Category: OTR Detective

EP2369: Richard Diamond: The Brown Envelope Case

Dick Powell

Diamond’s car is wrecked, but that’s just the start of his troubles.

Original Air Date: December 7, 1951

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EP2368: Rocky Fortune: Some Cat’s Killed the Canary

Frank Sinatra
Rocky takes a job filling in as a bass player and stumbles on the body of a dead woman.

Original Air Date: November 17, 1953

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EP2367: Night Beat: The Jockeys Were Brothers

Frank Lovejoy

A star jockey’s younger brother returns to Chicago. Little Brother is determined to prove himself a better jockey and will do anything to prove it.

Original Air Date: May 29, 1952

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EP2366: Dragnet: The Big Mole

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith investigate a series of burglaries.

Original Air Date: December 7, 1952

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EP2365: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wayward Fireman Matter

Bob Bailey

Johnny sets out to solve a pair of $200,000 warehouse fires.

Original Air Date: February 12, 1961

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EP2364: Boston Blackie: Mary’s Patient Commits Suicide

Richard Kollmar

Mary is hired to serve as a nurse for a bed-ridden man and then is immediately dismissed after giving him a sedative injection. Later that day, the man is found dead after leaving a suicide note.

Original Air Date: November 12, 1946

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EP2363: Richard Diamond: The Carnival

Dick Powell

A tall strong man hires Diamond to investigate threats to a Carnival dance.

Original Air Date: March 30, 1951

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EP2362: Rocky Fortune: Messenger for Death

Frank Sinatra

Rocky is working for a messenger service and a client offers him a $100 tip for delivering a package that she doesn’t want opened.

Original Air Date: November 10, 1953

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EP2361: Night Beat: Target for a Week

Frank Lovejoy

Randy is accused of a murder by an anonymous columnist for a rival newspaper.

Original Air Date: May 22, 1952

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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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