Category: OTR Detective

EP2189: Richard Diamond: The Tobias P. Briggs Case

Dick Powell

A wrestler hires Diamond to find out what happened to a truck driver who was an old wrestling buddy.

Original Air Date: July 5, 1950

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EP2188: Jeff Regan: The British Are Coming

Regan is hired by the owner of a British-themed haberdasher (men’s clothing store) who wants to witness him kill a man and state that it was in self-defense.

Original Air Date: September 3, 1950

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EP2187: Night Beat: Old Blind Pop

Frank Lovejoy

Randy finds out a blind street musician traded his violin into a pawn shop in exchange for a loaded gun.

Original Air Date: August 7, 1950

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EP2186: Dragnet: The Big Safe

Jack Webb

Friday investigates a series of safe burglaries.

Original Air Date: May 1, 1952

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EP2185: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Red Rock Matter

Bob Bailey

A body missing for eight years is found and the evidence suggests that the man was murdered by his prospective partner/beneficiary.

Original AIr Date: May 29, 1960
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EP2184: Boston Blackie: The Merry-Go-Round Murder

Richard Kollmar

Blackie and Mary find the dead body of a wealthy horseman riding on a wooden horse on a Merry-Go-Round at 2 a.m. in the morning.

Original Air Date: May 14, 1946

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EP2183: Richard Diamond: The Mary Bellman Case

Dick Powell

Diamond is paid $100 to meet with a female client. He’s knocked out and wakes up next to her corpse with Walt and Sergeant Otis ready to break down the door.

Original Air Date: June 28, 1950

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EP2182: Jeff Regan: If I Knew You Were Coming, I’d Have Wrecked a Train

Regan is hired by the twelve-year-old son of a wealthy family to investigate his mother’s fiance in hopes of stopping the marriage.

Original Air Date: July 2, 1950

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EP2181: Night Beat: A City at Your Fingertips

Frank Lovejoy

Randy randomly dials a phone number and reaches a woman in danger of being killed by her husband.

Original Air Date: July 31, 1950

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EP2180: Dragnet: The Big Elevator

Jack Webb

A woman’s body is sent up to the third floor of a hospital. Friday and Lockwood investigate her death.

Original Air Date: April 24, 1952

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EP2179: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Man Who Waits Matter

Bob Bailey

A thief Johnny caught early in his days as an investigator is out and ready to claim the loot Johnny could never find.

Original Air Date: May 22, 1960

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EP2178: Boston Blackie: The Winthrop Jewelry Company Thefts

Richard Kollmar

Three men work as diamond cutters. One is stealing a diamond each day, but how are they doing it? They’re searched everyday and not allowed to leave the premises with a diamond on them. Blackie sets out to find out.

Original Air Date: May 7, 1946

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EP2177: Richard Diamond: Mrs. X Can’t Find Mr. X

Dick Powell

A woman who looks awfully familiar asks Diamond’s help to find her husband while refusing to reveal either of their names.

Original Air Date: June 21, 1950

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EP2176: Jeff Regan: The Man Behind the Rod

Staats Cotsworth

Regan and the Lyon are hired to check up on the son of a wealthy man whose hot rod racing has turned dangerous when a romantic rivalry was added in.

Original Air Date: April 12, 1950

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