Category: Mystery Special

Mystery Special, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Tales of the Texas Rangers

Inheritance: The Texas Rangers (Texas Rangers Bicentenial Special) (EP4094s)

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A Texas Rangers Captain is assigned to form a group of special forces to stop rustlers stealing cattle and taking them across the Rio Grande.

Original Radio Broadcast Date:June 13, 1954

Starred: Lloyd Talbot as Captain McNally

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CBS, Mystery Special, OTR Detective, Podcast, Screen Guild Theatre

Screen Guild Theater: A Night to Remember (EP4052s)

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Today’s Mystery:

A mystery writer (Brian Donlevy) and his wife (Lucille Ball) move into a basement apartment in the East Village one night. In the morning, they find a body in their garden.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 1, 1944

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Brian Donlevy as Jeff Troy, Lucille Ball as Nancy Troy

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Mystery Special, OTR Detective, Podcast

Twice Told Tale: The Abbotts and It’s a Crime, Mr. Collins: The Fabulous Emerald Necklace (EP4022s)

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Today’s Mystery:

Pat uses Jean as a decoy to capture a jewel robber who murdered a wealthy man.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 3, 1955

Greg uses Gail as a decoy to capture a jewel robber who murdered a wealthy man.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 2, 1957

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CBS, Mystery Special, OTR Detective, Podcast, Sam Spade

Jack Carson Show: Sam Spade (EP4016s)

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Today’s Mystery:

Jack Carson calls in Sam Spade for protection after receiving a threatening telegram.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 5, 1947

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CBS, Hollywood Sound Stage, Mystery Special, OTR Detective, Podcast, Screen Guild Theatre

Hollywood Sound Stage: Call Northside 777 (EP4010s)

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Today’s mystery:

A reporter responds to the ad of a mother who wants someone to clear her son of the murder of a police officer twelve years before.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 27, 1951

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CBS, Lux Radio Theatre, Mystery Special, OTR Detective, Podcast

Lux Radio Theater: Laura (EP4004s)

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As he investigates the murder of a young advertising executive (Gene Tierney), a police detective (Dana Andrews) begins to fall in love with the murdered woman.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 5, 1945

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CBS, Mystery Special, OTR Detective, Podcast, Sam Spade

Burns and Allen: Gracie Sends Sam Spade to Jail (EP3950s)

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Today’s Mystery:

George Burns and Sam Spade explain to a police lieutenant how Gracie got them thrown into jail for murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 10, 1949

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