Category: OTR Detective

EP3221: Man Called X: Ashes to Ashes

Herbert Marshall

While watching a film about new aviation technology, Ken discovers that one of the leading scientists on the project is a man who died in World War II.

Original Air Date: November 2, 1947
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EP3220: Dick Tracy: Dick Gets Ring of Osiris/Dick Finds the Black Pearl

Dick thinks he’s found the man who shot him hiding in a sarcophagus and then he sets out to find the Black Pearl of Osiris.

Original Air Dates: February 14 and 15, 1938

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EP3219: Box 13: Death is No Joke

Dan is called by a friend as nasty practical jokes have been plaguing his family after a missing heir suddenly appeared and claimed a large inheritance that was to be split among several family members.

Original Air Date: 1948

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EP3218: Dragnet: The Big Daughter

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith investigate a house after getting a tip that the occupant has obtained 32 caps of Heroin.

Original Air Date: September 13, 1955

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EP3217: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Joan Sebastian Matter

Edmond O'Brien

Johnny goes to Boston to investigate the death of a young insured woman.

Original Air Date: October 28, 1950

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EP3216: Mystery is My Hobby: Arthur Gideon’s Memoirs


A man is murdered after writing a tell-all memoir that will ruin several people’s lives and inviting them all to his house for the weekend.

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EP3215: Man Called X: Timber Country

George Raft

The Man Called X goes to Oregon to investigate sabotage at a local lumber mill.

Original Air Date: October 16, 1947

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EP3214: Dick Tracy: Mystery in the Hotel/Dick Shot in the Leg

Dick saves Pat after he’s thrown overboard as the mystery of the Black Pearl deepens.

Original Air Date: February 10 and 11, 1938

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EP3213: Box 13: Daytime Nightmare

Dan is invited to lunch by someone in response to his Box 13 ad. He’s drugged and awakes in a sanatorium with his haired dyed and with him being called by another man’s name.

Original Air Date: 1948

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EP3212: Dragnet: The Big Ruling

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith search for the new source of heroin on the street.

Original Air Date: September 6, 1955

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EP3211: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Jack Madigan Matter

Edmond O'Brien

Johnny is called in by a bail bondsman to locate two witness in a major organized case, who have disappeared.

Original Air Date: October 21, 1950

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EP3210: Mystery is My Hobby: Mystery of the Burning Light

Bart investigates a murder on a friend’s boat.

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EP3209: Man Called X: All that Glitters

George Raft

The Man Called X goes to the Philippines to foil the theft of a gold shipment.

Original Air Date: October 9, 1947

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EP3208: Dick Tracy: Black Pearl of Osiris/Pat Goes Overboard

On a boat, Dick Tracy and Pat are protecting an Egyptologist who is refusing to reveal why he’s being hunted.

Original Air Dates: February 8 and 9, 1938

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EP3207: Box 13: One of These Four

Dan is trapped and kidnapped on a boat with three other people, one of whom is a killer.

Original Air Date: 1948

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