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Cain, Paul
(American author) - Pseudonym of George Sims, born in Iowa on 30 May, 1902. (He also used the pseduonym Peter Ruric for scriptwriting). Most famous for the hard-boiled novel, Fast One.
Citations:
1. 'Introducing Paul Cain and His Fast One,' by Professor E. R. Hagemann, The Armchair Detective, Volume 12, Winter 1979, Volume 1, pg 72-76.

CALIFORNIA, MURDERS IN

(TOPICAL)
- Under construction is a dossier that will list every mystery book taking place in the state of California.
Citations:
1. DOSSIER: Dead and Read in CALIFORNIA

Campbell, Bill
- Born in 1960. Star of The Rocketeer (1991). Star of the short-lived tv series Crime Story.
Citations:
1. 'Still Flying High,' interviewed by Steve Randisi, Scarlet Street magazine issue 13, Winter 1994, pg. 60

Campion, Albert

(Character) - Character created by Margery Allingham. He appeared first in The Crime at the Black Dudley,
Citations:
1. Margey Allingham's Albert Campion,' by B. A. Pike, The Armchair Detective, Volume 12, Winter 1979, Volume 1, pg 34-39. p>

Carmichael, Ian

(British actor) - Starred as Lord Peter Wimsey in four television serials produced by the BBC - Clouds of Witness, Murder Must Advertise, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club and The Nine Tailors.
Citations:
1. 'Lord Peter Views The Telly,' by J. R. Christopher, The Armchair Detective, Volume 12, Winter 1979, Volume 1, pg 20-27. (Reviews of the four television programs starring Ian Carmichael)
2. The Internet Talking Bookshop. (In conjuntion with the BBC tv programs, Carmichael did radio readings of many Peter Wimsey novels. These radio tapes can be purchased from this UK site.)

Carr, John C.
(Author) - Author of The Craft of Crime: Conversations with Crime Writers, Houghton Mifflin, 1983. See entry under The Craft of Crime for table of contents.

Carr, John Dickson
(Amerian author) - Creator of Dr. Gideon Fell, Sir Henrey Merrivale, and Henri Bencolin. His Gideon Fell novels are classic 'locked room' mysteries. He also wrote many radio scripts and including the classic Cabin B-13 which spawned a radio series of its own. He narrated and hosted an American radio program, Murder By Experts.
Although his detectives are British or European, and the vast majority of his works take place in England, John Dickson Carr was born in America.
Citations:
1. 'Henri Bencolin,' by Fred Dueren, The Armchair Detective, Volume 8, Number 2, FEbruary 1975, pg 98.
2. 'John Dickson Carr on British radio,' by Douglas G. Greene, The Armchair Detective, Volume 12, Winter 1979, Number 1, pg 69-71.
3. 'John Dickson Carr's Solution to the Mystery of Edwin Drood,' by Lilian de la Torre, The Armchair Detective, Volume 14, Number 4, 1981, pg 291.
4. 'Adolf Hitler and John Dickson Carr's Least-Known Locked Room,' by Douglas G. Green, The Armchair Detective, Volume 14, Number 4, 1981, pg 295.
5. 'Stanislaw Lem and John Dickson Carr: Critics of the Scientific World View,' by Edmund Miller, The Armchair Detective, Volume 14, Number 4, 1981, pg 341.
5. 'Cabin B-13,' The Radio Murder Hour, by Chris Steinbrunner, The Armchair Detective, Volume 15, No. 2, 1982, pg. 167.
6. The John Dickson Carr Collector: An elegant site for the John Dickson Carr enthusiast.

Carter, Nick
(Character) - Nick Carter first appeared in 1886 in the dime magazine The New York Weekly. He soon received his own title, The Nick Carter Library which ran from August 8, 1891 thorugh December 26, 1896. The new Nick Carter Weekly appeared from January 1897 through Septemeber 1912. From March 1933 the magazine was called Nick Carter, Detective.

Citations:
1. 'Nick Carter, America's Most Durable Detective,' by John A. Dinan, The World of Yesterday, April 1980, Number 27, pg 5-7.

Cassiday, Bruce
(Writer) - Wrote radio mysteries for Suspense and other anthology shows, and detective stories for pulp magazines.He's published over 90 books.
Citations:
1. 'Mayhem in the Mainstream: A Study in Bloodlines,' by Bruce Cassiday, The Murder Mystique, edited by Lucy Freeman. Frederick Ulgar Publishing, 1982.
-The Murder Mystique is available from the CAIRO LIBRARY, or from www.abe.com.

