Category: Mutual

The Falcon: Murder is a Knock-Out (EP4263)

Les Tremayne
Today’s Mystery:

A Los Angeles mobster comes to New York searching for a woman who stole $75,000. Murder follows.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 20, 1949

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Tremayne as the Falcon; Beverly Roberts

I’m appearing on the Classic Comedy of Old Time Radio as part of our Round Robin Crossover

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The Falcon: Murder is a Bad Bluff (EP4257)

Les Tremayne

Today’s Mystery:

The Falcon is hired by a woman who’s afraid that her fiancé is earning his money in the rackets.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 1, 1948

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Tremayne as The Falcon; Joe DeSantis

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The Falcon: Murder is a Family Affair (EP4251)

Today’s Mystery:

A man who is about to be executed asks The Falcon to prevent his brother from murdering his cheating wife.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 27, 1945

Originated from New York

Starring: James Meighan as The Falcon; Jackson Beck; John Gibson

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The Falcon: Murder Knows No Borderline (EP4245)

Today’s Mystery:

While on vacation in Mexico, the Falcon finds himself tangling with a racketeer.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 13, 1945

Originated from New York

Starring: James Meighan as the Falcon

This episode includes discussion of the literary history of the Falcon and background on the second actor to play the Falcon, James Meighan

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Sherlock Holmes Guy Fawkes Day Special (EP4226)

Today is Guy Fawkes Day and we celebrate with two different Guy-Fawkes-related Sherlock Holmes adventures.

First, in The Fifth of November, a man named James Stuart comes to Baker Street pleading for Holmes’ help, as he fears his cousin, Guy Falkenberry, is going to blow him up.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 5, 1945

Originated from Hollywood

Starring: Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes; Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson.

Second, in The Guy Fawkes Society, Holmes and Watson find a man with his throat slit from ear to ear and it sets Holmes on the trail of a sinister conspiracy.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 10, 1948

Starring: John Stanley as Sherlock Holmes; George Spelvin as Watson

Guest introduction by Donna Fletcher Crow. You can purchase her book, Where Love Restores, on Amazon. (affiliate link)

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Crime Fighters: A New England Detective (EP4148)

Raymond Edward Johnson
Today’s Mystery:

A New England detective is also a parole officer for a young man who was convicted of theft. Does the ex-convict really want to go straight and will he actually be allowed to?

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 9, 1950

Originated in New York

Starred: Raymond Edward Johsnon, Alan Stevenson, Ian Martin, Abby Lewis, and Rock Rogers

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Let George Do It: That Ain’t No Way to Run a Railroad (EP4103)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

George is hired by a wealthy man who is suspicious because his bid to buy a broken-down railroad for a million dollars was refused.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 2, 1952

Originated from Hollywood

Starred: Bob Bailey as George Valentine, Virginia Gregg as Brooksie, Earle Ross

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Let George Do It: How Gullible Can You Be? (EP4102)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

A chauffeur of a rich man whose partner died in a suspicious “accident” asks George to take care of an envelope, plunging George into the middle of the case.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 28, 1951

Originated from Hollywood

Starred: Bob Bailey as George Valentine, Virginia Gregg as Brooksie, Ken Christy as Lieutenant Johnson, Tony Barrett

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Let George Do It: Triple Indemnity (EP4101)

Bob Bailey
Today’s Mystery:

George goes to a small town where gossip says that a man has murdered his missing wife.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 6, 1950

Originated from Hollywood

Starred: Bob Bailey as George Valentine, Virginia Gregg as Brooksie, Wally Maher as Lieutenant Riley

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EP3560: Squad Room: Body Found in a Plastic Bag

The police investigate when dismembered body parts are found in a plastic bag.

Original Air Date: 1955

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EP3554: Squad Room: February 3, 1954

A woman confessed to killing her abusive husband and then Lt. Douglas investigates a robbery gone bad that left a woman dead by the side of the road.

Original Air Date: February 3, 1954

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EP3548: Top Secrets of the FBI: The Case of the Vest Pocket Broadcasting Station

The FBI plans to catch a heroin ring using a brand new recording device that can be carried in a pocket.

Audition Date: 1947

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EP3356: Under Arrest: Ruth Cutter’s Burglar

A woman shoots an intruder and claims self-defense but Captain Scott doesn’t buy it.

Original Air Date: August 21, 1949

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EP3350: Under Arrest: Evil Witness

A man on death row pleads with Captain Scott to prove his innocence.
Original Air Date: July 10, 1949
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EP3344: Under Arrest: Sam Carver


Captain Scott investigates the case of a man who was murdered at a seance, and the witnesses all insist the murder was his business partner who has been dead for four years.

Original Air Date: February 6, 1949

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