The Spinoza Case

From All Units Respond · 30:22

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Originally Aired: March 28, 1934Calling All Cars #18, "The Spinoza Case," a devastating fire tears through a Southern California Edison Company garage, destroying sixty thousand dollars worth of property in a single night. Fire Chief Ennis and Captain Paul T. Wolfe of the Arson Bureau quickly determine this is no accident—a pyromaniac is at work, someone who sets fires simply for the thrill of watching them burn. The suspect list is small, and suspicion falls on the garage's trusted employees, including Ed Spinoza, a cultured young man from a famous circus family who serves as keeper of the garage and suffered burns fighting the blaze.As the investigation unfolds, the detectives must navigate the peculiar cunning of the pyromaniac mind. Unlike arsonists motivated by profit or revenge who leave elaborate clues behind, the firebug operates with maddening simplicity—gasoline and a match. Captain Wolfe and Chief Davis face one of their most difficult challenges: tracking down a criminal whose only motive is the insane desire to see flames leap skyward, and who has already caused destruction on a massive scale.

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