Welcome to Mysteries to Die For.
I am TG Wolff and am here with Jack, my piano player and producer. This is a podcast where we combine storytelling with original music to put you at the heart of mystery, murder, and mayhem. These are arrangements, which means instead of word-for-word readings, you get a performance meant to be heard. Jack and I perform these live, front to back, no breaks, no fakes, no retakes.
This is Season 3, Enter the Detective. This season contains adaptations of the first cases for detectives. Some will be characters from book, screen, and stage. Others will be lesser known but with great stories that we hope you give a try.
Episode 3 is about temptation, planning, and self-control. This is Pinkerton’s The Detective and the Expressman and adaptation of The Detective and the Expressman by Allan Pinkerton.
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Persons Unknown by Michael Penncavage
Steve Harrison, thirty-five years old, handsome, has the world in his hands. He is admired by his co-workers, his friends, his wife, and his mistress.
And then he gets a call.
"Bill” informs him that his wife has been kidnapped and if Steve wants her back alive, he has to do exactly what he says. If Steve deviates from Bill’s plan, tries going to the police, or tries to involve others, his wife won’t be breathing when he brings her home.
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Exacting Justice by TG Wolff (That’s me!)
Do you dig a flawed cop? Meet Cleveland homicide detective Jesus De La Cruz. In his debut case, Exacting Justice, Cruz is after a serial killer who preys on the drug community. He is damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t in a case where the bad guy is making the streets safer. After coming close too many times, Cruz goes under cover, coming face-to-face with his demons for a chance to end a killer’s reign. Read Exacting Justice and see if you can beat Cruz to the truth. Happy Hunting, detective.
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Episode Materials
There are several places where you can find the original. Gutenberg is one of them. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22155
Background on Allan Pinkerton can be found on the company website and Wikipedia among others:
https://pinkerton.com/our-story/history
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Pinkerton
Research locations on the history of American money and our banking system:
