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1. Don't waste time and talent by writing the wrong book http://www.exactingeditor.com/ModernClassic.pdf

 

2. AIM to Be Heard: Organize your Presentations using MBTI —

www.ExactingEditor.com/Listening-Types.pdf

 

3. When movement is vital, JUDGERS are the better allies — http://www.ExactingEditor.com/JudgingPerceivers.html

 

4. How Female Business-Owners Altered U.S. Economic History

http://www.exactingeditor.com/WomenBizOpener.html

 

5. An ORAL History of YOUR FAMILY saves what Facebook can't — http://www.exactingeditor.com/Family-Recordings.html

 

6. Five Decades of Republican Congressional History

The Original Website     Clinton and Gingrich     The 2016 Book

 

7. Detective Drama History — 42 sparkling episodes scroll below,

and you can download the October 2023 issue of GEMS using http://www.exactingeditor.com/Detective-Gems-12.pdf

 

Novels and movies are "reviewed" in sooo many places. Usually, it happens with a surplus of personal opinion, and not enough evidence. In GEMS, the focus is Episodes that reflect outstanding scripts, solid characters, and believable events. Meticulous Analysis of how these Radio and TV productions were SHAPED can show writers (editors, too) the most about Communication and Complexity...

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Detective Drama Gems

The First Four Years <> April 2020 to February 2024

 

Gem #1 — "Fog Over Murder" — October 13, 1953

From BARRIE CRAIG, CONFIDENTIAL INVESTIGATOR

 

Gem #2 — "Percentage" — February 20, 1973

From the original HAWAII FIVE-O (CBS-TV, 1968 to '80)

 

Gem #3 — "Dead Or Alive" — October 21, 1976

From THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO (ABC-TV, 1972-77)

 

Gem #4 — "The Lorcoe Diamonds Matter" — from

YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR (CBS Radio, November 1955)

 

Gem #5 — "Flight 307" — March 29, 1963

From 77 SUNSET STRIP (ABC-TV, 1958 to '64)

 

Gem #6 — "Blind Mirror" — January 24, 1970

From MANNIX (CBS-TV, 1967 to '75)

 

Gem #7 — "The Case of the Calculated Risk" — from

THE NEW ADVENTURES OF NERO WOLFE (January 19, 1951)

 

Gem #8 — "The Guru" — December 31, 1968

From THE MOD SQUAD (ABC-TV, 1968 to '73)

 

Gem #9 — "Snake Eyes" — February 4, 1977

From QUINCY, MEDICAL EXAMINER (NBC-TV, 1976 to '83)

 

Gem #10 — "Molly Keller" — July 17, 1950

From NIGHT BEAT (NBC Radio, 1950 to '52)

 

Gem #11 — "With Intent to Kill" — January 23, 1971

From MANNIX (CBS-TV, 1967 to '75)

 

Gem #12 — "Bought and Paid For" — November 29, 1985

From MIAMI VICE (NBC-TV, 1984 to '90)

 

Gem #13 — "Let's Pretend We're Strangers" — May 19, 1977

From THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO (ABC-TV)

 

Gem #14 — "The Fifth Stair" — March 6, 1959

From 77 SUNSET STRIP (ABC-TV, 1958 to '64)

 

Gem #15 — "The One With the Gun" — January 28, 1970

From HAWAII FIVE-O (CBS-TV, 1968 to '80)

 

Gem #16 — A Pair of Episodes from Late 1983 and

Season #4 of HILL STREET BLUES (NBC-TV, 1981 to '87)

 

Gem #17 — "Solomon" — February 11, 1960

From JOHNNY STACCATO (NBC, then ABC, 1959-60)

 

Gem #18 — "Girl in the Case" — April 30, 1962

From 87th PRECINCT (NBC-TV, 1961-62)

 

Gem #19 — "The Perfect Image" — November 7, 1969

From THE NAME OF THE GAME (NBC-TV, 1968 to ‘71)

 

Gem #20 — "The Dion Hartley Murder Case"

From BROADWAY IS MY BEAT: February 17, 1950 (CBS Radio)

 

Gem #21 — "The Violence of Summer" — February 5, 1991

From LAW & ORDER (NBC-TV, 1990 to 2010 and since 2022)

 

Gem #22 — "The Velvet Stakeout" — March 8, 1960

From M SQUAD (NBC-TV, 1957 to ‘60)

 

Gem #23 — "Blood and Honor" — December 5, 1985

From MAGNUM, P.I. (CBS-TV, 1980 to '88)

 

Gem #24 — “The Case of the Tell-Tale Ribbon” — from

THE NEW ADVENTURES OF NERO WOLFE (March 30, 1951)

 

Gem #25 — "How to Dial a Murder" — April 15, 1978

From COLUMBO (NBC-TV, 1971 to ‘78)

 

Gem #26 — "The Harold Clark Murder Case" — from

BROADWAY IS MY BEAT: October 27, 1950 (CBS Radio)

 

Gem #27 — "Who Killed My Girl?" — April 17, 1964

From BURKE'S LAW (ABC-TV, 1963-65)

 

Gem #28 — "The Broken Badge" — September 26, 1966

https://www.youtube.com + watch?v=a6xJeDIbBJo in the SEARCH box

From THE FELONY SQUAD (ABC-TV, 1966 to ‘69)

 

Gem #29 — "Escapade with Paula" — January 9, 1949

From ROCKY JORDAN (CBS Radio, 1948 to ‘51)

 

Gem #30 — "Shield of Honor" — November 15, 1973
From THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO (ABC, 1972 to '77)

 

Gem #31 — "The Cost of Doing Business" — November 5, 1987

From NIGHT HEAT (CTV & CBS, 1985 to '89)

 

Gem #32 — "The Arnold Bennett Arson Fraud"

February 20-24, 1956 (CBS Radio, 1949 to ‘62)

From YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR

 

Gem #33 — "The Greenhouse Jungle" — October 15, 1972

From COLUMBO (NBC-TV, 1971 to '78)

 

Gem #34 — "The Platinum Highway" — October 13, 1961

From TARGET: THE CORRUPTORS (ABC-TV, 1961-62)

 

Gem #35 — "Prescription: Murder" (the COLUMBO Pilot)

February 20, 1968 — an NBC "Made for TV" Movie

 

Gem #36 — "Honor is an Unmarked Grave"

November 21, 1975 — from the original HAWAII FIVE-O (CBS)

 

Gem #37 — "The Serpent's Tooth" — March 19, 1991

From LAW & ORDER (NBC-TV, 1990 to 2010 and resumed in '22)

 

Gem #38 — "The Seaside Sabbatical" — July 7, 1951

From THE NEW ADVENTURES OF PHILIP MARLOWE (CBS Radio)

 

Gem #39 — "The Friendly Gesture" — April 16, 1961

From THE ASPHALT JUNGLE (ABC-TV, April-September 1961)

 

Gem #40 — "Beware of the Watchdog" — March 5, 1971

From THE NAME OF THE GAME (NBC-TV, 1968 to ‘71)

 

Gem #41 — "Meeting on Tenth Street" — February 25, 1948

From THE WHISTLER (CBS Radio: Pacific)

 

Gem #42 — "Ancient Madness" — May 9, 1985

From NIGHT HEAT (CBS and CTV, 1985 to '89)

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