Martin Grams, Jr.

Martin Grams Jr. (born April 19, 1977) is a radio historian who has written extensively on radio, television and films.

Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Grams is the son of magician Martin Grams Sr. and librarian Mary Pat Grams. Educated at South Eastern School District in York County, Pennsylvania, he graduated from Kennard-Dale High School in Fawn Grove, Pennsylvania, in 1995. He worked a variety of jobs from factory labor to banking before settling on a writing career.

Since 1998, Grams has documented broadcasting in the 20th century in his books: Suspense: Twenty Years of Thrills and Chills (1998) was followed by The History of the Cavalcade of America (1999) about the Dupont-sponsored radio and television program of the same name. After The CBS Radio Mystery Theater, co-authored with Gordon Payton for McFarland Publishers, Grams followed with Radio Drama (McFarland), The Have Gun – Will Travel Companion, co-authored with Les Rayburn, and The Alfred Hitchcock Presents Companion (OTR Publishing, 2000), a 660-page survey of Alfred Hitchcock Presents with a complete episode guide.

Francis M. Nevins and Grams teamed for The Sound of Detection: Ellery Queen's Adventures in Radio, a revision of the 1981 study by Nevins and Ray Stanich. In the spring of 2013, both Nevins and Grams announced that an expanded edition was in the works for a 2015 publication. Inner Sanctum Mysteries: Behind the Creaking Door covered both the radio and TV series with an appendix on all of Simon & Schuster's mystery novels, three short stories based on uncirculating radio programs, plus a chapter about the Inner Sanctum movies penned by Gregory William Mank.

After the limited edition Invitation to Learning (OTR Publishing), Grams wrote The I Love A Mystery Companion, unearthing never-before-published material by Carlton E. Morse. The book covers I Love A Mystery, I Love Adventure, Adventures by Morse, Captain Post, The Return of Captain Post, The Cobra King Strikes Back, The Witch of Endor, The House of Myths and others.

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