Category: OTR Detective

OTR Detective, Podcast

Miss Pinkerton Incorporated (Encore) (EP4592)

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Joan Blondell

A young female law student inherits her uncle’s detective agency, planning to sell it, but decides to take on a job guarding a priceless emerald.

Original Air Date: July 12, 1941

Originating in Hollywood

Starring Joan Blondell and Dick Powell

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OTR Detective, Podcast

San Francisco Final (Encore) (EP4591)

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Jeff Chandler

Today’s Mystery: Reporter Mike Rivera investigates mass extortion in Chinatown.

Recorded: July 26, 1954

Originating in Hollywood

Starring Jeff Chandler as Mike Rivera

 

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OTR Detective, Podcast

The Lone Wolf: The Golden Santa (Encore) (EP4590)

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Walter Coy

Today’s Mystery: A woman gets Michael to help her search for her six-inch-high golden statue of Santa Claus.

Original Air Date: January 1, 1949

Originating in Hollywood

Starring Walter Loy as Michael Lanyard

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OTR Detective, Podcast

Casey, Crime Photographer: Hot New Year’s Eve Party (Encore) (EP4589)

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Stats Cotsworth

Casey and Ann begin the New Year by looking into an arson/murder and the related kidnapping of a college professor.

Original Air Date: January 1, 1948

Originating in New York

Starring Staats Cotsworth as Casey

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OTR Detective, Podcast

Let George Do It: Needle in the Haystack (Encore) (EP4588)

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Bob Bailey

A florist from Mexico City hires George to find a dozen roses in Pasadena … during the Tournament of Roses. Murder follows.

Original Air Date: January 2, 1950

Originating in Hollywood

Starring Bob Bailey as George Valentine and Virginia Gregg as Brooksie

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OTR Detective, Podcast

Philip Marlowe: The House that Jacqueline Built (Encore) (EP4587)

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Gerald Mohr

Today’s Mystery: Marlowe is hired to find a missing house on New Year’s Eve.

Original Air Date: December 31, 1949

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Gerald Mohr as Philip Marlowe

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OTR Detective, Podcast

Lux Radio Theater: Captain Carey, USA (Encore) (EP4586e)

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Charlton Heston

A former O.S.S. officer returns to Italy after World War II to locate the person who betrayed him and his compatriots to the Nazis.

Original Air Date: February 2, 1953

Originating in Hollywood

Starring Charlton Heston as Webster Carey

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Church (EP4586)

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Today’s Mystery:

A woman reports receiving threats for attending a new church.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 2, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Virginia Gregg

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Bum Steer Matter (EP4585)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny gets a mysterious invitation to a ranch in Colorado and finds the insured owner dead of anthrax. The owner’s daughter suspects murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 6, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Jeanne Tatum; Will Wright; Jack Edwards; Howard McNear; Sam Edwards; Forrest Lewis

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

Mr. and Mrs. North: The Mystery of the Triggerman (EP4584)

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Joseph Curtain and Alice Frost

Today’s Mystery:

An ex-con wants the Norths’ help to save a man his boss asked him to kill.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 30, 1945

Originating from New York City

Starring: Joseph Curtain as Jerry North; Alice Frost as Pamela North; Ralph Bell

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

Broadway’s My Beat: The Dion Hartley Murder Case (EP4583)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A satirist with many enemies offers Danny $50,000 to his favorite charity to prevent his murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 17, 1950

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Mugavin; Anne Stone; Virginia Gregg; Elliott Reid; Ted Osborne; Bert Holland

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ABC, Mystery Special, OTR Detective, Podcast

This is Your FBI: The Return of Saint Nick (EP4582)

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Today’s Mystery: FBI Special Agent Jim Taylor delays his vacation home. to find a Settlement House Santa Clause who disappeared.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 22, 1950

Starring Stacy Harris as Special Agent Jim Taylor,  Jeffrey Silver, Peggy Webber, Roland Winters, Victor Rodman,

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Christmas Detectives, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Falcon

The Falcon: The Case of the Unwelcome Christmas Present (EP4581)

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Les Damon

Today’s Mystery:

A man who bought a fur coat goes for his girlfriend for Christmas turns to The Falcon when dangerous people want it back.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 24, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Larry Haines; Ralph Bell

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CBS, Christmas Detectives, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Nick Shurn Matter Omnibus (EP4580s)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

At Christmastime, Johnny has to find a beautiful woman, who is the only one who knows the truth behind the murder of a New York club owner, before the killer does.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: December 19-23, 1956

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Peggy Webber; Don Diamond; Ben Wright; Jack Kruschen; Barney Phillips; Sam Edwards; Ken Christy

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Christmas Detectives, Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: Production 8 (aka the Big Missing/Juanita Lasky) (EP4580)

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Todays Mystery:

At Christmastime, Joe Friday and Ben Romero try to find a missing daughter from Utah.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 28, 1949

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Raymond Burr as Sergeant Ed Backstrand, Chief of Detectives; Herb Butterfield

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