CATS

(TOPICAL)
- A dossier, uder constant construction, that will list every mystery book featuring cats.
Citations:
1. DOSSIER: Puss 'n Bullets

Chandler, Raymond

(American author) - Creator of Philip Marlowe.
Citations:
1. 'Chandler on Screen, TV and Radio - With A Look at the Many Marlowes,' by William F. Nolan, The Armchair Detective, Volume 3, October 1969, Number 1, pg 23.
1. 'Raymond Chandler's Self Parody,' by Randall R. Mawe, The Armchair Detective, Volume 14, 1981, Number 4, pg 355-359.

CHARLIE CHAN, THE ADVENTURES OF
(US RADIO PROGRAM)
- Characters based on the novels by Earl Derr Biggers. Ran from 1932-1948. Many actors played Chan including Ed Begley and Santos Ortega.
A major source for Old Time Radio is Radio Showcase.
Citations:
1. Same Time, Same Station, Ron Lackmann, Facts on File, Inc., 1996.

Charteris, Leslie Thomas
(British author) - Half Chinese, half English, the creator of Simon Templar, the Saint.
Citations:
1. 'Notes on Very Early Leslie Charteris,' by Charles Shibuk, The Armchair Detective, volume 4, Number 4, July 1971, pg. 230.

Chase, James Hadley
(British author) - Most famous for his novel, No Orchids for Miss Blandish.
Citations:
1. 'James Hadley Chase,' by Peter Dukeshire, The Armchair Detective, Volume 5, Number 1, October 1971.

Chastain, Thomas
(Writer) - Author of the novel Nightscape (1982). Has written scripts for television.
Citations:
1. 'The Case for the Private Eye,' by Thomas Chastain, The Murder Mystique, edited by Lucy Freeman. Frederick Ulgar Publishing, 1982.
-The Murder Mystique is available from the CAIRO LIBRARY, and from www.abe.com.

Chicken Heart, The
(radio episode)
- A classic radio horror episode of Lights Out in which scientists performing experiments on a chicken heart cause it to mutate and grow until finally it envelops the earth, destroying everything and everyone in its path.

Christie, Agatha

(Author) - Born on 15 September 1890, in Torquay, Devon, England, and died on 12 January 1976, in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England. The most famous mystery writer of all time.
Citations:
1. AGATHA CHRISTIE DOSSIER UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
2. 'The Murder of Roger Ackroyd,' by Agatha Christie, critical analysis by L. David Allen, PhD, Cliff Notes: Detective in Fiction, 1978.
3. 'What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw,' by Agatha Christie, critical analysis by L. David Allen, PhD, Cliff Notes: Detective in Fiction, 1978.

Coules, Bert
(Radio scriptwriter)

Clive Merrison as Holmes - British, works for the BBC as a radio scriptwriter. Wrote the series of adaptations for Sherlock Holmes. This British series, starring Clive Merrison and Michael Williams, is the only series in which the same two radio actors have played in the entire Holmes canon.
Citations:
1. 'Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror,' interviewed by Tom Amorosi and Richard Valley, in Scarlet Street magazine issue 33, pg. 67.
2. Bert Coules Home Page
3. The BBC Holmes Project

Cox, Anthony Berkely
(British author) - .
Citations:
1. 'The Literary Career of Anthony Bekely Cox,' by Charles Shibuk, The Armchair Detective, Volume 2, Number 3, April 1969, pg. 164.

Craft of Crime, The
(Non-fiction book, interviews) - (1983) Published by Houghton Mifflin. Series of interviews with writers by John C. Carr.
The Interviewees:
Ed McBain (87th Precinct)
James McClure
June Thomson
Jane Langton
Gregory Mcdonald (Fletch, Flynn)
Robert B. Parker
Emma Lathen
Dick Francis (British horse racing themes)
Ruth Rendell
Peter Lovesy
Janwillem van der Wettering
Mark Smith
The Craft of Crime is available from the CAIRO library.

Creasey, John

(British author)
- John Creasey is a British author of many, many pseudonyms. Under the name J.J. Marric created the police procedurals of Inspector Gideon of Scotland Yard.
Citations:
1. 'John Creasey, Fact or Fiction,' by John Creasey, The Armchair Detective, Volume 2, Number 1, October 1968, Pg. 1
2. 'A John Creasey Bibliography,' by R.E. Briny and John Creasey, The Armchair Detective, Volume 2, Number 1, October 1968, Pg. 5
3. 'The Social Consequences of Crime-Writing,' by John Creasey, The Armchair Detective, Volume 4, Number 1, Ocober 197038, pg. 49.
4. 'The Best of John Creasey,' by Deryck Harvey, The Armchair Detective, Volume 7, Number 1, November 1973.

