Category: OTR Detective

Philo Vance: The Church Murder Case (EP4020)

Today’s Mystery:

A wealthy practical joker who suspected his assistant of embezzlement is murdered.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 7, 1950

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Dangerous Assignment: Berlin Kidnapping Ring (EP4019)


Today’s Mystery:

Steve goes to Berlin to stop a kidnapping and extortion racket that kidnaps German citizens and threatens to hand them over to the Eastern Bloc if their relatives don’t pay a ransom.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 9, 1950

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Alvin Summers Matter, Parts One and Two (EP4018)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes to Mexico to search for an embezzler.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: October 24 and 25, 1955

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Sam Spade: The Apple of Eve Caper (EP4017)

Today’s Mystery:

Sam is hired by a woman who fears she’ll be murdered by a romantic rival.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 19, 1949

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Jack Carson Show: Sam Spade (EP4016s)

Today’s Mystery:

Jack Carson calls in Sam Spade for protection after receiving a threatening telegram.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 5, 1947

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Tales of the Texas Rangers: Little Sister (EP4016)

Today’s Mystery:

Two young women rob a theater and beat the manager.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 4, 1952

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Chesapeake Fraud Matter, Parts Three, Four, and Five (EP4015)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery: Johnny goes to Denver to question a man who was identified by a man of a deceased insured man who died seven years ago. The man in Denver is eager to help…too eager.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: October 19-21, 1955

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Philo Vance: The Scarface Murder Case (EP4014)

Today’s Mystery:

A racketeer is the prime suspect in a murder, but he has an alibi – Vance and Markham.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 14, 1950

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Dangerous Assignment: The Empty Matchbook (EP4013)


Today’s Mystery:

Steve goes to a South American country where the President of a US ally is accused of plotting war against a neighbor with the assistance of the U.S.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 2, 1950

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Chesapeake Fraud Matter, Parts One and Two (EP4012)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery: Johnny goes to Baltimore to investigate a credible report of a dead insured man whose policy was paid out, being seen alive in Denver.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates:October 17 and 18, 1955

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Sam Spade: The Overjord Caper (EP4011)

Today’s Mystery: Sam is hired by a wealthy woman to recover stolen uninsured jewels.

Original Radio Broadcast Date:June 5, 1949

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Hollywood Sound Stage: Call Northside 777 (EP4010s)

Dana Andrews

Today’s mystery:

A reporter responds to the ad of a mother who wants someone to clear her son of the murder of a police officer twelve years before.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 27, 1951

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Tales of the Texas Rangers: Address Unknown (EP4010)

Today’s Mystery:

A young mother sends her ten-year-old son to get water, but when he returns with a farmer, she’s gone.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 27, 1952

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Molly K Matter, Parts Three, Four, and Five (EP4009)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny begins the search for a cook that was presumed dead in the wreck of the Molly K, but who Johnny suspects is both alive and responsible for the explosion.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: October 12, 13, and 14, 1955

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Philo Vance: The Chicken Murder Case (EP4008)

Today’s Mystery:

A racketeer’s thug, whose name is Chick, is murdered, and chicken blood is found on his body. This leads Markham to conclude that chicken blood flowed through the murdered hood’s gang.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 7, 1950

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