Category: OTR Detective

EP2893: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Case of Barton Drake

Charles Russell

Johnny is called in when a man’s who about to be declared to dead so his wife can collect on his insurance is seen at a sport event.

Original Air Date: April 22, 1949

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EP2892: Boston Blackie: Charlie Kingston and the Vanishing Office Building

Richard Kollmar

Charlie Kingston is conned to handing over a million dollars to buy a building, only to find the property is a vacant lot.

Original Air Date: September 8, 1948

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EP2891: Rocky Jordan: The Strange Fate of Professor Amar

Jack Moyles

A friend of Rocky’s steps off a train and acts like he never met him and then is killed.

Original Air Date: April 2, 1950

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EP2890: Let George Do It: The Marauder

A successful writer calls George to a Winter resort where the host has become obsessed with killing a mountain lion.

Original Air Date: February 12, 1951

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EP2889: Night Beat: The Girl from Kansas (Listener’s Choice Standard Division #9)

Frank Lovejoy
Randy takes an interest in a young woman from Kansas who was arrested soon after she arrived in Chicago for reasons she doesn’t understand.

Original Air Date: June 5, 1950

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EP2888: Dragnet: The Big Try

Jack Webb

A young man confesses to a hit and run. Friday and Smith have to verify if the story is true.

Original Air Date: September 21, 1954

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EP2887: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Case of the $100,000 Legs

Charles Russell

Johnny is called to play bodyguard to protect an actress whose legs are insured for $100,000. Johnny arrives to find the legs intact but the actress dead.

Original Air Date: April 15, 1949

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EP2886: Boston Blackie: Jeweler John Reynolds Is Murdered

Richard Kollmar

A jeweler offers Blackie a $10,000 necklace for ten cents and is found murdered.

Original Air Date September 1, 1948

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EP2885: Rocky Jordan: Foolproof

Jack Moyles

A man with a gun is kicked out of the Tambourine and leaves behind a diamond that ends up with Rocky embroiled in a murder.

Original Air Date: March 26, 1950

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EP2884: Let George Do It: Tongalani

A woman hires George to investigate her husband’s odd behavior centering around the word “Tongalani.”

Original Air Date: February 5, 1951

Rebroadcast Date: Unknown

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EP2883: Let George Do It: Am I My Brother’s Keeper (Listener’s Choice Standard Division #10)

George is hired by a man to find his estranged brother, and finds the body of a dead gambler at the brother’s apartment.

Original Air Date: April 12, 1948

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EP2882: Dragnet: The Big Cut

Jack Webb

$5,000 in watches is stolen from a jewelry store.

Original Air Date: September 14, 1954

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EP2881: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Stolen Portrait of The Duke of Massen

Charles Russell

Johnny goes to London to search for a missing Monet.

Original Air Date: April 1, 1949

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EP2880: Boston Blackie: Tom Robertson Poisons His Wife Over the Phone

Richard Kollmar

A man poisons his wife’s medicine and established his alibi by being on the other side of town.

Original Air Date: August 18, 1948
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EP2879: Rocky Jordan: The Perfect Witness

Jack Moyles

A woman tries to shoot a man in the Cafe Tambourine. The man runs away and can’t be identified.

Original Air Date: March 19, 1950
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