Category: OTR Detective

EP2384: Dragnet: The Big Mask, Part Two

Jack Webb

After arresting a copycat, Friday and Smith continue their search for the masked bandit, who confounds them further by changing up his methods.

Original Air Date: January 4, 1953

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EP2383: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Ring of Fire Matter

Bob Bailey

Johnny travels to Mexico to prevent a once-promising but now brain-damaged boxer from being killed in a fight set up by his corrupt manager.

Original Air Date: March 12, 1961

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EP2382: Boston Blackie: The Carl Brown Murder

Richard Kollmar

A gangster threatens a man’s life if he doesn’t pay protection money. The man is murdered by his best friend after asking Boston Blackie’s help.

Original Air Date: December 31, 1946

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EP2381: Richard Diamond: The Merry Go Round Case

Dick Powell

A hood shoots a policeman who mentored Diamond and Diamond goes searching for the shooter.

Original Air Date: January 4, 1952

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EP2380: Rocky Fortune: Murder Among the Statues

Frank Sinatra

Rocky is hired as assistant and night watchman to a shop that sells plaster statue reproductions.

Original Air Date: December 1, 1953

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EP2379: Night Beat: Railroaded

Frank Lovejoy

Randy becomes convinced that a 19-year old woman was railroaded into a conviction for manslaughter of a politician’s wife.

Original Air Date: June 19, 1952

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EP2378: Dragnet: The Big Mask, Part One

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith investigate a series of robberies of grocery stores committed by a masked man.

Original Air Date: December 28, 1952

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EP2377: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Morning After Matter

Bob Bailey

A woman is about to receive $600,000 if her husband is declared dead after seven years of being missing. She pressures the insurance company to bring Johnny in to locate her husband.

Original Air Date: March 5, 1961

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EP2376: Boston Blackie: The Harry Perkins Murder

Richard KollmarA woman in the country asks Blackie to find her brother. Blackie discovers he’s tied to a mysterious car left on the railroad tracks in the path of a train carrying a shipment of gold.

Original Air Date: December 24, 1946

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EP2375: Richard Diamond: The Plaid Overcoat Case

Dick Powell

A man in a distinctive overcoat walks into Diamond’s office and beats him up for no apparent reason.

Original Air Date: December 28, 1951

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EP2374: Rocky Fortune: Murder on the Aisle

Frank Sinatra

Rocky is hired to play bodyguard to an alcoholic theater critic. When the critic is murdered, Rocky has to find out who did it or be fingered for the crime.

Original Air Date: November 24, 1953

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EP2373: Night Beat: The Marvelous Machine

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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EP2372: Dragnet: The Big Eavesdrop

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

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

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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