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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called in to investigate the disappearance of a major league pitcher.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 28, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Lillian Buyeff; Richard Beals; Barney Phillips; Frank Nelson; Harry Bartell; Richard Crenna; Lawrence Dobkin; Tom Hanley

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CBS, Keen and Company, Mr. Chameleon, OTR Detective, Podcast

Mr. Chameleon: The Murder Clue of the Embalmed Body (EP4452)

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Karl Swenson

Today’s Mystery:

An embalmed body is found in the back of a speeding station wagon.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 14, 1949

Originating from New York City

Starring: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon; Frank Butler as Sergeant Dave Arnold

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Broadway's My Beat, CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast

Broadway’s My Beat: Ruth Jennings (EP4451)

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Anthony Ross

Today’s Mystery:

Danny has to mediate between a young woman who wants to find her father, and her ex-convict father, who wants the state to tell her that he’s dead.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 22, 1949

Originating in New York City

Starring: Anthony Ross as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Art Carney; Jean Carson; Nancy Franklin; Charles Penman; Julian Noa; Paul Luther

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Amazing World of Radio, Podcast

The Eternal Light: Honey on the Book (AWR0254)

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Batman Villains of Old Time Radio

We continue our look at actors who played villains in the 1966 Batman TV series. This week we turn our focus to Eli Wallach, a legendary character actor from plays like The Rose Tattoo, and films like The Magnificient Seven and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. During his career he won an Emmy, a Tony, and a BAFTA Award, as well as an honorary Oscar. He also portrayed Mr. Freeze in the final two episodes of season 2 of Batman in 1967, “Ice Spy” and “The Duo Defy.”

This week we present an episode of The Eternal Light.

Wallach plays Louis Rabinowitz, a Lithuanian-born immigrant who becomes a successful businessman but is driven by his love of learning and culture to become a philanthropist and patron of great arts and culture, dedicating his life to preserving culture and supporting Jewish institutions of learning.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 26, 1958

Originating in New York

Featuring: Ronnie Liss; Joseph Julian; Dean Olmquist; Alice Yourman; Guy Repp; Harvey Hayes; Charles Webster; Patsy Bruder; Marion Carr; Roger De Koven; Joseph Bell

Narrator/singer: Theodore Bikel

We then take a look at the season two two-parter, “Ice Spy” and “The Duo Defy”, in which Mr. Freeze kidnaps a scientist who has discovered an instant freeze ray in order to blackmail the world.

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References:

Information on Louis M. Rabinowitz from Yale

TCM Tribute to Eli Wallach

To the Bat Poles: The Bat Scholar’s Review on this episode

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Bulldog Drummond, Mutual, OTR Detective, Podcast

Bulldog Drummond: Murder in the Death House (EP4450)

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Today’s Mystery:

Bulldog Drummond goes to visit a man he sent to death row, who has information he wants to trade for clemency. Drummond finds him dead in his cell.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 10, 1945

Originating in New York

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

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Falcon

The Falcon: The Case of the Witty Widow (EP4449)

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Les Damon

Today’s Mystery:

A blackmailer is murdered and suspicion falls on the woman he was blackmailing.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 18, 1951

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as the Falcon; Ken Lynch as Sergeant Corbett

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Fake (EP4448)

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Today’s Mystery:

A man accuses a police officer of robbing and beating him.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 1, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

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

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Ming Toy Murphy Matter (EP4447)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called in by an eccentric insured man to find his missing “talking” Pekinese dog.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 14, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; G. Stanley Jones; Herb Ellis; Joseph Kearns; Jay Novello; Bill James; Howard McNear

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CBS, Keen and Company, Mr. Chameleon, OTR Detective, Podcast

Mr. Chameleon: The Case of the Snarling Corpse (EP4446)

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Karl Swenson

Today’s Mystery:

Mr. Chameleon is called in when a doctor suspects that a man who died of lockjaw was actually murdered.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 7, 1949

Originating from New York City

Starring: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon; Frank Butler as Sergeant Dave Arnold

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Broadway's My Beat, CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast

Broadway’s My Beat: The Rita Rondell Murder Case (EP4445)

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Anthony Ross

Today’s Mystery:

A young businessman from Arkansas reports that a woman tried to blackmail him. Then she’s found dead.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 1, 1949

Originating in New York City

Starring: Anthony Ross as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Jeanne Carson; John Forsyth

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Amazing World of Radio, Podcast

Let Yourself Go: Guest: Al Jolson (AWR0253)

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Batman Villains of Old Time Radio

We continue our look at actors who played villains in the 1966 Batman TV series. This week our focus is on Milton Berle, who played Louie the Lilac in two separate episodes during Batman‘s third season. We focus on Louie the Lilac’s first eponymous appearance.

We talk about Milton Berle’s extensive career, which included his position as the first TV superstar, earning the nickname “Mr. Television”. Berle’s career extended into the 21st Century but had its beginnings in vaudeville and radio, with a variety of programs throughout the 1930s and 1940s.

We play the only surviving episode of Berle’s 1944-45 comedy variety program, Let Yourself Go.

Milton is planning for a summer vacation, but wants to hire a young crooner who won’t be a threat to his getting picked up in the fall. However, complications ensue when the legendary Al Jolson shows up to apply for the job.

Original Air Date: June 6, 1945

We then take a look at season 3 episode 7, “Louie the Lilac”, where Louie has a plan to control the future via the flower-power generation by taking over the mind of their leader, Princess Primrose. With Commissioner Gordon indifferent, it’s up to the terrific trio to foil his evil scheme.

Milton Berle segment from “The Comedy Hall of Fame Awards”

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Bulldog Drummond, Mutual, OTR Detective, Podcast

Bulldog Drummond: Help Wanted (EP4444)

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Luis Van Rooten

Today’s Mystery:

Captain Drummond leaves town on a train. A man dies while asking him to be paged at the train station. Denny hires his own valet and sets out to solve the case himself.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 13, 1945

Originating in New York

Starring: Luis Van Rooten as Denny

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