Category: OTR Detective

EP2230: That Hammer Guy: There’s Something About a Dame

Larry Haines

Hammer pledges to complete the job he was paid to do: protecting someone newly arrived from France. Then Hammer finds out that someone is a French poodle.

Original Air Date: March 31, 1953

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EP2229: Night Beat: The Kenny Day Amnesia Case

Frank Lovejoy

Randy has to help an ex-cop with amnesia fill in what’s happened in the three years since he left the force and why he claims to have killed his wife.

Original Air Date: October 6, 1950

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EP2228: Dragnet: The Big Jules

Jack Webb

Friday searches for the source behind a wave of European high grade narcotics.

Original Air Date: June 19, 1952
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EP2227: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Rhymer Collection Matter

Bob Bailey

Johnny is called in when a beneficiary reports that a stolen porcelain figure has shot up in value since it was stolen and was returned to him.

Original Air Date: July 31, 1960

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EP2226: Boston Blackie: The Uncle Frank Wilson Murder

Richard Kollmar

A man murders his uncle for his money and then uses Blackie’s aunt as his alibi.

Original Air Date: July 2, 1946

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EP2225: Richard Diamond: The Evans-Farmer Murder Case

Dick Powell

A doctor calls Diamond and offers him an opportunity to earn $1200. Diamond finds the doctor dead before he can follow through.

(Original Air Date: August 23, 1950)

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EP2224: That Hammer Guy: The Florentine Dagger

Larry Haines

A man in a wheel chair hires Hammer to locate a priceless stolen dagger.

Original Air Date: March 24, 1953

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EP2223: Night Beat: A Case of Butter

Frank Lovejoy

A hit and run case involve a refrigerator truck puts Randy on the trail of twenty tons of stolen contaminated butter.

Original Air Date: September 25, 1950

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EP2222: Dragnet: The Big Donation

Jack Webb

Friday investigates con men pretending to be charity solicitors.

Original Air Date: June 12, 1952

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EP2221: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Back to Back Matter

Bob Bailey

Johnny is rushed off to New York to try and protect an insured man who fears his business partner will kill him.

Original Air Date: July 17, 1960

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EP2220: Boston Blackie: The Joe Garland Murder

Richard Kollmar
A wealthy gambler is murdered while Blackie is in the other room. The murderer leaves behind a fortune in jewels in order to steal a piece of flagstone.

Original Air Date: June 25, 1946

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EP2219: Richard Diamond: The Madame Tanya Case

Dick Powell

A carnival fortune teller hires Diamond when three different people who have shown interest in her turn up murdered.

Original Air Date: August 16, 1950

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EP2218: Pat Novak for Hire: John St. John

Jack Webb

An old man is killed and with his dying last word, he asks Novak to deliver a letter to John St. John.

Original Air Date: October 13, 1946
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EP2217: Night Beat: Wanna Buy a Story?

Frank Lovejoy

A young woman offers to sell Randy a story about the murder of an infamous mobster and the identity of the killer.

Original Air Date: September 18, 1950

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EP2216: Dragnet: The Big Whiff

Jack Webb

A woman without identification is found murdered by chloroform.

Original Air Date: June 5, 1952

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