Dr. Paul Gironda, the developer of a process for making synthetic gold, has disappeared and super-detective Craig Kennedy is determined to find him. Once on the case, it soon becomes apparent that the villain responsible for the kidnapping is Kennedy's old arch-enemy, the Clutching Hand! Joined by his trusty two-fisted sidekick, reporter Walter Jameson, Craig Kennedy must survive innumerable traps set for him at every turn. Will Kennedy recover Dr. Gironda and the gold synthesis formula? Will he learn the secret identity of the Clutching Hand? (1936 - Weiss Productions)

Craig Kennedy is a Sherlock Holmes-like character created by journalist and criminologist Arthur B. Reeve. Most of the Craig Kennedy stories were published in Cosmopolitan Magazine in the 1910s.

After graduating from Princeton, Reeve became a journalist interested in crime solving technology. After writing a few non-fiction articles on forensics, he created the character Professor Craig Kennedy, who used some real scientific techniques and some imaginary to solve crime. During WWII, Reeve opened a crime detection laboratory in Washington, D.C. to further the science of crime fighting. (Source: The Old Time Radio Catalog Website - http://www.otrcat.com/clutching-hand-p-48645.html)

THE CLUTCHING HAND was the last serial produced by the Weiss brothers. It was directed by Albert Herman, who also directed THE BLACK COIN for Weiss Productions and THE WHISPERING SHADOW for Mascot Pictures.