Starring Jeff Chandler (12 half-hour episodes / 6 hours via digital download)

Michael Shayne, "the reckless, red-headed Irishman" was a popular hard-boiled detective created by crime novelist Brett Halliday. Mike settled in Miami just after WWII, making crime pay by fighting it with a license and an attitude. Like Mike Hammer and Philip Marlowe, Shayne was a loner. The back-story on Mike is that he was happily married, but suddenly his wife is tragically murdered, and that hit him hard. Grief-stricken, Shayne loses himself in his work as a private eye, prowling the dark streets of Miami seeking out his style of revenge on injustice. The radio version of Mike's exploits debuted as “Michael Shayne, Private Detective” in the fall of 1944 with Wally Maher in the title role. In 1948, Mutual radio debuted “The New Adventures of Michael Shayne” starring movie star Jeff Chandler with his adventures taking place in New Orleans. Simultaneously in 1948, Chandler was playing bashful Biologist Philip Boynton, the love interest on “Our Miss Brooks”, proving he could handle comedy as well as dramatic roles. Others to portray Shayne on radio included Wally Maher, Donald Curtis and Robert Sterling. Richard Denning, who had starred for years on the radio comedy series “My Favorite Husband” opposite Lucille Ball, portrayed Mike Shayne in a 1960’s TV version.

1948 The Case of the Left Handed Fan

1948 The Case of the Deadly Dough

1948 The Case of the Popular Corpse

1948 The Case of the Bayou Monster

1948 The Case of the Carnival Killer

1948 The Case of the Constant Companion

1948 The Case of the Borrowed Heirloom

1948 The Case of the Eager Victim

1948 The Case of the Phantom Neighbor

1948 The Case of the Model Murder

1948 The Case of Tahlani’s Tears

1948 The Case of the Generous Killer