Mystery to Me

Wiseguy  came out in 1987 and is a television show starring Ken Wahl and Jonathan Banks. Wahl plays Vinnie Terranova, an undercover Federal Bureau of Investigation agent tasked with taking down Sonny Steelgrave's organized crime empire. Banks is Frank McPike, Terranova's world-weary handler. Listen to Áine and Kevin discuss love stories, the sitcom Roseanne, and the joys of serialized storyte...

The Mad Miss Manton came out in 1938 and is a screwball mystery starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda. They play an eccentric mystery-solving socialite and a newspaper editor trying to win her heart and avoid a libel lawsuit. Listen to one time honeymooners Áine and Kevin discuss missing screenwriters, the film Reuben, Reuben, and the return of Lieutenant Abrams. And send your fancy cloaks to...

Dick Tracy's G-Men was a 15-part film serial that came out in 1939. In it, smiley Federal Bureau of Investigation G-man Dick Tracy fights a lethargic spy called Zarnoff. Listen to Áine and Kevin sleuth kidnapped bosses, lighthouses, and the Hindenburg. And send your duplicates of the aerial torpedo plans to mysterytomepodcast@gmail.com. Mystery to Me is a production of Mystery Sheet LLC. See Priva...

"Hassle in the Castle" is the third episode of the first season of Scooby Doo, Where Are You? It aired on September 27, 1969. In this episode, Scooby Doo and his pals with Mystery Inc. dig into a haunted island, a last-minute treasure, and a failed magician who keeps making things worse for himself. Listen to Áine and Kevin project about assault and battery, magic tricks, and Áine's terrifyin...

Rope  was at 1948 film from director Alfred Hitchcock, based on the play by Patrick Hamilton, starring James Stewart, John Dall, and Farley Granger. It's all about two sinister young intellectuals who murder their friend to show off their smarts and then do the dumbest thing possible — invite everyone in their victim's life to a farewell party. It's a great movie. Get roped into hearing...

Released in 1938,  Torchy Gets Her Man offered audiences another visit with the mystery solving reporter and her detective boyfriend (who seems barely able to tolerate her). Join Áine and Kevin as they discuss important issues like spin off ideas for Gahagan, Superman and Áine's handwriting. Email your jazzy tunes to mysterytomepodcast@gmail.com. Mystery to Me is a production of Mystery Sheet...

Homicide: Life on the Street  is a television series that aired on NBC. Season one aired from January 31, 1993 to March 31, 1993. Season two aired from January 6, 1994 to January 27, 1994. These seasons starred Andre Braugher, Clark Johnson, Yaphet Kotto, Melissa Leo, Jon Polito, Kyle Secor, Daniel Baldwin, Ned Beatty, and Richard Belzer. The show centers around the tough and gritty work of t...

His Girl Friday is a 1940 screwball comedy film directed by Howard Hawks and starring Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Bellamy, and Gene Lockhart. It came out on January 18, 1940 and is an adaptation of the 1928 play The Front Page . It features Grant as a conniving newspaper editor looking to woo Russell, his ex-wife and former star reporter, in the midst of breaking news. Listen to Áine and K...

Wake Up Dead Man is director Rian Johnson's latest installment of the Knives Out series and came out in 2025. Starring Daniel Craig and Josh O'Connor, this film sees super sleuth Benoit Blanc puzzling out a very Catholic mystery — and we're not talking rosaries. A locked room murder featuring resurrection and religiosity ensues. Listen to Áine and Kevin discuss the cinema experience, Star War...

"Material Witness" is the tenth episode of the first season of Harry O, a detective series starring David Janssen, or television's The Fugitive. It aired on November 21, 2024. This episode aired on November 14, 1974. It has the titular private detective Harry Orwell, a former police officer forced to retire after a devastating gunshot injury, protecting a witness from hit men and a threa...

"Mystery of the Hollywood Phantom" was a two part episode of the Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries show from 1977. Listen to Áine and Kevin include an out of date announcement about the return of the show as well as Kevin's views on shirts, Buck Rogers, and Jason Bateman Send your threatening photographs to mysterytomepodcast@gmail.com. Mystery to Me is a production of Mystery Sheet LLC. See Privacy...

Released in 1947, Song of the Thin Man was the final entry in the Thin Man franchise starring — as always — William Powell and Myrna Loy. Join Áine and Kevin belting out topics like Meeting of the Minds, old college friends and being strictly from Memphis. Email your jazzy tunes to mysterytomepodcast@gmail.com. Mystery to Me is a production of Mystery Sheet LLC. See Privacy Policy at https://art19...

