Category: OTR Detective

EP2360: Dragnet: The Big Shirt

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a pawnbroker.

Original Air Date: November 30, 1952

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EP2359: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Who’s Who Matter

Bob Bailey

Johnny receives a call from Fort Worth asking him about payment for a job he did there last week, but Johnny wasn’t in Fort Worth and is told he’s an impersonator.

Original Air Date: February 5, 1961

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EP2358: Boston Blackie: Blackie Jailed for $100,000 Diamond Theft

Richard Kollmar

Blackie is sentenced for stealing $100,000 in jewels.

Original Air Date: December 3, 1946

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EP2357: Richard Diamond: Little Chiva

Dick Powell

A planter asks Diamond to investigate the cause of the loss of his cattle and his wife’s illness before dying in Diamond’s office. Diamond travels to Haiti to investigate.

Original Air Date: March 23, 1951

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EP2356: Rocky Fortune: The Pint-Sized Payroll Bandit

Frank Sinatra

An 8-year-old boy shows up at a diner Rocky’s working with a bag he says contains $50,000.

Original Air Date: November 3, 1953

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EP2355: Night Beat: The Death of Riley

Frank Lovejoy

The owner of the factory is giving it to the workers and wants to be clear he’s not doing so for humanitarian reasons.

Original Air Date: May 15, 1952

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EP2354s: Murder Clinic: Gulfstream Green

An opera singer asks a model to impersonate her so she can have a few moments of peace. The model is murdered and it’s up to Deputy Parr to solve the case.

Original Air Date: October 13, 1942

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EP2354: Dragnet: The Big Guilt

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith investigate a dead man found in a bad part of town.

Original Air Date: November 23, 1952

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EP2353: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Short Term Matter

Bob Bailey

Despite extreme back pain, Johnny goes to New Jersey to catch a safe cracker that he failed to catch several years back.

Original Air Date: January 29, 1961

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EP2352: Boston Blackie: The Lennie Powell Murder

Richard Kollmar

A wealthy businessman is killed and $25,000 is stolen from him while waiting for a flight in a private plane. Suspicion falls on the three owners of the company.

Original Air Date: November 26, 1946

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EP2351: Richard Diamond: Monsieur Bouchon

Dick Powell

Diamond is hired to deliver a face cream sample to a beauty products magnate.

Original Air Date: March 16, 1951

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EP2350: Rocky Fortune: The Shipboard Jewel Robbery

Frank Sinatra

Rocky gets a job as a steward on a cruise ship. He finds a passenger dead and becomes the prime suspect.

Original Air Date: October 27, 1953

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EP2349: Night Beat: Long Live the Clown

Frank Lovejoy

The wife of an acrobat clown comes to Randy to sell a story about her husband being a spy.

Original Air Date: May 8, 1952

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EP2348: Dragnet: The Big Walk

Jack Webb

Friday goes undercover as an out of town drug dealer in order to find out who is behind a potent new supply of heroin.

Original Air Date: November 16, 1952

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