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Butterfly Murder Case

Josie Daniels, known as "The Broadway Butterfly," works as a singer in nightclubs. She also runs a blackmail scheme on the side. By the end of this episode, Josie Daniels ends up dead.

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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“Butterfly Murder Case.” Philo Vance. Radio broadcast, May 17, 1949.

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