Category: OTR Detective

EP1942: The Line-Up: The Molly About Seven Case

William Johnstone

A gangland killer is identified in the line-up, but Guthrie and Groeb have to scramble to identify him when the witness is killed.

Original Air Date: February 27, 1951

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EP1941: Michael Shayne: The Case of the Deadly Dough

Jeff Chandler

Mike takes a simple job to deliver a suitcase and ends up between several criminals fighting over loot from a 1931 robbery.

Original Air Date: Sometime in 1948

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EP1940: Dragnet: The Big Set-Up

Jack Webb

Friday and Romero investigate a series of high dollar home burglaries.

Original Air Date: July 12, 1951

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EP1939: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Deadly Chain Matter

Bob Bailey

An eccentric millionaire wants Johnny’s protection from threats in a chain letter.

Original Air Date: August 2, 1959

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EP1938: Boston Blackie: Blackie Jilts Mary

Richard Kollmar
After two weeks of not seeing her, Blackie shows up to tell Mary he wants nothing to do with her and Mary wants to find out why.

Original Air Date: July 2, 1945

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EP1937: Richard Diamond: The Fred Sears Murder Case

Dick Powell

Diamond loses his cool with a difficult client and shoves his retainer check down his client’s throat. Trouble comes with the client found shot in Diamond’s office the next morning.

Original Air Date: June 19, 1949

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EP1936: The Line-Up: Suspect Poisoned

William Johnstone
A suspect is identified in the line-up and then during questioning, he collapses dead of poisoning.

Original Air Date: August 10, 1950

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EP1935: Michael Shayne: The Case of the Generous Killer

Jeff Chandler
Michael Shayne receives a $100 to go and arrest a wanted man and then finds him dead of an apparent suicide.

Original Air Date: Sometime in 1948

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EP1934: Dragnet: Big Love

Jack Webb

A man’s wife and her two-year-old daughter has disappeared and the man isn’t telling the whole truth.

Original Air Date: July 5, 1951

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EP1933: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Bolt out of the Blue Matter

Bob Bailey
A niece asks the insurance company for helps when she fears her ex will kill her insured Uncle.

Original Air Date: July 26, 1959

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EP1932: Boston Blackie: The Larry Brown Case

Richard Kollmar

Larry Brown owes Boston Blackie $100 and tells Blackie to go to a hotel to pick it up, Blackie sends a man who wanted to borrow from Blackie to pick up the $100. When the man is murdered, Blackie becomes the prime suspect.

Original Air Date: June 25, 1945

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EP1931: Richard Diamond: The Bertram Kalmus Case

Dick Powell

A cabbie asks Diamond to find the owner of a bloody hat.

Original Air Date: June 5, 1949

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EP1930: The Line-Up: The Paradise Motel Murder Case

William Johnstone

A man is murdered and Guthrie suspects that the perpetrator is another man who claimed to be robbed at the time of the murder.

Original Air Date: July 27, 1950

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EP1929: Michael Shayne: The Crooked Wheel

Jeff Chandler
Michael Shayne is hired by a Mexico City casino owner to find out why his casino is losing money.

Original Air Date: Sometime in 1948

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EP1928: Dragnet: The Big Cliff

Jack Webb

A sixty-three-year-old woman dies under mysterious circumstances, the coroner can’t determine a cause of death and suspicion falls on her elderly husband.

Original Air Date: June 28, 1951