Month: March 2026

Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Canaries (EP4924)

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Today’s Mystery:

A mother is found murdered in her home.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 6, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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

Broadway’s My Beat: The Lily Nelson Murder Case

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A Broadway actress is found dead with her wrists slit.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 6, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Paul Frees; Clayton Post; Edwin Max; Elliott Lewis; Jack Kruschen; Jay Novello; Joyce McCluskey

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Big Story

The Big Story: Respected Chemist Dead (EP4922)

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Today’s Mystery:

A prominent chemist’s mysterious death may have been faked … but why?

Original Radio Broadcast: March 9, 1949

Originating from New York

Starring: Sydney Smith as Ike McAnally; Ann Burr; Agnes Young; Lyle Sudrow; Ted Osborne

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Danger with Grainger, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

Danger with Grainger: The Larry Simmons Case (EP4921)

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Harp McGuire

Today’s Mystery:

A slimy character tries to hire Grainger as a go-between for him in a blackmail deal. Grainger kicks him out but it’s not that simple.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957

Originating from Australia

Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger

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CBS, Mystery Special, OTR Detective, Podcast

Screen Guild Theater: The Glass Key (EP4920s)

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Today’s Story:

The best friend and top lieutenant of a political boss finds himself in the midst of a murder that threatens his boss’s career.

Original Air Date: July 22, 1946

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Alan Ladd; Marjorie Reynolds; Ward Bond

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