Category: OTR Detective

EP2292: Boston Blackie: The Apartment Swindle Racket

Richard Kollmar

A soldier asks for Blackie’s help when he realizes he’s been swindled by promoters of an apartment building who are taking more down payments than they have apartments to rent.

Original Air Date: September 17, 1946

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EP2291: Richard Diamond: The Chapel Hill Case

Dick Powell

Diamond and Lieutenant Levinson travel to a police conference in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and meet a police woman who is murdered on the train.

Original Air Date: December 13, 1950

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EP2290: Bishop and the Gargoyle: The Jennifer Botts Case

Ken Lynch and Richard Gordon

The Gargoyle brings to the Bishop a young woman from a small town who has been ripped off by a con man. The Bishop sets out to get her money back, but finds the con man dead and himself and the Gargoyle involved in a mystery over a missing ruby.

Original Air Date: July 14, 1940

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EP2289: Night Beat: The Search for Fred

Frank Lovejoy

A woman’s dog has died of rabies, and she turns to Randy to help find a man the dog had bitten five days before.

Original Air Date: June 8, 1951

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EP2288s: Sherlock Holmes: The Elusive Agent, Part Two

Holmes and Watson head to the Continent to recover the stolen half of the British tank plans.

Original Air Date: March 28, 1949

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EP2288: Dragnet: The Big Tear

Jack Webb

Friday searches for a burglar who has robbed dozens of houses.

Original Air Date: September 11, 1952

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EP2287: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Tahoe Twins Matter

Bob Bailey

Johnny has to figure out which of two twin young men murdered their uncle for his insurance.

Original Air Date: October 16, 1960

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EP2286: Boston Blackie: The Backstage Murder

Richard Kollmar

Blackie takes on a part in The Makato for charity but finds himself investigating a murder.

Original Air Date: September 10, 1946

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EP2285: Richard Diamond: The Mona Lisa Murder

Dick Powell

A rich art collector hires Diamond to find grounds for him to divorce his art-hating wife and is then found murdered.

Original Air Date: November 15, 1950

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EP2284: That Hammer Guy: Dead Dame in Central Park

Ted de Corsia
Hammer meets a mysterious woman in Central Park and wakes up next to her dead body and is at risk of being charged with murder.

Original Air Date: April 27, 1954

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EP2283: Night Beat: The Will of Mrs. Orloff

Frank Lovejoy

Randy sees a cleaning woman die before his eyes and searches for her son to let him know.

Original Air Date: June 1, 1951

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EP2282s: Sherlock Holmes: The Elusive Agent, Part One

Holmes is called in to investigate when the plans for a prototype tank are stolen from a naval officer who is murdered on his honeymoon.

Original Air Date: March 21, 1948

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EP2282: Dragnet: The Big Ray

Jack Webb
Friday investigates a man who suffered a routine heart attack, but a statement from his 9 year-old son changes the investigation.

Original Air Date: September 4, 1952

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EP2281: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Recompense Matter

Bob Bailey

Johnny flies to Florida at the request of a dying fishing guide who has something to tell Johnny about a murder.

Original Air Date: October 9, 1960

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EP2280: Boston Blackie: The Stolen Radway’s Faust

Richard Kollmar

A guard passes out and in the confusion, someone steals a valuable copy of Faust.

Original Air Date: September 3, 1946

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