Month: February 2026

ABC, Counterspy, OTR Detective, Podcast

Counterspy: The Case of the Gasoline Barge (A0066)

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Today’s Adventure:

David Harding suspects the Axis is behind a ring making counterfeit gas coupons.

Original Radio Broadcast: November 2, 1945

Originating from New York

Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding

Popular Science article on the government censoring weather reports.

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Deadly Doubt Matter (EP4920)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

A woman calls to report that a man was murdered and she’s not sure if she did it.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 11, 1959

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Junius Matthews; Paul Dubov; James McCallion; Alan Reed; Frank Gerstle

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Affair (EP4919)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of jewelry store robberies.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 29, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Virginia Gregg; Vic Perrin

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

Broadway’s My Beat: The Lars Nielson Murder Case (EP4918)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A famous torch singer wants a gun permit because she claims a man is threatening her life.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 29, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Cathy Lewis

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Big Story

The Big Story: The Jigsaw Crime (EP4917)

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Today’s Mystery:

A legendary Arkansas reporter investigates the murder of an unidentified man.

Original Radio Broadcast: January 26, 1949

Originating from New York

Starring: Martin Wolfson as Joe Wirges; Art Carney; Larry Haines; Art Carney; Martin O’Day; Joyce Gordon; Joe DeSantis

Encyclopedia of Arkansas entry on Joseph Wirges.

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Danger with Grainger, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

Danger with Grainger: Shelia Randolph is Sane (EP4916)

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–Harp McGuire

Today’s Mystery:

Grainger is hired to provide security for a wealthy’s man’s suicidal wife but begins to suspect there’s more to the situation.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957

Originating from Australia

Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger

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ABC, Counterspy, OTR Detective, Podcast

Counterspy: The Case of the Loganberry Point Spy (A0064)

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Today’s Adventure: A widow in a small town calls David Harding claiming to have caught a German spy.

Original Radio Broadcast: September 14, 1942

Originating in New York

Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding, Craig McDonnell

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Hollywood Mystery Matter (EP4915)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery: Johnny searches for a missing embezzler who called Johnny and let him know he was in Hollywood.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 4, 1959

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar.Virginia Gregg, Jeanne Tatum, Parley Baer, Forrest Lewis,
Junius Matthews, Frank Gerstle

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Hands (EP4914)

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Todays Mystery:

A woman is found strangled to death in a hotel room, and Friday and Romero have to figure out who she was and who killed her.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 22, 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 Tom Keeler Murder Case (EP4913)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A derelict is found shot with two bullets in his body from two different guns.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 22, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Tony Barrett; Lillian Buyeff; Bob Bruce; Paul Frees; Edgar Barrier

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Big Story

The Big Story: Sixteen Year Old Misfit Kills Out of Fear (EP4912)

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Today’s Mystery:

Across the Indiana border, a sixteen-year-old from Louisville kills four men in a failed bank robbery and its aftermath.

Original Radio Broadcast: January 5, 1949

Originating from New York

Starring: James McCallion as Al Aronson; Bob Sloane; Santos Ortega; Martin Wolfson; Jackie Grimes; Grant Richards

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Danger with Grainger, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

Danger with Grainger: Paula Crane is Threatened (EP4911)

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Harp McGuire

Today’s Mystery:

A friend of Grainger’s invites him to a weekend with her family on the lake as she claims there have been threats to her life.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957

Originating from Australia

Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger

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ABC, Counterspy, Podcast

Counterspy: Nazis from Mexico (A0062)

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Today’s Adventure:

The Gestapo is bringing spies across the southern border, trying to start an international incident by dropping the body of a Mexican official onto the US side of the border.

Original Radio Broadcast: June 22, 1942

Originating from New York

Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Hair Raising Matter (EP4910)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called in by an insured man who suddenly dies. Is it murder?

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 30, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Shirley Mitchell; Jack Edwards; Ralph Moody; Junius Matthews; Parley Baer

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Bungalow (EP4909)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero receive a tip from an informant on the identity of a burglar.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 15, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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