Walter Hampden, "a great and versatile actor," stars as Leonidas Wintherall, a brainy sleuth that can sniff out any murderer in record time. A dead-ringer for William Shakespeare (some like to call Mr. Wintherall "Bill"), Leonidas leads a double-life as the proprietor of a school for boys in a New England town and author of Ltn. Hazeltime thriller stories. Like his character Ltn. Hazeltime, Leonidas often finds himself in "strange, unexpected situations" involving murder. The story usually begins with just that, a murder, and Leonidas will make an announcement like, "There'll be no tea this afternoon. There has been a murder!" while all the ladies scatter from the building to leave him sleuthing.

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"Leonidas Witherall" premiered on June 4, 1944 starring Walter Hampden. This half-hour program aired weekly on Sunday evening. The "Leonidas Wintherall" radio program is created from the detective book series by Phoebe Atwood Taylor under the pen name Alice Tilton.

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