Blackmail – Page 8 – Retro Radio Podcast

Philip Marlowe (BBC02) The High Window. 771017 (rretro575)

By Keith June 30, 2017Detective and Mystery, Philip Marlowe, Retro Original

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…

Nero Wolfe (CBC) Death Of A Demon. ep12, 820403

By Keith June 3, 2017Detective and Mystery, Nero Wolfe

The wife of a public relations man comes to Nero Wolfe to turn a gun over to him. She tells the rotund detective her plan, and how easy it would…

The Adventures of Sam Spade – The Soap Opera Caper. ep235, 510216

By Keith April 15, 2017Detective and Mystery, Sam Spade

Meeting up with a fellow gum shoe, Sam learns his client isn't just a writer of soap operas, she writes several. Her melodramatic dictation of her latest tear jerker spills…

Nero Wolfe (CBC) Cordially Invited To Meet Death. ep6, 820220

By Keith March 31, 2017Detective and Mystery, Nero Wolfe

In the past, Nero had turned down the job offered him by Mrs Jurvis Horrix to play detective at a party. Today she has a more serious reason for calling…

The Adventures of Sam Spade – The Biddle Riddle Caper. ep229, 510105

By Keith March 11, 2017Detective and Mystery, Sam Spade

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…

Nero Wolfe CBC – Before I Die. ep2, 820123

By Keith March 10, 2017Detective and Mystery, Nero Wolfe

Audio quality is excellent. 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…

The Adventures of Sam Spade – The Prodigal Panda Caper. ep228, 501229

By Keith March 4, 2017Detective and Mystery, Sam Spade

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…

Whistler – The Judas Face. 460603

By Keith February 14, 2017Suspense and Horror, Whistler

The young movie starlet, with the million dollar face, Sandy Dane recovers after an accident on the movie set. Weeks of hospitalization after plastic surgery has everyone hopeful, but a…

Burns and Allen – Gracie Blackmails Jack Benny. 431102

By Keith November 2, 2016Burns and Allen, Comedy

In the Burns home, George and Gracie read through the morning mail. George wants to do more singing, but can't find anybody who has the courage to let him on…

Lux Radio Theater – Ladies In Retirement, (Ida Lupino, Brian Ahern). 430927

By Keith September 27, 2016Drama, Lux

England 1885, and a letter that means changed lives for many, but the death of one. A grand old dame about town crosses paths with a young bank teller who…