Category: OTR Detective

EP1890: Boston Blackie: The Wentworth Diamonds

Richard Kollmar

A crook plans to steal a collection of valuable diamonds and frame Blackie for the crime.

Original Air Date: April 25, 1945

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EP1889: Defense Attorney: Client: Mike Tully

Mercedes McCambridge
Time is running out for a shop owner on death throw and it’s up to Martha Ellis Bryant to clear him.

Original Air Date: August 31, 1951

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EP1888: The Avenger: The Subway Ghost

Is there a connection between mysterious ghosts on the subway and a string of unexplained robberies?

Original Air Date: February 28, 1946

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EP1887: Michael Shayne: The Hate That Killed

Jeff Chandler
A man leaves behind a will that encourages his heirs to kill each other.

Original Air Date: Sometime in 1948

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EP1886: Dragnet: The Big Drills

jack webb
Friday and Romero investigate a string of store burglaries.

Original Air Date: May 10, 1951

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EP1885: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Big H Matter

Bob Bailey
Johnny receives a call from an elderly lady fan in another city who needs his help.

Original Air Date: May 31, 1959

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EP1884: Boston Blackie: The Missing String of Pearls

Chester Morris

Boston Blackie is accused of stealing a pearl necklace from a jewelry store he frequents, and he discovers behind it all is a distressed, elderly lady clerk.

Original Air Date: August 11, 1944

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EP1883: The Defense Rests: Client Joseph Moriano

Mercedes McCambridge
At the request of an old man, Martha Ellis Bryant undertakes the case of the man’s son who’s serving life in prison for a murder he claims he didn’t commit.

Audition Date: April 17, 1951

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EP1882: The Avenger: Death Rings the Bell

Jim Brandon investigates a series of deaths in tenement fires.

Original Air Date: February 21, 1946

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EP1881: Michael Shayne: The Case of the Phantom Gun

Jeff Chandler

Shayne is knocked out and wakes up beside a murdered man. He receives the murder weapon in the mail and becomes the prime suspect in the murder.

Original Air Date: Sometime in 1948

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EP1880: Dragnet: The Big Casing

Jack Webb
Friday and Romero arrive on the scene of a woman’s death. Her husband says it was suicide. The evidence says otherwise.

Original Air Date: May 3, 1951

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EP1879: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Casque of Death Matterm

Bob Bailey

Johnny investigates a series of unexplained disappearances in Pennsylvania.

Original Air Date: May 24, 1959

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EP1878: Boston Blackie: Alice Manletter, Dead or Alive

Chester Morris
Boston Blackie is supposed to show a friend’s niece around New York City, but another man picks her up, and Blackie ends up accused of her murder.

Original Air Date: August 4, 1944

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EP1877: Screen Director’s Playhouse: Spellbound

Mercedes McCambridge
A psychiatrist tries to unravel the mystery of a man who believes he murdered another psychiatrist. Will she find out the truth or become his next victim.

Original Air Date: January 25, 1951

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EP1876:: The Avenger: The Hooded Circle

A small town’s efforts to clean up its unsavory elements through a vigilante committee ends in murder.

Original Air Date: February 14, 1946

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