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Season 5
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?)
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 (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"
11-09-44 or 11-11-44: 30:00*
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)
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)
Dealt with airlines and Japanese battleships
205* "The Thespis Club"
11-23-44 or 11-25-44: 30:00*
Guest Armchair Detective
(West): unknown
(East):
Fannie Hurst (novelist)
Working title: "The Taste Test" (was also advertised as
such)
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. 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 (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)
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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