Craig Kennedy


Professor Craig Kennedy is a fictional detective created by Arthur B. Reeve.

Description

Kennedy is a scientist detective at Columbia University similar to Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Thorndyke. He uses his knowledge of chemistry and psychoanalysis to solve cases, and uses exotic devices in his work such as lie detectors, gyroscopes, and portable seismographs. Like Dr. Watson from the Holmes tales and Dr. Jervis from the Thorndyke stories, a companion to Kennedy, reporter Walter Jameson, narrates the stories.

Publication

Kennedy first appeared in the December 1910 issue of Cosmopolitan, in "The Case of Helen Bond." He ultimately made 82 appearances in Cosmopolitan, the last coming in the August 1918 issue. Twelve stories were reprinted in the first collection, and this continued, but soon the stories were fixed up into a novel, and some were adaptations of movie serials.
He returned for many short stories in magazines as various as The Popular Magazine, Detective Story Magazine, Country Gentleman, Everybody's Magazine, and Flynn's, as well as in 26 novels. Through the 1920s, he became more of a typical detective. Craig Kennedy appeared in a number of 1930s pulp magazines, Complete Detective Novel Magazine, Dime Detective, Popular Detective, Weird Tales, and World Man Hunters, but many of these appear to be ghost-written as they lack the style and flavor of the teen-era Craig Kennedy stories. A series of six Craig Kennedy stories in early issues of Popular Detective are known to have been unsold novelettes rewritten by A. T. Locke.

Books

  1. The Silent Bullet
  2. The Poisoned Pen
  3. Constance Dunlap
  4. The Dream Doctor
  5. Guy Garrick
  6. The Death House
  7. The War Terror
  8. The Gold of the Gods
  9. The Exploits of Elaine adaption of movie serial
  10. The Social Gangster
  11. The Ear in the Wall
  12. The Romance of Elaine adaption of movie serial
  13. The Triumph of Elaine
  14. The Treasure Train
  15. The Adventuress
  16. The Panama Plot
  17. The Soul Scar
  18. The Film Mystery adaption of Houdini movie serial
  19. The Bacteriological Detective
  20. Craig Kennedy Listens In
  21. Atavar, the Dream Dancer
  22. The Fourteen Points
  23. The Boy Scouts' Craig Kennedy
  24. Craig Kennedy on the Farm
  25. The Radio Detective
  26. Pandora
  27. The Kidnap Club
  28. The Clutching Hand
  29. Enter Craig Kennedy
  30. ''The Stars Scream Murder''

