Category: Rare Detectives

EP2302: Follow That Man: The Trail of the Terrified Temptress

A woman runs into Steve Mallory’s office asking for protection from the man who’s pursuing her. Mallory finds the pursuer dead and discovers the pursuer was his partner.

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EP2296: Crime Correspondent: The Chair for Dino

Paul Frees

Radio reporter Larry Mitchell tries to find out the truth behind the death of a well-known thug.

Original Air Date: November 4, 1949

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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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EP2212: The Lone Wolf: The Golden Santa

Walter Coy

A woman gets Michael to help her search for her six-inch-high golden statue of Santa Claus.

Original Air Date: January 1, 1949

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EP2206: Suspense: Murder Goes For a Swim

Warren William

While enjoying a weekend at a New York estate, Michael Lanyard discovers the body of a beauty contestant in the swimming pool and the signs point to it being a murder.

Original Air Date: July 20, 1943

In this sneak preview of the The Lone Wolf Strikes, Michael Lanyard tries to return stolen jewels to their rightful owner as well as find out if an accident was really a murder. From the Good News of 1940.

Original Air Date: February 22, 1940

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EP1768: Tales of Fatima: Time to Kill

Basil Rathbone

Basil Rathbone is shot at and then finds a blonde in his car who claims Rathbone wrote letters that convinced her to leave her husband and come to New York, and then learns of his own brutal murder from a radio broadcast.

Original Air Date: May 28, 1949

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EP1762: Tales of Fatima: A Much Expected Murder

Basil Rathbone

A woman calls Basil Rathbone in to prevent the death of her husband.

Original Air Date: May 21, 1949

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EP1754s: Dyke Easter: This Time for Creeps

Dyke Easter is hired by a man to smooth out a case where he committed murder, except Easter arrives to find the supposedly murdered man alive.

Audition Date: 1939 or 1949

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EP1220: Homicide O’Kane: The Story Of The Killer Who Returned From The Dead As The Clock Struck The Hour

Bud Hiestand

O’Kane gets a call from a man about to be murdered.

Original Air Date: March 2, 1943

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EP1211: Here Comes McBride

Frank Lovejoy
While looking for a missing necklace, Rex McBride finds a body in his room and is accused of murder.

Original Air Date: May 19, 1949

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EP1067: Johnny Fletcher: The Navy Colt

Albert Dekker

A grifter takes a dollar to punch out a man with nine more promised. Instead, he gets no additional money and is suspected of murder.

Audition Date: March 25, 1946

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EP1019: Miss Pinkerton Incorporated

Joan Blondell

A young female law student inherits her uncle’s detective agency, planning to sell it but decides to take on a job guarding a priceless emerald.

Original Air Date: July 12, 1941

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EP0950s: The McCoy: Three Wayward Girls

Howard Duff

The McCoy investigates the murder of an old girlfriend at the request of her agent.

Audition Date: April 22, 1951

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EP0904: The Cases of Mr. Ace: The Man Named Judas

George Raft
Ace is hired to deliver a package to Chicago for sale and finds trouble every turn.

Original Air Date: June 25, 1947

 

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EP0898: Cases of Mr. Ace: Key to a Boobie Trap

George RaftAce is hired to guard the key to a bus locker by a man who has confessed to murder.

Original Air Date: Sometime in 1947

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