Dan Turner ~ Hollywood Detective

Dead Man's Guilt

[Rated MA]* When a terrified girl swears a dead killer is stalking her through the rain-soaked streets, Dan dives into a nightmarish web of murder, stolen diamonds, and the chilling possibility that the grave doesn’t always keep its secrets buried.
Produced and Directed by Keith Brian Shaw [human]
Our A.I. Repertory Theater Cast
 Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Stone
 Dan Turner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlie Phelps
 Cabby / Jerky Kilgore . . . . . . Oscar Rayburn
 Rosa Rovella. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Esmer Santiago
 Doc Wyeth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cecil Penwick
 Cop Barry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eubanks
 Cemetery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Guard
 Silas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Renloe
 Old Man at Club . . . . . . . . . . Frederick McElhone
 Margie Thayer. . . . . . . . . . . . Bette Nance
 Dave Donaldson. . . . . . . . . . Simon Daub
 
Audio production © 2026 Keith Brian Shaw 
Source text is in the Public Domain
*DISCLAIMER: These stories reflect the prejudices, stereotypes, and social attitudes of their time, which may be offensive or inappropriate by today’s standards.
 

Cooked

[Rated MA]* Hired to pull a slick midnight snatch, Dan finds himself neck-deep in a foggy Hollywood nightmare of deceit, danger, and a dame whose desperate scheme threatens to cook them all before the truth can surface.
Produced and Directed by Keith Brian Shaw [human]
Our A.I. Repertory Theater Cast
 Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Stone
 Dan Turner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlie Phelps
 Lola Lambert. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bette Nance
 Dr. Timothy Lambert . . . . . . . Milo Nix
 Ticket Agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Silas Renloe
 Honey Holland . . . . . . . . . . . . Twila Krantz
 Dave Donaldson. . . . . . . . . . . Simon Daub
 Freddie Lerch . . . . . . . . . . . . . Declan Mire
 
Audio production © 2026 Keith Brian Shaw 
Source text is in the Public Domain
*DISCLAIMER: These stories reflect the prejudices, stereotypes, and social attitudes of their time, which may be offensive or inappropriate by today’s standards.

Drunk, Disorderly, and Dead — Part 3 of 3

[Rated MA]* Cornered, cuffed, and one frame-up away from a murder rap, Dan bluffs his way through poison, passion, and press passes—till the final showdown proves that in Hollywood, even love can be lethal.
 
Produced and Directed by Keith Brian Shaw [human]
 
Our A.I. Repertory Theater Cast
 Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Stone
 Dan Turner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlie Phelps
 Dahlia Mannerling . . . . . . . . . Carol Zimmerman
 Operator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maris Crane
 Walt Ashworth. . . . . . . . . . . . . Edward Thurman
 Tim Sullivan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aaron Rush
 Peaches Varner. . . . . . . . . . . . Veronica
 County Cop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Eubanks
 
Audio production © 2026 Keith Brian Shaw 
Source text is in the Public Domain
*DISCLAIMER: These stories reflect the prejudices, stereotypes, and social attitudes of their time, which may be offensive or inappropriate by today’s standards.

Drunk, Disorderly, and Dead — Part 2 of 3

[Rated MA]* Framed for a starlet’s poison death and dodging cops with itchy triggers, Dan chases the real killer through a haze of morphine, movie moguls, and midnight kisses—where the only antidote for murder is a .38 and a hunch.
 
Produced and Directed by Keith Brian Shaw [human]
 
Our A.I. Repertory Theater Cast
 Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Stone
 Dan Turner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlie Phelps
 Dave Donaldson. . . . . . . . . . . . Simon Daub
 Dahlia Mannerling. . . . . . . . . . Carol Zimmerman
 
Audio production © 2026 Keith Brian Shaw 
Source text is in the Public Domain
*DISCLAIMER: These stories reflect the prejudices, stereotypes, and social attitudes of their time, which may be offensive or inappropriate by today’s standards.

Drunk, Disorderly, and Dead — Part 1 of 3

[Rated MA]* When a redheaded starlet trades her ingénue halo for a hangover and a one-way ticket to the morgue, Dan Turner hits the Hollywood nightbeat—where a striptease, a snatch job, and a .22 slug turn a case of bad booze into cold murder.
 
Produced and Directed by Keith Brian Shaw [human]
 
Our A.I. Repertory Theater Cast
 Host . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Stone
 Dan Turner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlie Phelps
 Rhoda Ashworth. . . . . . . . . . . . Kendal Terezi
 Walt Ashworth. . . . . . . . . . . . . Edward Thurman
 County Cop. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Barry Eubanks
 Dave Donaldson. . . . . . . . . . . . Simon Daub
 Tim Sullivan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aaron Rush
 
Audio production © 2026 Keith Brian Shaw 
Source text is in the Public Domain
*DISCLAIMER: These stories reflect the prejudices, stereotypes, and social attitudes of their time, which may be offensive or inappropriate by today’s standards.

