Philo Vance, Detective, Collection 1

Created by S.S. Van Dine, Philo Vance was quite popular in books, movies and on radio. He was portrayed as a stylish, very intelligent and cultured private detective—an Americanized Sherlock Holmes—working out of New York. In the movies, William Powell, Warren William, Paul Lukas and Basil Rathbone starred as Vance. On radio, he was voiced by Jose’ Ferrer, John Emery and Jackson Beck. Not that Vance needed any help solving a crime, he did work closely with his secretary and right hand woman, Ellen Deering and his pal John Markham, New York County District Attorney. First heard for a brief time on NBC radio in 1945-46 it enjoyed success in syndication beginning in 1948 starring Jackson Beck.

12/27/49 The Identical Murder Case
1/3/50 The Tip Top Murder Case
1/10/50 The Left-Handed Murder Case
1/17/50 The Talking Corpse Murder Case
1/24/50 The Music Box Murder Case
1/31/50 The Sterling Murder Case
2/7/50 The Chicken Murder Case
2/14/50 The Scarface Murder Case
3/7/50 The Church Murder Case
3/14/50 The Mathematical Murder Case
4/18/50 The Golden Key Murder Case
4/25/50 The Shower Bath Murder Case