    Stories

  31. The Case of Helen Bond Dec 1910
  32. The Silent Bullet Jan 1911
  33. The Bacteriological Detective Feb 1911
  34. The Story of The Deadly Tube Mar 1911
  35. The Seismograph Adventure Apr 1911
  36. The Diamond Maker May 1911
  37. The Azure Ring Jun 1911
  38. A Spontaneous Combustion Jul 1911
  39. The Terror in the Air Aug 1911
  40. The Black Hand Sep 1911
  41. The Artificial Paradise Oct 1911
  42. The Steel Door Nov 1911
  43. The Sand-Hog Dec 1911
  44. The Bacillus of Death Jan 1912
  45. The Master Counterfeiter Feb 1912
  46. The Firebug Mar 1912
  47. The Yeggman Apr 1912
  48. The Green-Goods King May 1912
  49. The Poisoned Pen May 1912
  50. The White Slave Jun 1912
  51. The Treasure Vault Jul 1912
  52. The Forger Jul 1912
  53. The Unofficial Spy Aug 1912
  54. The Smuggler Sep 1912
  55. The Invisible Ray Oct 1912
  56. The Campaign Grafter Nov 1912
  57. The Kleptomaniac Dec 1912
  58. The Opium Joint Jan 1913
  59. The Vampire Feb 1913
  60. The Death Thought Apr 1913
  61. The Green Curse Apr 1913
  62. The Sybarite May 1913
  63. The Phantom Circuit Jun 1913
  64. The Elixir of Life Jul 1913
  65. The Dream Doctor Aug 1913
  66. The Death House Sep 1913
  67. The Submarine Mystery Oct 1913
  68. The Bomb-Maker Nov 1913
  69. The Ghouls Dec 1913
  70. The Scientific Gunman Jan 1914
  71. Guy Garrick 1914
  72. The Air-Pirate Jan 1914
  73. The Abduction Club Feb 1914
  74. The Billionaire Baby Feb 1914
  75. The Radium Robber Mar 1914
  76. The Eugenic Bride Apr 1914
  77. The Terrorists May 1914
  78. The Dead-Line May 1914
  79. The Curio Shop Jun 1914
  80. The Germ Letter Jul 1914
  81. The Wireless Wire-Tappers Aug 1914
  82. The Family Skeleton Sep 1914
  83. The Devil-Worshipers Oct 1914
  84. Happy Dust Nov 1914
  85. The Murder Syndicate Dec 1914
  86. The Stolen War-Secret Dec 1914
  87. The Diamond-Queen Jan 1915
  88. The X-Ray Detective Feb 1915
  89. The Tango Thief Mar 1915
  90. The Supertoxin Apr 1915
  91. The Sixth Sense May 1915
  92. The Absolute Zero Jun 1915
  93. The Sleep-Maker Jul 1915
  94. The Evil Eye Aug 1915
  95. The House of Death Sep 1915
  96. The Demon Engine Oct 1915
  97. The Social Gangster Nov 1915
  98. The Voodoo Mystery Dec 1915
  99. The Treasure-Train Jan 1916
  100. The Truth-Detector Mar 1916
  101. The Soul-Analysis May 1916
  102. The Mystic Poisoner Jun 1916
  103. The Phantom Destroyer Jul 1916
  104. The Beauty-Mask Aug 1916
  105. The Love-Meter Sep 1916
  106. The Vital Principle Oct 1916
  107. The Submarine Mine Nov 1916
  108. The Rubber Dagger Dec 1916
  109. The Gun-Runner Jan 1917
  110. The Sunken Treasure Feb 1917
  111. The Love-Philter Apr 1917
  112. The Panama Plot May 1917
  113. The Black Diamond Jun 1917
  114. The Bitter Water Jul 1917
  115. The Nitrate King Aug 1917
  116. The Coca Gang Oct 1917
  117. The Phantom Parasite Nov 1917
  118. The Door of Dread Jan 1918
  119. The Black Cross Feb 1918
  120. The Psychic Scar Apr 1918
  121. The Star-Shell May 1918
  122. The Film Murder Jun 1918
  123. The Film Tragedy Jul 1918
  124. The Treason Trust Jul 1918
  125. The Sinister Shadow Aug 1918
  126. The Love-Game Aug 1918
  127. The Soul Scar Sep 1918
  128. The Green Death 1918
  129. Thicker Than Water Sep 1923
  130. The Radio Detective Oct 1923
  131. Dead Men Tell Tales Oct 1923
  132. The Radio Wraith Nov 1923
  133. The Hawk Dec 1923
  134. Deep-Sea Treasure Jan 1924
  135. The Jazz Addict Jan 1924
  136. The Counterfeit Beauty Feb 1924
  137. A Son of the North Woods Feb 1924
  138. The Polar Flight of ZR-10 Mar 1924
  139. The Honour System May 1924
  140. The Greatest Mystery Jul 1924
  141. The Return of the Bon Homme Richard Jul 1924
  142. TheFrozen Paper Aug 1924
  143. The Elements: Air Sep 1924
  144. The Ghost Chase Sep 1924
  145. Synthetic Love Sep 1924
  146. The Elements: Fire Oct 1924
  147. The Elements: Earth Oct 1924
  148. The Hypocrites Oct 1924
  149. The Elements: Water Nov 1924
  150. The Fumes of Folly Nov 1924
  151. The Voice in the Dark Nov 1924
  152. The Barn-Burner Dec 1924
  153. The Compass: North Dec 1924
  154. The Compass: East Dec 1924
  155. The Compass: South Jan 1925
  156. The Compass: West Jan 1925
  157. The Six Senses: Sight Jan 1925
  158. The Gas Tramp Jan 1925
  159. The Six Senses: Smell Feb 1925
  160. The Six Senses: Taste Feb 1925
  161. The Six Senses: Touch Feb 1925
  162. The Six Senses: Hearing Feb 1925
  163. The Six Senses: The "Sixth" Sense Mar 1925
  164. Woman's Wiles Mar 1925
  165. The Long Arm Apr 1925
  166. Land Poor May 1925
  167. Revenge May 1925
  168. Dead Beets Aug 1925
  169. Harvest Home Nov 1925
  170. Pandora, or: the World Tomorrow Jan 1926
  171. Craig Kennedy Gets His Girl Jul 1928
  172. Craig Kennedy Gets the Dope Jul 1928
  173. Craig Kennedy and the Model Aug 1928
  174. Craig Kennedy and the Ghost Aug 1928
  175. Blood Will Tell Sep 1928
  176. Radiant Doom Oct 1928
  177. The Dead Line Oct 1928
  178. Craig Kennedy Splits Hairs Oct 1928
  179. The Christmas Case Dec 1928
  180. The Mystery Ray Feb 1929
  181. The Beauty Wrecker Mar 1929
  182. Poisoned Music Aug 1929
  183. The Crime Student Sep 1929
  184. The Gigolo Mystery Oct 1929
  185. The Mystery of the Phantom Voice Nov 1929
  186. The House of a Hundred Murders Dec 1929
  187. The Mystery in the Mire Jan 1930
  188. The Mystery of the Bulawayo Diamond Jan 1930
  189. The Kidnap Club Apr 1932
  190. Death in the Cards May 1932
  191. The Junior League Murder Jun 1932
  192. Murder Under the Southern Cross July 1932
  193. Murder Never Dies Aug 1932
  194. Murder in Green Sep 1932
  195. Murder on the Mike Dec 1932
  196. Murder in the Tourist Camp Dec 1932
  197. The Electric War Sep 1933
  198. The Golden Grave Oct 1933
  199. The Inca Dagger Jan 1934
  200. Murder at Night Aug 1934
  201. The Death Cry May 1935

    Adaptations

The character's name was spoofed in 1916 by Douglas Fairbanks, who played "Coke Ennyday" in the cocaine comedy film and Sherlock Holmes sendup The Mystery of the Leaping Fish.
Detective Craig Kennedy was also played by Arnold Daly in the 1914 film serial The Exploits of Elaine as well as its 1915 sequel, The New Exploits of Elaine.
Herbert Rawlinson portrayed Craig Kennedy in the silent serial film The Carter Case. Robert Warwick took the role in the early sound film Unmasked. Jack Mulhall played Kennedy in the serial The Clutching Hand for the Weiss Brothers, who also produced the 1951 television series Craig Kennedy, Criminologist, which was based on the same character. Donald Woods portrayed Craig Kennedy in the television series.