Category: OTR Detective

EP2004: Boston Blackie: Imitation Diamond Bracelet

Richard Kollmar

A jeweler friend of Blackie’s finds an expensive diamond has been replaced with a copy.

Original Air Date: October 11, 1945

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EP2003: Richard Diamond: The Two Thousand Dollar Bundle

Dick Powell

Two thugs show up demanding Diamond tell them where a bundle is, but Diamond doesn’t know what they’re talking about and receives a beating for it.

Original Air Date: September 24, 1949

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EP2002: The Line Up: Wacky Williams’ Wooftop Wrangle

William Johnstone
A disturbed man is holding bar patrons hostage.

Original Air Date: May 20, 1952

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EP2001: Michael Shayne: The Case of the Mail-Order Murder

Jeff Chandler

A man hires Shayne after receiving a note threatening his life.

Original Air Date: Sometime in 1948

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EP2000s: NBC University Theater: Trent’s Last Case

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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EP2000: Dragnet: The Big September Man

Jack Webb
Friday and Romero investigate the brutal killing of a beautiful woman.

Original Air Date: September 27, 1951

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EP1999: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Double Identity Matter

Bob Bailey
Several men have died of apparent accidents. However, Johnny’s old friend Lieutenant Randy Singer of the NYPD becomes suspicious when he finds they were all married to the same woman, Johnny’s steady girlfriend Betty Lewis.

Original Air Date: October 18, 1959

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EP1998: Boston Blackie: Charlie Kingston’s Unlucky at Cards

Richard Kollmar
A friend of Blackie’s loses a valuable diamond he left in a card game but when he arrives at Blackie’s apartment to reclaim it, it’s gone.

Original Air Date: October 4, 1945

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EP1997: Richard Diamond: The Jerome J. Jerome Case

Dick Powell

An eccentric man shows up in Diamond’s office and claims to have found a body.

Original Air Date: September 17, 1949

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EP1996: The Line-Up: The Corny Complaintant’s Case

William Johnstone

A burglary victim puts Guthrie and Karger on to marijuana dealing.

Original Air Date: April 22, 1952

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EP1995: Michael Shayne: The Constant Companion

Jeff Chandler

A short man hires Shayne to protect him. Shayne then finds out the man is an escaped convicted murderer.

Original Air Date: Sometime in 1948

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EP1994: Dragnet: The Big Sour

Jack Webb

Friday and Romero look for a pair of robbers who tortured an elderly man to get his jewelry.

Original Air Date: September 20, 1951
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EP1993: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Further in Buffalo Matter

Bob Bailey
Johnny comes under pressure from both the insurance company and the insured when the Coast Guard stops him from taking a private submarine out to apprehend two thieves and recover $400,000.

Original Air Date:October 11, 1959

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EP1992: Boston Blackie: Blood on Blackie Sleeve

Richard Kollmar
A man promised to kill Blackie within 24 hours of being released from prison. Blackie faces blackmail when the man’s found dead and Blackie’s mechanic notices blood on his sleeve.

Original Air Date: September 20, 1945

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EP1991: Richard Diamond: The Van Dyke Seance Case

Dick Powell
Diamond is hired to expose a phony medium who is fleecing a woman’s wealthy aunt.

Original Air Date: September 10, 1949

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