Crime Library, the
(Webpage, true crime reference)
- The Crime Library website. Non fiction stories - 'serial killers,' 'crime classics,' and 'gangsters, outlaws and g-men.' Fiction stories by prominent authors.

Crispin, Edmund

(Author) - British author, creator of Gervase Fen. The pseudonym of Robert Bruce Montgomery. He was born on October 2, 1921. As Crispin puts it, ''Edmund Crispin' was born in April, 1942.' He had looked down upon detective stories until a friend loaned him a copy of John Dickson Carr's The Crooked Hinge. He liked it so much that he decided to write a detective book of his own. It took him 14 days - and it - The Case of the Gilded Fly - was accepted by the first publisher to whom he sent it.
Bruce Montgomery was also an accomplished organist and composer, writing much film music. He also wrote book reviews for newspapers. He died of a heart attack in September, 1978.
Books:
The Case of the Gilded Fly (Obsequities at Oxford)(1944)
Holy Disorders (1945)
The Moving Toyshop (1946)
Swan Song (Dead and Dumb) (1947)
Love Lies Bleeding (1948)
Buried For Pleasure (1948)
Frequent Hearses (Sudden Vengeance) (1950
The Long Divorce (1951)
Beware of the Trains (short story collection) (1953)
Glimpses of The Moon (1977)

Citations:
1. 'Im Memorium: Edmund Crispin 1921-1978,' by Jacques Barzun, The Armchair Detective Volume 12, Winter 1979, Volume 1, pg 13.
2. 'Edmund Crispin,' by Robert Bruce Montgomery, The Armchair Detective, Volume 12, Spring 1979, Number 2, pg 183-185.

Croft, Freeman Wills
(British author) -
Citations:
1. 'Freeman Wills Croft,' by James Keddie, Jr., The Armchair Detective, Volume , Number 3, April 1969, pg. 137.

Curry, Avon
(British author) - Author of several novels including A Place of Execution, The Fetish Murders, The Girl in the Killer's Bed and Derry Down Death.
Citations:
1. 'Vigil in Mayfair: A Tale Unfolds Over Cucumber Sandwiches,' (brief comments on they mystery by H.R.F. Keating, Julian Symons, Celia Fremlin, Peter Dickinson and Avon Curry), Murderess Ink, edited by Dilys Winn, Workman Publishing, 1979.

