Category: OTR Detective

CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Doubtful Dairy Matter (EP4573)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called in to investigate a fire that destroyed a silo at a dairy ranch.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 9, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Paul Dubov; Will Wright; John Dehner; Harry Bartell; Parley Baer; Forrest Lewis

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Mr. and Mrs. North, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Mr. and Mrs. North: The Norths Discover Christopher Columbus (EP4572)

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Joseph Curtain and Alice Frost

Today’s Mystery:

On the eve of Columbus Day, the Norths see a man dressed as Christopher Columbus jump out of a building.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 11, 1944

Originating from New York City

Starring: Joseph Curtain as Jerry North; Alice Frost as Pamela North; Frank Lovejoy

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

Broadway’s My Beat: The Julie Dixon Murder Case (EP4571)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery: Danny investigates the disappearance of a “Cinderella girl” who is engaged to a high priced lawyer.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 10, 1950

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jay Novello; Junius Matthews; Lawrence Dobkin; Virginia Gregg; Vivi Janis; William Johnstone

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CBS, Operation Danger, OTR Detective, Podcast, Rare Detectives

Operation Danger (EP4570)

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Today’s Mystery:

A captain in the army counter-intelligence department teams up with a British intelligence agent to track down the source of diamonds to finance a new Nazi plan.

Audition Date: June 25, 1950

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Howard Culver as Captain Ethan Allen Rogers; Joan Banks; Ben Wright; Paul Frees; Theodore Von Eltz; Fritz Feld; Rick Vallen

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Falcon

The Falcon: The Case of the Missing Patient (EP4569)

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Les Damon

Today’s Mystery:

The widow of a kindly doctor is accused of his murder, but she suspects a rough-looking character who showed up for medical care and then disappeared.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 17, 1952

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Chuck Webster as Sergeant Corbett; Larry Haines

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OTR Detective, Podcast

Hearthstone of the Death Squad: The Unheeded Warning Murder Case (Encore) (EP4568e)

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Alfred Shirley

A secretary is warned to leave her job, and a murder occurs in her office.

Original Air Date: August 30, 1951

Originating in New York

Starring Alfred Shirley as Inspector Hearthstone

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Grandma (EP4568)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero are assigned to investigate the case of a motherly lady who has written more than a thousand bad checks over nine years.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 19, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

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

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Ideal Vacation Matter (EP4567)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny has to find an insured newspaper columnist and let him know that a convict with a grudge against the columnist has escaped prison.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 22, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Mary Jane Croft; Lawrence Dobkin; Joseph Kearns; Jack Edwards; Barney Phillips; Byron Kane

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Mr. and Mrs. North, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Mr. and Mrs. North: Pam Keeps Out of Trouble (EP4566)

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Alice Frost

Today’s Mystery:

With Jerry out of town, Pam tries to help a hapless reformed gambler quit his job at a gambling den and finds herself caught up in a murder investigation.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 9, 1944

Starring: Alice Frost as Pamela North

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

Broadway’s My Beat: The Lt. Jimmy Hunt Murder Case (EP4565)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A mentally troubled former Army Lieutenant is found stabbed to death in a hospital.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 3, 1950

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Theodore Von Eltz; Mary Jane Croft; Georgia Ellis; Jerry Hausner; Jack Edwards

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CBS, Forgotten Detectives, Hearthstone of the Death Squad, Keen and Company, OTR Detective, Podcast

Mystery Theatre: The Fifty Dollar Murder Case (EP4564)

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Alfred ShirleyToday’s Mystery:

Inspector Hearthstone investigates the murder of a man which occurred after that man’s stepson, recently released from prison, threatens him.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 18, 1949

Originating from New York City

Starring: Alfred Shirley as Inspector Hearthstone; James Meighan

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Falcon

The Falcon: The Case of the Beautiful Bait (EP4563)

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Les Damon

Today’s Mystery:

A beautiful woman’s attempt to seduce a young boxer into signing with her fight manager boyfriend ends in murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 22, 1951

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Chuck Webster as Sergeant Corbett; Ralph Bell

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OTR Detective, Podcast

Call the Police: The Porter Case (Encore) (EP4562e)

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Joseph Julian

New Police Commissioner Bill Grant investigates the murder of a blackmailer, and a husband and his wife confess.

Original Air Date: June 3, 1947

Originating in New York

Starring Joseph Julian as Bill Grant

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Dragnet, napodpomo, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Quack (EP4562)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a phony psychiatrist who burgled the house of a patient he’d hypnotized.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 12, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

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

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CBS, napodpomo, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The J.P.D. Matter (EP4561)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

The owner of an old-style brewery alleges that a blast by a rival building a clifftop brewery will destroy her operation.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 15, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Eleanor Audley; Jeanne Bates; G. Stanley Jones; Alan Reed; Austin Green

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