Category: NBC

Cloak and Dagger: Operation Sellout (A0036)

Today’s Adventure:

An OSS agent leads a mission with a British officer and a former German officer.

Original Radio Broadcast: September 22, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Carl Eastman; Louise Erickson; Ian Martin; Luis Van Rooten; Arnold Moss; Karl Weber; Raymond Edward Johnson

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Dragnet: The Big Seventeen (EP4844)

Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate teens going wild in a neighborhood, culminating in a small riot in a theater.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 6, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield

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The Big Story: The Case of the Counterfeit Coins (EP4842)

Today’s Mystery:

Reporter Jack Adams goes undercover in a gang of counterfeiters to catch the man at the top.

Original Radio Broadcast: October 19, 1947

Originating from New York

Starring: Dwight Weist as Jack Adams; Mason Adams; Larry Haines; Richard Keith; Eileen Heckart; James Boles; Jackson Beck

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Adventure Ahead: Inside the FBI

Today’s Adventure:

An FBI agent tells a young visitor about a case that began with cattle rustling but led to a nationwide conspiracy.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: August 26, 1944

Originating from New York

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Cloak and Dagger: Seeds of Doubt (A0034)

Today’s Adventure:

In the waning days of the war, an OSS agent impersonates a dead Frenchman and pretends to marry his fiancée in order to weed out German agents trying to undermine Allied morale.

Original Radio Broadcast: September 15, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Charles Webster; Alice Frost; Joseph Julian; Karl Weber; Evie Juster; Jerry Jarrett; Louis Sorin; Horace Braham; Anna Karen

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Dragnet: The Big Crazy (EP4839)

Today’s Mystery:

A woman is missing and her sister suspects her milquetoast husband of murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 30, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero

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The Big Story: The Thirteenth Key (EP4837)

Today’s Mystery:

A Columbus reporter investigates the brutal stabbing death of a woman found at a shooting range.

Original Radio Broadcast: June 4, 1947

Originating from New York

Starring: John Gibson as James Fusco of the Columbus Citizen; James McCallion; Gilbert Mack; Ward Wilson; Horace Braham; Connie Lembke; Janet Fox

Related: Columbus Underground article on the true story behind this week’s episode. (NSFW)

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Cloak and Dagger: Over Ground Railroad (A0032)

Today’s Adventure:

An OSS agent goes into France to team up with a formidable wealthy French woman to set up an escape route for downed Allied flyers.

Original Radio Broadcast: September 8, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Tremayne; Bryna Raeburn; Lily Valenti; Jack Gordon; Ralph Bell

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Dragnet: The Big In-Laws (EP4834)

Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of truck hijackings.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 23, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Barney Philips; Stacy Harris

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Cloak and Dagger: War of Words (A0030)

Today’s Adventure:

Two OSS agents have to carry forged orders for a Japanese camp commander through a Burman jungle.

Original Radio Broadcast: September 1, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Chuck Webster; Ralph Bell; Raymond Edward Johnson; Eric Dressler; Karl Weber; Jerry Jarrett; Joan Alison; Maurice Tarplin; Guy Repp

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Dragnet: The Big Winchester (EP4929)

Today’s Mystery:

An elderly man is found shot to death in his home. While it initially looks like a suicide, there’s reason to think it might be a homicide.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 16 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero

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Cloak and Dagger: The Black Radio (A0028)

Today’s Adventure: An OSS agent parachutes into Germany to team up with a local operative to run an underground broadcast to undermine the Nazi propoganda.

Original Radio Broadcast: August 27, 1950

Originating in New York

Starring: Larry Haines, Lily Darvas, Berry Kroeger, Arnold Moss, Stefan Schnabel, Bob Wile, Jerry Jarrett,

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Dragnet: The Big Screen (EP4824)

Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a an epidemic of crooked TV repairmen.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 9, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero

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Cloak and the Dagger: The Norweigan Incident (A0026)

Today’s Adventure:

Two OSS Agents go into occupied Norway to blow up a key Nazi-controlled bridge.

Original Radio Broadcast: August 20, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Berry Kroeger; Raymond Edward Johnson; Jerry Jarrett; Frank Barrens; Karl Weber; Joseph Julian; Ralph Bell

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Dragnet: The Big Late Script (EP4819)

Today’s Mystery:

Friday and Romero are called in to investigate the kidnapping of a local businessman.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 26, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Barney Phillips

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