 The role of Ann Williams was portrayed throughout most of the run of the series (as well as the "Casey, Crime Photographer" television series) by Jan Miner, perhaps best remembered as "Madge" the manicurist on "Palmolive's" television soap commercials from the 1960s and 1970s..Begun as over 20 popular short stories in "Black Mask", there were films and novels before the stories were brought to radio under various names.