The Case of the Lamp That Went Out

Auguste Groner (1850 - 1929)
Translated by Grace Isabel Colbron (1869 - 1948)

"The Case of the Lamp That Went Out" is one of the earlier Joseph Muller stories by Austrian author, Auguste Groner, originally published in German in 1899. The English translation was published in 1910 in a collection of five detective stories in "Joseph Muller: Detective - Being the Account of Some Adventures in the Professional Experience of a Member of the Imperial Austrian Police." The body of a well-dressed man is found in a vacant lot early one morning. With very few clues and no witnesses, it is up to Muller to sort out the true reason for the crime and identify the murderer. - Summary by J. M. Smallheer

Genre(s): Detective Fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Introduction to Joe Muller J. M. Smallheer
00:05:17
Play 01 The Discovery J. M. Smallheer
00:13:25
Play 02 The Broken Willow Twig J. M. Smallheer
00:15:23
Play 03 The Evening Paper J. M. Smallheer
00:11:14
Play 04 Speak Well of the Dead J. M. Smallheer
00:19:40
Play 05 By a Thread J. M. Smallheer
00:09:22
Play 06 Almost Convicted J. M. Smallheer
00:20:20
Play 07 The Face at the Gate J. M. Smallheer
00:36:43
Play 08 Johann Knoll Remembers Something Else J. M. Smallheer
00:18:36
Play 09 The Electrician J. M. Smallheer
00:30:13
Play 10 Muller Returns to the Thorne Mansion J. M. Smallheer
00:14:46
Play 11 In the Police Court J. M. Smallheer
00:09:48
Play 12 On the Lido J. M. Smallheer
00:22:21