''The Adventures of Leonidas Witherall'' was a

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mystery series broadcast on Mutual in the mid-1940s. Based on the novels of

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(writing as Alice Tilton), the 30-minute dramas were produced by Roger Bower and starred

Walter Hampden Walter Hampden Dougherty (June 30, 1879 in Brooklyn – June 11, 1955 in Los Angeles), known professionally as Walter Hampden, was an American actor and theatre manager. He was a major stage star on Broadway in New York who also made numerou ...

as Leonidas Witherall, a New England boys' school instructor in Dalton,

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, a fictional

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suburb. Witherall, who resembled

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, 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

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,Cox, Jim, ''Radio Crime Fighters'', 2002, p. 18, McFarland, Jefferson, NC, and Jack MacBryde appeared as Police Sgt. McCloud. The announcer was Carl Caruso. Milton Kane supplied the music. The series began June 4, 1944 and continued until May 6, 1945.

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External links

Jerry Haendiges Vintage Radio Logs: ''The Adventures of Leonidas Witherall''
Adventures of Leonidas Witherall, The Adventures of Leonidas Witherall, The Mutual Broadcasting System programs