On this program we have one of my favorite detective dramas. Pat Novak for Hire will take the stage and hopefully entertain you and thrill you. Also, on the program I will announce the first ever Ron’s Amazing Stories contest. The topic for the tweets is #ImHappyBecause.

What can I say about Pat Novak for Hire that I have not said in past shows? It is one of the strangest, well-acted and best written programs of the golden age of radio. It is a classic detective drama starring Jack Webb as Pat Novak, a street wise guy who rents boats and anything else a good man pays a bad one to do. Novak is always getting into scrapes when taking on jobs for hire or occasionally as a favor to a friend. When he does, he goes to see "The Only Honest Guy I Know" an ex-Doctor and a boozer named Jocko Madigan (played by Tudor Owens). Novak's nemesis is Lieutenant Hellman of Homicide (often played by Raymond Burr). The show has a repeating plotline, but it is a work of art, with fantastic poetry. Pat Novak for Hire is memorable from start to finish. Our story is called, Agnes Bolton and it first aired on June 5, 1949.