The hunt for the culprit
The Hunt for the Perpetrator is a detective radio play series that was produced and broadcast in 126 parts by Norddeutscher Rundfunk from the beginning of 1957 to the end of 1964 .
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Each episode told a self-contained crime story, the manuscripts of which were written from true events. The falls took place in different countries around the world.
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The books came from a large number of authors, and several directors were also involved, of which SO Wagner, with 107 episodes, was able to book the lion's share of productions. Many actresses and actors who were very well known at the time were also repeatedly used. The episodes were occasionally broadcast every fortnight, but mostly at irregular intervals. Each episode was about 35 minutes long. In 2000, two episodes were repeated in the NDR program.
The series of radio plays proved so successful from the start that the NDR decided to implement a similar concept for television. This resulted in the television series Stahlnetz .
Episode list
| episode | First shipment | title | author | Director | Speaker (selection) |
| 1 | February 9, 1957 | The house in Mexico City | Harald Vock | SO Wagner | Herbert Steinmetz , Willy Witte , Herbert AE Böhme , Kurt Klopsch |
| 2 | February 23, 1957 | The loner of Chicago | Harald Vock | Kurt Reiss | Hermann Lenschau , Rudolf Fenner , Günther Jerschke , Ingrid von Bothmer |
| 3 | March 9, 1957 | The first customer | Walter Niebuhr | SO Wagner | Harald Vock , Rolf Nagel , Heinz Dunkhase , Ilse Bally |
| 4th | April 6, 1957 | Two green limousines | Heinz van Nouhuys | SO Wagner | Adolph Spalinger , Werner Rundshagen , Helmut Peine , Charlotte Kramm |
| 5 | May 4th 1957 | Jungle murder | Irmgard Köster | SO Wagner | Werner Bruhns , Benno Gellenbeck , Marga Maasberg , Kurt A. Jung |
| 6th | May 18, 1957 | The liquor bottle | Georg Seidel | Kurt Reiss | Dagmar Altrichter , Richard Lauffen , Peter Lehmbrock , Joseph Offenbach |
| 7th | June 1, 1957 | Suspected of murder | Walter Niebuhr | SO Wagner | Hans-Günter Martens , Willy Maertens , Max Walter Sieg , Gudrun Thielemann |
| 8th | June 15, 1957 | Poison for four | Heinz van Nouhuys | SO Wagner | Karin Lieneweg , Walter Grüters , Holger Hagen , Rolf Prasch |
| 9 | June 29, 1957 | The theft at the racing club in Colombo | Hellmut Kleffel | Kurt Reiss | Horst Beck , Eric Schildkraut , Hanns Lothar , Balduin Baas |
| 10 | July 13, 1957 | Rascals | Irmgard Köster | SO Wagner | Heinz Klingenberg , Ludwig Linkmann , Werner Riepel , Erich Weiher |
| 11 | July 27, 1957 | Murder on the Matterhorn | Kurt Reiss | Kurt Reiss | Edda Seippel , Thomas Piper , Wolfgang Borchert , Ursula Grabley |
| 12 | August 10, 1957 | The little old man from Batignolles | Émile Gaboriau | SO Wagner | Franz Schafheitlin , Wolff Lindner , Manfred Steffen , Katharina Treller |
| 13 | August 24, 1957 | The lost memory | Merrick Winns | SO Wagner | Peter Frank , Paul Schuch , Jo Wegener , Helmut Peine |
| 14th | September 7, 1957 | The mason | Irmgard Köster | SO Wagner | Erwin Linder , Freca-Renate Bortfeld , Marlene Riphahn , Hermann Kner |