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Cain, Paul (American author)	- Pseudonym of George Sims, born in Iowa on 30 May, 1902. (He also used the pseduonym Peter Ruric for scriptwriting). Most famous for the hard-boiled novel, Fast One. Citations: 1. 'Introducing Paul Cain and His Fast One,' by Professor E. R. Hagemann, The Armchair Detective, Volume 12, Winter 1979, Volume 1, pg 72-76.
CALIFORNIA, MURDERS IN (TOPICAL)	- Under construction is a dossier that will list every mystery book taking place in the state of California. Citations: 1. DOSSIER: Dead and Read in CALIFORNIA
Campbell, Bill	- Born in 1960. Star of The Rocketeer (1991). Star of the short-lived tv series Crime Story. Citations: 1. 'Still Flying High,' interviewed by Steve Randisi, Scarlet Street magazine issue 13, Winter 1994, pg. 60
Campion, Albert (Character)	- Character created by Margery Allingham. He appeared first in The Crime at the Black Dudley, Citations: 1. Margey Allingham's Albert Campion,' by B. A. Pike, The Armchair Detective, Volume 12, Winter 1979, Volume 1, pg 34-39. p>
Carmichael, Ian (British actor)	- Starred as Lord Peter Wimsey in four television serials produced by the BBC - Clouds of Witness, Murder Must Advertise, The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club and The Nine Tailors. Citations: 1. 'Lord Peter Views The Telly,' by J. R. Christopher, The Armchair Detective, Volume 12, Winter 1979, Volume 1, pg 20-27. (Reviews of the four television programs starring Ian Carmichael) 2. The Internet Talking Bookshop. (In conjuntion with the BBC tv programs, Carmichael did radio readings of many Peter Wimsey novels. These radio tapes can be purchased from this UK site.)
Carr, John C. (Author)	- Author of The Craft of Crime: Conversations with Crime Writers, Houghton Mifflin, 1983. See entry under The Craft of Crime for table of contents.
Carr, John Dickson (Amerian author)	- Creator of Dr. Gideon Fell, Sir Henrey Merrivale, and Henri Bencolin. His Gideon Fell novels are classic 'locked room' mysteries. He also wrote many radio scripts and including the classic Cabin B-13 which spawned a radio series of its own. He narrated and hosted an American radio program, Murder By Experts. Although his detectives are British or European, and the vast majority of his works take place in England, John Dickson Carr was born in America. Citations: 1. 'Henri Bencolin,' by Fred Dueren, The Armchair Detective, Volume 8, Number 2, FEbruary 1975, pg 98. 2. 'John Dickson Carr on British radio,' by Douglas G. Greene, The Armchair Detective, Volume 12, Winter 1979, Number 1, pg 69-71. 3. 'John Dickson Carr's Solution to the Mystery of Edwin Drood,' by Lilian de la Torre, The Armchair Detective, Volume 14, Number 4, 1981, pg 291. 4. 'Adolf Hitler and John Dickson Carr's Least-Known Locked Room,' by Douglas G. Green, The Armchair Detective, Volume 14, Number 4, 1981, pg 295. 5. 'Stanislaw Lem and John Dickson Carr: Critics of the Scientific World View,' by Edmund Miller, The Armchair Detective, Volume 14, Number 4, 1981, pg 341. 5. 'Cabin B-13,' The Radio Murder Hour, by Chris Steinbrunner, The Armchair Detective, Volume 15, No. 2, 1982, pg. 167. 6. The John Dickson Carr Collector: An elegant site for the John Dickson Carr enthusiast.
Carter, Nick (Character)	- Nick Carter first appeared in 1886 in the dime magazine The New York Weekly. He soon received his own title, The Nick Carter Library which ran from August 8, 1891 thorugh December 26, 1896. The new Nick Carter Weekly appeared from January 1897 through Septemeber 1912. From March 1933 the magazine was called Nick Carter, Detective. Citations: 1. 'Nick Carter, America's Most Durable Detective,' by John A. Dinan, The World of Yesterday, April 1980, Number 27, pg 5-7.
Cassiday, Bruce (Writer)	- Wrote radio mysteries for Suspense and other anthology shows, and detective stories for pulp magazines.He's published over 90 books. Citations: 1. 'Mayhem in the Mainstream: A Study in Bloodlines,' by Bruce Cassiday, The Murder Mystique, edited by Lucy Freeman. Frederick Ulgar Publishing, 1982. -The Murder Mystique is available from the CAIRO LIBRARY, or from www.abe.com.
CATS (TOPICAL)	- A dossier, uder constant construction, that will list every mystery book featuring cats. Citations: 1. DOSSIER: Puss 'n Bullets
Chandler, Raymond (American author)	- Creator of Philip Marlowe. Citations: 1. 'Chandler on Screen, TV and Radio - With A Look at the Many Marlowes,' by William F. Nolan, The Armchair Detective, Volume 3, October 1969, Number 1, pg 23. 1. 'Raymond Chandler's Self Parody,' by Randall R. Mawe, The Armchair Detective, Volume 14, 1981, Number 4, pg 355-359.
CHARLIE CHAN, THE ADVENTURES OF (US RADIO PROGRAM)	- Characters based on the novels by Earl Derr Biggers. Ran from 1932-1948. Many actors played Chan including Ed Begley and Santos Ortega. A major source for Old Time Radio is Radio Showcase. Citations: 1. Same Time, Same Station, Ron Lackmann, Facts on File, Inc., 1996.
Charteris, Leslie Thomas (British author)	- Half Chinese, half English, the creator of Simon Templar, the Saint. Citations: 1. 'Notes on Very Early Leslie Charteris,' by Charles Shibuk, The Armchair Detective, volume 4, Number 4, July 1971, pg. 230.
