Category: Mystery Special

George Murphy
A police scientist uses his experimental lie detector to try and solve a series of thefts at a woman’s college dormitory.

Original Air Date: February 5, 1948

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Dragnet, Martin and Lewis, Mystery Special, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

EP2054s: Martin and Lewis: Guest Jack Webb

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Martin and Lewis

Jack Webb guest stars on Martin and Lewis as they do a fairy tale version of Dragnet.

Original Air Date: January 13, 1953

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Mystery Special, NBC, NBC University Theater, OTR Detective, Podcast

EP2000s: NBC University Theater: Trent’s Last Case

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Dan O'Herlihy

Amateur detective Philip Trent tells the story of the case that ended his detective career.

Original Air Date: July 30, 1950

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Mystery Special, OTR Detective, Podcast, Screen Guild Theatre

EP1904s: Screen Guild Theatre: Whistling in Dixie

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Red Skelton
Wally “The Fox” Benton goes down South to solve the murder of a woman’s boyfriend.

Original Air Date: May 17, 1943

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Lady Sleuths, Mystery Special, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

EP1877: Screen Director’s Playhouse: Spellbound

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Mercedes McCambridge
A psychiatrist tries to unravel the mystery of a man who believes he murdered another psychiatrist. Will she find out the truth or become his next victim.

Original Air Date: January 25, 1951

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CBS, Mystery Special, OTR Detective, Podcast, Suspense

EP1850s: Suspense: A Killing in Abilene

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Alan Ladd

A man travels from Abilene to find his brother’s killer and arrives in a small town where the man he’s looking for is about to be lynched.

Original Air Date: December 14, 1950

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CBS, Mystery Special, OTR Detective, Podcast, Suspense

EP1818: The Suspense: The Moonstone, Part Two

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The search for the Moonstone is on. Mister Blake is helping lead the search and receiving an angry reaction from Rachel, who leaves the house refusing to speak to him.

Original Air Date: November 23, 1953

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CBS, Mystery Special, OTR Detective, Podcast, Suspense

EP1812: Suspsense: The Moonstone, Part One

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Peter Lawford

A young man delivers an Indian diamond to his cousin on her birthday, a diamond that brings woe to the entire house.

Original Air Date: November 16, 1953

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CBS, Lux Radio Theatre, Mystery Special, Podcast

EP1802s: Lux Radio Theatre: Crack Up

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Pat O'Brien

A lecturer at a museum is in a train wreck, but wakes up to find out that there hasn’t been a train wreck and he can’t even prove he bought a ticket.

Original Air Date: December 30, 1946

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Murder Clinic, Mutual, Mystery Special, Podcast

EP1700s: Murder Clinic: Death in the Dressing Room

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Roland Winters

H.M. Merrivale investigates the death of a dancer and crook in her dressing room.

Original Air Date: September 29, 1942

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ABC, Mystery Special, Podcast

EP1652s: Theater 5: The Button Stealers

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A former spy is drawn into a web of an intrigue when a colleague turns to him for help in preventing American intelligence from falling into the wrong hands.

Original Air Date: January 11, 1965

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