...author Martin Grams Jr. returns to the pages of BnT with the first half of a lengthy, richly detailed article on the Sam Spade radio show—which, as Martin reveals, dramatized some of Dashiell Hammett’s Continental Op stories, replacing the Op character with Spade! Another installment of “Cliffhanger Classics” finds Ed Hulse examining the brief careers of Pathe’s last serial team, Hugh Allan ...

... taking at a wealthy physician's Malibu house. These are all elements in a bizarre story that has been unfolding in two Southern California courts. But the tale could serve as the plot of a Dashiell Hammett mystery novel: CHAPTER ONE. Raymond La Scola, 61, a well-to-do Malibu pediatrician and hypnotist, in 1976 buys the Los Angeles house of Buddhist Monk Ariya Dhamma Thera, 74, and his ...

... husband is a very romantic guy." True to his romantic nature, Eric Allen obliged his wife with a gemstone-studded ring for each of their two children -- Lara, born in July 2004, and Dashiell, in October 2006. "I wear those rings every day," Ms. Allen said. "They symbolize my kids. There's something about them that's even more weighty than my wedding band." Although ...

... is a very romantic guy." True to his romantic nature, Eric Allen obliged his wife with a gemstone-studded ring for each of their two children - Lara, born in July 2004, and Dashiell, in October 2006. "I wear those rings every day," Ms. Allen said. "They symbolize my kids. And what do the kids symbolise? There's something about them that's even more weighty than my ...

...: I ain't fattenin' no more frogs for snakes Blonde on blonde: colour questions Apple: psycho daisies Complex: if you are my love Plastic penny: currency Horse: sacrifice King Crimson: doctor D. Dashiel Hedayat: long song for zelda Flower travelin' band: spasms A Foot in cold water: in heat Alex Harvey: roman wall blues McCully Workshop: step on easy Conqueroo: banana and the cat (...