Category: OTR Detective

EP1871: Hollywood Star Time: Murder, My Sweet

Dick Powell
Philip Marlowe investigates a missing woman and then gets caught in a murder surrounding stolen jewels.

Original Air Date: June 8, 1946

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EP1870: The Avenger: Death in Mid-Air

Jim investigates a series of mysterious deaths involving trapeze artists.

Original Air Date: February 7, 1946

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EP1869: Michael Shayne: The Case of the Hunted Bride

Jeff Chandler
A woman turns to Mike for help when she suspects her husband is a killer.

Original Air Date: Sometime in 1948

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EP1868: Dragnet: The Big Speech

Jack Webb
Friday and Romero hunt for a young man behind a series of narcotics robberies.

Original Air Date: April 19, 1951

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EP1867: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Fatal Filet Matter

Bob Bailey
Johnny visits a friend’s apartment where steak is served and a murder occurs.

Original Air Date: May 10, 1959

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EP1866: Boston Blackie: Black Market Blackie

Cheaster Morris

Boston Blackie helps out a woman who owns a ranch and cattle shipping company who is being coerced by black marketeers.

Original Air Date: July 21, 1944

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EP1865: Philip Marlowe: Sound and Unsound

Gerald Mohr

An elderly landlady hires Marlowe to investigate a strange sound in one of her tenants’ apartment.

Original Air Date: September 15, 1951

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EP1864: The Avenger: Keys to the City

There’s a new mayor in town, and Jim is called in to investigate when two explosions wreck recent events.

Original Air Date: January 31, 1946

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EP1863: Michael Shayne: The Man Who Lived Forever

Jeff Chandler

Michael Shayne is called in to help a woman with her father and finds her father dead. The death of a friendly barkeep plunges Shayne into a mystery involving New Orleans voodoo cult.

Original Air Date: Sometime in 1948

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EP1862: Dragnet: The Big Threat

Jack Webb

A man was held and robbed and refused to tell Friday and Romero about it.

Original Air Date: April 12, 1951

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EP1861: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Winsome Widow Matter

Bob Bailey

Johnny investigates the murder of a liquor store owner whose widow seems all too happy.

Original Air Date: April 26, 1959

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EP1860: Boston Blackie: Star of the Nile

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Chester Morris
Boston Blackie is accused of stealing a jewel on a train. He’s cleared but quickly drawn into a web of intrigue.

Original Air Date: July 14, 1944

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EP1859: Philip Marlowe: The Medium Was Rare

Gerald Mohr
Marlowe is hired by a wealthy woman to recover stolen jewels.

Original Air Date: September 8, 1951

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EP1858: The Avenger: Department of Death

A man fell down an elevator shaft. The inspector thinks it’s an accident but Jim is convinced its murder.

Original Air Date: January 24, 1946

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EP1857: Michael Shayne: Judge Thorman Shot

Wally Maher
A killer starts a string of murders by killing a judge and Shayne has to stop him before he finishes his string of murders.

Original Air Date: January 14, 1947

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