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Todays Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith investigate the death of a 52-year-old music teacher whose body is discovered in an abandoned freight car, cradled in the arms of a young man who refuses to explain what happened. When the young man finally confesses to killing her, the detectives struggle to understand why he would murder a woman he claims to have loved deeply and who had devoted years to nurturing his musical ambitions.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 10, 1952

Originating from Hollywood

Cast:

Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday
Herb Ellis as Sgt. Frank Smith
Vic Perrin
Harry Bartell
Joyce McCluskey
Jim Moser, writer
Walter Schumann, music
Technical advice from the office of Chief W.H. Parker
Captain Jack Donahoe, Sgt. Marty Wynn, and Sgt. Vance Brasher, technical advisors
George Fenneman, announcer

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Dragnet: The Big Trio (EP5079)

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Today’s Mystery:

On the eve of the Fourth of July weekend, Joe Friday and Frank Smith are assigned to Accident Investigation and confront the devastating consequences of reckless driving when a 16-year-old takes his father’s car on a high-speed ride through Los Angeles. As the holiday begins, a succession of traffic calls illustrates how quickly carelessness, alcohol, and poor judgment can turn an ordinary drive into tragedy.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 3, 1952

Originating from Hollywood

Cast:

Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday
Herb Ellis as Frank Smith
Vic Perrin
Stacy Harris
Vic Rodman
Jim Moser, writer
Walter Schumann, music
Technical advice from the office of Chief W.H. Parker
Captain Jack Donahoe, Sgt. Marty Wynn, and Sgt. Vance Brasher, technical advisors
Hal Gibney, announcer

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Robert Turk Murder Case (EP5078)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

Danny Clover investigates the apparent suicide of Robert Turk, a devotee of occult rituals who has been found with his throat cut after a former member of his cult, Maura Spencer, makes a frantic call to police. When Maura’s fiancé dies soon afterward, under suspicious circumstances, Danny begins examining the strange pattern of deaths surrounding her and the unsettling role that superstition and black magic seem to play in them.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 18, 1952

Originating from Hollywood

Cast:

Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover
Charles Calvert as Sgt. Gino Tartaglia
Jack Kruschen as Sgt. Muggavan
Sammy Hill as Maura Spencer
Lee Millar
Truda Marson
Lou Merrill
Morton Fine and David Friedkin, writers
Elliott Lewis, director
Alexander Courage, composer and conductor
Bill Anders, announcer

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The Big Story: Too Terrible to be Believed (EP5072)

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Today’s Mystery:

Prince George’s County reporter Arthur Milky becomes suspicious when a young child dies at a nursery home and the medical examiner determines that the boy’s severe head injuries could not have been self-inflicted. When the woman running the home offers conflicting explanations for the injuries, Milky begins investigating both the child’s death and the operator’s troubling history, determined to uncover evidence strong enough to establish what really happened.

Original Radio Broadcast: January 27, 1954

Originating from New York

Cast:

Lyle Sudrow as Arthur Milky
Court Benson
Maurice Wells
Louis Van Rooten
Barbara Weeks
Joan Lorring
Ted Osborne

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Video Theater

The Bat (Public Domain Video Theater 305)

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Mystery writer Cornelia Van Gorder rents The Oaks, an isolated country mansion already surrounded by frightening stories about a killer known as The Bat. When a million dollars in securities disappears from the local bank and suspicion falls on cashier Victor Bailey, Cornelia begins to suspect that the missing fortune may be hidden somewhere inside The Oaks—just as The Bat appears to resume his murderous activities.

Original Release Date: December 17, 1959

Cast:

Vincent Price as Dr. Malcolm Wells
Agnes Moorehead as Cornelia Van Gorder
Gavin Gordon as Lt. Andy Anderson
John Sutton as Warner
Lenita Lane as Lizzie Allen
Elaine Edwards as Dale Bailey
Darla Hood as Judy Hollander
John Bryant as Mark Fleming
Harvey Stephens as John Fleming
Mike Steele as Victor Bailey
Riza Royce as Jane Patterson
Robert B. Williams as Detective Davenport

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Counterspy: The Sweepstakes Murder (A0124)

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Today’s Adventure:

After newspaper reporter Tom Fisher and a small-time grifter are murdered while investigating a fraudulent Mexican sweepstakes racket, David Harding sends Harry Peters to Gulfport, Texas, to follow the trail. A distinctive gold poker chip points Peters toward the offshore gambling ship El Toro, where he discovers that the gambling operation may conceal something far more dangerous below decks.

Original Radio Broadcast: October 4, 1949

Originating from New York

Cast:

Don McLaughlin as David Harding
Mandel Kramer as Harry Peters
Maurice Tarplin as one of the criminals (probable identification)
Leonard L. Bass, director
Jesse Crawford, music
Philip H. Lord, producer

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Night in Paris Matter (EP5065)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny Dollar travels to Paris after his underworld contact Louis de Marsac claims to know the whereabouts of the Olney diamonds, a three-quarter-million-dollar necklace stolen during its owner’s recent visit to the United States. But Johnny’s arrival is greeted by a ransacked apartment and a sudden assault, suggesting that recovering the jewels will mean navigating some dangerous figures in the Paris underworld.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 16, 1959.

