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In 1944, Michael Shayne came to radio. Brett Halliday\\u2019s red-headed shamus had thrilled readers and moviegoers, and Wally Maher was tapped to bring the character to the airwaves. Maher starred as Shayne (with Cathy Lewis as Shayne\\u2019s secretary Phyllis Knight) for the next three years. Maher\\u2019s Shayne was cocky and glib, and he liked to use his brains instead of his brawn to crack a case. We\\u2019ll hear him in \\u201cThe Return to Huxley College,\\u201d originally aired on Mutual on November 5, 1946.