Month: September 2025

Charlie Chan, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

Charlie Chan: The Case of the Telltale Hands

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Today’s Mystery:

Charlie Chan and his number one son are on the trail of a burglar who used his blind pianist daughter to commit burglaries and then murdered his partner.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1950 or 1951

Originating from Sydney

Starring: William Rees as Charlie Chan; Rodney Jacobs

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Mutual, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Falcon

The Falcon: The Case of the Snappy Snapshot (EP4801)

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George Petrie

Today’s Mystery:

A woman comes to The Falcon when a man breaks into her home, and robs and assaults her and then is shot, and she’s being blackmailed.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 31, 1954

Originating from New York

Starring: George Petrie as The Falcon; Chuck Webster; Larry Haines; Mandel Kramer

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Amy Bradshaw Matter Omnibus (EP4800s)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called in to investigate threats on the life of a famous stage actress.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: November 21-25, 1955

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Florence Wolcott; Don Diamond; Larry Thor; Vic Perrin; Carleton Young

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Video Theater

The Greene Murder Case (Video Theater 298)

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A wealthy family’s household becomes the scene of intrigue when a series of shocking crimes threatens its members. Suspicion falls heavily within the walls of their imposing home, and the air grows tense as Philo Vance works to uncover the truth. Mystery, secrets, and a shadow of danger hang over each clue in this chilling early talkie.

Originally released in U.S. theaters on August 11, 1929

The film stars William Powell, in one of his earliest detective roles, alongside Jean Arthur and Eugene Pallette. The ensemble also features Florence Eldridge, Ullrich Haupt, E. H. Calvert, Gertrude Norman, and Lowell Drew in key roles that bring depth to the unfolding drama. Together, the cast weaves a suspenseful tale that blends family tension with classic mystery atmosphere.

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Cloak and Dagger, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Cloak and Dagger: The Secret Box (A0018)

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Today’s Adventure:

Two OSS agents are on a mission to bring in a captured Japanese colonel, but the mission goes awry, leaving the two men in a battle for survival.

Original Radio Broadcast: July 23, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Jerry Lester; Larry Haines; Dan Ocko; Irene Hubbard; Raymond Edward Johnson; Karl Weber; Arnold Robertson

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Midnight Sun Matter (EP4800)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is sent to investigate a gold mine and finds himself in serious danger on a plane full of TNT.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 25, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Jeanne Tatum; Frank Nelson; Russell Thorson; Barney Phillips; Harry Bartell; Forrest Lewis

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Dragnet, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Cliff (EP4799)

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Today’s Mystery:

A woman in her sixties is found dead next to her husband and he claims not to know why it happened.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 28, 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, CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast

Broadway’s My Beat: The Joan Fuller Murder Case (EP4798)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A woman in expensive clothes is found murdered in the Central Park lake.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 17, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Irene Tedrow; Richard Crenna; Bob Bruce; Peggy Webber; Stan Waxman

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Charlie Chan, Mutual, OTR Detective, Podcast

Charlie Chan: The Pearl of Great Price (EP4797)

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Today’s Mystery:

Charlie Chan’s daughter is kidnapped by bank robbers after a bungled robbery.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: Summer 1944

Originating from Los Angeles

Starring: Walter Connolly as Inspector Charlie Chan

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Mutual, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Falcon

The Falcon: The Case of the Big Fix (EP4796)

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George Petrie

Today’s Mystery:

A self-styled fixer convinces dangerous underworld figures that he can protect them from raids. He can’t; murder follows.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 12, 1954

Originating from New York

Starring: George Petrie as the Falcon

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Mystery Special, OTR Detective, Podcast

The Road to the Valentine Matter (EP4795s)

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Today we take a look at the evolution of E. Jack Neumann’s story that became the five-part Johnny Dollar serial.

Jeff Regan: The Man in the Church

Regan is hired for a simple job of delivering $5,000 to a man, but finds himself wanted for murder.

Original Air Date: October 12, 1949

Starring: Frank Graham as Jeff Regan; Frank Nelson; William Conrad; Sidney Miller

Night Beat: Big John McMasters

Randy Stone befriends an old-time racketeer and becomes concerned when he is shot.

Original Air Date: March 4, 1951

Starring: Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone; William Conrad; Tudor Owen

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The San Antonio Matter

Johnny goes to Saint Petersburg to investigate the killing of a mobster.

Original Air Date: April 28, 1953

Starring: John Lund as Johnny Dollar; John McIntire; Joseph Kearns; Jeanette Nolan; Virginia Gregg; Jay Novello

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Valentine Matter

After investigating a hotel theft in New Orleans, Johnny befriends an old-time bootlegger in a bar.

Original Air Dates: October 31-November 4, 1955

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lillian Buyeff; Betty Lou Gerson; Barney Phillips; Will Wright; Forrest Lewis; Marvin Miller; Jay Novello; Jack Moyles

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Cloak and Dagger, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Cloak and Dagger: The Trap

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Today’s Adventure:

A cartoonist in the OSS goes undercover in a German-occupied French village ahead of an American advance.

Original Radio Broadcast: July 9, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Virginia Payne; Raymond Edward Johnson; Karl Weber; Stefan Schnabel; Jerry Jarrett; Ralph Bell; Lotte Stavisky; Everett Sloan

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Ghost to Ghost Matter (EP4795)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is sent to investigate a claim that a ghost is haunting a small New Jersey town.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 18, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Forrest Lewis; Joseph Kearns; RussellThorson; Sam Edwards; Bob Bruce

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Run (EP4794)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday looks for the driver of a hit-and-run driver who struck two elderly women.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 21, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Broadway's My Beat, CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast

Broadway’s My Beat: The Johnny Hill Murder Case (EP4793)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A Chicago gangster is found murdered in a swank New York hotel room.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 10, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen; Howard McNear; GeGe Pearson; Marlowe Dwyer; Adrian Marden; Lou Merrill

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