Nick Carter arrives at a banker's office for an appointment with John Hamill, who suspects one of his four partners is embezzling money. Before the showdown can occur, Hamill is shot dead in the hallway. Nick discovers a gun in Cornish's office—the murder weapon—and Cornish flees. Nick later receives a call from Cornish asking him to meet at an abandoned house, but finds only emptiness waiting.

With Nick Carter, Patsy, Cubby, John Hamill, Tom Briddock, Hamill Garrick, Arthur Nelson, Alan Cornish.

Listen for: The mysterious circumstances of Hamill's death in a hallway with no apparent killer, the damning evidence against Cornish, and the cryptic meeting at the empty house

First aired on October 25, 1943 on Mutual.

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Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by Carl Delaney to find his wife Norma, who disappeared after a quarrel. Marlowe's investigation leads him to Madam Jeanette, a fortune teller, and to Pierre Gillum, a man with a mysterious past connection to Norma. As Marlowe pieces together the puzzle, he discovers that Norma has killed her jealously possessive husband and staged an elaborate deception involving Madam Jeanette.

With Philip Marlowe, Carl Delaney, Norma Delaney, Madam Jeanette, Pierre Gillum, Lieutenant Ibarra, Charlie the bartender.

Listen for: The clever use of the Persian slippers as the key clue that reveals the true identity of the body in the car; Marlowe's internal monologue as he investigates; the twist ending where Norma fakes her own death using Madam Jeanette's body.

First aired on October 3, 1948 on NBC.

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Private investigator Pat Novak is hired by a mysterious client named Joe Adams to watch an apartment while Adams catches a plane. When police detective Hellman arrives at the apartment searching for evidence related to a year-old unsolved murder of wealthy businessman Thomas Van Dyke, Novak discovers that Adams is actually a woman named Dodo Sandberg. Novak becomes entangled in a dangerous mystery involving a rare book called Death in Herald Square that seems connected to the Van Dyke murder and worth killing for.

With Pat Novak, Joe Adams (Dodo Sandberg), Hellman, Pete Crowley, Dodo Sandberg, Jocko Matigan, Thomas Van Dyke.

Listen for: The cynical, world-weary narration of Pat Novak as he navigates a complex murder mystery; the tense exchanges between Novak and Detective Hellman; the mysterious warnings from multiple parties about a book that appears central to solving a year-old murder.

First aired on November 30, 1947 on ABC.

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