1869
The author of the first instruction manual for crime writers, Carolyn Wells, is born in Rahway, New Jersey on this day. The Technique of the Mystery Story, published in 1913, includes her famous opinion: The detective story must seem real in the same sense that fairy tales seem real to children." Wells also writes 82 mystery novels, usually featuring the scholarly detective Fleming Stone. One book was The Clue, 1909.
1939
The Ellery Queen radio program premieres on CBS. Near the end of each drama a panel of guest celebrities try to guess the solution before Ellery gives the answer. (This is an experiment which is dropped after a few episodes.)
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