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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, Larry Thor!
by Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. Arnleifur Lawrence Thorsteinson was born 100 years ago on this date…in an Icelandic village ...
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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, Alfred Hitchcock!
By Ivan G Shreve Jr Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock was born in Leytonstone—part of Essex at the time of ...
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Articles / NewsWally Maher: The Voice of Everyman
By Elizabeth McLeod Plenty of radio actors were known for their elegant, pear-shaped voices — the Gayne Whitmans, the ...
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Articles / NewsHappy Birthday, Harold!
By Ivan G Shreve Jr Fans of old-time radio might get a kick out of watching an old Perry ...
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Articles / NewsWildroot brings to the air the greatest private detective of them all…
By Ivan G Shreve Jr Shamus devotees would no doubt have an engaging discussion as to whether Samuel Spade ...
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Articles / News“…ace cameraman who covers the crime news of the great city…”
By Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. Turner Classic Movies occasionally schedules a 1956 film noir directed by Fritz Lang entitled ...
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Articles / NewsThe Expert Touch: Robert Arthur, Dave Kogan, and Murder By Experts
by Elizabeth McLeod Somewhere, someplace there might be some piece of classic crime fiction dealing with shoplifting, or pickpocketing, ...
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Articles / NewsAlong Comes Mary
By Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. The name “Mary Lansing” isn’t going to be instantly familiar to many people, but ...
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Articles / NewsThe Man Who Taught America How to Sing
By Ivan G Shreve Jr The small town of Tyrone, Pennsylvania added Fredrick Malcolm Waring to its population 103 ...
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Articles / News“I’ll clip ya, Bergen…so help me, I’ll mow you down!”
By Ivan G. Shreve, Jr. Seventy-nine years ago on this date, a program that would soon become the number ...
