Glenn Langan stars as mystery writer Barton Drake, a well-spoken sophisticate who is fascinated by the ways of the criminal mind. His writing has given him a comfortable income, allowing him to freely pursue the details of whatever new case may come his way - and come they do, with a seemingly endless array of robberies, suspicious deaths, and unsolved murders to fascinate his interests. Drake is a pleasant, friendly, and knowledgeable fellow who is always willing to assist both perfect strangers and the police in solving a mystery. Some of his cases deal with the solution to an “impossible” crime, but the majority are bread-and-butter for any radio detective: who’s dead, whodunit, and how’d they do it?