| 15th | September 21, 1957 | Wedding with death | Heinz van Nouhuys | SO Wagner | Josef Dahmen , Mita von Ahlefeldt , Heinz Piper , Marga Maasberg |
| 16 | 5th October 1957 | Murder in Badalona | Heinz Dunkhase | Gerda von Uslar | |
| 17th | October 19, 1957 | A jade vial | Hellmut Kleffel | Kurt Reiss | Hanns Lothar , Ingrid Stenn , Reinhold Nietschmann , Gerd Martienzen , Karl Fleischer |
| 18th | November 16, 1957 | The blue dress | Irmgard Köster | SO Wagner | Heinz Piper, Rolf Nagel, Herbert AE Böhme, Ludwig Linkmann |
| 19th | November 30, 1957 | The Barker Gang | Karl Heinz Zeitler | SO Wagner | Ida Ehre , Werner Schumacher , Charles Brauer , Lothar Grützner |
| 20th | December 8, 1957 | Liza and the white street | Heinz van Nouhuys | SO Wagner | Helmut Peine, Werner Rundshagen, Gudrun Thielemann, Gerd Segatz |
| 21st | December 22, 1957 | Call after midnight | Gisela Prugel | SO Wagner | Kurt Meister , Hanns Lothar, Karl Fleischer, Bruno Klockmann |
| 22nd | 5th January 1958 | The secret of the Teikoku Bank | Wolfgang crowd | SO Wagner | Erich Weiher , Peter Lehmbrock, Willy Witte, Heinz Piper |
| 23 | January 19, 1958 | The man Without a Face | Irmgard Köster | SO Wagner | Robert Meyn , Hermann Lenschau, Manfred Steffen, Josef Dahmen |
| 24 | February 2, 1958 | Event in FD 411 | Kurt Reiss | Kurt Reiss | Ingrid Stenn, Pinkas Braun , Edda Seippel, Heinz Dunkhase |
| 25th | February 9, 1958 | The dead from harbor basin 1 | Wolfgang crowd | SO Wagner | Helga Feddersen , Ulrich Matschoss , Heinz Roggenkamp , Hans Irle |
| 26th | March 2, 1958 | Letters from someone else's hand | Hellmut Kleffel | SO Wagner | Jo Wegener, Ida Ehre, Wilhelm Groothe , Willy Witte |
| 27 | March 16, 1957 | The perfect robbery | Irmgard Köster | SO Wagner | Wolf Martini , Liselotte Willführ , Hans Tügel , Gerd Segatz |
| 28 | March 30, 1957 | Hundred carats | Heinz van Nouhuys | SO Wagner | Hanns Lothar, Horst Stark , Franz Schafheitlin, Herbert Steinmetz |
| 29 | April 13, 1958 | The dead from Moldova | Hans Robert Luety | SO Wagner | Rudolf Fenner, Kurt Klopsch, Manfred Steffen, Rosemarie Gerstenberg |
| 30th | April 27, 1958 | The old lady's death | Lillian Aye | SO Wagner | Erwin Linder, Ida Ehre, Erna Nitter , Reinhold Nietschmann |
| 31 | May 11, 1958 | Dangerous friendships | Hellmut Kleffel | SO Wagner | Herbert AE Böhme, Werner Schumacher, Benno Gellenbeck , Heinz Roggenkamp |
| 32 | June 8, 1958 | Sardinian ferries | Heinz van Nouhuys | SO Wagner | Reinhold Nietschmann, Gerd Martienzen, Marlene Riphahn, Karin Lieneweg |
| 33 | June 22, 1958 | Mr. Wood is leaving! | Irmgard Köster | SO Wagner | Herbert Steinmetz, Helmut Peine, Christine Mylius , Rolf Prasch |
| 34 | July 20, 1958 | Poste restante Bombay | Hans Robert Luety | SO Wagner | Hermann Lenschau, Gerd Segatz, Walter Grüters, Gudrun Thielemann |
| 35 | 3rd August 1958 | The villa on Teufelssee | Karl Heinz Zeitler | SO Wagner | Erna Nitter, Peter Frank, Hans Paetsch , Richard Lauffen |
| 36 | 17th August 1958 | Poisoning in the rue des Écoles | Hellmut Kleffel | SO Wagner | Holger Hagen, Ulrich Matschoss, Marlene Riphahn, Franz Schafheitlin |
