Category: OTR Detective

Cloak and Dagger: The Trap

Today’s Adventure:

A cartoonist in the OSS goes undercover in a German-occupied French village ahead of an American advance.

Original Radio Broadcast: July 9, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Virginia Payne; Raymond Edward Johnson; Karl Weber; Stefan Schnabel; Jerry Jarrett; Ralph Bell; Lotte Stavisky; Everett Sloan

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Ghost to Ghost Matter (EP4795)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is sent to investigate a claim that a ghost is haunting a small New Jersey town.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 18, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Forrest Lewis; Joseph Kearns; RussellThorson; Sam Edwards; Bob Bruce

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Dragnet: The Big Run (EP4794)

Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday looks for the driver of a hit-and-run driver who struck two elderly women.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 21, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Peggy Webber; Herb Butterfield

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Johnny Hill Murder Case (EP4793)

Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A Chicago gangster is found murdered in a swank New York hotel room.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 10, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen; Howard McNear; GeGe Pearson; Marlowe Dwyer; Adrian Marden; Lou Merrill

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Charlie Chan: The Case of the Chinese Puzzle Box (EP4792)

Today’s Mystery:

An art collector asks Charlie Chan to pick up paintings. He finds the artist murdered.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 13, 1944

Originating from Los Angeles

Starring: Walter Connolly as Inspector Charlie Chan

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The Falcon: The Case of the Wandering Wife (EP4791)

George Petrie

Today’s Mystery:

A woman with a jealous husband hires The Falcon because she wants a divorce.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 8, 1954

Originating from New York

Starring: George Petrie as the Falcon, Larry Haines

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The Hardy Family: The Case of the Missing Warehouse (EP4790)

Today’s Mystery:

Andy Hardy takes a job as a night watchman only to seemingly have the whole warehouse he’s guarding disappear.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 10, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Mickey Rooney as Andy Hardy; Fay Holden; Lewis Stone; Eleanore Tanin; Richard Krenna; Eleanore Tanin

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Cloak and Dagger: The Eyes of Buddha (A0014)

Today’s Adventure:

An OSS agent goes to Siam.

Original Radio Broadcast: July 2, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Everett Sloane; Ralph Bell; Berry Kroeger; Raymond Edward Johnson; Eileen Heckart; Martin Balsam; Grant Richards; Jerry Jarrett; Karl Webber

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Rolling Stone Matter (EP4789)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny investigates the theft of an under-insured diamond.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 11, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lawrence Dobkin; Forrest Lewis; Virginia Gregg; Edgar Barrier; Don Diamond

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Dragnet: The Big Building (EP4788)

Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate the disappearance of a rich society woman.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 14, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Laura Burton Murder Case (EP4787)

Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A wealthy socialite who had recently married a waterfront character is found murdered in a low-class hotel room.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 3, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Lawrence Dobkin; Betty Lou Gerson; Edwin Max; Clayton Post; Jerry Hausner; Jody Gilbert

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Charlie Chan: Discussing Gerald’s Alibi, Willoughby Won’t Tell Name of Officer, and Solution of the Murders is at Hand (EP4786)

Walter Connolly
Today’s Mystery:

Inspector Chan knows who killed Colonel Willoughby, but how can he prove it?

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1936

Originating from Los Angeles

Starring: Walter Connolly as Inspector Charlie Chan

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The Falcon: The Case of the Disguised Murder (EP4785)

George Petrie

Today’s Mystery:

A notorious collector comes to Mike alleging that he’s been framed for murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: Sometime in 1953 or 1954

Originating from New York

Starring: George Petrie as The Falcon

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Cloak and Dagger: Direct Line to Bombers (A0012)

Today’s Adventure:

An OSS agent and an escaped political prisoner go behind enemy lines in Berlin to help support an Allied bombing raid.Original Radio Broadcast:June 25, 1950

Originating in New York

Starring: Bill Zuckert; Everett Sloane; Lily Darvas; Berry Kroeger; Michael Artist; Karl Weber; Jerry Jarrett; Bobby Weil; Brad Barker

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Carson Arson Matter (EP4784)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny investigates a series of fires at a chain of New England grocers.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 4, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Byron Kane; Harry Bartell; Virginia Gregg; Jack Edwards; Joseph Kearns; Forrest Lewis

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