Philo Vance Presented by the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
Aug 14, 2026 · 30 min · 19 segments
Original Release Date: September 30, 2021 A wealthy man calls Vance in claiming a twenty-year-old woman is pretending to be his daughter that drowned nine years previously. Original Air Date: July…
When a man is wealthy, a widower without children, it's possible for some dishonest person to try and get his money away from him.
When the widower lost his only child in a drowning some nine years ago, the most logical way to get the money, since the body of the drowned child was never recovered, would be to pretend to be the dead girl.
Hello, creeps.
This
is T4Y, opening the doors of the Mystery Playhouse.
Tonight we celebrate the return of the master of them all, the inimitable Philo Vance.
The story, the case of the girl who came back.
About ten minutes ago, in Philo Vance's apartment...
The eminent detective has just finished luncheon.
Alone.
Now, however, he has a guest.
And she's very much at home.
Even with his servant, Curry.
Lay out Mr. Vance's water wings, will you, Curry? We're going swimming.
We are not.
Oh, Mr. Vance.
Vance, really? It's a terrific day.
I phone Washington and there isn't any detecting for me to do.
Please take me swimming.
It's only Ireland, no doubt.
Along with seven million others who've got the same idea.
It'd be fun.
Oh, Mr. Vance.
It
would be a nightmare.
When a man is wealthy, a widower without children, it's possible for some dishonest person to try and get his money away from him.
When the widower lost his only child in a drowning some nine years ago, the most logical way to get the money, since the body of the drowned child was never recovered, would be to pretend to be the dead girl.
Hello, creeps.
This
is T4Y, opening the doors of the Mystery Playhouse.
Tonight we celebrate the return of the master of them all, the inimitable Philo Vance.
The story, the case of the girl who came back.
About ten minutes ago, in Philo Vance's apartment...
The eminent detective has just finished luncheon.
Alone.
Now, however, he has a guest.
And she's very much at home.
Even with his servant, Curry.
Lay out Mr. Vance's water wings, will you, Curry? We're going swimming.
We are not.
Oh, Mr. Vance.
Vance, really? It's a terrific day.
I phone Washington and there isn't any detecting for me to do.
Please take me swimming.
It's only Ireland, no doubt.
Along with seven million others who've got the same idea.
It'd be fun.
Oh, Mr. Vance.
It
would be a nightmare.
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