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Frank Marvin Readick Jr. (November 6, 1896 — December 27, 1965) [1] was an American radio and film actor. [citation needed]Born in Seattle, Washington, Readick was well known for his evil laughter that followed the introduction from The Shadow radio drama: "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?
Mr. Chameleon is a detective fiction radio drama created by Frank Hummert and produced by Frank and Anne Hummert. [1] It ran on CBS Radio from July 14, 1948, [2] to 1951 [3] or 1953. [1] The series starred Karl Swenson as a New York police detective who is a master of disguise, and who assumes a new identity in each episode in order to catch a ...
The Shadow is a fictional character created by American magazine publishers Street & Smith and writer Walter B. Gibson.Originally created to be a mysterious radio show narrator, [2] and developed into a distinct literary character in 1931 by Gibson, The Shadow has been adapted into other forms of media, including American comic books, comic strips, serials, video games, and at least five ...
The story is often funny, always engaging, and one of the few enduring shows that grapples with mental health in such a direct way. Watch Now on Peacock See the original post on Youtube
A list of radio detective series and/or radio mystery solving series in general. Radio series about private investigators are listed here too. Subcategories.
Michael Shayne is a generic title that can refer to any of three American old-time radio detective programs that were broadcast from 1944 to 1953, all based on the Michael Shayne character created by author Brett Halliday. [1] [2] Specific titles varied with different versions of the show.
In 1915, New York City publishers Street & Smith began publication of Detective Story Magazine, the first specialist genre pulp magazine. In 1930, CBS began The Detective Story Hour (actually a half-hour), a radio program that used scripts based on stories from the magazine. The scriptwriter, Harry Engman Charlot, suggested that the show should ...
The cliches, stereotypes and simplistic dialogue provided much fodder for Bob and Ray's parody, Mr. Trace, Keener Than Most Persons, broadcast in numerous variations.It was also combined with rival detective show Martin Kane, Private Eye and satirized by Harvey Kurtzman and Jack Davis in Mad magazine's fifth issue (June–July 1953), as Kane Keen!