When Ida's father, Nick, suddenly dies, she returns to the big city to close down his detective agency. Ida discovers Nick's notes on his last case, The Maltese Goddess, a stolen statue originally from Malta. Attempting to solve the mystery, her search takes her to a voodoo shop run by Madame LaRue and a cult known as The Sisters. The cult uses the statue in a dangerous ritual where an initiate allows herself to be bitten by a snake, the poison causes hallucinatory visions and supposedly contact with the spirit world. Ida encounters others interested in the Maltese Goddess; the rich and eccentric Courtland Van Rhetchen III, Fingers Funoccio, and old mobster friend of Nick's; McNulty the cop; and the unsavory Shoes. Set in the late 1930's, the story pays homage as well as spoofs the old black and white film noire detective movies.

The entire production was recorded in digital kunstkopf binaural 3 D sound. To create the film noir feeling, it was recorded like a movie, out on location in the buildings, streets, old cars and cellars where the story takes place.

1 COMPACT DISC - 75 Minutes - Publisher, ZBS Foundation (1994)

List $15.00