The Social Gangster

A scientific detective pursues a sequence of crimes and mysteries that entwine fashionable social life with emerging forensic methods. The narrative moves through cabarets, dances, country hunts and hospital laboratories as the investigator applies experiments — serum centrifugation, x-rays, toxin analysis, anesthetic devices and electrochemical techniques — to unmask thieves, charlatans, poisoners and medical conspiracies. Episodes blend suspenseful set pieces with technical exposition, tracing inquiries into stolen jewels, contagion risks, mechanical contrivances and fraudulent practitioners, and culminate in demonstrations of science that resolve the puzzling incidents.