Category: Mystery Special

EP3602s: Lux Radio Theater: Blueprint for Murder

A man’s young niece dies and he begins to suspect that the beautiful stepmother poisoned her and he’s afraid his young nephew might be next.

Original Air Date: March 29, 1954

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EP3554s: The Saint: The Case of the Previewed Crime and the Saint and Barrie Craig: Visitor at Midnight (Twice Told Tale)

A man claiming to be an author wakes Simon to ask if a crime is insolvable. The next day he finds out the murder appears to have happened.

Original Air Date: July 30, 1950

A man visits Barrie at midnight under the cloak of darkness to ask if a murder is unsolvable.

Original Air Date: May 12, 1955

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EP3548s: Superman: The Puzzle of the Poison Pomegranate

Clark Kent investigates when a research scientist is found dead behind a locked room from poisoning.

Original Air Date: November 26, 1949

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EP3542s: Mercury Theater of the Air: The Immortal Sherlock Holmes


Sherlock Holmes tries to recover blackmail letters leading to a confrontation with the Napoleon of Crime-Professor Moriarty.

Original Air Date: September 25, 1938

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EP3500s: Proudly We Hail: This Could Be Murder

A San Francisco police inspector arrives at a scene of an apparent suicide that he suspects could be murder.

Original Air Date: December 3, 1950

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EP3452s: Escape: The Follower

A husband returns early from an out of town trip to find his wife missing and a former romantic rival murdered in his home.

 

Original Air Date: February 18, 1951

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EP3404s: Voyage of the Scarlet Queen: Queen Anne Pistols and the Dealer on King George Road and Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Queen Anne Pistols Matter (Twice Told Tale)

Captain Philip Kearney is hired to deliver a set of Queen Anne Pistols to a gun dealer when the Scarlet Queen is in port in Australia.
Original Air Date: February 18, 1948
Johnny is called in to deliver a pair of highly insured Queen Anne Pistols to a Gun Dealer in Boston.
Original Air Date: November 4, 1950

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EP3398s:Jeff Regan: The Lady with the Golden Hair and Rocky Jordan: The Make-Up Man (Twice Told Tale)

In Los Angeles, Regan is hired to protect a famous Hollywood make-up man who’s been shot at.

Original Air Date: July 31, 1948

In Cairo, a famous Hollywood make-up man comes to Rocky for help after being shot at.

Original Air Date: May 22, 1949

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EP3374: Suspense: End of the Road

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

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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Forecast: Deductions Deluxe: The Problem of the Painted Poodle (EP3350)


Private Detective Roger Boon is called in to find out why a wealthy woman’s poodle was painted green.
Original Air Date: July 28, 1941

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EP3302s: Tonight at Nine Thirty: The Black Market Murders

A San Francisco police inspector investigates the apparent murder of a shady businessman.

Original Air Date: March 16, 1945

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EP3254s: Command Performance: Dick Tracy in B-Flat

Dick Tracy (Bing Crosby) is about to wed his long-time fiancee Tess Trueheart (Diana Shore) but his wedding keeps getting interrupted by desperate gangsters Flattop (Bob Hope), the Mole (Jimmy Durante), and Shaky (Frank Sinatra)

Original Air Date: February 15, 1945

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EP3200s: Lux Radio Theater: The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

William Powell

A doctor is driven into an investigation of sinister goings on at a race track by his mystery writer ex-wife.

Original Air Date: June 19, 1939

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EP3104s: The Whistler: Danger is a Beautiful Blonde (Jack Webb Centennial)

An engineer is picked up by a beautiful woman and finds himself in the middle of a murder.

Original Air Date: May 8, 1949

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