Category: OTR Detective

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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EP1875: Michael Shayne: The Case of the Blood-Stained Pearls

Jeff Chandler
An old man comes to Shayne afraid that his old friends were trying to kill him.

Original Air Date: Sometime in 1948

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EP1874: Dragnet: The Big Saint

Jack Webb
Friday and Romero try and find who’s behind a drop in recovered automobiles from auto theft.

Original Air Date: April 26, 1951

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EP1873: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Twin Trouble Matter

Bob Bailey
Johnny is called in when George Reed’s twin brother faces blackmail from a dangerous convict.

Original Air Date: May 17, 1959

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EP1872: Boston Blackie: The Devon Caretaker Murder

Chester Morris

Boston Blackie is arrested coming out of a restaurant and accused of murdering a caretaker at an estate.

Original Air Date: July 28, 1944

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EP1871: Hollywood Star Time: Murder, My Sweet

Dick Powell
Philip Marlowe investigates a missing woman and then gets caught in a murder surrounding stolen jewels.

Original Air Date: June 8, 1946

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EP1870: The Avenger: Death in Mid-Air

Jim investigates a series of mysterious deaths involving trapeze artists.

Original Air Date: February 7, 1946

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EP1869: Michael Shayne: The Case of the Hunted Bride

Jeff Chandler
A woman turns to Mike for help when she suspects her husband is a killer.

Original Air Date: Sometime in 1948

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