Peacock Murder Case
Someone attacks Vance and tells him to drop the David Peacock case, even though Vance doesn't know anything about it yet. Later, Peacock comes to Vance and says his safe—which is supposed to be impossible to break into—actually isn't safe at all. Then Peacock gets killed!
Philo Vance is a fictional amateur detective originally featured in 12 crime novels by S. S. Van Dine in the 1920s and '30s. During that time, Vance was immensely popular in books, films, and radio. He was portrayed as a stylish—even foppish—dandy, a New York bon vivant possessing a highly intellectual bent. S. S. Van Dine was the pen name of Willard Huntington Wright, an art critic who initially sought to conceal his authorship of the novels. Van Dine was also a fictional character in the books, a sort of Dr. Watson figure who accompanied Vance and chronicled his exploits.
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“Peacock Murder Case.” Philo Vance. Radio broadcast, June 21, 1949.
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