Category: OTR Detective

NBC, Nightbeat, OTR Detective, Podcast

EP2373: Night Beat: The Marvelous Machine

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Frank Lovejoy

A once-promising scientist visits the scene of a murder Randy is covering.

Original Air Date: June 5, 1952

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

EP2372: Dragnet: The Big Eavesdrop

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Jack Webb

While waiting for a contact, Friday and Smith overhear a drunk confessing to murder.

Original Air Date: December 14, 1952

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

EP2371: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Touch-Up Matter

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Bob Bailey

Johnny is called at 2 a.m. in the morning to a party where a jewel theft has occurred.

Original Air Date: February 26, 1961

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Boston Blackie, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

EP2370: Boston Blackie: Blackie’s Framed By An Impersonator

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Richard Kollmar

A gangster hires an impersonator to pretend to be Blackie and finger a rival mobster. When the rival gangster survives, he comes after Blackie.

Original Air Date: December 17, 1946

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ABC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Richard Diamond

EP2369: Richard Diamond: The Brown Envelope Case

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Dick Powell

Diamond’s car is wrecked, but that’s just the start of his troubles.

Original Air Date: December 7, 1951

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Rocky Fortune

EP2368: Rocky Fortune: Some Cat’s Killed the Canary

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Frank Sinatra
Rocky takes a job filling in as a bass player and stumbles on the body of a dead woman.

Original Air Date: November 17, 1953

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NBC, Nightbeat, OTR Detective, Podcast

EP2367: Night Beat: The Jockeys Were Brothers

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Frank Lovejoy

A star jockey’s younger brother returns to Chicago. Little Brother is determined to prove himself a better jockey and will do anything to prove it.

Original Air Date: May 29, 1952

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

EP2366: Dragnet: The Big Mole

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Jack Webb

Friday and Smith investigate a series of burglaries.

Original Air Date: December 7, 1952

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

EP2365: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wayward Fireman Matter

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Bob Bailey

Johnny sets out to solve a pair of $200,000 warehouse fires.

Original Air Date: February 12, 1961

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Boston Blackie, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

EP2364: Boston Blackie: Mary’s Patient Commits Suicide

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Richard Kollmar

Mary is hired to serve as a nurse for a bed-ridden man and then is immediately dismissed after giving him a sedative injection. Later that day, the man is found dead after leaving a suicide note.

Original Air Date: November 12, 1946

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ABC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Richard Diamond

EP2363: Richard Diamond: The Carnival

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Dick Powell

A tall strong man hires Diamond to investigate threats to a Carnival dance.

Original Air Date: March 30, 1951

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Rocky Fortune

EP2362: Rocky Fortune: Messenger for Death

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Frank Sinatra

Rocky is working for a messenger service and a client offers him a $100 tip for delivering a package that she doesn’t want opened.

Original Air Date: November 10, 1953

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NBC, Nightbeat, OTR Detective, Podcast

EP2361: Night Beat: Target for a Week

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Frank Lovejoy

Randy is accused of a murder by an anonymous columnist for a rival newspaper.

Original Air Date: May 22, 1952

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

EP2360: Dragnet: The Big Shirt

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Jack Webb

Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a pawnbroker.

Original Air Date: November 30, 1952

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announcement, OTR Detective, Podcast

Announcing the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio T-Shirt

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