Tag: Radio Drama

CBS, Keen and Company, Mr. Chameleon, OTR Detective, Podcast

Mr. Chameleon: The Roof Garden Murder Case (EP4368)

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Karl Swenson

Today’s Mystery:

A woman is pushed off the roof of an eighteen-story building.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 15, 1949

Originated from New York City

Starring: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon

Information from Kootenai County on Clark House

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Dangerous Assignment, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Dangerous Assignment: Find Lenny Fenway (EP4367)

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Today’s Mystery:

Steve travels to Tibet to rescue an American pilot who provides the key to a critical mission to re-supply Chinese nationalists.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 15, 1953

Originatimg in Hollywood

Starring: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell; Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner; Frank Gerstle; Paul Dubov; Sidney Miller; Stacy Harris

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CBS, Ellery Queen, OTR Detective, Podcast

Ellery Queen: The Green Gorillas (EP4366)

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Today’s Mystery:

Ellery Queen teams up with a teenage boy to infiltrate a street gang.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 12, 1947

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Originating in New York

Starring: Lawrence Dobkin; Charlotte Keane; Bill Smith; Ed Latimer; Mandel Kramer

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Armchair Detective: Jose Ferrer

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Falcon

The Falcon: The Case of the Harried Husband (EP4365)

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Les Damon

Today’s Mystery:

A gigolo who is trying to scam and doublecross various people is murdered.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 3, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Ken Paxtor as Sergeant Corbett; Jackson Beck

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Royal Street Matter (EP4363)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes to New Orleans to investigate why the owner of an insured, burnt-out antique shop hasn’t filed a claim, and has expressed no interest in doing so.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: November 25, 1956

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Forrest Lewis, Lou Merrill; Lawrence Dobkin; Frank Gerstle

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CBS, Keen and Company, Mr. Chameleon, OTR Detective, Podcast

Mr. Chameleon: The Organ Grinder Murder Case (EP4362)

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Karl Swenson

Today’s Mystery:

A young man is shot to death after trying to quit stealing jewelry.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 8, 1949

Originating from New York City

Starring: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon

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Dangerous Assignment, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Dangerous Assignment: Boy Is Used as Courier (EP4355)

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Today’s Mystery:

Steve is hired as tutor to a French boy with a near photographic memory whose father believes his current tutor is using him to smuggle top secret information.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 8, 1953

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell; Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner; Jeanne Bates; Paul Frees; Larry Dobkin; Jay Novello

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Ellery Queen, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Ellery Queen: The Adventure of the Wounded Lieutenant (EP4360)

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Today’s Mystery:

A former police detective is disabled while serving overseas and his battallion members are killed after a native waiter reports their planned attack. But how did the spy know?

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 18, 1943

Originating in New York from the Office of War Information, taken from the network broadcast of a 30 minute episode

Starring: Sydney Smith as Ellery Queen, Marian Shockley, Santos Ortega, Ted de Corsia

Armchair Detectives: Virginia Fields and Ed Sullivan

Website Referenced: Ellery Queen, A Website of Deduction

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Falcon

The Falcon: The Case of the Stooge’s Errand (EP4359)

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Les Damon

Today’s Mystery:

The Falcon is hired to locate a boxing promoter who cheated two men out of a combined $40,000, but has a clever way to make sure they can’t collect.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 26, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as the Falcon; Ken Lynch as Sergeant Corbett; Mandel Kramer; Ralph Bell; Bill Zuckert

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Grifter (EP4358)

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Today’s Mystery:

Friday and Romero face off against a veteran con-man.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 23, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield

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CBS, Keen and Company, Mr. Chameleon, OTR Detective, Podcast

Mr. Chameleon: The Case of the Murdered Gold-Digger (EP4356)

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Karl Swenson

Today’s Mystery:

A woman in flashy clothes is murdered in the driveway of a married man who swears he never ever saw her before.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 1, 1949

Originating from New York City

Starring: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon

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Dangerous Assignment, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Dangerous Assignment: Rescue Rick Perez (EP4355)

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Today’s Mystery:

Steve goes to Venezuela to rescue a U.S. agent who was investigating a Latin American revolutionary organization.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 1, 1953

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell; Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner; Paul Frees; Paul Dubov; Ben Wright; Betty Lou Gerson; Don Diamond

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Ellery Queen, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Ellery Queen: The Adventure of the Income Tax Robbery (EP4354)

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Carleton Young
Today’s Mystery:

A private detective turns to Ellery for help when his income tax blank is stolen, along with sensitive information that could expose his wealthy clients to blackmail.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 12, 1942

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Originating in New York

Starring: Carleton Young as Ellery Queen; Marian Shockley; Ted De Corsia; Santos Ortega; Maurice Tarplin

Armchair Detectives: Manda Hedrom and Mayor Howard W. Jackson of Baltimore (Over the phone, not heard on broadcast)

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Falcon

The Falcon: The Case of the Puzzling Pinup (EP4353)

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Les Damon

Today’s Mystery:

A reporter comes to The Falcon to ask him to take part in a blackmail scheme and then dies.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 19, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Larry Haines

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CBS, Hollywood Star Time, Mystery Special, OTR Detective, Podcast

Hollywood Star Time: Hot Spot (EP4352s)

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Today’s Mystery:

Based on the movie I Wake Up Screaming, a Broadway promoter is suspected of murdering an up-and-coming actress, by a dogged police officer who always gets his man.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 27, 1946

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Brian Donlevy as Frankie Christopher; Vincent Price as Ed Cornell; Lurene Tuttle; Gloria Blondell; Theodore Von Elt; Harry Bartell; David Ellis; Elliott Reid

My review of I Wake Up Screaming

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