Astrid Fünderich & Klaus-Dieter Mayer

Astrid Fünderich and Klaus-Dieter Mayer present highlights from the long-running youth mystery series, accompanied by music inspired by criminology.
Since the 1960s, the detective stories featuring “The Three Investigators”—Justus Jonas, Peter Shaw, and Bob Andrews—have achieved cult status across several generations. First in the U.S., then in Germany.
Today’s adults who grew up in the ’70s, ’80s (and ’90s) with their ears glued to cassette recorders refer to themselves as “cassette kids.”
Soko Stuttgart Detective Astrid Fünderich reads from “The Three Investigators” books from that era and shares a few little anecdotes about how the stories came to be. Musician, singer, and entertainer Klaus-Dieter Mayer accompanies her on guitar—the perfect complement, with some “murderous” ulterior motives.
Let yourself be transported back to the old, almost analog days.

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