Category: OTR Detective

Richard Kollmar

A masked gang of blackmailers threaten to murder a candy store owner’s wife if he doesn’t give them $5,000. They tell him not to call the police. Unfortunately for them, they didn’t tell him not to call Boston Blackie.

Original Air Date: June 18, 1946

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Richard Diamond

EP2213: Richard Diamond: The Edna Wolfe Murder Case

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Dick Powell

A beautiful woman hires Diamond to find out if her husband’s having an affair. Diamond finds him fleeing from the home of a woman who had just been murdered.

Original Air Date: August 9, 1950

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Gentlemen Detectives, Mutual, OTR Detective, Podcast, Rare Detectives, The Lone Wolf

EP2212: The Lone Wolf: The Golden Santa

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Walter Coy

A woman gets Michael to help her search for her six-inch-high golden statue of Santa Claus.

Original Air Date: January 1, 1949

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NBC, Nightbeat, OTR Detective, Podcast

EP2211: Night Beat: The Hunter Becomes the Hunted

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Frank Lovejoy

A man escapes from death row and captures Randy and the DA who prosecuted him and promises to kill them.

Original Air Date: September 11, 1950

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

EP2210: Dragnet: The Big Fourth

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Jack Webb

Joe Friday searches for a kidnapper who steals babies and leaves them abandoned to be recovered after about a day.

Original Air Date: May 29, 1952

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

EP2209: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wholly Unexpected Matter

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Bob Bailey

Johnny wants to get away from it all, but Pat McCracken seems intent on following him. So does a mysterious scarred man.

Original Air Date: June 26, 1960
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Boston Blackie, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

EP2208: Boston Blackie: The Case of The Disappearing Plane

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Richard Kollmar

Blackie is expected on a plane from Boston after obtaining a murderer’s weapon but then his plane disappears in flight.

Original Air Date: June 11, 1946
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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Richard Diamond

EP2207: Richard Diamond: The Frank Bowers Case

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Dick Powell

A fight manager and gym owner friend of Diamond’s is found dead in the river with three people witnessing him jump to his death, but Diamond doesn’t believe it.

Original Air Date: August 2, 1950

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CBS, Gentlemen Detectives, OTR Detective, Podcast, Rare Detectives, Suspense, The Lone Wolf

EP2206: Suspense: Murder Goes For a Swim

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Warren William

While enjoying a weekend at a New York estate, Michael Lanyard discovers the body of a beauty contestant in the swimming pool and the signs point to it being a murder.

Original Air Date: July 20, 1943

In this sneak preview of the The Lone Wolf Strikes, Michael Lanyard tries to return stolen jewels to their rightful owner as well as find out if an accident was really a murder. From the Good News of 1940.

Original Air Date: February 22, 1940

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NBC, Nightbeat, OTR Detective, Podcast

EP2205: Night Beat: Old Home Week

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Frank Lovejoy

Randy takes a short vacation and finds himself mixed up with the wife, ex-wife, and two ex-girlfriends with plenty of malice.

Original Air Date: September 4, 1950

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Lady Sleuths, Lux Radio Theatre, Mystery Special, OTR Detective, Podcast

EP2204s: Lux Radio Theatre: The High Wall

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Van Heflin

A man confesses to murdering his wife, but can’t remember the details and is mentally incompetent due a medical condition. A doctor (Janet Leight) tries to treat him to get to the truth.

Original Air Date: November 7, 1949

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