Philo Vance Presented by the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
Sep 18, 2026 · 35 min · 13 segments
Original Release Date: October 28, 2021 Two drama critics are murdered and poetic clues are left behind. Original Air Date: November 7, 1946 Support the show monthly…
Sergeant Heath, I tell you, this is ridiculous.
Two men murdered, murdered in the same way and apparently by the same person, and you say you haven't even a single clue.
What kind of a homicide department is this? It's a
good one, Commissioner.
Just give me a little time.
These murders were only committed in the past 12 hours.
But the
victims were newspaper men, Heath.
Do you understand? Newspaper men.
The papers they worked on will needle us for days if we don't get results.
I want fast work on this, do you hear me? Fast work and no alibis.
We're working on it, Commissioner.
And the dead men weren't really newspaper men.
They were critics.
Dramatic critics.
Same thing.
Somebody's making a joke out of this department.
Killing two dramatic critics and leaving poetry pinned to their chests with a knife.
Let's see those poems.
Let's see
them.
Here's the one we found on the first body, Commissioner.
The body of Robert Carnes.
But it's no clue.
Believe me, it's no clue.
Sergeant Heath, I tell you, this is ridiculous.
Two men murdered, murdered in the same way and apparently by the same person, and you say you haven't even a single clue.
What kind of a homicide department is this? It's a
good one, Commissioner.
Just give me a little time.
These murders were only committed in the past 12 hours.
But the
victims were newspaper men, Heath.
Do you understand? Newspaper men.
The papers they worked on will needle us for days if we don't get results.
I want fast work on this, do you hear me? Fast work and no alibis.
We're working on it, Commissioner.
And the dead men weren't really newspaper men.
They were critics.
Dramatic critics.
Same thing.
Somebody's making a joke out of this department.
Killing two dramatic critics and leaving poetry pinned to their chests with a knife.
Let's see those poems.
Let's see
them.
Here's the one we found on the first body, Commissioner.
The body of Robert Carnes.
But it's no clue.
Believe me, it's no clue.
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