Month: December 2024

Dragnet: The Big Grandma (EP4568)

Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero are assigned to investigate the case of a motherly lady who has written more than a thousand bad checks over nine years.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 19, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Ideal Vacation Matter (EP4567)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny has to find an insured newspaper columnist and let him know that a convict with a grudge against the columnist has escaped prison.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 22, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Mary Jane Croft; Lawrence Dobkin; Joseph Kearns; Jack Edwards; Barney Phillips; Byron Kane

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Mr. and Mrs. North: Pam Keeps Out of Trouble (EP4566)

Alice Frost

Today’s Mystery:

With Jerry out of town, Pam tries to help a hapless reformed gambler quit his job at a gambling den and finds herself caught up in a murder investigation.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 9, 1944

Starring: Alice Frost as Pamela North

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Lt. Jimmy Hunt Murder Case (EP4565)

Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A mentally troubled former Army Lieutenant is found stabbed to death in a hospital.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 3, 1950

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Theodore Von Eltz; Mary Jane Croft; Georgia Ellis; Jerry Hausner; Jack Edwards

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Mystery Theatre: The Fifty Dollar Murder Case (EP4564)

Alfred ShirleyToday’s Mystery:

Inspector Hearthstone investigates the murder of a man which occurred after that man’s stepson, recently released from prison, threatens him.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 18, 1949

Originating from New York City

Starring: Alfred Shirley as Inspector Hearthstone; James Meighan

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The Falcon: The Case of the Beautiful Bait (EP4563)

Les Damon

Today’s Mystery:

A beautiful woman’s attempt to seduce a young boxer into signing with her fight manager boyfriend ends in murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 22, 1951

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Chuck Webster as Sergeant Corbett; Ralph Bell

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Call the Police: The Porter Case (Encore) (EP4562e)

Joseph Julian

New Police Commissioner Bill Grant investigates the murder of a blackmailer, and a husband and his wife confess.

Original Air Date: June 3, 1947

Originating in New York

Starring Joseph Julian as Bill Grant

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