Category: NBC

Todays Mystery: Friday and Romero have less than half an hour to stop a man who’s thratening to blow up City Hall unless the police release his brother.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 21, 1948

Originated from Hollywood

Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, Raymond Burr as Ed Backstrand, Chief of Detectives, Herb Butterfield as Lieutenant Lee Jones

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Dangerous Assignment, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Dangerous Assignment: Ghost Hunters (EP4193)

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Today’s Mystery:

Steve goes to Darwin, Australia, because a man who offered the U.S. information on the location of a World War II traitor has been murdered.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 10, 1952

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, Kay Stewart, Dan O’Herliy, Don Morrisson, Ben Wright

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Sam Spade

Sam Spade: The Sinister Siren Caper (EP4191)

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Steve Dunne

Today’s Mystery:

A man hires Spade after receiving an ominous warning that his life is in peril from a dangerous red-headed woman.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 16, 1951

Originated from Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: Production 6 (aka: The Red Light Bandit) (EP4190)

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Todays Mystery:

Friday and Romero search for a man who robs and beats up innocent citizens while impersonating a police officer.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 14, 1949

Originated from Hollywood

Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, Raymond Burr as Ed Backstrand, Chief of Detectives, Barney Phillips

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Dangerous Assignment, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Dangerous Assignment: Nazi Fugitive-Captain Shiller (EP4187)

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Today’s Mystery:

Steve goes to Dakar in West Africa in search of a supposedly dead Nazi sea captain who was a key part of the Fuhrer’s escape plan.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 3, 1951

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Sam Spade

Sam Spade: The Spanish Prisoner Caper (EP4185)

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Steve Dunne

Today’s Mystery:

Sam tries to help a retired teacher who lost $1,000 to an old con game.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 9, 1951

Originated from Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, Ed Mack, Verna Felton, Lou Merrill, Tony Barrett, Shirley Mitchell, Nester Paiva, Jerry Hausner

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: Production 5 (aka: The Helen Corday Murder) (EP4184)

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Todays Mystery:

Friday and Romero investigate the brutal murder of a twenty-one-year-old woman in a vacant lot.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 7, 1949

Originated from Hollywood

Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, Raymond Burr as Ed Backstrand, Chief of Detectives, Stacy Harris, Hans Conreid

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