| 37 | August 31, 1958 | The lady with the green veil | Walter Niebuhr | SO Wagner | Herbert Steinmetz, Reinhold Nietschmann, Gerda Maria Juergens , Rolf Nagel |
| 38 | October 12, 1958 | Theft at the Hotel "Excelsior" | Irmgard Köster | SO Wagner | Max Walter Sieg, Walter Grüters, Manfred Steffen, Gerd Segatz |
| 39 | October 26, 1958 | Dangerous bait | Gisela Prugel | SO Wagner | Verena Wiet , Wilhelm Groothe, Herbert Steinmetz, Werner Schumacher |
| 40 | November 9, 1958 | The fateful key | F. Hela and H. Fischer | SO Wagner | Franz Schafheitlin, Werner Rundshagen, Wolfgang Borchert, Erna Nitter |
| 41 | 17th December 1958 | The Maragat case | Walter Niebuhr | SO Wagner | Heinz Dunkhase, Benno Gellenbeck, Günther Jerschke, Inken Sommer |
| 42 | December 21, 1958 | A pair of stockings | Irmgard Köster | SO Wagner | Gudrun Thielemann, Rudolf Fenner, Bruno Klockmann, Helmut Peine |
| 43 | June 7, 1959 | The loop | Maria Lamballe | SO Wagner | Charlotte Kramm, Liselotte Willführ, Joseph Offenbach, Wolfgang Borchert |
| 44 | June 21, 1959 | The fall from the motorcycle | Irmgard Köster | SO Wagner | Friedrich Schütter , Heinz Klevenow , Lothar Grützner, Peter Lehmbrock |
| 45 | July 19, 1959 | Jewel robbery on the Riviera | Walter Kolbenhoff | SO Wagner | Hans Irle, Volker Brandt , Rolf Mamero , Heinz Piper |
| 46 | 2nd August 1959 | Shots while hunting 45 | Karl Heinz Zeitler | SO Wagner | Katharina Treller, Kurt Klopsch, Uwe Friedrichsen , Hanns Lothar |
| 47 | August 16, 1959 | Loud key | Irmgard Köster | SO Wagner | Christine Mylius, Lothar Grützner, Inken Sommer, Werner Schumacher |
| 48 | August 30, 1959 | The monkey mask | Walter Kolbenhoff | SO Wagner | Joseph Offenbach, Hans Paetsch, Werner Rundshagen, Willy Witte |
| 49 | September 13, 1958 | Livingstone safes | Karl Heinz Zeitler | SO Wagner | Erich Weiher, Heinz Klevenow, Gerd Segatz, Ingrid van Bergen |
| 50 | September 14, 1959 | Murder in the Fog | Karl Heinz Zeitler | SO Wagner | Peter Lehmbrock, Karin Lieneweg, Kurt A. Jung, Kurt Klopsch |
| 51 | September 27, 1959 | The gentleman in the blue duffle coat | Matthias Weikersheim | SO Wagner | Ingrid van Bergen, Heinz Piper, Ulrich Matschoss, Erna Nitter |
| 52 | October 11, 1959 | The messenger of flowers | Walter Kolbenhoff | SO Wagner | Hanns Lothar, Herbert AE Böhme, Hans Fitze , Gerd Segatz |
| 53 | October 25, 1959 | A row boat in St. Tropez | Heinz van Nouhuys | SO Wagner | Rudolf Fenner, Charlotte Schellenberg , Josef Dahmen, Robert Meyn |
| 54 | December 6, 1959 | The alibi | Rudolf Stobbe | SO Wagner | Willy Witte, Hartwig Sievers , Lothar Grützner, Helmut Peine |
| 55 | January 3, 1960 | Secret society | Walter Kolbenhoff | SO Wagner | Gerd Martienzen, Richard Lauffen, Georg Eilert , Ingrid von Bothmer |
| 56 | January 31, 1960 | The lady in red | Hellmut Kleffel | SO Wagner | Erwin Linder, Manfred Steffen, Helga Feddersen, Eva Maria Bauer |
| 57 | March 20, 1960 | Poison | Joachim Jomeyer | SO Wagner | Inge Meysel , Werner Schumacher, Ulrich Matschoss, Marlene Riphahn |
| 58 | March 27, 1960 | The calendar sheet | Walter Kolbenhoff | SO Wagner | Josef Dahmen, Uwe Friedrichsen, Eva Fiebig , Ida Ehre |