Chase, James Hadley (British author)	- Most famous for his novel, No Orchids for Miss Blandish. Citations: 1. 'James Hadley Chase,' by Peter Dukeshire, The Armchair Detective, Volume 5, Number 1, October 1971.
Chastain, Thomas (Writer)	- Author of the novel Nightscape (1982). Has written scripts for television. Citations: 1. 'The Case for the Private Eye,' by Thomas Chastain, The Murder Mystique, edited by Lucy Freeman. Frederick Ulgar Publishing, 1982. -The Murder Mystique is available from the CAIRO LIBRARY, and from www.abe.com.
Chicken Heart, The (radio episode)	- A classic radio horror episode of Lights Out in which scientists performing experiments on a chicken heart cause it to mutate and grow until finally it envelops the earth, destroying everything and everyone in its path.
Christie, Agatha (Author)	- Born on 15 September 1890, in Torquay, Devon, England, and died on 12 January 1976, in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England. The most famous mystery writer of all time. Citations: 1. AGATHA CHRISTIE DOSSIER UNDER CONSTRUCTION. 2. 'The Murder of Roger Ackroyd,' by Agatha Christie, critical analysis by L. David Allen, PhD, Cliff Notes: Detective in Fiction, 1978. 3. 'What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw,' by Agatha Christie, critical analysis by L. David Allen, PhD, Cliff Notes: Detective in Fiction, 1978.
Coules, Bert (Radio scriptwriter) Clive Merrison as Holmes	- British, works for the BBC as a radio scriptwriter. Wrote the series of adaptations for Sherlock Holmes. This British series, starring Clive Merrison and Michael Williams, is the only series in which the same two radio actors have played in the entire Holmes canon. Citations: 1. 'Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror,' interviewed by Tom Amorosi and Richard Valley, in Scarlet Street magazine issue 33, pg. 67. 2. Bert Coules Home Page 3. The BBC Holmes Project
Cox, Anthony Berkely (British author)	- . Citations: 1. 'The Literary Career of Anthony Bekely Cox,' by Charles Shibuk, The Armchair Detective, Volume 2, Number 3, April 1969, pg. 164.
Craft of Crime, The (Non-fiction book, interviews)	- (1983) Published by Houghton Mifflin. Series of interviews with writers by John C. Carr. The Interviewees: Ed McBain (87th Precinct) James McClure June Thomson Jane Langton Gregory Mcdonald (Fletch, Flynn) Robert B. Parker Emma Lathen Dick Francis (British horse racing themes) Ruth Rendell Peter Lovesy Janwillem van der Wettering Mark Smith The Craft of Crime is available from the CAIRO library.
Creasey, John (British author)	- John Creasey is a British author of many, many pseudonyms. Under the name J.J. Marric created the police procedurals of Inspector Gideon of Scotland Yard. Citations: 1. 'John Creasey, Fact or Fiction,' by John Creasey, The Armchair Detective, Volume 2, Number 1, October 1968, Pg. 1 2. 'A John Creasey Bibliography,' by R.E. Briny and John Creasey, The Armchair Detective, Volume 2, Number 1, October 1968, Pg. 5 3. 'The Social Consequences of Crime-Writing,' by John Creasey, The Armchair Detective, Volume 4, Number 1, Ocober 197038, pg. 49. 4. 'The Best of John Creasey,' by Deryck Harvey, The Armchair Detective, Volume 7, Number 1, November 1973.
Crime Library, the (Webpage, true crime reference)	- The Crime Library website. Non fiction stories - 'serial killers,' 'crime classics,' and 'gangsters, outlaws and g-men.' Fiction stories by prominent authors.
Crispin, Edmund (Author)	- British author, creator of Gervase Fen. The pseudonym of Robert Bruce Montgomery. He was born on October 2, 1921. As Crispin puts it, ''Edmund Crispin' was born in April, 1942.' He had looked down upon detective stories until a friend loaned him a copy of John Dickson Carr's The Crooked Hinge. He liked it so much that he decided to write a detective book of his own. It took him 14 days - and it - The Case of the Gilded Fly - was accepted by the first publisher to whom he sent it. Bruce Montgomery was also an accomplished organist and composer, writing much film music. He also wrote book reviews for newspapers. He died of a heart attack in September, 1978. Books: The Case of the Gilded Fly (Obsequities at Oxford)(1944) Holy Disorders (1945) The Moving Toyshop (1946) Swan Song (Dead and Dumb) (1947) Love Lies Bleeding (1948) Buried For Pleasure (1948) Frequent Hearses (Sudden Vengeance) (1950 The Long Divorce (1951) Beware of the Trains (short story collection) (1953) Glimpses of The Moon (1977) Citations: 1. 'Im Memorium: Edmund Crispin 1921-1978,' by Jacques Barzun, The Armchair Detective Volume 12, Winter 1979, Volume 1, pg 13. 2. 'Edmund Crispin,' by Robert Bruce Montgomery, The Armchair Detective, Volume 12, Spring 1979, Number 2, pg 183-185.
Croft, Freeman Wills (British author)	- Citations: 1. 'Freeman Wills Croft,' by James Keddie, Jr., The Armchair Detective, Volume , Number 3, April 1969, pg. 137.
Curry, Avon (British author)	- Author of several novels including A Place of Execution, The Fetish Murders, The Girl in the Killer's Bed and Derry Down Death. Citations: 1. 'Vigil in Mayfair: A Tale Unfolds Over Cucumber Sandwiches,' (brief comments on they mystery by H.R.F. Keating, Julian Symons, Celia Fremlin, Peter Dickinson and Avon Curry), Murderess Ink, edited by Dilys Winn, Workman Publishing, 1979.