The Casebook Of Gregory Hood - "The Delphene Bloggs Case" (10-30-46)

The Delphene Bloggs Case (Aired October

 

INTRO: Bob Plays The 5th Dimension "One Less Bell" (1970)

 The Delphene Bloggs Case (Aired October 30, 1946) (AKA Gregory Hood Suspect)

The Casebook of Gregory Hood, starring Gale Gordon in the title role, took over where Sherlock Holmes had left off. Sponsored by Petri wine, it used the same "weekly visit" format and the same team of Anthony Boucher and Dennis Green that had written The New Adventured of Sherlock Holmes. Gregory Hood was modelled after true-life San Francisco importer Richard Gump, and many of the stories revolve around a mystery surrounding some particular imported treasure. Hood's sidekick Sanderson "Sandy" Taylor was played by Bill Johnstone. The show aired from June, 1946 through August, 1950. There were an additional couple of shows aired in October 1951. Hood and Sanderson were played in later episodes by Elliott Lewis and Howard McNear, respectively. Gentleman detectives were a popular fiction tradition by the 1940s. There was, of course, Sherlock Holmes, the hands down epitome of the gentleman detective. But the early 20th Century also introduced several other highly popular members of that select fraternity of ostensibly wealthy gentlemen of independent means who, initially dabbled, then over time immersed themselves in crime-related matters. Most of the popular gentlemen detectives found their way to the Golden Age of Radio from literary or pulp novels. Show Notes From The Old Time Radio Researcher's Group and The Digital Deli.