Month: January 2026

OTR Detective, Podcast

Lux Radio Theater: Cloak and Dagger (A0058)

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Today’s Adventure:

A scientist joins the OSS in 1944 to find out about the progress of the German atomic program and to make contact with a Hungarian scientist being forced to work with them.

Original Radio Broadcast: May 3, 1948

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Ronald Reagan as Alvah Jesper; Jeff Chandler; Herb Butterfield; William Johnstone; Norman Field; Regina Wallace; Robert Griffin; Marjorie Haskelle; Ben Wright; June Whitley; Jay Novello; Jack Petruzzi; Edward Marr; Charles La Torre

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Gruesome Spectacles Matter (EP4900)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called to investigate the death of an insured man in a car accident that quickly turns out to be murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 28, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Harry Bartell; Junius Matthews; Joseph
Kearns

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Lease (EP4899)

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Todays Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate the disappeared of a widower, who recently lost his wife.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 1, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starred: 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 Howard Crawford Murder Case (EP4898)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A man drowns in an uptown public swimming pool, but was it actually murder?

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 5, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Mary Jane Croft; Hy Averback; Stan Waxman; Michael Ann Barrett

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OTR Detective, Podcast, The Big Story

The Big Story: Deadline Murder (EP4897)

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Today’s Mystery:

Reporter Rolf Mills of the Minneapolis Morning Tribune tries to solve the murder of a woman who was found in the dump.

Original Radio Broadcast: May 19, 1948

Originating from New York

Starring: Art Carney as Rolf Mills, Joe Boland, Joan Alexander, Joe DeSantis, Ray Johnson, Grace Keddy, and Grant Richards

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Danger with Grainger, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

Danger with Grainger: The Seafarer Mystery (EP4896)

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Harp McGuire

Today’s Mystery:

A woman reports receiving threatening letters and phone calls from her husband. The problem? Her husband died at sea.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957

Originating from Australia

Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger

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OTR Detective, Podcast, Screen Guild Theatre

Screen Guild Theater: 13 Rue Madeline (A0056)

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Today’s Adventure:

There’s a German spy in the latest OSS training class. Rather than capturing him, OSS leadership decides to use him to mislead the Germans about the planned second front.

Original Radio Broadcast: November 25, 1948

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Humphrey Bogart; Leon Ames; John Beal; William Lundigan; Frances Robinson,

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Johnson Payroll Matter (EP4895)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes to California to investigate a $100,000 payroll robbery.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 28, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Lawrence Dobkin; Forrest Lewis; Shepard Menken; Frank Gerstle

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Market (EP4894)

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Today’s Mystery:

A string of supermarket robberies rocks Los Angeles.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 25, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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

Broadway’s My Beat: The David Blaine Murder Case (EP4893)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

Danny investigates what looks like a suicide of an engaged man in an apartment building.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 22, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Herb Butterfield; Ed Max; Tony Barre

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NBC, OTR Detective, The Big Story

The Big Story: Pillars of Society (EP4992)

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Today’s Mystery:

The mother of a man who was convicted of robbing and beating an elderly storekeeper appeals to a reporter to clear him.

Original Radio Broadcast: May 5, 1948

Originating from New York

Starring: Arnold Moss; Barbara Weeks; Andy Klein; Mickey O’Day; Bob Sloane; Ed Jerome; Jackie Grimes

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Danger with Grainger, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

Danger with Grainger: Clever Criminologist (EP4891)

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Harp McGuire

Today’s Mystery:

A woman hires Grainger because she suspects her estranged husband (a famous criminologist) will kill a male friend.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957

Originating from Australia

Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger

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Lux Radio Theatre, OTR Detective, Podcast

Lux Radio Theater: O.S.S. (A0054)

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Today’s Adventure:

A team of OSS agents go undercover in occupied France during World War II to enact a campaign of sabotage.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 18, 1946

Starring: Alan Ladd; Veronica Lake; Gale Gordon; Joseph Kearns; Richard Benedict; Robert Coute; Rolfe Sedan; Truda Marson;  Charles Seel; Ed Emerson; George Neise; George Sorel; Henry Roland; Howard Jeffrey; Jay Novello; Noreen Gammill

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wayward Diamond Matter (EP4890)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

An insurance case was closed, but the agency forgot about a fraudulent claim for the jewelry.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 14, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Paula Winslowe; Ben Wright; Jack Kruschen; Jack Edwards; Marvin Miller; Joseph Kearn

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Story Man (EP4889)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero hunt for safe burglars targeting local churches.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 18, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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