Category: OTR Detective

OTR Detective, Podcast

Let George Do It: Cause for Thanksgiving (EP4238s)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Riley calls George in to help out a speechless boy who may have witnessed a murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 20, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as George Valentine; Virginia Gregg as Brooksie; Wally Maher as Lieutenant Riley; Alan Reed; Dick Ryan; Tony Barrett; Jeffrey Silver; Steven Chase

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: Eric Kelby (EP4238)

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Todays Mystery:

A man reports his wife missing, but investigators suspect murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 3, 1949

Originated from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Harry Morgan as Captain Kearney; Herb Butterfield

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Midas Touch Matter, Episodes Three, Four, and Five (EP4237)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny continues his investigation into the deahh of three men insured for up to a million dollars each.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: July 4, 5, and 6, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Johnny Jacobs; Herb Butterfield; Parley Baer; Barney Phillips; Shepard Menken; Roland Winters

Sponsored by Green Archer Comics, makers of the new Yours Truly Johnny Dollar Comic Book series. You can buy the first issue and help crowdfund the second issue at https://www.johnnydollar.io

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CBS, Keen and Company, Mr. Chameleon, OTR Detective, Podcast

Mr. Chameleon: The Orphanage Murder Case (EP4236)

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Karl Swenson

Today’s Mystery:

The matron of an orphanage was murdered after writing a letter indicating that someone looked like one of the orphans.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 26, 1949

Originated in: New York City

Starring: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon

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Dangerous Assignment, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Dangerous Assignment: The Private Sanitorium (EP4235)

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Today’s Mystery:

Steve is sent to Bavaria to infiltrate a sanitorium, where an American journalist who is wanted for trumped-up charges behind the Iron Curtain is being held incommunicado.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 19, 1952

Originated in Hollywood

Starring: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell; Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner; Byron Kane; Paul Frees; Tony Barrett; Jack Kruschen; Jeanne Tatum

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Midas Touch Matter, Episodes One and Two (EP4234)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is sent to Nevada, where three retired investment bankers were killed at a cave-in in a mine in which they’d invested. A local insurance agent suspects murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: July 2 and 3, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Johnny Jacobs; Herb Butterfield; Parley Baer; Barney Phillips, Shepard Menken; Roland Winters

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Sam Spade

Sam Spade: The Prisoner of Zenda Caper (EP4233)

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Today’s Mystery:

Sam receives a summons and a $100 retainer from a reclusive silent film star.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 30, 1948

Originated from Hollywood

Starring: Howard Duff as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, Wally Maher

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