Category: OTR Detective

EP2821: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Deadly Crystal Matter

Mandel Kramer

Johnny is investigating a case of a stolen $300,000 necklace, and then it’s returned by a mysterious woman without explanation.

Original Air Date: September 23, 1962

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EP2820: Blackie: The Harry Walker Killing

Richard Kollmar

Blackie tries to find who killed a man close to his home, while the killer tries to track down the man’s wife, who he believes witnessed the murder.

Original Air Date: June 23, 1948

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EP2819: Rocky Jordan: The Loomis Affair

Jack Moyles
Rocky is accused of murder when a gangster he had a quarrel with is murdered while both men were in different areas of a bank vault and both men were opening their safe deposit boxes.

Original Air Date: January 15, 1950
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EP2818: Richard Diamond: The Charles Johnson Matter

EP2818: Richard Diamond: The Charles Johnson Matter
Diamond is hired by a man who insists he was framed for passing counterfeit bills.

Original Rebroadcast Date: September 13, 1953

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EP2817: Rogue’s Gallery: Lovely Little Old Lady (Listener’s Choice Standard Divsion #16)

Rogue goes to help an elderly woman with a son in trouble with the law. The son’s not there and Rogue wakes up to find he was given a Mickey Finn tea and has been framed for murder.

Original Air Date: November 29, 1945

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EP2816: Dragnet: The Big Search

Jack Webb

Frank and Joe search for a kidnapped teenage girl.

Original Air Date: July 6, 1954

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EP2815: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The No Matter Matter

Mandel Kramer

Johnny is called in by an insured man and arrives to find a dead woman only for her to disappear.

Original Air Date: September 16, 1962

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EP2814: Boston Blackie: John Davis Is Murdered . . . Twice

Richard Kollmar

A man who an escaped killer promised to kill is murdered, but Blackie doesn’t think the killer murdered the man.

Original Air Date: Unknown but May 12, 1948 or later

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EP2813: Rocky Jordan: Smoke Screen

Jack Moyles

A young woman and her father ask Rocky to provide an alibi for the father. Rocky refuses and the woman’s gunned down while leaving the Tambourine.

Original Air Date: January 8, 1950

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EP2812: Dr. Tim, Detective: The Mystery of the Mad Maltese

Doctor Tim, Sandy, and Jill have to find a man that was infected by a rabid cat.

Original Air Date: September 11, 1950

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EP2811: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: Bodyguard to Anne Connelly (Listener’s Choice Standard Divsion #17)


Johnny travels to Milwaukee to protect a woman who’s afraid of an ex-boyfriend who’s been released from prison.

Original Air Date: December 3, 1949

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EP2810: Dragnet: The Big Chick

Jack Webb

Friday goes undercover to find out who’s behind low grade heroin that’s been hitting the streets.

Original Air Date: June 29, 1954

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EP2809: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Four C’s Matter

Mandel Kramer

Johnny is called in to protect a wealthy businessman who’s been threatened by both of his business partners.

Original Air Date: September 9, 1962

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EP2808: Boston Blackie: The Bolo Prison Break

Richard Kollmar

Blackie has to figure out how a gang of criminals broke out of prison even though they were barred from speaking to each other.

Original Air Date: May 5, 1948

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EP2807: Rocky Jordan: The Man from Cairo

Jack Moyles

A naive tourist from Cairo, Illinois is looking for intrigue in Cairo, Egypt and has found it, but doesn’t know it. It’s up to Rocky to get to the bottom of it and make sure they both come out alive.

Original Air Date: January 1, 1950

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