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While the vast majority of golden age detective programs featured male protagonists, there were a few programs that featured female crime solvers. This feed celebrates these female detectives.
The majority of episodes in this feed are dedicated to hard boiled private eye Candy Matson, Defense Attorney Martha Ellis Bryant, and Justice Department Investigator Irene Delroy in the Airmail Mystery. However, there are a variety of specials from programs like Murder Clinic and Suspense, as well as a few lesser known series.
Host Adam Graham is your guide to these remarkable women sleuths.
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Lux Radio Theater: Thunder on the Hill
Today's Mystery:A nun becomes convinced that a condemned woman stranded at her Norfolk convent in the midst of torrential rains is innocent. Can the nun save her before her looming execution?
Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 9, 1953
Originating in Hollywood
Starring: Claudette Colbert as Sister Mary; Barbara Rush as Valerie Carns; Norma Varden; Paul Frees; Mary Flynn; Herb Butterfield; Ottola Nesmith; Dan O'Herlihy; Joseph Kearns; Leo Britt; Jeanne Wood; Lois Corbett; Yvonne Peattie
My review of Thunder on the Hill
Purchase link for Thunder on the Hill DVD. (Affiliate link)
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Meet Miss Sherlock: Wilmer and the Widow
Today's Mystery: Jane gets a client for Peter Blossom, a beautiful widow who's accused of murdering her wealthy husband.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 12, 1946
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Meet Miss Sherlock: Case of the Deadman's Chest
Today' s Mystery:A buyer for a department store acquires a chest and everyone wants it.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 7, 1946
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Sara's Private Caper: Sara's 'Sonnets of Fu Yen' Caper
Today's Mystery:
A police stenographer decides to investigate an incomplete report on a stolen rare book.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 15, 1950
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EP3844: Defense Attorney: George Bauman
Martha takes up the defense of a man who claims self-defense in the shooting of a man who held up his bar ... and who was his wife's ex-husband.
Original Air Date: August 28, 1952
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EP3704s: Silver Theatre: Murder Unlimited
A reporter tries to track down a gang that specializes in wholesale murder.
Original Air Date: March 9, 1941
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