Crime Fighters will take a look at Calling All Cars, which was broadcast from Nov
29th, 1933 to Sept 8th, 1939. Calling All Cars was one of the earliest police shows
on the air. It dramatized true crime stories and was introduced by officers of Los
Angeles and other police departments. None of the cast was credited, with one exception.
We will feature the episode, “Death In The Moonlight” from March 8th, 1938.
Then we will take a look at everyone’s favorite, Nero Wolfe, who first appeared on
radio on July 5th, 1943 on the Blue Network in The Adventures Of Nero Wolfe. This
will be an episode from the third Nero Wolfe series, The New Adventures Of Nero Wolfe.
It starred Sidney Greenstreet as Nero Wolfe. In this series, the part of Archie was
first played by Lawrence Dobkin, then Gerald Mohr and finally Harry Bartell. Tonight
we will hear the episode titled “The Party For Death,” from Feb 2nd, 1951, in which
Nero sends Archie to a cocktail party and tells him not to come home until after
the murder.
Information for these series is based on information contained in Dunnings On The
Air.