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 and more old-time radio detectives and crime fighters.

Family men were few and far between in the fraternity of radio cops and gumshoes.

Most were bachelors like Joe Friday, Sam Spade, Philip Marlow, and Johnny Dollar.

And while Richard Diamond had a steady girlfriend, he always tried to distract her with a song whenever she brought up the subject of marriage.

Even married crime fighters like Pam and Jerry North didn't have any little ones at home.

That makes our Star Sleuth today one of a kind, a single dad detective.

Joshua Sharp worked as a private eye to support his two kids, son Josh Jr. and daughter Debbie.

It was the kids who gave their dad the affectionate nickname, The Big Guy.

All three members of the Sharp family starred in a short-lived but delightful radio detective series.

Sharp was played by Henry Calvin, an actor probably best known to classic TV

fans as the jovial but slow-witted Sergeant Garcia on Disney's Zorro TV show.

On that series he was a reluctant adversary of Zorro, never as dastardly as the senior officers he served.

As the big guy, Calvin got to play a full-on hero.

He's tough with crooks, but he's a cuddly teddy bear at home with his kids.

In watching Zorro reruns growing up, I always loved Calvin as Sergeant Garcia.

Listening to these shows and hearing a very different personality come out of his booming baritone

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