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Dangerous Assignment, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Dangerous Assignment: China Sea Smuggling (EP4181)

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Today’s Mystery:

Steve is sent to the South China Sea to use a notorious smuggler Captain Jaeger to break a smuggling racket.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 10, 1951

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, Tony Barrett, Irene Winston, Paul Dubov, and Jean Tatum

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Sam Spade: The Crab Louie Caper (EP4179)

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Steve Dunne

Today’s Mystery:

Sam is hired to look into the disappearance and likely death of a crab fisherman.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 2, 1951

Originated from Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie

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Dragnet: Production 4 (aka: The Quick Trigger Men) (EP4178)

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Todays Mystery:

A police officer is shot and killed in a bar robbery gone wrong.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 24, 1949

Originated from Hollywood

Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero

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Dangerous Assignment: A Country’s Democracy Threatened (EP4175)

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Today’s Mystery:

Steve goes to a South American country where an American is wanted for killing the leader of the Fascist Party in order to prevent the election of an anti-US Government.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 3, 1951

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, William Conrad, Betty Lou Gerson, Tony Barrett, Paul Frees, William Johnstone.

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Sam Spade: The Shot in the Dark Caper (EP4173)

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Steve Dunne

Today’s Mystery:

A newspaper editor hires Spade to go undercover as a tenant at an apartment building where someone appears to have captured a shooting on their camera.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 23, 1951

Originated from Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie

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Dragnet: Production 3 (aka: The Werewolf) (EP4172)

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Todays Mystery:

A man described as having a face like a werewolf is robbing and mutilating women in the wee hours on the streets of Los Angeles.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 17, 1949

Originated from Hollywood

Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, Charlie McGraw as Captain Ed Backstrand

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Dangerous Assignment: The Suspect Cylinder (EP4169)

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Today’s Mystery:

Steve goes to Rome to find out why someone tried to bribe a student into smuggling a recording cylinder to Europe that contained a routine report on the prevalence of the common cold.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 26, 1951

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, Raymond Burr, Tony Barrett, Lou Krugman, Betty Lou Gerson, Don Diamond, Stacy Keach

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Sam Spade: The Soap Opera Caper (EP4167)

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Today’s Mystery:

Sam is hired by a soap opera queen to find her husband, and discover why he’s so distraught over a telegram from Mexico City.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 16, 1951

Originated from Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie

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Dragnet: Production 2 (aka: Nickle-Plated Gun) (EP4166)

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Today’s Mystery:

Friday and Romero search for two tough robbers who shot two police officers at a café.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 10, 1949

Originated from Hollywood

Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, Charlie McGraw as Ed Backstand, Frank Lovejoy

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Dangerous Assignment: Suspicious Explosions (EP4163)

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Today’s Mystery:

Steve investigates a series of explosions targeting treaty negotiations in Japan.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 19, 1951

Originated in Hollywood

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

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Sam Spade; The Sure Thing Caper (EP4161)

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Today’s Mystery:

Sam is hired by a gambler to find out if an ex-jockey cheated him and two tough friends out of $1500 by promising them a chance to profit on “a sure thing.”

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 9, 1951

Originated from Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, Wally Maher as Gentleman Joe

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Dangerous Assignment: Operation Hotfoot (EP4157)

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Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Trinidad in search of a scientist who have discovered an important microbe but failed to report on time.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 18, 1951

Originated in Hollywood

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

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Sam Spade: The String of Death Caper (EP4155)

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Today’s Mystery:

Sam is hired to find a sea captain, and then finds himself in the middle of desperate characters fighting over a string of pearls.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: Feburary 2, 1951

Originated from Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, William Conrad

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Dangerous Assignment: Epidemic-Needle in a Haystack (EP4151)

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Today’s Mystery:

Steve is sent to a U.S.-occupied town in West Germany to find the source of an epidemic that’s making everyone sick.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 11, 1951

Originated in Hollywood

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

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Sam Spade: The Chateau McCloud Caper (EP4149)

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Today’s Mystery:

Sam is hired by a man who received a threat after scheduling a ski weekend with a bunch of volatile guests.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 26, 1951

Originated from Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, William Conrad, Jay Novello

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