Category: OTR Detective

CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Johnny Dollar: The Laird Douglas Douglas of Heatherscote Matter, Episodes One and Two (EP4162)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Harry Branson summons Johnny on a mystery case that’s strictly for the dogs.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: April 9 and 10, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Jeanette Nolan, Harry Bartell, Byron Kane, Jack Kruschen, Bill James, James McCallion, Ken Christy, Dick Ryan, Bert
Holland, Jack Edwards, Hy Averback, Roy Rowan

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Sam Spade

Sam Spade; The Sure Thing Caper (EP4161)

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Steve Dunne

Today’s Mystery:

Sam is hired by a gambler to find out if an ex-jockey cheated him and two tough friends out of $1500 by promising them a chance to profit on “a sure thing.”

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 9, 1951

Originated from Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, Wally Maher as Gentleman Joe

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CBS, Forgotten Detectives, Indictment, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Indictment: Fur Robberies (EP4160)

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Nat Polen

Today’s Mystery:

A man convicted of extortion decides to give McCormick information on a robbery to avoid an indefinite prison sentence.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 15, 1957

Originated from: New York

Starring: Nat Polen as Assistant Distict Attorney Edward McCormick

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Salt City Matter, Episodes Four and Five (EP4159)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery: Despite a sense of foreboding, Johnny proceeds with his efforts to serve a subpeona on an underworld figure.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates:April 5 and 6, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar.

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OTR Detective, Philo Vance, Podcast, Syndicated

Philo Vance: The Muddy Murder Case (EP4158)

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Today’s Mystery: Vance investigates an impossible murder. A gangster was killed in a house surrounded by mud but no footprints were found inside.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 4, 1950

Originated in: New York City

Starred: Jackson Beck as Philo Vance, George Petrie as District Attorney Markham

Today’s program was provided by Radio Archives. Email detectives@radioarchives.com to get a free audiobook, a free ebook, and free old time radio collection.

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Dangerous Assignment, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Dangerous Assignment: Operation Hotfoot (EP4157)

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Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Trinidad in search of a scientist who have discovered an important microbe but failed to report on time.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 18, 1951

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Salt City Matter, Episodes One and Three (EP4156)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery: Johnny goes to San Francisco to find a notorious criminal to protect him until the company can cancel his insurance policy.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates:April 2 and 4, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Barbara Fuller, Jeanne Tatum, Barbara Eiler, Lawrence Dobkin, Dick Ryan, Jack Edwards, Barney Phillips, Junius Matthews, Tony Barrett

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Sam Spade

Sam Spade: The String of Death Caper (EP4155)

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Steve Dunne

Today’s Mystery:

Sam is hired to find a sea captain, and then finds himself in the middle of desperate characters fighting over a string of pearls.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: Feburary 2, 1951

Originated from Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, William Conrad

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CBS, Mystery Special, OTR Detective, Podcast, Suspense

Suspense: Fragile, Contents: Death (EP4154s)

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Victor Perrin

Today’s Mystery:

A postmaster (Victor Perrin) gets a tip that there’s a time bomb among the day’s packages.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 22, 1956

Stars: Victor Perin, Herb Ellis, Frank Gershwin, Vivi Janis, Helen Kleeb, John Larkin, Leonard Weinrib, Richard Peel, and Ted Bliss,

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CBS, Indictment, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Indictment: Bitter Grapes (EP4154)

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Nat Polen

Today’s Mystery: A  woman’s lover alleges that she was killed by her husband.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 24, 1957

Originated from: New York

Starring: Nat Polen as Assistant Distict Attorney Edward McCormick, Jack Arthur, Marjorie Gateson, Elizabeth Lawrence, Bernard Grant, George Petrie, Mason Adams, Guy Rapp

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The LaMarr Matter, Episodes Three, Four and Five (EP4153)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny has to overcome heartbreak as he tries to solve the murder of the father of the woman he had fallen in love with while on vacation.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: March 28-30, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Virginia Gregg, Harry Bartell, Lawrence Dobkin, Eric Snowden, Howard McNear, John Dehner, Jeanne Tatum,
Joseph Kearns, Paul Richards, Jack Moyles

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OTR Detective, Philo Vance, Podcast, Syndicated

Philo Vance: The Argyle Murder Case (EP4152)

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Today’s Mystery:

An actor is found murdered on a ferry boat wearing a pair of argyle socks that doesn’t match the rest of his outfit.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 27, 1950

Originated in: New York City

Starred: Jackson Beck as Philo Vance, George Petrie as District Attorney Markham

Today’s program was provided by Radio Archives. Email detectives@radioarchives.com to get a free audiobook, a free ebook, and free old time radio collection.

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Dangerous Assignment, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Dangerous Assignment: Epidemic-Needle in a Haystack (EP4151)

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Today’s Mystery:

Steve is sent to a U.S.-occupied town in West Germany to find the source of an epidemic that’s making everyone sick.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 11, 1951

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The LaMarr Matter, Episodes One and Two (EP4150)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny meets a beautiful woman while on vacation and falls for her. Her insured father dies and Johnny is assigned to investigate.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: March 26 and 27, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Virginia Gregg, Harry Bartell, Lawrence Dobkin, Eric Snowden, Howard McNear, John Dehner, Jeanne Tatum,
Joseph Kearns, Paul Richards, Jack Moyles

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Sam Spade

Sam Spade: The Chateau McCloud Caper (EP4149)

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Steve Dunne

Today’s Mystery:

Sam is hired by a man who received a threat after scheduling a ski weekend with a bunch of volatile guests.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 26, 1951

Originated from Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, William Conrad, Jay Novello

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