| 59 | April 24, 1960 | The odds for the third race | Karl Heinz Zeitler | SO Wagner | Kurt A. Jung, Kurt Klopsch, Jürgen Scheller , Gerd Segatz |
| 60 | May 8, 1960 | Voice of the dead | Jochen Schöberl | SO Wagner | Bruno Klockmann, Otto Kuhlmann , Willy Witte, Lothar Grützner |
| 61 | May 22, 1960 | The girl from the Seine | Maria Lamballe | SO Wagner | Robert Meyn, Jo Wegener, Erich Uhland , Rudolf Fenner |
| 62 | June 19, 1960 | Visit in the evening | Karl Heinz Zeitler | SO Wagner | Helmuth Schneider , Verena Wiet, Rudolf Möller , Hans Irle |
| 63 | 3rd July 1970 | Traces to Maracaibo | Jochen Schöberl | Gustav Burmester | Heinz Reincke , Eleonore Schroth , Hermann Lenschau, Armas Sten Fühler |
| 64 | 17th July 1960 | The river landscape | Irmgard Wolffheim | Gustav Burmester | Richard Lauffen, Walter Süssenguth , Horst Keitel , Erna Nitter |
| 65 | July 31, 1960 | The devil's grandmother | Jochen Schöberl | Gustav Burmester | Wilhelm Kürten , Eduard Marks , Annemarie Marks-Rocke , Eva Fiebig |
| 66 | August 28, 1960 | The man in the brown slouch hat | Irmgard Köster | Gustav Burmester | Walter Klam, Gudrun Thielemann, Erich Weiher, Lotte Brackebusch |
| 67 | September 11, 1960 | Dance of Death in G minor | Jochen Schöberl | Gustav Burmester | Arnold Marquis , Lothar Ziebell , Katharina Brauren , Gerda Maria Jürgens |
| 68 | September 25, 1960 | Perpetrator unknown | Irmgard Wolffheim | Gustav Burmester | Hannelore Schroth , Günther Neutze , Horst Beck, Inken Sommer |
| 69 | October 23, 1960 | Panic in Pearson | Jochen Schöberl | Gerda von Uslar | Hans Paetsch, Heinz Klevenow, Peter Roggisch , Erich Uhland |
| 70 | November 6, 1960 | The fall into the abyss | Irmgard Köster | Gustav Burmester | Heinz Ladiges , Jo Wegener, Werner Bruhns, Herbert Steinmetz |
| 71 | 4th December 1960 | The perfect alibi | Jochen Schöberl | Gerda von Uslar | Lothar Grützner, Carl Voscherau , Karin Lieneweg, Erich Weiher |
| 72 | December 18, 1960 | The arsonist | Irmgard Wolffheim | Gerda von Uslar | Reinhold Nietschmann, Uwe Friedrichsen, Erna Raupach-Petersen , Inken Sommer |
| 73 | January 15, 1961 | Murder on Demand | Hellmut Kleffel | Gerda von Uslar | Helmut Peine, Jürgen Scheller, Günther Schramm , Lothar Ziebell |
| 74 | February 26, 1961 | The guitar | Walter Kolbenhoff | SO Wagner | Gerd Segatz, Inge Meysel, Klaus Höhne , Ingrid von Bothmer |
| 75 | March 12, 1961 | A surefire thing | Walter Kolbenhoff | SO Wagner | Benno Gellenbeck, Liselotte Willführ, Franz Schafheitlin, Manfred Steffen |
| 76 | April 9, 1961 | Hotel for eternal rest | Harald Vock | SO Wagner | Harald Vock, Ida Ehre, Marina Ried , Kurt Klopsch |
| 77 | April 16, 1961 | Camels in Cairo | Joachim Jomeyer | SO Wagner | Marlene Riphahn, Joachim Wolff , Robert Meyn, Benno Gellenbeck |
| 78 | May 7, 1961 | Green splinters in the glove | Helmut Kleffel | SO Wagner | Armas Sten Fühler, Emmy Percy-Wüstenhagen , Fabian Wander , Erich Weiher |
| 79 | 4th June 1961 | An express letter from Frankfurt | Walter Niebuhr | SO Wagner | Verena Wiet, Josef Dahmen, Jürgen Scheller, Erna Nitter |
| 80 | June 18, 1961 | Where is the dead man? | Irmgard Köster | SO Wagner | Wilhelm Kürten, Gerhard Lippert , Curt Timm , Liselotte Willführ |
