Category: Mystery Special

EP1304s: Suspense: Pearls are a Nuisance

William Bendix

A private detective teams up with an ex-chauffeur in a quest to uncover a string of missing fake pearls.

Original Air Date: April 19, 1945

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EP1271: Lux Radio Theater: The Lady in the Lake

Robert Montgomery
Philip Marlowe looks for a missing wife  at the behest of the missing woman’s husband’s secretary who wants to break up the marriage to marry her boss.

Original Air Date: February 9, 1948

 

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EP1250s: The Chase: Elliott Preston Is Framed for Murder

A man is accused of murdering his girlfriend’s uncle who stands in the way of her marrying him.

Original Air Date: May 18, 1952

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EP1241: Lux Radio Theatre: Murder My Sweet

Dick Powell

Philip Marlowe (Dick Powell) becomes involved in a mixed up case of stolen jade, a missing girlfriend,  blackmail, and narcotics.

Original Air Date: June 11, 1945

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EP1154s: Molle Mystery Theatre: Homicide for Hannah

An unemployed man finds himself accused of murder and accompanied by a beautiful blonde detective who has an appetite for homicide.

Original Air Date: December 28, 1943

EP1100s: Cavalcade of America: The School for Men

Gregory Peck
A vacation police officer helps his brother (who is a police officer in another town) catch a serial killer using skills acquired in an FBI training school.

Original Air Date: May 5, 1947

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EP1085: Gunsmoke: Mark Dillon Goes To Gough Eye

 Michael Rye

Marshall Mark Dillon goes to Gough Eye to investigate an allegedly crooked roulette wheel and finds a a series of murders.

Audition Date: June 11, 1949

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EP1052s: Crime Club: Death Blew Out the Match

Richard Kollmar

A woman visits a peaceful Maine town, only to find herself prime suspect in a rival’s murder.

Original Air Date: December 2, 1946

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EP1008: NBC University Theater: The Purloined Letter

Adolphe Menjou

A blackmailing count steals a compromising letter from a noble lady.

Original Air Date: September 17, 1948

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EP1002: Suspense: The Mystery of Marie Roget

Cornel Wilde

Auguste Dupin investigates the murder of a young woman found floating in a Paris river.

Original Air Date: December 14, 1953

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EP1000s: Screen Guild Theatre: Call Northside 777

Jimmy Stewart plays a cynical reporter turned crusader who seeks to clear a man wrongly convicted of murdering a police officer. This episode was based on the 1949 Edgar Award Winning Movie of the same name.

Original Air Date: October 7, 1948

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EP0996: The Weird Circle: Murders in the Rue Morgue

The episode begins with a look at a story of the Prophet Daniel that many think is the first detective story. From Can You Imagine That?

Original Air Date: 1940

A woman and her daughter are brutally killed after withdrawing 50,000 Francs from the bank and Dupin is on the case in Edgar Allan Poe’s first detective story.

Original Air Date: January 2, 1944

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EP0990: Escape: The Lost Special

Ben Wright

A Scotland Yard Inspector investigates the disappearance of a train en route.

Original Air Date: February 12, 1949

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EP0902s: X Minus One: Protective Mimicry

Mandell Kramer

In the 25th Century, a Treasury Agent seeks to find the truth behind the re-appearance of counterfeit currency.

Original Air Date: October 3, 1956

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EP0854s: Murder Clinic: The Holloway Flat Tragedy

Alfred Shirley
Max Carrados doesn’t buy an obvious explanation that a man was murdered by the boyfriend of his lover.

Original Air Date: August 18, 1942

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