Category: OTR Detective

EP2180: Dragnet: The Big Elevator

Jack Webb

A woman’s body is sent up to the third floor of a hospital. Friday and Lockwood investigate her death.

Original Air Date: April 24, 1952

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EP2179: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Man Who Waits Matter

Bob Bailey

A thief Johnny caught early in his days as an investigator is out and ready to claim the loot Johnny could never find.

Original Air Date: May 22, 1960

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EP2178: Boston Blackie: The Winthrop Jewelry Company Thefts

Richard Kollmar

Three men work as diamond cutters. One is stealing a diamond each day, but how are they doing it? They’re searched everyday and not allowed to leave the premises with a diamond on them. Blackie sets out to find out.

Original Air Date: May 7, 1946

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EP2177: Richard Diamond: Mrs. X Can’t Find Mr. X

Dick Powell

A woman who looks awfully familiar asks Diamond’s help to find her husband while refusing to reveal either of their names.

Original Air Date: June 21, 1950

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EP2176: Jeff Regan: The Man Behind the Rod

Staats Cotsworth

Regan and the Lyon are hired to check up on the son of a wealthy man whose hot rod racing has turned dangerous when a romantic rivalry was added in.

Original Air Date: April 12, 1950

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EP2175: Night Beat: The Devil’s Bible

Frank Lovejoy

Randy discovers that a man who tried to take a $50,000 medieval satanic book from a bookstore was blamed for the murder of the last owner and his body positively identified.

Original Air Date: July 24, 1950

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EP2174: Dragnet: The Big Bunco

Jack Webb

Friday and Bill Lockwood investigate a confidence man who has been scamming investors out of tens of thousands of dollars.

Original Air Date: April 17, 1952

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EP2173: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Mystery Gal Matter

Bob Bailey

Johnny receives a call from his girlfriend Betty asking for her help but then calls her and she claims to know nothing about the call.

Original Air Date: May 15, 1960

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EP2172: Boston Blackie: The Frances Fielding Murder

Richard Kollmar

A psychiatrist friend of Blackie’s finds himself the prime suspect in the murder of a young woman and a target for blackmail.

Original Air Date: April 30, 1946
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EP2171: Richard Diamond: The William Carnes Case

Dick Powell

Diamond goes to Cuba to obtain the location of $800,000 in stolen jewels from a fugitive waiting extradition.

Original Air Date: June 14, 1950

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EP2170: Inspector Thorne: The Society Writer Murder Case

Staats Cotsworth

The society writer husband of a wealthy woman is murdered.

Original Air Date: September 27, 1951

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EP2169: Night Beat: Molly Keller

Frank Lovejoy

After her husband dies in prison for a robbery where the money was never recovered, a scrub woman rents a luxury hotel suite.

Original Air Date: July 17, 1950

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EP2168: Dragnet: The Big Show

Jack Webb

A seven-week-old baby is abandoned in a bus terminal.

Original Air Date: April 10, 1952

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EP2167: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Phony Phone Matter

Bob Bailey

A wealthy man with seven previous wives calls Johnny in to protect his current wife, only for them to find she’s been murdered.

Original Air Date: May 8, 1960

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