Category: OTR Detective

EP1972: The Line Up: The Mirthless Moonshiners Methyl Murders

William Johnstone

People are dying or going blind due to bad illegal liquor and it’s up to Guthrie and Karger to track down the source.

Original Air Date: March 18, 1952

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EP1971: Michael Shayne: The Left Handed Fan

Jeff Chandler
A gorgeous actress hires Shayne to protect her for three days from an anonymous threat.

(Original Air Date: Sometime in 1948)

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EP1970s: Suspense: The Hitch Hiker

Orson Welles

A motorist driving from New York to California keeps seeing a mysterious hitch hiker by the side of the road.

Original Air Date: September 2, 1942

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EP1970: Dragnet: The Big In-Laws

Jack Webb

Friday and Romero look into a series of truck hijackings.

Original Air Date: August 23, 1951

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EP1969: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Backfire that Backfired Matter

Bob Bailey

Johnny goes to his girlfriend’s house and overhears a backfire that sets up on the trail of an unknown criminal.

Original Air Date: September , 1959

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EP1968: Boston Blackie: The Hypnotic Murder

Richard Kollmar
Blackie gets in hot water with Farraday when he takes the gun of a friend of Mary Wesley’s who has confessed to a murder.

Original Air Date: August 6, 1945

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EP1967: Richard Diamond: The Lynn Knight Case

Dick Powell
A former restaurant photographer turns to Diamond for protection.

Original Air Date: August 16, 1949

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EP1966: The Line Up: The Jolted Justice Job Case

William Johnstone
Lieutenant Guthrie investigates the stabbing of an elderly man.

Original Air Date: November 1, 1951

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EP1965: Michael Shayne: The Case of the High-Priced Twins

Jeff Chandler
Shayne searches for two valuable coins that people are willing to kill over.

Original Air Date: Sometime in 1948

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EP1964: Dragnet: The Big Winchester

Jack Webb
An elderly man is found dead of an apparent suicide but the first officer on scene suspects murder.

Original Air Date: August 16, 1951

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EP1963: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Really Gone Matter

Bob Bailey

Johnny has to locate the elusive beneficiary of a life insurance policy- a man named John Doe.

Original Air Date: August 30, 1959

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EP1962: Boston Blackie: Mary All at Sea

Richard Kollmar

Blackie goes on a boat to see Mary off and finds a body in her cabin and is accused of murder.

Original Air Date: July 30, 1945

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EP1961: Richard Diamond: The Martin Hyer Frame Up Case

Dick Powell
A man plots to murder his wife and frame his mistress’ husband for the crime, and the two plan to fool Diamond into being a witness to back up the frame.

Original Air Date: July 23, 1949

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EP1960: The Line Up: The Red Shirt Case

William Johnstone
An ex-con claims to have seen a murder but the only thing he seems able to clearly remember is the killer’s red shirt.

Original Air Date: June 5, 1951

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EP1959: Michael Shayne: The Case of the Carnival Killer

Jeff Chandler

Mike is given half of a fifty dollar bill and a woman will give him the other half when he comes to take a job. When he arrives, he finds her dead and himself under suspicion of murder.

Original Air Date: Sometime in 1948

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