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“Wildroot brings to the air the greatest private detective of them all…”

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jul 12th 2023

Shamus devotees would no doubt have an engaging discussion as to whether Samuel Spade was the greatest private detective of

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Jun 17th 2023

When “the Golden Age of Radio” came to what many recognize as its official end on September 30, 1962—there were only two ma

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on May 9th 2023

On this date in 1937, a program that would soon become the number one radio show in the nation premiered over the Red networ

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 26th 2023

On this date in 1931, radio listeners paid their first visit to the sleepy little Arkansas hamlet of Pine Ridge to sit arou

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Apr 10th 2023

On this date in 1943, the literary sleuth created by Drexel Drake made his radio debut on the Blue Network with a series tha

Posted by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. on Mar 25th 2023

It may have been the underrated Wyllis Cooper who was responsible for creating the classic radio horror Lights Out…but when