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The Casebook of Gregory Hood

16 episodes · 1946–1949 · Mutual, ABC · Detective

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Gregory Hood, a San Francisco importer and amateur sleuth, began in June 1946 as Mutual's summer replacement for Sherlock Holmes, with Petri Wine sponsoring and Anthony Boucher and Denis Green writing. Gale Gordon, Elliott Lewis and Jackson Beck all played Hood.

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Episodes

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1946

• The Three Silver Pesos June 3, 1946 · Mutual · 30 min
  The first show, a summer replacement for Sherlock Holmes. A man dies on the Golden Gate Bridge with cyanide, a heart attack and a stab wound, and Hood loses his car and the corpse to a hitchhiker.
• The Black Museum June 10, 1946 · Mutual · 30 min
  Hood meets a fellow collector of murder weapons, and Hood's new Aztec sacrificial knife carries a real curse.
• The Murder of Gregory Hood June 17, 1946 · Mutual · 30 min
  Hood pretends to have been murdered and then hunts for his own killer.
• The Adventure of the Beeswax Candle June 24, 1946 · 29 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
• Murder in Celluloid July 1, 1946 · 30 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
• The Derringer Society July 8, 1946 · 30 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
• South of the Border July 15, 1946 · Mutual · 30 min
  Is Gregory Hood really the King of Grosnia?
• The Red Capsule July 22, 1946 · Mutual · 30 min
  On a camping trip, a woman takes a pill that turns out to be poison, and Hood and his friend are arrested for murder.
• The Forgetful Murderer July 29, 1946 · Mutual · 30 min
  A string of store robberies ends in murder, including the night watchman at Hood's new shop.
• The Double Diamond August 5, 1946 · Mutual · 30 min
  A diamond, then two, vanish from a pendant aboard an airliner.
• Gregory Hood, Suspect September 30, 1946 · Mutual · 30 min
  Elliott Lewis takes over as Hood. A blackmailer is found dead with Hood's fingerprints on the weapon, in a locked room.
• The Sad Clown October 7, 1946 · Mutual · 30 min
  Stolen cameos lead Hood to the circus, where a silent clown dies of poison in the middle of his act.
• The Eloquent Corpse October 14, 1946 · Mutual · 30 min
  A scheme to appraise ancient Korean coins gets Hood framed for murder.
• The White Masters November 25, 1946 · 29 min
  Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.

1947

• It Happened on Fifth Avenue May 5, 1947 · Mutual · 30 min
  A box of switched pearls sends Hood and Sandy on a New York adventure, with Gale Storm.

1949

• The Carnival of Death October 15, 1949 · ABC · 29 min
  Jackson Beck as Hood. A blonde heiress invites Hood to drop by.