Month: July 2025

Dragnet: The Big Blast (EP4768)

Today’s Mystery:

A woman is shot in bed while sleeping with her seven-year-old son.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 17, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Broadway’s My Beat: Tom and Alice Corey Murder Case (EP4767)

Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A man kills his wife on the phone with Danny and plans to end his life.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 21, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Herb Butterfield; Anne Stone; Byron Kane; Janet Logan; Junius Matthews

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Your Playhouse of Favorites: The Suicide Club (AWR0282)

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A bored crown prince, looking for excitement, joins a club of men who want to end their lives.

Original Air Date: Sometime between 1947 and 1949

Originating in New York

Starring: Dwight Reese and Walter Vaughn

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Charlie Chan: The Color Blind Killer/The Eye Witness (EP4766)

Walter Connolly
Today’s Mystery:

Inspector Chan gets a key clue to the killer’s identity from Landini’s autobiography.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1935 or 1936

Originating from Los Angeles

Starring: Walter Connolly as Inspector Charlie Chan

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The Falcon: The Case of the Strawberry Blonde (EP4765)

Les Damon

Today’s Mystery:

A woman working for the Communist Party in Paris tries to get her husband to steal notes on a sensitive meeting.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 14, 1952

Originating from New York

Starred: Les Damon as The Falcon; Ralph Bell

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Cloak and Dagger: The Trojan Horse (A0004)

Today’s Adventure:

A French agent of the OSS takes a singer to Casablanca to feed inaccurate information to the Nazis.

Original Radio Broadcast: May 28, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Jane White; Raymond Edward Johnson; Berry Kroeger; Leon Janney; Joseph Julian; Karl Weber; Guy Sorel; Bernie Gould

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Eastern Western Matter (EP4764)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes to Florida to investigate a ranch, where a rancher claims the winter freeze cost him his entire herd of cattle.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 6, 1958

Originated from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Marvin Miller; Herb Vigran; Jack Moyles; Vic Perrin

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Dragnet: The Big Drills

Today’s Mystery:

Friday investigates a series of safe burglaries at a string of markets.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 10, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Family Theater: Lodging for the Night (AWR0281)

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Today’s story:

In fifteenth-century Paris, a roguish poet finds himself on the run, wanted for a murder he didn’t commit

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 25, 1950

Starring: Robert Alda as Francois Villon; Ona Munson; Tyler McVey; Charles Russell; Robert Griffin; Edward Holden; Robert Bruce; Jeffrey Silver; Raymond Burr

Hosted by Dan Duryea

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Mary Deming Murder Case (EP4762)

Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A woman is murdered, and the only clue Danny has as to why she was killed is her high school yearbook.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 14, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia

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Charlie Chan: Proclamation/Landini’s Diary (EP4761)

Walter Connolly
Today’s Mystery:

With the prosecutor demanding results, Chan promises the arrest of the murderer in 24 hours.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1935 or 1936

Originating from Los Angeles

Starring: Walter Connolly as Inspector Charlie Chan

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The Falcon: The Case of the Jack of Diamonds (EP4760)

Les Damon

Today’s Mystery:

In London, Waring gets involved in a case of blackmail that turns into murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 7, 1952

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Francis Chaney

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Cloak and Dagger: Frank Baker’s Story (A0002)

Today’s Adventure:

An American OSS agent who parachuted into Germany tries to figure out how he made a mistake.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 7, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Joseph Julian; Dolly Haas; Raymond Edward Johnson; Corey Ford; Bernard Phillips; Ross Martin

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Killer’s List Matter (EP4759)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

An insured man falls from a building … or did he jump … or was he pushed?

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 30, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Jack Edwards; Virginia Gregg; Jack Moyles; Tony Barrett; Parley Baer; Carleton G. Young; Lillian Buyeff

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Dragnet: The Big Casing (EP4758)

Today’s Mystery:

A woman is found shot in her apartment. The husband insists it’s suicide, but the evidence seems to point to murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 3, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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