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Candy Matson is a radio program on NBC West Coast that aired from June 29, 1949, to May 20, 1951. It centred on Candy Matson, a female private investigator with a wry sense of humour and a penthouse on Telegraph Hill in San Francisco. The program was notable for having a striking female character "without a trace of squeamishness" as well as a veiled gay character in Candy's best friend Rembrandt Watson, voiced by Jack Thomas. Candy's love interest was police detective Ray Mallard, voiced by Henry Leff. The announcer was Dudley Manlove. Actors frequently heard in minor roles were Helen Kleeb, John Grober, Mary Milford and Hal Burdick. The series concluded with a twist ending when Ray finally…
A cable car corpse gets a punched transfer; Candy Matson has a comeback before you do.
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A Christmas trip to San Juan Bautista turns local gossip, mission history, and sharp banter into a warm vintage mystery.
Christmas in Monterey sends Candy and Mellor toward San Juan Bautista, where a holiday outing settles into a mystery shaped by the mission, old buildings, and local history.
Candy Mattson follows a confidential case to a devil-costumed body that vanishes before Mallard can see it.
A confidential case draws Candy Mattson to the Charlemagne in North Beach, where a restaurant proprietor points her toward an icebox and a body dressed in a devil's costume.
Candy Matson tracks a movie-set murder after an unlisted extra disrupts a Hollywood payroll scene.
Candy Matson’s movie-set case sends a Hollywood company up to Telegraph Hill, where its idea of post-gold-rush San Francisco gives Candy and Lieutenant Ray Mallard plenty to puncture.
Candy Mattson follows a burned plane and a disputed claim into a lively San Francisco mystery.
An aviation insurance claim pulls Candy Mattson toward a burned plane and a payout that no longer feels routine. Melted steel, an intact safety belt, and torn fabric give the case its shape, while Gordon Ayers, Inspector Ray Mallard, and photographer Rembrandt Watson each help…
A fogbound cable car case gives Candy Mattson sharp banter, private-eye nerve, and a wistful farewell.
Candy Mattson treats private detection as a job that can start with a telephone warning and carry straight through the fog to 25 Daschle Road.
Restored broadcasts, sharp shadows, bright old voices.
A female private investigator receives a desperate call from a wealthy woman concerned about her husband's mental state.
Candy Matson, a female private detective, receives a phone call inviting her to a military ball.
A female private investigator in 1940s San Francisco discusses a mysterious medallion with a police detective.
Candy Matson, a female private investigator, is asked by her friend Rembrandt to help a symphony conductor named Eric Spalding.
A radio drama episode featuring Candy Matson, a female private investigator, receiving an award from a columnist before the story begins.
Candy Matson, a female private investigator, frantically follows her police detective love interest after he avoids her, leading to a mysterious encounter at a hotel.
Candy Mattson, Yukon 28209 opens at Carlo Martinelli's Charlemagne restaurant on Powell Street, where a basement icebox holds a frozen man in a devil costume.
Candy Matson turns a San Juan Bautista visit into a murder case when Vicente's "suicide" fails the wound test and Father Paulino leads the team through the mission and gardens.
Candy Matson, Yukon 2-8209 opens on a Hollywood location shoot on Telegraph Hill, where Candy Matson and Lt.
Natalie Masters's Candy Mattson turns a Bay and Powell cable-car ride into a murder case when Dwight Ellsworth dies beside her at Market Street.
Candy Matson, Yukon 2-8209 opens with Inspector Ray Mallard sending Candy to aviation adjuster Gordon Ayers, who wants a San Francisco signature on a San Mateo crash claim.