Category: OTR Detective

EP2805: Ellery Queen: The Armchair Detective (Listener’s Choice Standard Division #18)

Lawrence DobkinWhen an armchair detective is murdered on Ellery’s radio show, he has to find out who did it.

Original Air Date: March 18, 1948

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EP2804s: The Dead Letter Office

A pilot for a radio series based on stories from the Post Office’s Dead Letter office.

Audition Date: 1948

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EP2804: Dragnet: The Big Customer

Jack Webb
Friday and Smith search for a pair of robbers.

Original Air Date: June 22, 1954

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EP2803: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar Matter: The Donniger Donniger Matter

Mandel Kramer

Johnny has to find a beneficiary whose trying to take advantage of a clause in the policy that allows him to collect an additional $1,000 per week if the insurance company can’t find him in 10 days.

Original Air Date: September 2, 1962
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EP2802: Boston Blackie: The Joe Ingalls Bombing Murder

Richard Kollmar

Blackie tries to catch two killers who used a bomb to kill a rival.

Original Air Date: April 28, 1948

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EP2801: Rocky Jordan: The Veiled People

Jack Moyles

Men in veils come hunting for Rocky’s newest employee in the cafe.

Original Air Date: December 11, 1949

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EP2800: Stand by for Crime: Death on the Tracks

Glenn Langan

Chuck investigates a case of a stranger being hit by a train in the middle of the desert.

Original Air Date: 1952

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EP2799: Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Devil’s Foot (Listener’s Choice Standard Division #19)


While recuperating, Holmes is asked to investigate a strange death in Cornish country where the locals suspect the Devil’s involvement

Original Air Date: January 13, 1946

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EP2798: Dragnet: The Big Cat

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith for a jaguar missing from a traveling carnival

Original Air Date: June 15, 1954

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EP2797: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Gold Rush Matter

Mandel Kramer

Johnny investigates a series of mysterious incidents at the site of a new gold rush in Virginia City.

Original Air Date: August 26, 1962

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EP2796: Boston Blackie: The Junk Cars Insurance Scam Murder

Richard Kollmar

Blackie tries to solve the murder of a man who refused to go along with a car insurance racket.

Original Air Date: April 21, 1948

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EP2795: Rocky Jordan: High Pressure

Jack Moyles

Jordan is dragged out of bed at night and given thirty-six hours to leave Egypt, and no one will tell him why.

Original Air Date: November 27, 1949

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EP2794: Stand by for Crime: Subversive Activities

Glenn LanganChuck thinks he recognizes a candidate for Mayor of a near-by city as a foreign agent convicted of subversive activities.

Original Air Date: 1952

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EP2793: The Abbotts: The White Hot Flame (Host’s Choice/Wild Card)

A doctor dies in a plane crash over England, but Pat suspects foul play and pretends to be injured to investigate a hospital.

Original Air Date: March 13, 1955

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EP2792: Dragnet: The Big Student

Jack Webb
Friday and Smith investigate a bank robbery.

Original Air Date: June 8, 1954

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