The Thus far on the podcast we've heard hard-boiled private eyes who won't hesitate to use

their fists or their guns to stop a crook. And we've heard more methodical policemen

who use forensics and shoe leather to close their cases.

But our star this week is a sleuth who blends these two worlds.

He's Lieutenant Lou Dana, a tough two-fisted cop whose methods sometimes clash with his badge.

He's the man from homicide.

Dana could be described as a blend of Joe Friday and Philip homicide. on the latest in police forensic technology, but he put his life on the line to apprehend

criminals personally, and he wasn't above roughing up a suspect to get the information he

needed.

Police work was more than a job to Lieutenant Dana. It was a

mission. As he explained at the start of every episode, I don't like killers.

Of course it would be hard to find a homicide detective with a difference of opinion on that

subject.

Each episode was narrated by Dana in a pulpy style that would seem more appropriate coming from Michael Shane.

This wasn't the just the fact style of Dragnet.

In fact in the episode we'll hear today, Lieutenant Dana is openly contemptuous of his assignment to

investigate threats against a millionaire. Dana is upset that the man's money

and influence buys him special Treatment from the Police Department.

The man from homicide was the brainchild of Louis Vitties,

a veteran radio mystery writer who penned scripts for Niro Wolf, Barry Craig, and the Saint.

In September 1950, an audition program was recorded with big screen tough guy Charles McGraw

as Lou Dana.

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