Category: OTR Detective

Harp McGuire

Today’s Mystery:

A woman hires Grainger because she suspects her estranged husband (a famous criminologist) will kill a male friend.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957

Originating from Australia

Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger

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Lux Radio Theatre, OTR Detective, Podcast

Lux Radio Theater: O.S.S. (A0054)

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Today’s Adventure:

A team of OSS agents go undercover in occupied France during World War II to enact a campaign of sabotage.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 18, 1946

Starring: Alan Ladd; Veronica Lake; Gale Gordon; Joseph Kearns; Richard Benedict; Robert Coute; Rolfe Sedan; Truda Marson; Charles Seel; Ed Emerson; George Neise; George Sorel; Henry Roland; Howard Jeffrey; Jay Novello; Noreen Gammill

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wayward Diamond Matter (EP4890)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

An insurance case was closed, but the agency forgot about a fraudulent claim for the jewelry.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 14, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Paula Winslowe; Ben Wright; Jack Kruschen; Jack Edwards; Marvin Miller; Joseph Kearn

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Story Man (EP4889)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero hunt for safe burglars targeting local churches.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 18, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Broadway's My Beat, CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast

Broadway’s My Beat: The Joe Gruber Murder Case (EP4888)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A man commits murder while trying to break into a woman’s apartment.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 8, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Barbara Whiting; Irene Tedrow; Lou Krugman; Martha Wentworth; Norman Field; Jerry Hausner

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Big Story

The Big Story: Manhunt in Manhattan (EP4887)

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Today’s Mystery:

A reporter searches for a robber who provoked a police officer into killing a bystander.

Original Radio Broadcast: January 7, 1948

Originating from New York

Starring: William Quinn; Whit Vernon; Francis De Sales; Everett Sloane; Jerry Lewis; Eileen Heckart; Stephen Chase; Evelyn Juster; Will Kuluva,

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Danger with Grainger, OTR Detective, Podcast

Danger with Grainger: The Wandering Weapon Case (EP4886)

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Harp McGuire

Today’s Mystery: An out-of-town visitor is accused of murder when his gun from California is used in the killing.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957

Originating from Australia

Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger

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OTR Detective, Podcast

Tarzan and the Diamonds of Asher: Mistaken Identity, the Map, A Wolf Among the Sheep (A0053)

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Today’s Adventure:

Tarzan is mistaken for a missing American archeologist by dangerous criminals who demand he tell them the location of the land of Asher and “the Father of Diamonds”.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: May 14, 16, and 18, 1934

Originating from New York

Starring: Carlton Kadell as Tarzan

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OTR Detective, Podcast

Escape: Operation Fleur De Lys (Encore) (A0052)

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Two OSS Agents (Jack Webb and Elliot Lewis) parachute into occupied France to organize resistance to the Nazis to support the Allied invasion. However, their efforts are threatened by a leak.

Original Air Date: July 14, 1947

Originating from Hollywood

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1949-54 Johnny Dollar, OTR Detective, Podcast

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The King’s Necklace Matter (Encore) (EP4885)

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Howard McNear

Johnny goes to a private island to investigate the attempted theft of a $250,000 necklace belonging to the owner of the island.

Original Air Date: March 17, 1953

Starring: John Lund as Johnny Dollar; Howard McNear

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OTR Detective, Podcast, The Line Up

The Line Up: The Topaz Earring Murder (Encore) (EP4884)

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Howard McNear

An investment advisor is murdered and suspicion falls upon his jilted fiancée.

Original Air Date: November 23, 1950

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Bill Johnstone as Lieutenant Ben Guthrie; Wally Maher as Sergeant Matt Groebs; Howard McNear

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Let George Do It, OTR Detective, Podcast

Let George Do It: Man Under the Elm Tree (Encore) (EP4883)

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Howard McNear

George goes to a quiet college town, sent by a man who fears a lodger at his sister’s inn is up to no good. He finds an eccentric professor who seems to know something about the death of the lady’s husband.

Original Air Date: September 26, 1949

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as George Valentine; Frances Robinson as Brooksie; Howard McNear

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