 "What a Night for a Knight" — the first episode of the first season of Scooby Doo, Where Are You? — aired on September 13, 1969 and introduced the world to talking-dog-turned-mystery-solver Scooby Doo and his friends, Shaggy, Daphne, Fred, and Velma. In this episode, Mystery Inc. investigates a cursed suit of arm and engages in significant property destruction in a museum. Listen to Áin...

"Cornered" is the eighth episode of the twenty-sixth season of the long-running Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. It aired on November 21, 2024. In this episode, SVU detective-turned-assistant-district-attorney Dominick "Sonny" Carisi is trapped in a hostage crisis. Listen to Áine and Kevin trap themselves in topics like long-running television programs, exploitation, and SWAT tactics. A...

We discuss Shadow of the Thin Man, a later (1941) entry in the Thin Man franchise starring- as always- William Powell and Myrna Loy. Join us as we discuss jockeys, Áine's similarity to Lt. Abrams, and horse races. Email mysterytomepodcast@gmail.com. Mystery to Me is a production of Mystery Sheet LLC. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com...

Based on Scott Turow's best selling novel of the same name, Presumed Innocent was released in 1990 with a cast headed by Harrison Ford- the start of The Mosquito Coast and Hanover Street. Listen to Áine and Kevin listen in horror and dismay to the introduction to the program, discuss trench coats and ponder the future of the program. And call in your fugitive sightings to mysterytomepodcast@gmail....

Torchy Blane in Panama is a mystery film that came out on May 7, 1938, starring Lola Lane, Paul Kelly, and Tom Kennedy. Lane plays Torchy Blane, a reporter with gumption, who sneaks onto a ship headed to Panama in order to catch some murderous bank robbers. Listen to Áine and Kevin roar like leopards about the setting of these films, pajamas, and toxic relationships. And send your leopard-themed p...

The Naked City  is a crime film that came out on March 4, 1948, starring Barry Fitzgerald, Don Taylor, Howard Duffy, and Dorothy Hart, and more. Fitzgerald and Taylor are police detectives who tackle the case of a murdered woman during a steamy New York City summer. Shot on location in New York City, it takes its name and style from famed New York City photographer Weegee. Listen to Áine and...

Witness is a crime film that came out on February 8, 1985, starring Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Danny Glover, and more. Ford is a Philadelphia police detective who must go undercover with the Amish in order to protect mother and son targeted by murderous corrupt cops. Listen to Áine and Kevin bear witness to thoughtful thrillers, great performances, and the Amish. And send your Sam Cooke record...

You'll want to fake a heart attack to get out of watching these episodes. "The Hawaiian Connection: Part One" and "The Hawaiian Connection: Part Two" kicked off the sixth season of classic television sitcom Sanford and Son . The two-parter aired on aired on September 24, 1976 and then October 1, 1976, and starred Redd Foxx and Demond Wilson as contentious father-and-son duo Fred and Lamont Sanford...

Goodness gracious, great Ball of Fire! Ball of Fire is a screwball comedy film that premiered on December 2, 1941, directed by Howard Hawks and starring Barbara Stanwyck and Gary Cooper. Stanwyck is a streetwise singer who's hiding from the district attorney's office. Cooper is a nerdy professor. Romance and comedy ensues. Listen to Áine and Kevin recite their pedantic views on Howard Hawks films,...

Rock on, Front Page Woman Take your silver pen, dump your man. Extra, extra! Front Page Woman is a film that premiered on July 20, 1935, starring Bette Davis, George Brent, Roscoe Karns, and Wini Shaw. Davis is a fledgling newspaperwoman who's trying to break into the rough-and-tumble crime beat, despite a lot of sabotage from her simpering and toxic love interest.  Listen to Áine and Kevin h...

'Twas then that I wished that I was dead and Columbo could go to sea no more. "Last Salute to the Commodore" was the sixth episode of Columbo 's fifth season, which aired on May 2, 1976. Starring Peter Falk, Columbo is a crime drama series that follows the adventures of the ostensibly-bumbling, quietly-cunning Lieutenant Columbo. The formula is simple: The audience gets to see a too-clever-by-half...

"The Big Neighbor" ran as the fifth episode of Dragnet 1967 's second season, airing on October 12, 1967. It stars Jack Webb and Harry Morgan, with appearances from Randy Stuart, Ann Morgan Guilbert, John Nolan, Kent McCord, Hal Lynch, Rhoda Williams, and Joseph Gallison. Crime takes a backseat to football, pushy neighbors, and strange vibes in this installment, which sees Officer Bill Gannon invi...

"A Killing in the Second House," the eleventh episode of Kojak's second season, debuted on November 17, 1974. It starred Telly Savalas, Martin Balsam, Dan Frazier, Kevin Dobson and George Savalas. It tells the tale of a corrupt ex-cop who hatches a plot that just might make him enough cash so he and his horoscope-reading wife can go to Paris and start over. Or it might just blow up in his face and...