Category: OTR Detective

EP2198: Dragnet: The Big Mail

Jack Webb

Friday investigates a mail truck robbery.

Original Air Date: May 15, 1952

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EP2197: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Harried Heiress Matter

Bob Bailey

Johnny needs to find an insured’s beneficiary and heiress before she marries a charming gold-digger.

Original Air Date: June 12, 1960
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EP2196: Boston Blackie: Mike Harlan Escapes from Prison

Richard Kollmar

A man Blackie sent to prison escapes and heads for Blackie’s apartment.

Original Air Date: May 28, 1946

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EP2195: Richard Diamond: The Ice Pick Murder Case

Dick Powell

Diamond finds a man dead on his office door step with an ice pick in his chest.

Original Air Date: July 12, 1950

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EP2194: Let George Do It: The Man Under the Elm Trees

Olan Soule

George is called out by a man who is concerned his sister is being taken in by a conman, but George is more concerned about a lovable and eccentric character who seems to be targeted for death.

Original Air Date: September 13, 1954

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EP2193: Night Beat: Gunner’s Last Fight

Frank Lovejoy

A down-on-his-luck boxer refuses to take a bribe to take a fall and his wife is leaving him over it.

Original Air Date: August 14, 1951

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EP2192: Dragnet: The Big Gamble

Jack Webb

Friday and Lockwood try to break up a floating gambling game.

Original Air Date: May 8, 1952

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EP2191: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Canned Canary Matter

Bob Bailey

Johnny has to track down stolen Canary Diamonds–worth $469,000.

Original Air Date: June 5, 1960

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EP2190: Boston Blackie: The Paul Blaine Murder

Richard Kollmar

A pawnbroker asks Blackie for help with returning a stolen diamond and is then murdered.

Original Air Date: May 21, 1946

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EP2189: Richard Diamond: The Tobias P. Briggs Case

Dick Powell

A wrestler hires Diamond to find out what happened to a truck driver who was an old wrestling buddy.

Original Air Date: July 5, 1950

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EP2188: Jeff Regan: The British Are Coming

Regan is hired by the owner of a British-themed haberdasher (men’s clothing store) who wants to witness him kill a man and state that it was in self-defense.

Original Air Date: September 3, 1950

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EP2187: Night Beat: Old Blind Pop

Frank Lovejoy

Randy finds out a blind street musician traded his violin into a pawn shop in exchange for a loaded gun.

Original Air Date: August 7, 1950

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EP2186: Dragnet: The Big Safe

Jack Webb

Friday investigates a series of safe burglaries.

Original Air Date: May 1, 1952

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EP2185: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Red Rock Matter

Bob Bailey

A body missing for eight years is found and the evidence suggests that the man was murdered by his prospective partner/beneficiary.

Original AIr Date: May 29, 1960
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EP2184: Boston Blackie: The Merry-Go-Round Murder

Richard Kollmar

Blackie and Mary find the dead body of a wealthy horseman riding on a wooden horse on a Merry-Go-Round at 2 a.m. in the morning.

Original Air Date: May 14, 1946

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