Category: OTR Detective

EP1948: The Line-Up: The Lapinish Lighter-Upper Case

William Johnstone
Guthrie searches for the murderer who killed a woman in the park.

Original Air Date: March 27, 1951

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EP1947: Michael Shayne: The Case of the Popular Corpse

Jeff Chandler
Shayne is hired to find a missing woman.

Original Air Date: Sometime in 1948

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EP1946s: Nightbeat: Girl in the Park

Frank Lovejoy

Randy tries to unravel the secrets of a fearful young woman in a park whose boyfriend is about to be executed.

Special Rebroadcast Date: April 23, 1950

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EP1946: Dragnet: The Big Sophomore

Jack Webb
Working out of Juvenile division, Friday and Romero investigate a series of petty thefts.

Original Air Date: July 12, 1951

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EP1945: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Lost by a Hair Matter

Bob Bailey
An ailing insured woman calls Johnny in for protection for fear that one of her relatives will kill her.

Original Air Date: August 9, 1959

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EP1944: Boston Blackie: The Worthington Pearls

Richard Kollmar
Just as he’s about to be searched by Farraday over another theft he hasn’t committed, Blackie learns the stolen pearls are in his raincoat.

Original Air Date: July 9, 1945

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EP1943: Richard Diamond: The Tom Waxman Bombing Case

Dick Powell
A labor leader, who is a friend of Diamond’s, is killed by a bombed and suspicion falls on his brother.

Original Air Date: June 26, 1949

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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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