Category: Forgotten Detectives

EP2632: That Strong Guy Guy: The Paper Chase

An escaped killer kidnaps Strong’s secretary Sandra and sends Strong on a chase where he must follow clues to find her.

Original Air Date: Sometime in the mid-1950s, most likely 1955

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EP2626: That Strong Guy: Trapeze Artist

A trapeze artist fears she’s going to be murdered by one of her trapeze partners or her husband and hires Steve to protect her.

Original Air Date: Mid-1950s (probably 1955)

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EP2620: That Strong Guy: Fighter

The sister of a prize fighter hires Strong because she fears a promoter has gotten her brother into a fight that will get him killed.

Original: Sometime in the mid-1950s (probably 1955)

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EP2614: That Strong Guy: Bottle of Death

A pharmacist turns to Steve Strong to find a bottle of cyanide that was inadvertently sold as a bottle of aspirin.

Original Air Date: Mid-1950s (probably 1955)

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EP2608: That Strong Guy: The Temple of Horror

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Steve Strong stumbles into a murder in the country and is then tied up and held in hopes he can’t give evidence at the trial.

Original Air Date: Mid-1950s (probably 1955)

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EP2518: Man From Homicide: The Lucille Forbes Case

Dan Duryea

A woman is found dead with her wrists slit. Dana suspects murder.

Original Air Date: August 17, 1951
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EP2512: Man From Homicide: The Steve Morton Case

Dan Duryea

A wealthy man is found shot in the face with both barrels of a shotgun.

Original Air Date: August 27, 1951

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EP2506: Man From Homicide: The Wee Willie Barnes Case

Dan Duryea

Lieutenant Dana investigates the murder of a hood who was about to testify before the crime commission.

Original Air Date: August 20, 1951

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EP2500: Man from Homicide: The Drowned Girl case

Dan Duryea

The body of a young woman is dragged from the river and a policeman said he saw her jump in, but Lieutenant Dana doesn’t believe it was suicide.

Original Air Date: August 6, 1951

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EP2494: Man from Homicide: The Eddie Kent Case

Dan Duryea
The wife of a wanted hood returns to town, so the police expect the hood to follow. However, Lieutenant Dana smells a setup.

Original Air Date: July 23, 1951

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EP2488: The Man from Homicide: The Muriel Smith Case

Dan Duryea

Lieutenant Dana investigates the death of a nightclub singer.

Original Air Date: June 25, 1951

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EP2104: Hollywood Mystery Time: Murder by Coincidence

Dennis O'Keefe
A wealthy man warns Ted and Gloria that someone is going to kill him.

Original Air Date: August 19, 1945

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EP2098: Hollywood Mystery Time: Hot and Low Down

Dennis O'Keefe

A police captain friend asks Ted and Gloria to persuade his brother not to become a policeman while they investigate the strange deaths of two policemen.

Original Air Date: July 29, 1945

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EP2092: Hollywood Mystery Time: The Case of the Glowing Eyes

Carleton Young

During a performance, a  dancer is nearly blinded when someone tampers with her special effects paint and it’s up to Ted Lawton to solve the case.

Original Air Date: May 20, 1945

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EP1901: Defense Attorney: Client: Joshua Masters

Mecedes McCambridge
An elderly wealthy man asks Martha Ellis Bryant to find out which of his sons want to kill him and then one of his sons is killed.

Original Air Date: April 10, 1952

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