Category: OTR Detective

EP2934: Boston Blackie: The John Frawley Imposter Murder

Richard Kollmar

A man comes to Blackie asking for help claiming to be a man who was declared dead while in Africa.

Original Air Date: January 26, 1949

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EP2933: Rocky Jordan: The Beggar of Ferrar

Jack Moyles
A beggar is blamed for the murder of a wealthy businessman.

Original Air Date: May 21, 1950

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EP2932: Let George Do It: Lefty’s Angel

A big-time gangster is killed and George searches for the “angel” who enabled his criminal empire.

Original Air Date: July 9, 1951

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EP2931: Hercule Poirot: The Bride Wore Fright (Listener’s Choice Short Division #1)

Harold Huber

Poirot comes into his apartment to find a woman in a wedding dress hiding from a most dangerous groom.

Original Air Date: December 7, 1945

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EP2930: Dragnet: The Big Coins

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith search for a burglar who sets houses on fire after stealing items of minimal value.

Original Air Date: November 9, 1954
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EP2929: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Racehorse Piledriver Matter

Charles Russell

Johnny is called by an ex-Jockey who fears the owner of a once-successful racehorse plans to kill it for the insurance money.

Original Air Date: October 8, 1949

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EP2928: Boston Blackie: The ‘High and Dry’ Murder

Richard Kollmar

A dead body is found on a boat in the middle of the city five miles from water.

Original Air Date: January 19, 1949

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EP2927: Rocky Jordan: Congo Copper

Jack Moyles

An old friend of Rocky’s asks him to run a mine he owns in the Congo as he can’t go back since he killed a man.

Original Air Date: May 14, 1950
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EP2926: Let George Do It: Is Everybody Happy?


A wealthy man, who has dedicated his fortune to helping talented people to achieve their potential, is murdered.

Original Air Date: July 2, 1952

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EP2925: Richard Diamond: The Jerome J. Jerome Case (Listener’s Choice Standard Division #5)

An eccentric man shows up in Diamond’s office and claims to have found a body.

Original Air Date: September 17, 1949

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EP2924: Dragnet: The Big Locker

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith catch a man outside a pawn shop with a thousand dollar emerald ring.

Original Air Date: November 2, 1954

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EP2923: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Search for Michelle Marsh

Charles Russell

Johnny goes to Boston to find a missing insured woman and finds a private eye who dies with her name on his lips.

Original Air Date:September 25, 1949

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EP2922: Boston Blackie: The Broken Clocks Murder

Richard Kollmar

A man pays Blackie $5,000 to stay the night. In the morning, the man unable to determine the time, as all the clocks and watches in the apartment are stopped. He’s then murdered.

Original Air Date: January 12, 1949

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EP2921: Rocky Jordan: Horde of the Manluks

Jack Moyles

Rocky spots a crashing plane and is then pursued by a man with a machine gun.

Original Air Date: January 12, 1949

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EP2920: George Do It: The Man From Jaune Cache


A man hires George because his brother-in-law is due to arrive from South America and he’s afraid that the brother-in-law’s in trouble because of a man who’s been watching his house.

Original Air Date: June 25, 1951

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