Michael Shayne

 

 

Michael Shayne, "the reckless, red-headed Irishman" was a popular hard-boiled detective created by American crime novelist Brett Haliday. Mike blew into Miami just after WWII, making crime pay by fighting it with a license and an attitude. Like Mike Hammer and other Phillip Marlowe wannabes, he was a loner, but he was a guy with a sense of humor, like Sam Spade or Richard Diamond. Shayne was the genuine fighting Irish, and his believability made him a popular private eye with the Post World War veterans who had lived more than their share of violent morality.

 

The radio version of Mike's exploits, all in 30 minute stand-alone format, debuted as Michael Shayne, Private Detective in the fall of '44 with the fine radio actor Wally Maher as Mike.

In the fall of 1946, the show went national for a year. Mutual did it again in 1948, titled The New Adventures of Michael Shayne, starring the hunky movie star Jeff Chandler. Many liked Chandler's Shayne and Jeff did the job for two years. In 1952-53, ABC brought movie actor Donald Curtis to the microphone for another series, calling this one The Adventures of Michael Shayne.

 

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NMS_1948-09-11 The Case of the Model Murder.mp3

 

 

This OTR (Old Time Radio) Disc contains all 25 surviving episodes of The New Adventures of Michael Shayne, the 5 surviving episodes of Michael Shayne, Private Detective and the single surviving episode of The Adventures of Michael Shayne

 

 

A. The New Adventures of Michael Shayne (starring Jeff Chandler)

 

1.         NMS_1948-07-22 The Case of the Hunted Bride.mp3

2.         NMS_1948-07-29 The Case of the Bloodstained Pearls.mp3

3.         NMS_1948-08-06 The Case of the Phantom Gun.mp3

4.         NMS_1948-08-13 The Hate that Killed.mp3

5.         NMS_1948-08-20 The Case of the Grey-Eyed Blonde.mp3

6.         NMS_1948-09-04 The Case of the Generous Killer.mp3

7.         NMS_1948-09-11 The Case of the Model Murder.mp3

8.         NMS_1948-09-18 The Pursuit Of Death.mp3

9.         NMS_1948-09-25 The Case of the Crooked Wheel.mp3

10.      NMS_1948-10-02 The Case of the Wandering Fingerprints.mp3

11.      NMS_1948-10-09 The Case of the Purloined Corpse.mp3

12.      NMS_1948-10-16 The Case of the Left-Handed Fan.mp3

13.      NMS_1948-10-23 The Case of the Deadly Dough.mp3

14.      NMS_1948-10-30 The Case of the Popular Corpse.mp3

15.      NMS_1948-11-06 The Case of the Bayou Monster.mp3

16.      NMS_1948-11-13 A Problem in Murder.mp3

17.      NMS_1948-11-20 The Case of the High Priced Twins.mp3

18.      NMS_1948-11-27 The Case of the Carnival Killer.mp3

19.      NMS_1948-12-04 The Case of the Constant Companion.mp3

20.      NMS_1948-12-11 The Case of the Borrowed Heirloom.mp3

21.      NMS_1948-12-18 The Case of the Eager Victim.mp3

22.      NMS_1949-01-01 The Case of the Mail Order Murders.mp3

23.      NMS_1949-01-08 The Case of the Phantom Neighbor.mp3

24.      NMS_1949-01-15 The Case of Tahlani's Tears.mp3

25.      NMS_1949-05-07 The Case of the Man Who Lived Forever.mp3

 

B. Michael Shayne, Private Detective

 

1.         MSPD_1946-11-05 The Case of the Deadly Campus Peeper.mp3

2.         MSPD_1946-11-12 The Poisoned Fan.mp3

3.         MSPD_1946-xx-xx The Body in the Trunk.mp3

4.         MSPD_1946-xx-xx Too Many Suspects - Too Many Alibis.mp3

5.         MSPD_1947-01-14 Judge is Shot, Motive is Revenge.mp3

 

C. The Adventures of Michael Shayne

 

1.         AMS_1953-04-03 The Case of the Queen of Narcotics.mp3

 

 

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