Category: OTR Detective

Dragnet: The Big Death (EP4550)

Today’s Mystery:

A man reports that his ex-boss tried to hire him to murder his wife.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 28, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Mr. and Mrs. North: The Wilbur Wills Matter (EP4548)

Joseph Curtain and Alice Frost

Today’s Mystery:

A man invites the Norths to his house to solve a murder that hasn’t happened yet – his own.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 24, 1944

Originating from New York City

Starring: Joseph Curtain as Jerry North; Alice Frost as Pamela North

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Mary Murdoch Murder Case (EP4547)

Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

The wife of an old-time bootlegger dies in Danny’s office.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 7, 1950

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Moyles

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Bulldog Drummond: Death Under the Big Top (EP4546)


Today’s Mystery:

A beautiful woman at the circus asks Captain Drummond to embrace her, and gives him a gun that leads him to investigate a murder in a high-wire act.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 7, 1948

Originating in New York

Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny

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Falcon: The Case of Plenty Twenty (EP4545)

Les Damon

Today’s Mystery:

An engraver, who has created high-quality counterfeit plates, is murdered.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 25, 1951

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Chuck Webster as Sergeant Corbett; Bill Zuckert; Ralph Bell

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Pat Novak for Hire: John St. John (Encore) (EP4544e)

Jack Webb

 

An old man is killed and with his dying last word, he asks Novak to deliver a letter to John St. John.

Original Air Date: October 13, 1946

Originating in San Francisco

Starring: Jack Webb as Pat Novak; Tudor Owen as Jocko Madigan

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Dragnet: The Big Pair (EP4544)

Today’s Mystery:

A twelve-year-old and a grandfather return from a trip to Indiana to find all their belongings from their home stolen.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 21, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Smokey Sleeper Matter (EP4543)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is sent to Vineland, New Jersey to find out if a fire that destroyed $80,000 in mattresses was arson.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 25, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Russell Thorson; Jack Edwards; Will Wright; Paul Dubov; Lawrence Dobkin

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Mr. and Mrs. North: The Little Man Who Wasn’t There (EP4542)

Joseph Curtain and Alice Frost

Today’s Mystery:

A little man dies on the Norths’ door as a warning that someone wants to kill Pamela North.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 12, 1944

Originating from New York City

Starring: Joseph Curtain as Jerry North; Alice Frost as Pamela North

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Broadway’s My Beat: The John Lomax Murder Case (EP4541)

Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

Around New Year’s Eve, a drunk in a skid row hotel claims to be a man who was supposed to have died in a hit-and-run.

Original Radio Broadcast Date:December 31, 1949

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jeanette Nolan; Jay Novello; Leo Penn; Fred Howard; Bob Bruce; Barton Yarborough

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Bulldog Drummond: The Case of the Dead Beat (EP4540)


Today’s Mystery:

A ex-con trying to go straight claims that someone’s trying to kill him and asks Captain Drummond for help.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 30, 1948

Originating in New York

Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny

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The Falcon: The Case of the Cautious Cousin (EP4539)

Les Damon

Today’s Mystery:

A man is poisoned in the presence of The Falcon and the finger of suspicion is pointed at the victim’s cousin.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 18, 1951

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Chuck Webster as Sergeant Corbett

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Pat Novak for Hire: Sam Toliver (Encore) (EP4538e)

Jack Webb

Pat Novak does a favor for a friend who has just gotten out of prison – he picks up a package. He returns to his office to find a cop standing over a dead body.

Original Air Date: April 23, 1949

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Pat Novak; Raymond Burr as Inspector Hellman; and Tudor Owen as Jocko Madigan

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Dragnet: The Big Make (EP4538)

Today’s Mystery:

Friday and Romero investigate a robbery and shooting at a bakery.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 14, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Killers Brand Matter (EP4537)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes to a small town celebrating frontier days, where an insured promoter has had an attempt on his life.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 11, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Mary Jane Croft; Harry Bartell; Joseph Kearns; Lawrence Dobkin; Frank Gerstle; Barney Phillips

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