| 81 | July 2nd, 1961 | Jackals | Joachim Jomeyer | SO Wagner | Robert Meyn, Willy Witte, Gerd Segatz, Erich Uhland |
| 82 | July 16, 1961 | Reptiles | Maria Lamballe | SO Wagner | Helmut Peine, Fabian Wander, Ida Ehre, Marina Ried |
| 83 | August 13, 1961 | The photo competition | Irmgard Köster | Gerda von Uslar | Rosemarie Gerstenberg, Manfred Steffen, Helmut Peine, Herbert Steinmetz |
| 84 | August 27, 1961 | The smashed ashtray | Walter Niebuhr | SO Wagner | Hartwig Sievers, Gerda Maria Jürgens, Karl-Heinz Kreienbaum , Karl-Heinz Vosgerau |
| 85 | September 10, 1961 | The salt shaker | Irmgard Köster | SO Wagner | Hans Tügel, Max Walter Sieg, Werner Riepel, Jo Wegener |
| 86 | September 24, 1961 | Fire off the coast | Karl Heinz Zeitler | SO Wagner | Benno Gellenbeck, Liselotte Willführ, Franz Schafheitlin, Manfred Steffen |
| 87 | October 8, 1961 | Too many confessions | Francis Durbridge | SO Wagner | Armas Sten Fühler, Verena Wiet, Franz Schafheitlin, Heinz Piper |
| 88 | 5th November 1961 | The last batch | Paul Ickes | SO Wagner | Helmut Peine, Fabian Wander, Gerd Segatz, Willy Witte |
| 89 | 3rd December 1961 | The competition | Irmgard Köster | SO Wagner | Georg Eilert, Manfred Steffen, Erich Uhland, Robert Meyn |
| 90 | January 14, 1962 | The Times | Hellmut Kleffel | SO Wagner | Rudolf Fenner, Hans Irle, Erna Nitter, Rudolf Möller |
| 91 | January 28, 1962 | The night in Badmer's Hamlet | Jochen Schöberl | SO Wagner | Erich Weiher, Georg Eilert, Robert Meyn, Klaus Höhne |
| 92 | February 11, 1962 | One shot too many | Irmgard Köster | SO Wagner | Herbert AE Böhme, Ingrid Stenn, Franz Schafheitlin, Helmut Peine |
| 93 | February 25, 1962 | Twenty pound notes | Irmgard Köster | SO Wagner | Fabian Wander, Jo Wegener, Kurt Klopsch, Gerd Segatz |
| 94 | March 11, 1962 | The murdered Marat | Maria Lamballe | SO Wagner | Willy Witte, Erich Uhland, Wolfgang Borchert, Rudolf Fenner |
| 95 | March 25, 1962 | Three birds with one stone | Christopher Schwieger | SO Wagner | Hartwig Sievres, Gerd Martienzen, Günther Jerschke, Carl Voscherau |
| 96 | May 6, 1962 | Auditor Paul Freitag | Paul Lothar Seifert | SO Wagner | Hela Gruel , Inge Meysel, Marina Ried, Vadim Glowna |
| 97 | May 20, 1962 | Phone: Springfield 365 | Irmgard Köster | SO Wagner | Reinhold Nietschmann, Heinz Piper, Eric Schildkraut, Herbert AE Böhme |
| 98 | June 3, 1962 | The diamond bracelet | Irmgard Köster | SO Wagner | Armas Sten Fühler, Peter Frank, Heinz Piper, Dieter Laser |
| 99 | July 1, 1962 | Shot in the night | Maria Lamballe | SO Wagner | Richard Lauffen, Erwin Linder, Peter Mosbacher , Joachim Wolff |
| 100 | July 15, 1962 | Time of the offense: 11:40 a.m. | Jörn P. Schröder | SO Wagner | Walter Klam, Erich Dunskus , Raimund Harmstorf , Kurt Klopsch |
| 101 | July 29, 1962 | Only space for four ... | Nicolaus Hix | SO Wagner | Dieter Borsche , Lawrence Winters , Wilhelm Semmelroth , Lothar Grützner |
| 102 | August 12, 1962 | Call the Belvedere | Irmgard Köster | SO Wagner | Otto Kurth, Günther Jerschke, Wolfgang Borchert, Katharina Treller |
| 103 | August 26, 1962 | A mysterious break-in | R. Holl | SO Wagner | Gerd Martienzen, Herbert AE Böhme, Hans Irle, Hela Gruel |
