The Adventures of Leonidas Witherall explained

The Adventures of Leonidas Witherall is a radio mystery series broadcast on Mutual from June 4, 1944, through May 6, 1945.^[1]

Based on the novels of Phoebe Atwood Taylor (writing as Alice Tilton), the 30-minute dramas were produced by Roger Bower and starred Walter Hampden as Leonidas Witherall, a British professor of criminology at the Meredith School for Boys^[2] in Dalton, Massachusetts, a fictional Boston suburb. Witherall, who resembled William Shakespeare, is an amateur detective and the accomplished author of the "popular Lieutenant Hazeltine stories."

His housekeeper Mrs. Mollett, who in the novels is constantly offering her "candied opinion", was played first by Ethel Remey and then Agnes Moorehead,^[3] and Jack MacBryde appeared as Police Sgt. McCloud. The announcer was Carl Caruso. Milton Kane supplied the music.^[4]

The program was heard on Sundays in "various evening timeslots".

Listen to

• http://oldtimeradiolover.com/the-adventures-of-leonidas-witherall/

External links

• Jerry Haendiges Vintage Radio Logs: The Adventures of Leonidas Witherall

Notes and References

1. Book: Dunning. John. On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. 1998. Oxford University Press. New York, NY. 978-0-19-507678-3. 390–391. Revised.
2. Book: Terrace . Vincent . Radio Program Openings and Closings, 1931-1972 . June 8, 2015 . McFarland . 978-1-4766-1223-2 . 8–9 . April 19, 2024 . en.
3. Cox, Jim, Radio Crime Fighters, 2002, p. 18, McFarland, Jefferson, NC,
4. Book: Terrace . Vincent . Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows . September 2, 2015 . McFarland . 978-1-4766-0528-9 . 10–11 . April 20, 2024 . en.