Category: OTR Detective

The Flying Dutchman (Sneak Preview of the Old Time Radio Snack Wagon)

 

Jimmy Stewart tells the story and the legend of an ill-fated plane known as the Flying Dutchman.

FromĀ The Voice of the Army.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 13, 1949

Originated from Hollywood

Starred Jimmy Stewart, Jeff Chandler, Sam Edwards

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Crime Fighters: A New England Detective (EP4148)

Raymond Edward Johnson
Today’s Mystery:

A New England detective is also a parole officer for a young man who was convicted of theft. Does the ex-convict really want to go straight and will he actually be allowed to?

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 9, 1950

Originated in New York

Starred: Raymond Edward Johsnon, Alan Stevenson, Ian Martin, Abby Lewis, and Rock Rogers

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Jolly Rogers Fraud Matter, Episodes Three, Four, and Five (EP4147)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

The only witness who could have told Johnny about the explosion of a yacht owned by an infamous international figure died before Johnny could talk to him, but Johnny’s not giving up yet.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: March 21-23, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar.Stars, Jeanette Nolan, Lucille Meredith, Carleton Young, Herb Ellis, Jack Petruzzi, Bob Bruce, Herb Butterfield, Paul Richards, Edgar Barrier, Russell Thorson, Jack Moyles, Frank Gerstle

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Philo Vance: The Prize Ring Murder Case (EP4146)

Today’s Mystery:

A boxer’s manager is killed during a prize fight.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 20, 1950

Originated in: New York City

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

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Dangerous Assignment: Find Rudolf Karpel (EP4145)


Today’s Mystery:

Steve goes to Rotterdam, Netherlands on a tip from a female track athlete who claims to have seen a Nazi war criminal at a china shop. The problem? The china shop has disappeared and everyone claims it was never there.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 4, 1951

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, Martha Wentworth, Sidney Miller, Barney Phillips, Tony Barrett, Virginia Gregg

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Jolly Rogers Fraud Matter, Episodes One and Two (EP4144)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes to San Diego to investigate a $460,000 claim on a yacht and finds the local adjuster has been fatally wounded.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: March 19 and 20, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Virginia Gregg, Forrest Lewis, Paul Frees, Jay Novello, Harry Bartell, Don Diamond, Vic Perrin

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Sam Spade: The Cloak and Dagger Caper (EP4143)

Steve Dunne

Today’s Mystery:

A mysterious woman comes to Sam Spade’s apartment dressed as a harem girl, tries to poison Spade, and accidentally kills herself.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 19, 1951

Originated from Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie

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Tales of the Texas Rangers: Drive In (EP4142)

Today’s Mystery:

A couple are held up by a teenage boy at a drive in theater.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 14, 1952

Originiated from Hollywood

Starred: Joel McCrea as Jace Pearson, Tony Barrett

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Clinton Matter, Episodes Three, Four, and Five (EP4141)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is convinced that there was fraud in the fire that burned down a school in a small town, but everyone’s afraid to talk.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: March 14-16, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar Jeanette Nolan, Lucille Meredith, Carleton Young, Herb Ellis, Jack Petruzzi, Bob Bruce, Herb Butterfield, Paul Richards, Edgar Barrier, Russell Thorson, Jack Moyles, Frank Gerstle

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Philo Vance: The Full Dress Murder Case (EP4140)

Today’s Mystery:

A homeless woman is found murdered in full evening dress.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 13, 1950

Originated in: New York City

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

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Dangeorus Assignment: Outlaw Radio Station (EP4139)


Today’s Mystery:

Steve is called in to a Balkan country to stop an American who is running an illegal radio station broadcasting anti-American propaganda.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 28, 1951

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, Paul Frees, Jeanne Bates, Don Diamond, Stacy Harris, Tim Graham, Shepard Menken

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Clinton Matter, Episodes One and Two (EP4138)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes to a small Colorado town to investigate reports that a new school building is structurally unsound. Johnny arrives to find it on fire.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: March 12 and 13, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Jeanette Nolan, Lucille Meredith, Carleton Young, Herb Ellis, Jack Petruzzi, Bob Bruce, Herb Butterfield, Paul Richards, Edgar Barrier, Russell Thorson, Jack Moyles, Frank Gerstle

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Sam Spade: The Red Star Caper (EP4137)

Steve Dunne

Today’s Mystery:

A foreign correspondent, whom Sam was hired to bodyguard, is murdered while giving a lecture.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 12, 1951

Originated from Hollywood

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

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Tales of the Texas Rangers: Alibi (EP4136)

Today’s Mystery:

An elderly store owner is beaten and robbed.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 7, 1952

Originiated from Hollywood

Starred: Joel McCrea as Jace Pearson, Tony Barrett, Herb Vigran, Betty Lou Gerson, Paul Frees, Dan Riss

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Plantagent Matter, Episodes Three, Four, and Five (EP4135)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny has a clue to the identity of a dead woman: her purse, with a recently-fired gun inside of it.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: March 7, 8, and 9, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar.Michael Ann Barrett, Jeanne Bates, Marvin Miller, Frank Gerstle, Lawrence Dobkin, Jack Kruschen, Ken Peters, Herb Butterfield

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