Month: October 2023

Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: Production 8 (aka: The Big Missing, Missing Person Juanita Lasky) (EP4202)

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Todays Mystery:

A mother in Utah reports her adult daughter missing.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 28, 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

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Tears of Night Matter, Episodes Three, Four, and Five (EP4201)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

A case of mistaken identity leads Johnny to deliver a necklace from a racketeer to an insurance beneficiary.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: May 23, 24, and 25, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Virginia Gregg, Vic Perrin, Jack Kruschen, Jay Novello, William Conrad, Frank Gerstle, Marvin Miller, Will Wright

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

Mr. Chameleon: The Case of Death and the Blue Peacock (EP4200)

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Karl Swenson

Today’s Mystery:

A man is killed after falling from the window of a swanky night club, and Mr. Chameleon suspects murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 17, 1948

Originated in: New York City

Starred: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon

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Dangerous Assignment, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Dangerous Assignment: A Stolen Treaty (EP4199)

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Today’s Mystery:

Steve goes to Port Said in Egypt to retrieve a stolen signed treaty that was taken from a courier who was beaten and left for dead.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 25 1952

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, Raymond Burr, Jack Moyles

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Tears of Night Matter, Episodes One and Two (EP4198)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny travels to Miami to find out why a widow waited two years to file a claim on her late husband’s life insurance.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: May 21 and 22, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Virginia Gregg, Vic Perrin, Jack Kruschen, Jay Novello, William Conrad, Frank Gerstle, Marvin Miller, Will Wright

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Sam Spade

Sam Spade: The Kimberly Cross Caper (EP4197)

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Steve Dunne

Today’s Mystery:

Sam is hired to protect a valuable necklace.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 23, 1951

Originated from Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, Wally Maher, Fritz Feld, Georgia Ellis, Sidney Miller, Olan Soule, Alice Wellman

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