Originating from Hollywood

Cast:

Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar
Virginia Gregg
Forrest Lewis
G. Stanley Jones
Tony Barrett
Bill James
Gus Bay
Jack Johnstone, writer, producer, and director

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Dragnet: The Big Donation (EP5064)

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Today’s Mystery:

Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Bill Lockwood investigate a group of confidence men posing as authorized solicitors for legitimate charities and pocketing the donations they collect. An early arrest appears promising until the suspect proves he merely copied the scheme, leaving Friday and Lockwood searching for the experienced bunco artists whose fraud is depriving charitable causes of badly needed funds.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 12, 1952

Originating from Hollywood

Cast:

Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday
Ken Peters as Bill Lockwood
Virginia Gregg
Vic Rodman
Jim Moser, writer
Walter Schumann, music
Technical advice from the office of Chief W.H. Parker
Captain Jack Donahoe, Sgt. Marty Wynn, and Sgt. Vance Brasher, technical advisors
Hal Gibney, announcer

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Georgie Beck Murder Case (EP5063)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

Pickpocket Georgie Beck has repeatedly insisted that someone is following him, but Danny Clover and his colleagues have found nothing to substantiate his fears. When Georgie suddenly calls headquarters saying he has been attacked and then disappears, Danny retraces his movements and discovers an unexpected connection between the small-time thief and a lavish Park Avenue party.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 2, 1952

Originating from Hollywood

Cast:

Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover
Charles Calvert as Sgt. Gino Tartaglia
Jack Kruschen as Sgt. Muggavan
Irene Tedrow as Vera Lane
Michael Ann Barrett as Barbara Lane
Herb Butterfield
Ben Wright
Leo Cleary
Morton Fine and David Friedkin, writers
Elliott Lewis, producer and director
Alexander Courage, composer and conductor

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The Big Story: The Miracle Phone Call (EP5062)

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Today’s Mystery:

Newspaper reporter Dorothy Patterson is contacted by the desperate mother of five-year-old Johnny McDermott, who is gravely ill and needs an expensive experimental treatment his family cannot afford. Despite warnings that readers won’t contribute thousands of dollars to help a child they don’t know, Dorothy puts her faith in the generosity of her community and uses her newspaper column to make an appeal on Johnny’s behalf.

Original Radio Broadcast: April 1, 1953

Originating from New York

Cast:

Jan Miner as Dorothy Patterson
Francis DeSales
Ted Osborne
Joey Fallon
Bobby Rick (probable identification)
Rae Terry
Brenna Rayburn
Bob Sloane, announcer

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The Saint: No Hiding Place (EP5061)

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Vincent Price

Today’s Mystery:

Simon Templar tries to help Tommy Patrick, a prisoner who claims someone has repeatedly tried to kill him and then escapes before Simon can speak with him. Searching for the reason Tommy has been marked for death leads Simon to Tommy’s sister Nancy, a powerful nightclub owner, and questions about the robbery that sent Tommy to prison three years earlier.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 19, 1950.

Originating from Hollywood

Cast:

Vincent Price as Simon Templar
Peggy Webber as the landlady
Sheldon Leonard as Frank
Victor Rodman as Farrelly
Peter Leeds as Sam
Dick Crenna as Tommy Patrick
Fred Shields as the Warden
Larry Dobkin as Louie
Dick Powell, writer
Leslie Charteris, creator of The Saint
James L. Saphier, producer
Helen Mack, director
Don Stanley, announcer

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Cronin Matter Omnibus (EP5060s)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny Dollar is hired to protect the Circle of Fire, a half-million-dollar diamond-and-emerald necklace belonging to former Broadway sensation Dolly Cronin, who plans to wear it while recreating the lavish parties of her youth. But with Dolly inviting friends from a past she remembers through rose-colored glasses, Johnny quickly discovers that the celebrated necklace may attract people with motives far less sentimental than hers.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 5-9, 1955

Originating from Hollywood

Cast:

Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar
Virginia Gregg
Shirley Mitchell
Vivi Janis
Barbara Fuller
Benny Rubin
John Dehner
Parley Baer
Les Crutchfield, writer
Jack Johnstone, producer and director
Amerigo Marino, musical supervision
Roy Rowan, announcer

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Counterspy: Vicious Visitor (A0122)

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Today’s Adventure:

Violent bank robber Rocky Gaines escapes from federal prison, and David Harding and Harry Peters join the manhunt as the wounded fugitive heads into the mountains. Gaines seeks refuge with Norma Benton, a woman from his past who has built a new life with her husband, and threatens to expose her secret unless she helps him hide from the authorities.

Original Radio Broadcast: September 29, 1949

Originating from New York

Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding; Mandel Kramer as Peters

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Lost by a Hair Matter (EP5060)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:Johnny Dollar is summoned by wealthy widow Grace Tilford, who claims she has discovered that the fire which destroyed her lumberyard was deliberately set—and that one of three people close to her is responsible. Each has a financial motive, but before Grace will reveal the proof she has uncovered, Johnny finds himself facing a far more immediate mystery.

Original Radio Broadcast Date:August 9, 1959

Originated from Hollywood

Cast:

Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar
Virginia Gregg
Helen Kleeb
Shirley Mitchell
Ben Wright
Sam Edwards
Harry Bartell
Lawrence Dobkin
Written, produced, and directed by Jack Johnstone
Jim Matthews, announce

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Dragnet: The Big Whiff (EP5059)

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Today’s Mystery:

Sergeant Joe Friday and Frank Smith investigate the death of an unidentified woman found in a vacant lot, apparently the victim of chloroform poisoning. With no identification and little evidence beyond a chloroform-soaked handkerchief, the case takes an unusual turn when a stranger walks into police headquarters and insists that he murdered her.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 5, 1952

Originating from Hollywood

Cast:

Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday
Herb Ellis as Frank Smith
Vic Perrin
Gil Stratton
Jack Kruschen
Script by Jim Moser
Music by Walter Schumann
Technical advice from the office of LAPD Chief W. H. Parker
Technical advisors: Captain Jack Donahoe, Sgt. Marty Wynn, and Sgt. Vance Brasher
Hal Gibney, announcer

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