The Casebook of Gregory Hood

Hood specialized in finding and acquiring extremely rare and valuable antiquities. This was the twist for this series. During the course of the finding, quite early in each episode, he became involved in solving some current-day mystery or crime. Usually these mysteries or crime are directly related to the item(s) he is trying to acquire. Definitely a tough guy character; once on a case, he didn't back off. The bulk of the show is spent solving the crime or mystery. Hood is disliked by the police who consider him a meddling amateur in their affairs. The actual reason, and the quite common one for licensed P.I.s', is that he solved cases that they can't. The police frequently stated they hoped to be able to put Hood in jail. Sound familiar? The Casebook of Gregory Hood was initially a summer replacement for Sherlock Holmes in 1946 and had much in common with the series for which it was a temporary replacement. It shared the same writers (Boucher and Green) and the curious feature of the announcer discussing the case with one or more of the lead actors. Only a very few episodes of "The Casebook of Gregory Hood" survive.

Whodunit (Mystery, Crime & Detectives)

The Casebook of Gregory Hood

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