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Eight BBC Radio crime dramas featuring Golden Age detective Gideon Fell, starring Donald Sinden With his cape, canes and shovel hat, portly amateur sleuth Dr Gideon Fell cuts an eccentric figure - but his odd appearance belies his sharp intellect and astonishing faculty for deduction. Created by...

Four more full-length adventures of R. Austen Freeman's great 'scientific investigator', Dr John Thorndyke: First, young Helen Vardon marries a man she detests in order to save her father from imprisonment; but her selfless act only precipitates a still greater disaster, and puts her under suspicion of murder. Then, in The Cat's Eye, Thorndyke unravels both an apparent robbery gone wrong and the still more complex mystery of Miss Blake's family inheritance and the cat's eye pendant.

Do birds of a feather plot murder together? When notorious playboy Arthur Cushing is murdered, Belle Adrian suspects that her daughter, Carlotta, is the killer, and Carlotta suspects her mother of the crime.

Who killed Philip Rease? Peter Kent was known to be a sleepwalker and a bloodstained knife was found under his pillow. There were people who would like to see Peter Kent out of the way, but would they frame him for murder? And would that explain the reason for Rease's death? It was another case full of traps for Perry Mason.

Ellen Robb does more than just sing for her supper - she also dances and sells cigarettes in a two-bit gambling parlor in a one-horse town. But when she hits a sour note with her scheming employer by refusing to help fleece a fat-cat customer in a crooked card game, she finds herself out of all three jobs. That's when she sings her song of woe to Perry Mason, who promises to turn her blues into greenbacks with the help of his crack team, Della Street, and Paul Drake, and a hefty lawsuit.

In the summer of 1923, the Honorable Daisy Dalrymple makes what should be an uneventful research trip to the Museum of Natural History quite an eventful day - with her nephew, Derek, and her soon-to-be stepdaughter, Belinda, in tow. But as she interviews the various curators for her article on the museums of London, she soon discovers that the Museum of Natural History is a hothouse of professional rivalry and jealousy.

Anthony Head, famed for his TV roles in Buffy and Little Britain, reads these stories inspired by one of the most successful BBC radio serials of the Twentieth Century.

Während der Jagd nach Cecil Warbatty überschlagen sich die Ereignisse! Warbatty soll sämtliche Verbrechen unter Hypnose ausgeführt haben, für die ein gewisser James Palperlon verantwortlich zu sein scheint. Harst und Schraut bringen zudem in Erfahrung, dass die Schatzkammer des Fürsten ausgeraubt werden soll. Dabei ziehen sie die Schlinge immer enger um die beiden Verbrecher...

Join Oasis Audio for 100 radio shows from across all genres. Thrill to detective stories and mysteries, dig your spurs in for some dusty-trail Western adventures, laugh until you cry with the kings and queens of radio comedy, and sit on the edge of your seat for the greatest radio dramas. This volume includes episodes of The New Adventures of Michael Shayne, The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe, Night Beat, Our Miss Brooks, Pat Novak for Hire, The Phil Harris and Alice Faye Show, Philo Vance Detective, Quiet Please, and more.

Volume eight includes: Pat Novak for Hire, 1949-04-16: "Go Away Dixie Gillian"; Philo Vance Detective, 1949-09-06: "The Oxford Murder Case"; Philo Vance Detective, 1949-09-13: "The Checkered Murder Case"; Philo Vance Detective, 1949-09-20: "The Penny-Ante Murder Case"; Philo Vance Detective, 1949-09-27: "The Shoeless Murder Case"; Richard Diamond Private Detective, 1950-04-13: "Man Who Hated Women"; Rocky Fortune, 1954-02-16: "Too Much Married Blond"; and more.

From its launch in 1920 until its demise in 1951, the magazine Black Mask published pulp crime fiction. The first hard-boiled detective stories appeared on its pages. Dashiell Hammett, Raymond Chandler, Erle Stanley Gardner, and John D. MacDonald all got their start in Black Mask. The urban crime stories that appeared in Black Mask helped to shape American culture. Modern computer games, films, and television are rooted in the fiction popularized by the magazine.

Kaum wieder in New York City angekommen, erhält Professor van Dusen eine mysteriöse Einladung zu einem Mitternachts-Dinner. Der Gastgeber, ein gewisser Denverton, hat zwanzig ihm unbekannte Gäste in sein Haus geladen. Van Dusen wird mit einem mysteriösen Testament konfrontiert. Als er das Haus verlässt, wird ein Mordanschlag auf ihn verübt. Es gelingt ihm, einen chinesischen Dolch sicherzustellen. Und damit gerät ein Fall ins Rollen, der die Ankunft des chinesischen Verbrechers Fung Su ankündigt.

Inspector Lestrade invites Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to help with a most disturbing case. Two veterans of the Second Afghan War have been murdered in their London apartments. The suspected perpetrator appears to be a Pashtun warrior tribesman decapitating his victims.

The annual gathering of the book club at the start of December is supposed to be a time for relaxation and catching up. But this year, the convivial evening takes a sinister turn. Detective Barton is called to investigate, and he soon discovers the seemingly peaceful club harbours dark secrets and hidden resentments that go back years.

Dem neuen Inspektor reicht es. Als Mimi Rutherfurt wieder einmal an einem seiner Tatorte herumschnüffelt, steckt Inspektor Dinsdale die Hobby-Kriminalistin kurzerhand in eine Gefängniszelle. Aber nicht einmal das kann die rüstige alte Dame vom Ermitteln abhalten. In ihrer Zelle lernt sie nämlich ein junges Zimmermädchen kennen, das einen Giftanschlag verübt haben soll. Mimi Rutherfurt ahnt, dass hier etwas nicht stimmt.

A collection of the best and most popular programs from the Golden Age of Radio, digitally remastered, and including performances from some of Hollywood’s most beloved stars, like Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Ray Milland, and many more.

Despite many years living in South Devon, DI Wesley Peterson has never visited the tiny island of St Rumon's. That is until erosion from a storm reveals three bodies buried outside the local churchyard. Two are ancient skeletons, but one is far more recent, and Wesley realises he has uncovered a case of murder. But whose remains are they? And who killed them? The island has only a small number of inhabitants. Yet one resident keeps cropping up in Wesley's investigation: the author and self-styled academic Quentin Search.

Die Sherlock Holmes Box 16 beinhaltet die Hörspiele "Geheimsache Styles Court", "Der Mann im Speisewagen", "Die vierte Flasche" und "Das Musikzimmer".

Detective John Bell plans to have a well-earned rest when he is invited to holiday with his friends the Ridsdales upon their houseboat on the Thames. But when Lady Ridsdale’s diamond bracelet is stolen in the night, his holiday is cut short and he must determine who amongst their party could be responsible.

Die Tanzdarbietung der berühmten Ballerina Daria Markos wurde zum wiederholten Male durch einen markerschütternden Schrei unterbrochen - und wieder war es ihr eigener! Es gibt weder Hinweise auf ein Verbrechen noch auf eine Bedrohung. Holmes und Watson folgen einer Spur, auf der sie mit künstlerischen Temperamenten, chemischen Rätseln und den architektonischen Geheimnissen des Londoner Opernhauses konfrontiert werden. Es ist eine Spur, deren Ziel zwischen Vergänglichkeit und Ewigkeit liegt.