Episode 275 Wolfe Whistle (Adventures of Nero Wolfe)

Published: April 8, 2018, 4 a.m.

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Nero Wolfe, Rex Stout\\u2019s gargantuan gourmet, is back! His career as a radio detective began 75 years ago this month, and we\\u2019re marking the occasion with two of his on-air adventures. Sydney Greenstreet plays the eccentric sleuth (with Larry Dobkin as loyal legman Archie Goodwin) in \\u201cThe Case of the Friendly Rabbit\\u201d (originally aired on NBC on December 1, 1950). Then, we\\u2019ll hear an early Wolfe radio adventure \\u2013 \\u201cThe Last Laugh Murder Case,\\u201d broadcast on the Armed Forces Radio Service\\u2019s Mystery Playhouse.

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