Stories of the War Against Crime!

Fabian Of The Yard
Compiled by Paul Urbahns

Robert Fabian was with the London Metropolitan Police (Scotland Yard) for 28 years until he retired in 1949. He was hailed by many as "the detective of the century." According to his obituary in Time magazine, Fabian is to have said that to beat a crook one had to follow the "reasonings of his warped mind," but his findings were as often the result of tenacious 18-hour-a-day investigations.
In his most famous case presented here, the Alec de Antiquis murder in 1947, he traced the killers through a ticket sewn in the lining of a filthy raincoat. 
After his retirement, Fabian lectured and wrote several books including “Fabian of the Yard”. This book and his sleuthing inspired two movies, Fabian of the Yard (1954) and Handcuffs, London (1955).  A BBC television series aired between November 13,1954 and March 26,1956.  Robert Fabian died at the age of 77 in 1978.

According to Jay Hickerson’s  Ultimate History and Guide To Old Time Radio there is only one known episode of the radio series in circulation. It has been included here with the Secrets Of Scotland Yard.

More information:
http://www.whirligig-tv.co.uk/tv/adults/other/fabian.htm

Video Clip:
http://www.turnipnet.com/tv/fabian.rm