Category: OTR Detective

CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Felicity Feline Matter (EP4507)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes to Reno to find out who is trying to kill a cat whose owner left him $60,000.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 7, 1957

Originated from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Jack Edwards; Howard McNear; Edgar Barrier; Chester Stratton; Virginia Gregg; Will Wright; Joan Banks; Bill James

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CBS, Mr. and Mrs. North, OTR Detective, Podcast

Mr. and Mrs. North: Murder by the Book (EP4506)

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Joseph Curtain and Alice Frost

Today’s Mystery:

The uncle of an aspiring author pulls a gun on Jerry and is shot in the scuffle. He’s found dead from a knife wound.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 2, 1943

Originating from New York City

Starring: Joseph Curtin as Jerry North; Alice Frost as Pamela North; Maurice Tarplin as Lieutenant Bill Weigand

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Broadway's My Beat, CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast

Broadway’s My Beat: The Sgt. Gordon Ellis Murder Case (EP4505)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

An upstate police officer is murdered while transporting a prisoner who had been about to turn state’s evidence. The prisoner then escapes.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 12, 1949

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jane Morgan; Peggy Webber; Doris Singleton; Joseph Kearns; Herb Butterfield; Sidney Miller

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Bulldog Drummond, Mutual, OTR Detective, Podcast

Bulldog Drummond: Devil Flats (EP4504)

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Today’s Mystery:

Captain Drummond goes to a ghost town rumored to be haunted, in order to investigate the disappearance of an Eastern reporter.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 21, 1948

Originating in New York

Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Falcon

The Falcon: The Case of the Proud Papa (EP4503)

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Les Damon

Today’s Mystery:

A woman, who was trying to con a gullible married man into robbing his loan shark father-in-law, is murdered.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 6, 1951

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Chuck Webster as Sergeant Corbett; Mandel Kramer

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CBS, Escape, Mystery Special, OTR Detective, Podcast

Escape: The Target (EP4502s)

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Today’s Mystery:

An insurance investigator has tracked a man, who embezzled $100,000, to Chile.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 18, 1954

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Whitfield Connor as Vic Kennedy; Jay Novello; Mary Jane Croft; Herb Butterfield; Hans Conreid

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Dare (EP4502)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate the murder of a woman who was found in her own home.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 3, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Funny Money Matter (EP4501)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes to Oklahoma to investigate an insured man who paid $4,500 in annual insurance premiums with counterfeit money.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 30, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; G. Stanley Jones; John McIntire

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Mr. and Mrs. North, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Mr. and Mrs. North: Russian Restaurant Murder (EP4500)

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Joseph Curtain and Alice Frost

Today’s Mystery:

A hat check girl in a Russian restaurant is murdered.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 2, 1943

Originating from New York City

Starring: Joseph Curtin as Jerry North; Alice Frost as Pamela North, Maurice Tarplin as Lieutenant Bill Weigand

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Broadway's My Beat, CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast

Broadway’s My Beat: The Mei Ling Murder Case (EP4499)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

Danny investigates the murder of a woman who’d been carrying a valuable statue smuggled out of China.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 5, 1949

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Barton Yarborough; William Conrad; Junius Matthews; Jerry Hausner

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Bulldog Drummond, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

Bulldog Drummond: Death Loops the Loop (EP4498)

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Today’s Mystery:

The owner of a small amusement park dies of heart failure on a roller coaster. His daughter suspects murder and turns to Captain Drummond for help.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 10, 1948

Originating in New York

Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny; Mercedes McCambridge

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Falcon

The Falcon: The Case of the Unwelcome Wife (EP4497)

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Les Damon

Today’s Mystery:

A manager of a gambling den faces death if he doesn’t recover $100,000 he embezzled to give to a conwoman.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 27, 1951

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Maurice Tarplin; Bill Zuckert

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CBS, Escape, OTR Detective, Podcast

Escape: The Red Forest (EP4496s)

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Today’s Story:

A motorist finds himself trapped in a Western wildfire.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 2, 1953

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: William Conrad as Wally; Georgia Ellis as Jan; Parley Baer; John Dehner; Jay Novello; Tom Tully

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Gent, Part Two (EP4496)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero continue their search for a robber and murderer.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 27, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Peggy Webber; Barney Phillips; and Herb Butterfield

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Parley Barron Matter (EP4495)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny investigates the disappearance of a retired chemist.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 23, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lawrence Dobkin; Jeanette Nolan; Will Wright; Harry Bartell; Virginia Gregg; Barney Phillips; Stacy Harris

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