All the Write Moves: Dorothy L. Sayers (Suspense)
5/24/20262 hr 8 min
Our spotlight mystery writer of the week is Dorothy L. Sayers, the English writer, poet, and essayist whose work evolved and advanced the detective genre with characterization and humor. She's best known for the adventures of aristocrat and amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey, and we'll hear one of his exploits adapted for Suspense - "The Cave of Ali Baba" (originally aired on CBS on August 19, 1942). We'll also hear three more of Ms. Sayers' stories adapted for "radio's outstanding theater of thrills" - "The Fountain Plays" (originally aired on CBS on August 10, 1943); "Suspicion" (originally aired on CBS on February 10, 1944); and "...
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Get this and get it straight, crime is a sucker's road, and those who travel it wind up in the gut or the prison or the grave.
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[upbeat music] The story you are about to hear is true. Only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.
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The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective.
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The Adventures of the Saint, starring Vincent Price.
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Bob Bailey in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account. America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator- Yours truly, Johnny Dollar.
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[upbeat music] Hello, and welcome to Down These Mean Streets and More Old Time Radio Detectives and Crime Solvers. Every Sunday in May, we're spotlighting another classic mystery writer, and this week our salute is to Dorothy L. Sayers, the English author who, along with Agatha Christie, was one of the queens of the Golden Age of detective fiction. She's best known today for her novels and short stories starring aristocratic amateur sleuth Lord Peter Wimsey, who we'll meet in