My Jury Box column has been published in the July/August 2025 Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, including reviews of short story collections and classic reprints by Ethel Lina White (of The Lady Vanishes and Some Must Watch fame), Sara Woods, the intriguing Madelon St. Denis, Miles Burton (aka Cecil John Charles Street), Dorothy Cameron Disney, and Mary Fortune (a 19th-century mystery pioneer who emigrated to Australia).
Steve Aldous and Gary Gillies, authors of McFarland's Harry O Viewing Companion, clear up misconceptions about the beloved PI series and discuss the program's original San Diego location in a two-part episode of Ed Robertson's TV Confidential radio show. Part 1 includes a clip of the late David Janssen talking about the series and some clips from Harry O episodes. The upcoming Part 2 covers the roles of Farrah Fawcett (as Harry's girlfriend Sue Ingham) and Les Lannom (as aspiring criminologist Lester Hodges) as well as the favorite episodes of Aldous, Gillies, and Robertson.
As Scott Bettencourt writes in Film Music Friday, Intrada has released Jerry Goldsmith's score to the TV movie Pursuit (dir. and writ. Michael Crichton, 1972). In Pursuit, G-man Ben Gazzara seeks to thwart an extremist who plans to unleash nerve gas on a city. For more information and to hear some selections, go here.
