Category: OTR Detective

EP2504: Dragnet: The Big False Move

Jack Webb

A man has confessed to holding up a store, but Friday suspects he’s not telling the truth.

Original Air Date: May 10, 1953

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EP2503: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Perilous Padre Matter

Mandel Kramer

Johnny is called to a small island off the coast of Corpus Christi by an insurance agent to look for a lost treasure and something he’d let Johnny know when he arrived. When Johnny arrives, he finds the insurance agent gone missing.

Original Air Date: August 6, 1961

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EP2502: Boston Blackie: The Joe Adams Drowning Murder

Richard Kollmar

A body is found in the sea lions’ pool at the zoo.

Original Air Date: May 14, 1947

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EP2501: Rocky Jordan: Count Me Out

Dan Duryea

Rocky goes to see a dancer whose drawing patrons away from the Café Tambourine and she asks Rocky to protect her.

Original Air Date: November 7, 1948

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EP2500: Man from Homicide: The Drowned Girl case

Dan Duryea

The body of a young woman is dragged from the river and a policeman said he saw her jump in, but Lieutenant Dana doesn’t believe it was suicide.

Original Air Date: August 6, 1951

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EP2499: Mister Keen, Tracer of Lost Person: The Case of Murder in the Air

So lost, I'm fading

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A woman comes to Mr. Keen because she’s afraid someone’s trying to kill her.

Original Air Date: February 24, 1948

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EP2498: Dragnet: The Big Joke

Jack Webb

A bartender calls Friday and Smith when he receives a letter offering him $5,000 to kill a man.

Original Air Date: May 10, 1953

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EP2497: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Philadelphia Miss Matter

Mandel Kramer

An insurance agent asks if Johnny has top secret clearance and then summons him to Mississippi.

Original Air Date: July 30, 1961

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EP2496: Boston Blackie: The Hilda Petersen Murder

Richard Kollmar

Mary calls in Blackie because her next door neighbor believes her husband is going to kill her.

Original Air Date: May 7, 1947

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EP2495: Rocky Jordan: The Bartered Bridegroom

Jack Moyles

A very tall woman walks into Rocky’s cafĂ© and informs him that he’s going to marry her for $5,000.

Original Air Date: October 31, 1948

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EP2494: Man from Homicide: The Eddie Kent Case

Dan Duryea
The wife of a wanted hood returns to town, so the police expect the hood to follow. However, Lieutenant Dana smells a setup.

Original Air Date: July 23, 1951

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EP2493: Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons: The Girl Who Flirted

So lost, I'm fading

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The assistant curator of the Manhatten Museum asks Mr. Keen to find a young female art copyist.

Original Air Date: February 3, 1944

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EP2492: Dragnet: The Big Carney

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith investigate a series of high-priced shopliftings.

Original Air Date: May 3, 1953

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EP2491: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Chuckanut Matter

Mandel Kramer

Johnny is sent to ensure that an insured woman isn’t murdered by her husband.

Original Air Date: July 23, 1961

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EP2490: Boston Blackie: Slamming Sammy Saunders

Richard Kollmar

A man with thousands of dollars in gambling debts agrees to introduce a woman to his baseball player brother.

Original Air Date: April 29, 1947

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