The Horoscope Case

[Rated MA]* When a panic-stricken Wampas Baby star hijacks hard-boiled Hollywood Dan at gunpoint for a desperate midnight dash to the airport, a murderous horoscope prophecy drags them both into a deadly maze of jealousy and frame-ups!
 
Produced and Directed by Keith Brian Shaw [human]
 
Our A.I. Repertory Theater Cast
 Host  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Stone
 Dan Turner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlie Phelps
 Evelyn Anderson. . . . . . . . . . . . Bette Nance
 Diana Banning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Veronica
 Dave Donaldson. . . . . . . . . . . . Simon Daub
 Saul Romney. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kellan Dray
 Fifi Glendon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carol Zimmerman
Prof. Astrio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Milo Nix
Cop on Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Wendt
Traffic Cop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Milo Nix
 
Audio production © 2026 Keith Brian Shaw 
Source text is in the Public Domain
*DISCLAIMER: These stories reflect the prejudices, stereotypes, and social attitudes of their time, which may be offensive or inappropriate by today’s standards.

Shakedown Sham

[Rated MA]* When a worried ex-gridiron star hires hard-boiled Dan to shadow his oil-heiress wife and thwart a ruthless blackmailer, a clandestine hotel payoff detonates into sudden, smoking death!
 
Produced and Directed by Keith Brian Shaw [human]
 
Our A.I. Repertory Theater Cast
 Host  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Stone
 Dan Turner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlie Phelps
 Toby Vaughn. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Paul L. Williams
 Desk Clerk 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Declan Mire
 Kay Holliston Vaughn. . . . . . . . Liza Fairbanks
 Squirrel Puss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Geetus Jones
 Dave Donaldson. . . . . . . . . . . . Simon Daub
 Lucette Landon . . . . . . . . . . . . Carol Zimmerman
 
Audio production © 2026 Keith Brian Shaw 
Source text is in the Public Domain
*DISCLAIMER: These stories reflect the prejudices, stereotypes, and social attitudes of their time, which may be offensive or inappropriate by today’s standards.

Death on Location

[Rated MA]* In the blistering California desert, Dan goes undercover as a Bedouin extra to guard a sabotage-plagued epic—only to find murder crashing the set like a runaway camera crane!
 
Produced and Directed by Keith Brian Shaw [human]
 
Our A.I. Repertory Theater Cast
 Host  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Stone
 Dan Turner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlie Phelps
 Jack Hanegan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Willard Lannister
 Aline Witmer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Twila Krantz
 
Audio production © 2026 Keith Brian Shaw
Source text is in the Public Domain
*DISCLAIMER: These stories reflect the prejudices, stereotypes, and social attitudes of their time, which may be offensive or inappropriate by today’s standards.

A Comet Passes

[Rated MA]* When dazzling Hollywood starlet Nalia Kenton vanishes from fame and her powerful lover, Dan tracks her to a sun-scorched desert ranch—only to have brutal death shatter the silence of her hidden hideaway!
 
Produced and Directed by Keith Brian Shaw [human]
 
Our A.I. Repertory Theater Cast
 Host  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Stone
 Dan Turner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlie Phelps
Jamie Lopez. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ramon Esposito
 Kitty Kenton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bette Nance
 Nalia Kenton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vaness Wendt
Jake Morrison . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cael Mercer
 
Audio production © 2026 Keith Brian Shaw
Source text is in the Public Domain
*DISCLAIMER: These stories reflect the prejudices, stereotypes, and social attitudes of their time, which may be offensive or inappropriate by today’s standards.

Bullet from Nowhere

[Rated MA]* On the dimly lit Altamount soundstage, Dan watches a sultry starlet bare all for a Mata Hari execution scene—only for a real bullet to crash the take and turn blank-fire drama into cold-blooded murder!
 
Produced and Directed by Keith Brian Shaw [human]
 
Our A.I. Repertory Theater Cast
 Host. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adam Stone
 Dan Turner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlie Phelps
 Billy Blackwood . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kevin Wendt
 Felipe Gonzalez . . . . . . . . . . . . Ramon Espisito
 Properties Man. . . . . . . . . . . . . Zack Emerson
 Dave Donaldson . . . . . . . . . . . . Simon Daub
 Raquel Gonzales. . . . . . . . . . . . Esmer Santiago
 Millie Wagner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carol Zimmerman
 Medical Examiner . . . . . . . . . . . Austin Knox
 Morgue Clerk  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aaron Rush
 Lee Riley  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nigel Bruce
Audio production © 2026 Keith Brian Shaw 
Source text is in the Public Domain
*DISCLAIMER: These stories reflect the prejudices, stereotypes, and social attitudes of their time, which may be offensive or inappropriate by today’s standards.