Get this and get it straight. Crime is a suckers road and those who travel it wind up in the gut of the prison of the grave.

The story you are about to hear is true, only the names have been changed to protect the innocent.

The Adventures of Sam Spade Detective.

The Adventures of the Saints starring Vincent Prize

Bob Bailey in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-packed expense account

America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator.

Yours truly, Johnny Deller. And the Hello and welcome to Down These Mean Streets a weekly trip back to the Golden Age of

Radio to rub elbows with its detectives and crime fighters.

This week our Ace investigator stops the proceedings to give you a chance to solve the crime. It's an offer to match with Elery Queen, and this

week we'll hear three radio adventures of the brilliant amateur detective.

Crime solving ran in the Queen family, Ellery's father Richard was an inspector with the police department and the elder Queen frequently enlisted the aid of his son to solve baffling cases.

Joined by Nicky Porter, Ellery's lovely assistant, and Sergeant Vili,

Inspector Queen's right-hand man,

Ellery sifted through clues and false alibis to reach the solution of the case.

And in an innovative twist to the format,

the show paused every week with a challenge to the listener,

as well as a special guest armchair detective in the studio

and gave them a chance to solve the case.

If you listened very closely and possessed a knowledge of trivia to match Ellery's, you had a shot at figuring

out who done it before the final de noement. It was a nifty trick, one that producers incorporated into the Ellery Queen TV show, a short-lived

series that was one of the best detective dramas to ever air on the small screen.

I've got it seen 231 A that's the clue I know who killed Gilbert Mallory and Mike Hewitt. You know who killed Gilbert Mall him? Was it Mallory's wife or his current mistress or was

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