Category: OTR Detective

EP2275: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Stope of Death Matter

Bob Bailey

A miner has been killed. His partner stands to get $70,000 in insurance money.

Original Air Date: October 2, 1960

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EP2274: Boston Blackie: The Rockwell Diamond

Richard Kollmar

A woman accuses Blackie of stealing a diamond in order to obtain his help in finding it.

Original Air Date: October 18, 1950
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EP2273: Richard Diamond: The Kidnapped Policeman

Dick Powell

Lieutenant Levinson has been kidnapped and Diamond has until 11 o’clock to find him before the criminals execute Levinson.

Original Air Date: October 18, 1951

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EP2272: That Hammer Guy: Some Kind of Satisfaction

Ted de CorsiaHammer is hired to protect a wealthy man who fears his wife and her boyfriend are going to kill him. The client is murdered and Hammer is knocked out and framed as drunk.

Original Air Date: Sometime in 1954

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EP2271: Night Beat: Juke Box Romance

Frank Lovejoy

A person with dwarfism tried to kill a bully who tries to embarrass him by setting up a meeting with a juke box operator he’s in love with.

Original Air Date: May 18, 1951

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EP2270: Dragnet: The Big Paper

Jack Webb

Friday looks for a man who’s ripping off local businesses.

Original Air Date: August 21, 1950
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EP2269: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Five Down Matter

Bob Bailey

Johnny is deluged with calls for help from numerous old friends.

Original Air Date: September 25, 1960

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EP2268: Boston Blackie: The Arson Triangle Murder

Richard Kollmar

A man comes to Blackie desperate for money to satisfy his demanding wife and then his building is burned down and he’s blamed for it.

Original Air Date: August 20, 1946

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EP2267: Richard Diamond: The Homing Pigeon Case

Dick Powell

A client hires Diamond to help him foil a blackmailer. Diamond has a plan for what he’ll do when the blackmailer sends Andrew to pick up the money. However, Diamond’s plan is foiled when Andrew turns out to be a homing pigeon.

Original Air Date: October 11, 1950

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EP2266: That Hammer Guy: Who’s Got the Last Laugh

Ted de Corsia

Hammer encounters a mysterious woman on a train who is being followed by a swarthy man.

Original Air Date: Sometime in 1954

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EP2265: Night Beat: Big John McMaster

Frank Lovejoy

Randy befriends an old time gangster just released from prison. He then finds the man shot and refusing to tell what happened.

Original Air Date: March 4, 1951

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EP2264: Dragnet: The Big Drive

Jack Webb

A man is found murdered by a piece of concrete.

Original Air Date: August 14, 1952

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EP2263: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Real Smokey Matter

Bob Bailey

Johnny refuses to believe it when Harry Branson tells him his friend Smokey was killed in an arson.

Original Air Date: September 18, 1960
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EP2262: Boston Blackie: The Smuggled Diamonds Murder

Richard Kollmar

Blackie goes to help his friend Charlie Kingston purchase some diamonds. When the man selling them dies, Charlie and Blackie find themselves hunted by Farraday.

Original Air Date: August 13, 1946

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EP2261: Richard Diamond: The Pete Rocco Case

Dick Powell

A murderer Diamond sent to jail escapes from prison and the murderer’s mother hires Diamond to send him back.

Original Air Date: October 4, 1950

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