| 104 | September 9, 1962 | heroin | J. Paul | SO Wagner | Holger Hagen, Helmut Peine, Eric Schildkraut, Siegfried Wald |
| 105 | September 23, 1962 | Under green trees | R. Holl | SO Wagner | Harry Gondi , Erna Nitter, Günther Schramm, Bruno Vahl-Berg |
| 106 | October 7, 1962 | A shot in Studio 9 | Nicolaus Hix | SO Wagner | Ullrich Haupt , Lothar Grützner, Günther Stoll , Gudrun Thielemann |
| 107 | October 21, 1962 | The revolver | R. Holl | SO Wagner | Erwin Linder, Horst Michael Neutze , Andreas von der Meden , Liane Hielscher |
| 108 | 4th November 1962 | The amateur | Irmgard Köster | SO Wagner | Utz Richter , Harry Gondi, Eva Fiebig, Heinz Pieper |
| 109 | December 16, 1962 | The skeleton in the bog | Renata Requart | SO Wagner | Heinz Klevenow, Armas Sten Fühler, Willy Witte, Marina Ried |
| 110 | December 30, 1962 | I was wrong | Nicolaus Hix | SO Wagner | Günther Schramm, Robert Meyn, Fabian Wander, Karl Fleischer |
| 111 | January 13, 1963 | Death travels with the circus | Harald Vock | SO Wagner | Kurt Klopsch, Karl John , Friedrich Schütter, Ann Höling |
| 112 | August 11, 1963 | The inheritance | Irmgard Köster | SO Wagner | Peter Lehmbrock, Marga Maasberg, Hans Tügel, Jo Wegener |
| 113 | August 25, 1963 | The divorce | Lillian Aye | SO Wagner | Emmy Percy-Wüstenhagen, Hermann Lenschau, Klaus Höhne, Joachim Wolff |
| 114 | September 8, 1963 | Sweet home | Günther Dahmen | SO Wagner | Gerd Martienzen, Helmut Peine, Verena Wiet |
| 115 | September 22, 1963 | The Tour | Lillian Aye | SO Wagner | Bruno Klockmann, Bruno Dietrich , Rudolf Möller, Hartmut Reck |
| 116 | December 29, 1963 | The girl Rose-Li | R. Holl | SO Wagner | Marina Ried, Siegfried Wald, Franz Rudnick , Edgar Maschmann |
| 117 | March 8, 1964 | The Corsican gang | Joachim Jomeyer | SO Wagner | Rudolf Fenner, Uwe Friedrichsen, Hans Irle, Benno Gellenbeck |
| 118 | May 18, 1964 | The gourmet | Irmgard Köster | SO Wagner | Manfred Steffen, Kurt Mühlhardt , Harry Gondi, Liselotte Willführ |
| 119 | May 31, 1964 | Mrs. Wymore's strange fear | Jochen Schöberl | SO Wagner | Bernhard Minetti , Marlene Riphahn, Manfred Steffen, Marina Ried |
| 120 | June 14, 1964 | The trap | Lillian Aye | SO Wagner | Günther Jerschke, Norbert Skalden , Erich Weiher, Bruno Vahl-Berg |
| 121 | June 28, 1964 | Circumstantial evidence | Irmgard Köster | SO Wagner | Marga Maasberg, Hartmut Reck, Robert Meyn, Rudolf Fenner |
| 122 | July 12, 1964 | mania | Lillian Aye | SO Wagner | Helmut Peine, Hanns Lothar, Hans Musäus , Fabian Wander |
| 123 | July 26, 1964 | money | Lillian Aye | SO Wagner | Willy Witte, Jo Wegener, Mita von Ahlefeldt, Kurt Klopsch |
| 124 | 23rd August 1964 | The voice from the grave | Agatha Christie | SO Wagner | Verena Wiet, Franz Schafheitlin, Marina Ried, Erna Nitter |
| 125 | October 18, 1964 | Bock as a gardener | Joachim Jomeyer | SO Wagner | Karl Fleischer, Rudolf Beiswanger , Inken Sommer, Günther Dockerill |
| 126 | November 29, 1964 | Salon Frederico | Jürgen Paul | SO Wagner | Erwin Linder, Horst Beck, Herbert Steinmetz, Reinhold Nietschmann |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans-Jürgen Krug: Novels for the ear , Hamburger Abendblatt dated June 30, 2000 , accessed on October 25, 2015