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198* "The Cafe Society Case"
10-05-44 or 10-07-44: 30:00*
Guest Armchair Detective
West: W.Peterson
East:
Joe Laurie Jr., "Senator" Ed Ford, Harry Hershfield (3 of the 4 joke
experts on radio's Can you top this?)
A death-by-drowning mystery at a society set
summer home. Any one
of the three pedigreed gentlemen could have
been the murderer, but
Ellery needs just one guess.
199* "Cleopatra's Snake"
10-12-44 or 10-14-44: 30:00*
Guest Armchair Detective
West: Ken Sobol (author)
East:
Armand Denis (explorer/documentary filmmaker of
'Dangerous
Journey'
with film which depicts the weird Hindu ritual of snake worship)
Apparently there was a snake in the studio
200* "The Airport Disasters"
10-19-44 or 10-21-44: 30:00*
Guest Armchair Detective
West: unknown - pre-empted?
East: Vaughn
Monroe (orchestra leader, singer)
201* "The Unfortunate Fisherman"
10-26-44 or 10-28-44: 30:00*
Guest Armchair Detective
West: Leonard Levinson (radio writer)
East:
Sophie Kerr (author)
202* "The Election Day Murder"
11-02-44 or 11-05-44 :30:00*
Repeat of
"The Wandering Corpse" 08-13-39
Guest Armchair Detective
West: Aline MacMahon (actress)
East:
N. Siegel
203* "The Booby Trap"
 (AFRS
pre-broadcast sneak preview)
11-09-44 or 11-11-44: 30:00*
AFRS Mystery Playhouse program "The Booby Trap" Sneak preview
at the
end of a program
Mr. & Mrs. North "Pam Solves it"
08-09-44
Re-written as "Enter Ellery Queen" (Argosy, June 1960, reprinted as
"The Mystery in the
Library of Congress" in Q.E.D. (1968)
Guest Armchair Detective
West: Peter Donald (radio comedian)
East: Nora Stirling (radio writer)
Announced armchair detectives: Ken Roberts (quizmaster
of "Quick as a Flash")
and Phil Baker
(quizmaster of "Take It Or Leave It.")
204* "The Right End"
11-16-44 or 11-18-44: 30:00*
Guest Armchair Detective
West: Tom Slater (radio host)
East: Red
Barber (sportscaster)
Football
story dealt with airlines and Japanese battleships.
205* "The Taste Test"
aka "The Thespis Club"
11-23-44 or 11-25-44: 30:00*
Guest Armchair Detective
West: unknown
East:
Fannie Hurst (novelist)
An advertising agency launching a new
health drink, invites Ellery to
participate in a taste test. The agency lads think they have a
natural in
the beverage called "Etsat" (Taste spelled
backwards). The tasting
experiment becomes a natural setting for crime.
206* "The Glass Sword"
11-30-44 or 12-02-44: 30:00*
Guest Armchair Detective
West: Jeanne Cagney (actress)
East: Rouben
Mamoulian (movie director)
Ellery
and Nikki Porter visit the circus, where the ace
sleuth matches
wits with the tiniest detective extant.
207* "The Stickpin and the Ring"
12-07-44 or 12-09-44: 30:00*
Guest Armchair Detective
West: Victor
Jory (actor)
East: Ilka Chase (authoress,
actress)
208* "Death on Skates"
12-14-44 or 12-16-44: 30:00*
Guest Armchair Detective
West: Barry
Sullivan (actor)
East: Frank Graham
(radio announcer, magazine sports editor)
209* "The Toy Cannon"
12-21-44 or 12-23-44: 30:00*
Guest
Armchair Detective
West: Neil Hamilton (actor)
East: Harriet
Van Horne (radio critic/newspaper columnist)
210* "The Inner Circle"
12-28-44 or 12-30-44: 30:00*
Repeat of
"The Millionaires' Club 04-23-43 or 04-25-43
Printed as a story in the Calendar of
Crime (1952)
Guest Armchair
Detective
West: R.Daigh
East: Luise Rainer
(actress)
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