Once again it's time to open up The Casebook of Gregory Hood.
Writers Anthony Boucher and Denis Green were writing The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes when the Mutual Broadcasting System asked them to create a summer replacement series for that show. Then, when Mutual had problems reaching a new agreement with the Conan Doyle estate, the new show was extended beyond its original intended run. The show had a tattered history, appearing with different stars on different networks in different years (over a period of five years, the show had six different stars in the title role -- Gale Gordon, Elliott Lewis, Jackson Beck, Paul McGrath, Martin Gabel, and George Petrie), which did not help the program gain steady viewers. The Casebook of Gregory Hood also appeared on ABC radio in 1949-1950, and "resurfaced periodically in summer slots.'
In this episode, a scheme to get an appraisal of ancient Korean coins leads Hood to being accused of murder. Elliott Lewis takes the title role, with Howard McNear playing Hood's sidekick Sanderson Taylor. Harry Bartell is the announcer.
Enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7chsRerGqA
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