Category: OTR Detective

EP2417: Richard Diamond: The Eddie Burke Case

Dick Powell

A man demands Diamond give him something. Diamond has no idea what he’s talking about and is beaten up.

Original Air Date: February 8, 1952

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EP2416: Rocky Fortune: The Rodeo Murder Mystery

Frank Sinatra

Rocky is hired by the owner of a rodeo and finds himself framed for his employer’s murder.

Original Air Date: January 12, 1954

 

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EP2415: Night Beat: Flight from Fear

Frank Lovejoy

An elderly layout man pulls part of a columnist’s article on a young talented swimmer. The swimmer refused to try out for the Olympics and ends up threatening the columnist and Randy.

Original Air Date: July 31, 1952

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EP2414: Dragnet: The Big Strip

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith search for a gang of car strippers.

Original Air Date: February 1, 1953

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EP2413: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Captain’s Table Matter

Bob Bailey

Johnny is called to Arizona to investigate a suspicious death at a rest home. Is it suicide or murder?

Original Air Date: April 9, 1961

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EP2412: Boston Blackie: The Willibrand Diamonds

Richard Kollmar

Blackie tries to recover stolen jewels.

Original Air Date: January 28, 1947

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EP2411: Richard Diamond: The Garrabaldi Case

Dick Powell

A woman hires Diamond to find a witness who could clear her brother before he’s executed the next day.

Original Air Date: February 1, 1952

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EP2410: Rocky Fortune: On the Trail of a Killer

Frank Sinatra

Rocky becomes suspicious that a friend was killed by her husband for her insurance money.

Original Air Date: January 5, 1954

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EP2409: Night Beat: The Smell of Peaches

Frank Lovejoy

Randy meets a recently paroled old-time gangster who suffered a nervous breakdown who swears he’s being followed by two men who want to kill him for $100,000.

Original Air Date: July 17, 1952

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EP2408: Dragnet: The Big Lay-Out

Jack Webb

A friend of Friday’s turns his son in for doing drugs.

Original Air Date: January 25, 1953

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EP2407: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wrong Sign Matter

Bob Bailey

Johnny investigates the death of an ill woman who made a sudden change in her will.

Original Air Date: April 2, 1961

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EP2406: Boston Blackie: The Copycat Firebug

Richard Kollmar

An insurance investigator wants Blackie’s help finding a murderer/robber, but an arson that destroys the investigator’s room gets in the way.

Original Air Date: January 21, 1947

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EP2405: Richard Diamond: The Al Brenners Case

Dick Powell

A professional stoolie offers Diamond a chance to make $5,000 by catching a wanted criminal.

Original Air Date: January 25, 1952

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EP2404: Rocky Fortune: The Prize Fight Fix

Frank Sinatra

Rocky is a dead ringer for a has-been Bolivian fighter whose managers have arranged a dive but has disappeared. Rocky has to fill in for him.

Original Air Date: December 29, 1953

 

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EP2403: Night Beat: The Old Itch

Frank Lovejoy

Randy gets scooped by an intrepid, globe-trotting, female reporter.

Original Air Date: July 3, 1952

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