Category: Places

In one month: Charlie Chan, The Chinese-Hawaiian Detective from Warren, Ohio!

This young man is so excited he soiled his nappy! We're exactly one month away as members of Webmaster Rush Glick's The Charlie Chan Family Home head to Warren, Ohio to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Author Earl Derr Biggers' literary and film creation, Detective Charlie Chan. The following two public events are schedule for … Continue reading In one month: Charlie Chan, The Chinese-Hawaiian Detective from Warren, Ohio! →

August 14-17, Celebrate Charlie Chan: The Chinese-Hawaiian Detective out of Warren, Ohio.

Finally, after many years of meeting online to chat and view a Detective Charlie Chan film, members of the Charlie Chan Family Home have decided it's time once again to meet and break bread in person! In honor of the 100th Anniversary of Author Earl Derr Biggers' literary Detective Charlie Chan, Warren, Ohio will be … Continue reading August 14-17, Celebrate Charlie Chan: The Chinese-Hawaiian Detective out of Warren, Ohio. →

Win BIG! Play the ponies at Australia’s Melbourne Cup with Charlie Chan.

I believe it started around 20 years ago, when Charlie Chan Family Home Webmaster (and apparent Tycoon) Mr. Rush Glick started giving away a cash-prize each November during Australia's Melbourne Cup Horse Race: the price of a bet...IT'S FREE! Each year, the first Tuesday of November (November 7th this year) Australians gather for the Melbourne … Continue reading Win BIG! Play the ponies at Australia’s Melbourne Cup with Charlie Chan. →

Mission Improbable: Slovakia & The Czech Repubic to find the four lost Chan Films

Good morning Mr./Ms. (your name here.) Your mission is to take a team to Slovakia and The Czech Republic to locate and retrieve the remaining lost Charlie Chan films. The following was intercepted surrounding the film Charlie Chan in Paris on Rush Glick's Charlie Chan Family Home site and explains why: "...Charlie Chan in Paris was … Continue reading Mission Improbable: Slovakia & The Czech Repubic to find the four lost Chan Films →

This December a Grand Lady turns 80: The USS Arizona, Pearl Harbor, HI

In Charlie Chan in Panama (1940) the USS Arizona can be seen sailing through The Panama Canal. On film, Detective Charlie Chan was there to thwart efforts by suspect foreign agents to sabotage the U.S. Fleet. However, even he couldn't protect this Lady from the deadly surprise attack to actually take place the following year...in … Continue reading This December a Grand Lady turns 80: The USS Arizona, Pearl Harbor, HI →

Need a place to write that mystery? Seven Keys Lodge in Colorado has a history of mystery!

This month we're celebrating Ohio Author Earl Derr Biggers 137th birthday (August 26, 1884) with a look at Seven Keys Lodge in Estes Park, Colorado. The lodge bears tribute to Biggers, but one surprisingly not related to his fictional Detective Charlie Chan! Rather, built in 1917 it pays homage to Biggers' first successful mystery novel, … Continue reading Need a place to write that mystery? Seven Keys Lodge in Colorado has a history of mystery! →

A 70-year old Hawaiian tradition; one I sorely miss!

Heading to Hawaii anytime soon? Skip the Luau and try The Friends of the Library of Hawaii bookstore sale in Kakaako on the Island of Oahu! While living 14 years on the islands, I looked forward to this annual event like Christmas or a birthday. One of the oldest continuously running book sales in the … Continue reading A 70-year old Hawaiian tradition; one I sorely miss! →

Everyone remembers their first time! Mine–October 2012.

This year the 51st Anniversary Bouchercon is being held Virtually, October 16 - 17, 2020 from Sacramento California. So I'm breaking my once-monthly blog rule to share my first time with you... The fall of 2012, I attended my first Bouchercon (famed world mystery convention.) I was ecstatic it was being held in my hometown … Continue reading Everyone remembers their first time! Mine–October 2012. →

Charlie Chan's trip to China – March 22, 1936!

Buried deep within the annals of mystery fiction, it is written Detective Charlie Chan was once as recognized a fictional character as Superman, Tarzan, or Mickey Mouse. Within literature he emerged as one of America's first, new breed of detectives--on par with S. S. Van Dine's Detective Philo Vance, Dashiell Hammett's The Continental Op, Sam … Continue reading Charlie Chan's trip to China – March 22, 1936! →