls all the suspects, and police to his office.

A phone call sends Sam to a radio station, and his next case. A radio show has an innovative idea for a crime and mystery show, involving real interviews for listeners to engage in the detective work. A nice gimmick, but Sam is called on to track down the killer behind the real crime. Shady characters a large sum of money, a torrid divorce case, and that’s just the beginning for Sam.

Tracing the trail, Sam begins with dance hall dame, Rosalee, and ends up with a dead Jimmy Biddle, radio personality. A tape recorded message holds a confession, and a suicide note. The gimmicks and radio practical jokes spiral out of control when gunshots keep Sam hopping.

Shake downs, blackmail, and crossing paths with the wrong people means disaster, but Sam is no victim. He finds clues in the tape recorded message, and its all he needs to face off with the real killer. Sam reports on the fists that fly as he concludes his report with Effie.

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The king of the black market doesn’t take no for an answer, so Archie Goodwin isn’t taking any chances when he’s invited to go for a ride in the big black Cadillac. Concern for his detective friend, Nero finds himself inviting the mobster to the office to discuss the situation. Nero won’t be a part to illegal doings, but turns the case over to Archie to help with the blackmail trouble. The matter is particularly troublesome, since the blackmailer is his own daughter, Violet. Who is Beulah Page then?

Finding Beulah in her university dorm, Archie is the first to learn of the marriage proposal. The giddy couple are whisked away for Nero to entertain them over dinner. Later, Nero learns more about the embittered Violet, and the abuses she claims have come at the hand of her father. Archie picks up where Nero left off with Violet. Will his flirtatious ways get her softened up?

Danger and gunplay is in store for Archie. Bodies pile up, and the case seems firmly in the hands of the cops. That doesn’t mean the case is over. Rival racketeers could present a deadly danger to both Archie and Nero. Even so, they still need to protect Miss Page.

Nero comes clean with Beulah, as much as he can, about her real father, and the large sum of money she has coming. Working with the cops, there’s still some crime to mop up, finding the mastermind behind the blackmail, and protecting the interest of the innocent Beulah in the world of thugs who want her money.

When Sam reports his last caper to his secretary, Effie Perine gets confused at the word prodigal. It all starts when Sam finds a sleeping boy, reading a pulp fiction detective magazine. Full of dames with strangely painted eyebrows, and tough guys with guns. The cops don’t believe Robbie’s story, but fill Sam in on what the kid told them about his brother.

Taking his payment in jelly beans, Sam follows up on leads involving the stuffed panda in the department store. Matters take a serious turn when a woman on an escalator is discovered to be connected to a corpse. Sam’s trail of the panda leads to another encounter with the dragon lady, and his weekly thump on the head.

The idea of a hot panda racket doesn’t sit well with the cops. What does it all mean, the connection between a man in a checkered jacket, the dragon lady, and the missing panda? Important clues send Sam on the trail of a hot, red, convertible. The panda’s secret could be worth $50k, but Sam learns the real, explosive secret of the panda.

Cynthia Brown has a story to tell Archie about her friend, Doris who was killed. A man who is at a party in Nero’s office is the one Cynthia is accusing. Archie mingles, and as he identifies the man, a scream shatters the air. A corpse at a party has a way of breaking it up.

With Inspector Kraemer on hand, Archie and Nero review the details of where people were, and when they were there. How was it done? What’s the motive? Guests at the party are questioned. The invasion of police authority has Nero especially disgruntled, but a clue to how Cynthia Brown fits . into the crime becomes a little more clear. Newspaper reporters soon descend when word gets out of the high profile guests, and the events in the famous residence of Nero Wolfe.

Nero and Archie discuss how trustworthy the story that Cynthia told might be. The killer is still being held with the guests, and Nero thinks he knows how to flush him out. Complications and danger set in for Archie, and the killer seems to have his own trap to shake off the investigators. The tables get turned and the killers disguise is exposed.

A night out for pizza turns into the latest adventure for Sam. Tony is the concertina player on a ferry boat, and tells Sam about being attacked. Is there a homicidal maniac on the loose? Common ground is found between Sam, and the doctor who comes to tend to the injured Tony. Sam and the doc take a ferry ride in the foggy night to retrace the events Tony described.

A body is found, and Sam links it to Tony, but hazards wait for Sam, and he finds himself tossed overboard. Managing to stay afloat, and fighting affects of hypothermia, Sam is pulled from the water just in time. His soaked condition doesn’t stop him, and Sam resumes his investigation.

A name has been turned up, Boris Targaminski. Dangers keep coming for Sam, and he finds himself in the hands of the FBI. Secrets pour out, and a spy ring is at the center of the mystery. A coded message could reveal the contact.

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A phone call from an exotic woman gets Archie Goodwin’s attention, but when a gunshot sounds, it turns into the next case for Nero Wolfe. Going to the scene, Archie finds the body, and her date who she was to meet. Back in the office, Nero reviews the details of the crime, and interviews the pilot who Archie found in her hotel. Is it a suicide, a murder? At least, its time to get the cops involved.

Due to his diligent investigation, Archie has turned up more contacts the dead woman was to have made. Ellen was to purchase medical equipment to have shipped back to her home country. Was she killed over something she bought? More characters, Mr Renfro, and Miss Bennet, have their chance to be interviewed by Nero. Is their involvement in the large medical purchases legitimate?

Danger looms for Archie as he finds surprises, and a thump on the head. By now, Nero has enough to figure it out, and the players are rounded up for the big reveal in his office.

Or, The Wild West Caper.

Western lingo stampedes in as Sam alerts Effie to his latest report. Getting into the role play, to help out a client, Marshall Spade humors an old timer who has trouble in Dry Gulch. Hopping into his saddle, and taking the North trail out of town, Sam dresses the part for his cowboy adventure.

The ghost town is covered in dust and cobwebs. What can Sam do to help with the robbery of 1894? It turns out that Blackie and his gang have been skulking around town again. The first time in 20 years. The old timer isn’t entirely out of touch as he tunes the dial on his radio set to the likes of Mule Train, and his favorite show, Sagebrush Sandy.

Sam has had about enough of the play acting, but it might not be the sultry dame at hand, as it is the sudden ruckus and gun play coming from outside that makes him keep it up. Bodies lay in the street, but there’s hope Sam can save them if medical help comes in time. Gangsters in a back room are exposed as the force behind the strange happenings. ]Fists fly, as truth is revealed about the modern day bank robbery. Stand by for twists and secrets, right up to the end.