The Church Murder Case (Aired March 7, 1950)
S.S. Van Dine's Philo Vance remains arguably the most aristocratic of the popular Gentleman Detectives of the modern era of Detective Fiction. He clearly possessed every bit of the arrogance of Sherlock Holmes, Gregory Hood, and even Ellery Queen. But one counter that, as an aristocrat with no lack of self-confidence, at the very least he wasn't hobbled by either cocaine addiction or an overbearing father. Indeed he's arguably most like Gregory Hood in many aspects of his basic personality. His other possible rival, Rex Stout's Nero Wolfe, clearly possessed every bit of the requisite arrogance of this class of private--or Gentleman--detective, but Nero Wolfe was also hobbled by his inherent agorophobia, proclivity for habitual excess, and murky background. Philo Vance, by contrast, possessed no apparent excessive proclivities, other than his continually overbearing self-confidence, arrogance, and smugness. But let's be honest here. Show Notes From The Digital Deli.
THIS EPISODE:
March 7, 1950. Program #87. ZIV Syndication. "The Church Murder Case". Commercials added locally. A practical joker who loves exploding cigars and whoopee cushions is murdered, and the suspect is obviously the killer. Jackson Beck, George Petrie. 26:34. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
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