Category: OTR Detective

Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Imposter (EP4783)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate the disappearance of a ten-year-old boy.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 7, 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, CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast

Broadway’s My Beat: The Harold Clark Murder Case (EP4782)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:  A man is killed in an apartment and witnesses say a neighbor did it.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 27, 1950

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover, Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia, Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan, Cathy Lewis, Vivi Janis, Edwin Max, Leo Cleary, Tony Barrett

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Charlie Chan, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

Charlie Chan: Killer has False Beard/Meeting Gerald Willoughby’s Plane (EP4781)

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Walter Connolly
Today’s Mystery:

Inspector Chan finds a key clue about the murderer of Simmons, the butler, and then meets the plane of the late Colonel Willoughby’s nephew.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1936

Originating from Los Angeles

Starring: Walter Connolly as Inspector Charlie Chan

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Mutual, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Falcon

The Falcon: The Case of the Faded Rose (EP4780)

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George Petrie

Today’s Mystery:

A woman’s sister commits suicide, and she vows revenge on the man who broke her sister’s heart.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 6, 1953

Originating from New York

Starring: George Petrie as The Falcon; Larry Haines; Mandel Kramer

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Cloak and Dagger, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Cloak and Dagger: The Kachin Story (A0010)

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Today’s Adventure: An American OSS agent parachutes into Japanese-occupied Burma to organizea local native tribe to aide the allied invasion effort.

Original Radio Broadcast: June 18, 1950

Originating in New York

Starring Raymond Edward Johnson, Carl Weber, Bill Quinn, Joe Julian, Everett Sloan, Inga Adams, Jackson Beck, and Jerry Jarrett

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Village of Virtue Matter (EP4779)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is sent to investigate a series of thefts near a small South Carolina village that have endangered the peace between a colony of ex-mobsters and the locals.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 27, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Frank Nelson; Billy Halop; Jack Kruschen; Peter Leeds; Gil Stratton; Will Wright

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Bindle (EP4778)

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Today’s Mystery:

Friday goes undercover to locate a high-grade heroin out of a luxury hotel.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 31, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Stacy Harris; Ralph Moody

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Broadway’s My Beat: The John Webster Murder Case (EP4777)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A man is found murdered at the funeral for a wealthy woman.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 20, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Jeanette Nolan; Francis X. Bushman; Ted Osborne; Peggy Webber

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Charlie Chan, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

Charlie Chan: The Colonel’s Son is a Murder Suspect/Simmon’s Confrontation About Identity (EP4776)

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Walter Connolly
Today’s Mystery: Inspector Chan reveals that the young man caught searching through the dead man’s belongings was actually his son, and then Chan questions the butler Simmons about his past with the murdered Colonel Willoughy.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1936

Originating in Los Angeles

Starring: Walter Connolly as Inspector Charlie Chan

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Mutual, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Falcon

The Falcon: The Case of the Ace of Spades (EP4775)

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George Petrie

Today’s Mystery:

A gambling den kingpin is murdered, and a wealthy Waring client is suspected of the crime.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 22, 1953

Originating from New York

Starring: George Petrie as The Falcon; Larry Haines; Mandel Kramer

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Cloak and Dagger, OTR Detective, Podcast

Cloak and Dagger: People of the Forest (A0008)

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Today’s Adventure:

An OSS agent parachutes into occupied France to steal plans from the enemy and is aided by a local French resistance group.

Original Radio Broadcast: June 11, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Larry Haines; Boris Aplon; Berry Kroeger; Jerry Jarrett; Lily Darvas; Raymond Edward Johnson; Joseph Buloff; Nancy Franklin

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wayward Trout Matter (EP4774)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is sent to Lake Mojave to prevent the theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars in jewelry and money.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 20, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lawrence Dobkin; Alan Reed; Russell Thorson; Edgar Barrier; Junius Matthews; Barney Phillips; Eleanor Audley

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Mailman (EP4773)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero join forces with a USPS inspector to correct a forger who is stealing and then cashing checks.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 24, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Broadway's My Beat, CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast

Broadway’s My Beat: The Helen Carrol Murder Case (EP4772)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery: An elderly woman is found murdered in her apartment and three people confess to the crime.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 13, 1950

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover, Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia, Jack Kruschen as Sergent Muggavan, Joyce McCluskey, Herb Butterfield, Peggy Webber, Lou Krugman, and David Ellis

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Charlie Chan, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

Charlie Chan: A Test of Color/A Getaway/Murderous Revelation (EP4771)

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Walter Connolly
Today’s Mystery:

Leslie Beaton has told Sheriff Holt damning information against one of the suspects, while Charlie Chan races against a self-imposed deadline to provide the killer’s identity.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1935 or 1936

Originating from Los Angeles

Starring: Walter Connolly as Inspector Charlie Chan

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