Summary: The Fabulous Divorce Payoff Murder Case (Aired July 20, 1951) Inspector Thorne was a short-lived Crime drama anthology that NBC rolled out under the Hummert franchise. Anne and Frank Hummert were two of Radio's most prolific creators, writers, and producers of all manner of serial melodrama--daytime soaps--throughout The Golden Age of Radio. Though almost universally associated with soaps, their talents didn't end with serial potboilers. Indeed most Radio collectors aren't aware of the prodigious output of long-running crime, mystery, and detective dramas they produced. During the 1940s and early 1950s the Hummerts turned their talents to several Detective and Crime fiction dramas. Show Notes From The Digital Deli. THIS EPISODE: July 20, 1951. NBC network. "The Fabulous Divorce Payoff Murder Case". Sustaining. The first show of the series. Kenneth MacGregor (director), Frank Hummert (creator), Fred Collins (announcer), Karl Weber, Edward Francis (writer, billed as Eugene Edward Francis). 28:53. Episode Notes From The Radio Gold Index.
