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Dangerous Assignment, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Dangerous Assignment: Kroner Cutlass (EP4067)

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Today’s Mystery:

Steve goes to Europe to clear the U.S. of having stolen a cutlass that’s a powerful national symbol. The problem? A U.S. Navy officer’s wife is in possession of one of the jewels from the cutlass.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 10, 1951

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner

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Sam Spade: The Red Amapola Caper (Rehearsal) (EP4065)

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Today’s Mystery:

Sam is hired to serve as an alibi for a Mexican man but all bets are off when his daughter is shot right in front of him.

Rehearsal of Program that Original Aired on May 21, 1950

Originated from Hollywood

Starred Howard Duff as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural, Tales of the Texas Rangers

Tales of the Texas Rangers: Ex-Con (EP4064)

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Today’s Mystery:

A desperate ex-con agrees to murder a woman for $1,000 and Jace has to stop him.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 29, 1952

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Dangerous Assignment: Nazi Fugitive (EP4061)

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Today’s Mystery:

Steve goes to Malaysia to find an ex-Nazi fugitive who is stirring up rebellion and disrupting rubber production.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 3, 1951

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Sam Spade

Sam Spade: The Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottontail Caper (EP4059)

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Today’s Mystery:

A private eye from Chicago who lost his license pushes his way into Sam’s office and talks him into taking a case…dressed as a giant rabbit.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 4, 1949

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural, Tales of the Texas Rangers

Tales of the Texas Rangers: Knock Out (EP4058)

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Today’s Mystery:

Jayce searches for the murderer of an elderly cattle rancher who stole a sheriff’s gun and beat him with it.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 22, 1952

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Dangerous Assignment: A Box of Busted Bells (EP4055)

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Today’s Mystery:

Steve goes to Cairo to search for a missing government official whose accusation could bring down a U.S.-friendly Middle Eastern government.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 27, 1951

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Brian Donlevy

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Sam Spade: The Cheesecake Caper (EP4053)

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Today’s Mystery:

Sam is hired by a waiter who leaves a photo in a sandwich and tells him to find the woman in it.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 6, 1949

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural, Tales of the Texas Rangers

Tales of the Texas Rangers: Travesty (EP4052)

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Today’s Mystery:

A man claims that his spare tire was stolen out of the back of his car, and accuses a Sherriff’s Deputy of failing to file his report.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 15, 1952

Originated from Hollywood

Starred: Joel McCrea as Jace Pearson, Byron Kane, Ken Christy, Paul Frees, Michael Ann Barrett, Jess Kirkpatrick, Tony Barrett

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Dangerous Assignment: Missing Arctic Warfare Report (EP4049)

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Today’s Mystery:

Steve is sent to Quebec to recover a report on new arctic warfare equipment that had been in the possession of a murdered scientist.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 20, 1951

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Stacy Harris

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Tales of the Texas Rangers: Illegal Entry (EP4046)

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Today’s Mystery:

The Rangers pursue a robber who stabbed a victim and kidnapped a local woman.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 8, 1952

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Joel McCrea as Ranger Jace Pearson. Herb Ellis, Tony Barrett, Lillian Buyeff, Hal March, Jay Arvan

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Dangerous Assignment: Find Missing Scientist Dr. Wieczek (EP4043)

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Today’s Mystery:

Steve goes to Madrid, Spain to find a prominent scientist who disappeared while defecting to the United States.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 13, 1950

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Tony Barrett, William Conrad, Paul Frees

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Tales of the Texas Rangers: Sell Out (EP4040)

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Today’s Mystery: Jace investigates the murder of a shopkeeper who was killed during a going out of business sale.

Original Radio Broadcast Date:June 1, 1952

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Joel McCrea (Jace Pearson), Stacy Harris, Tony Barrett

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Dangerous Assignment: Operation Fish Hook (EP4037)

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Today’s Mystery:

Steve is sent to Haiti to find out if some missing scientists are alive and to recover their research on submarine warfare.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 6, 1951

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Tales of the Texas Rangers: Jailbird (EP4034)

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Today’s Mystery:

The Rangers join a statewide manhunt for an escaped felon who killed a police officer.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 25, 1952

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