Category: Forgotten Detectives

Today’s Mystery: A woman is found murdered on a Ferris wheel.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: Around New Years Day in the mid-1950s

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Originating in New York

Starring: Wynn Wright as Lt. John Douglas; Dan Ocko as Sergeant Allen; George Tanner; Sam Gray

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Forgotten Detectives, Mutual, Podcast, Procedural, Sqaud Room

Squad Room: Old Woman Found Shot (EP4384)

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Today’s Mystery:

A late-night distress call from a professional building sends Detectives Scanlon and Grady into the depths of a crime that defies expectations. Amidst the echo of multiple shots fired, they find themselves piecing together the fragments of a life lived in the shadows. An old woman’s untimely death in an empty office, a janitor with a story that doesn’t quite fit, and a switchboard operator who knows more than she’s telling.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: Mid-1950s

Originating in New York

Starring: Bill Zuckert as RJ Scanlon; Chuck Webster as James Brady; Charlotte Manson; Arthur Cole

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Squad Room: Mother of Two Murdered (EP4378)

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Today’s Mystery:

Scanlon and Webster are called in to investigate when a woman is found dead in a dirty manufacturing loft.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 22, 1954

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Originating in New York

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Starring: Bill Zuckert as RJ Scanlon; Chuck Webster as James Brady

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Dr. Tim Detective, Forgotten Detectives, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

Dr. Tim, Detective: The Mystery of the Roller Coaster Ride and Adventures in Research: The Health Detective (EP4348)

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Today’s 1st Mystery:

A visit to the carnival is soured by the presence of an old-school seller of snake oil. It’s made even worse when Dr. Tim has to investigate a death.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: Early to Mid 1950s

Originating in Colorado

Starring: Bob Hahn as Dr. Tim

Today’s Second Mystery:

Dr. John Snow, the Health Detective, sets out to solve the mystery of a cholera epidemic in London.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 17, 1952

Host: Paul Shannon

Originating in Pittsburgh

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Indictment: Fur Robberies (EP4160)

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Nat Polen

Today’s Mystery:

A man convicted of extortion decides to give McCormick information on a robbery to avoid an indefinite prison sentence.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 15, 1957

Originated from: New York

Starring: Nat Polen as Assistant Distict Attorney Edward McCormick

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Dr. Tim, Detective: Poisoner at Large and the Man from Hiroshima (EP3976)

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Today’s 1st Mystery:

Doctor Tim is called to find out what’s behind a series of food poisonings.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 24, 1950

Today’s 2nd Mystery:
X-Rays that Dr. Tim needs for the District Attorney keep being ruined.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 15, 1950

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Dr. Tim, Detective: The Mad Maltese and Guest in Number Two (EP3952)

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Today’s 1st Mystery:

Dr. Tim, Jill, and Sammy have to find a man who was bitten by a rabid Maltese cat.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 27, 1950

Today’s 2nd Mystery: A mysterious lodger in the mysterious room is shot.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 6, 1950

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EP3844: Defense Attorney: George Bauman

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Martha takes up the defense of a man who claims self-defense in the shooting of a man who held up his bar … and who was his wife’s ex-husband.

Original Air Date: August 28, 1952

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EP3562: Bill Lance: Special Delivery

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Bill Lance is hired to deliver a rare necklace to Paris.

Original Air Date: October 19, 1947

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EP3556: Bill Lance: Death Wears a New Dress

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A fashion model friend of BIll’s calls for help and then drops dead in the middle of a show before she can tell him what’s the matter.

Original Air Date; October 12, 1947

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EP3550: Adventures of Bill Lance: Escaped Maniac

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Bill Lance is called to a country estate at the request of the owner who fears that a relative who escaped from insane asylum will come and kill someone.

Original Air Date: September 28, 1947

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CBS, Forgotten Detectives, Indictment, Mystery Special, OTR Detective, Podcast, Suspense

EP3374: Suspense: End of the Road

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A model turns to the assistant district attorney for help in dealing with an abusive husband.

Original Air Date: January 31, 1960

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EP3368: Suspense: The Thimble

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The Assistant District Attorney investigates the death of a famous painter at the request of her mentally ill daughter.
Original Air Date: November 22, 1959

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