Category: Podcast

NBC, Podcast, The Big Story

The Big Story: Shotgun and Fatal Accident (EP4972)

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Today’s Mystery:

A wealthy man claims that his wife was accidentally killed by a shotgun. A reporter searches for evidence that the wife was murdered.

Original Radio Broadcast: July 12, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Bill Quinn as Bill Griffin; Amzie Strickland; Anita Anton; Paul McGrath; Roger De Coven; Lyle Sudrow; Mason Adams; Bob Dryden

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Saint

The Saint: The Sinister Sneeze (EP4971)

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Vincent Price

Today’s Mystery:

At the request of a sneezing woman on a bus, Simon tries to protect a very bad boxer who finds himself an unexpected favorite in his fight against a much better boxer.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 11, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Vincent Price as Simon Templar; Lawrence Dobkin as Louie; Peter Leeds; Sandra Gould; Barney Phillips

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ABC, Counterspy, OTR Detective, Podcast

Counterspy: The Case of the Mexican Rancho (A0086)

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Today’s Adventure:

Harding and Peters go to Mexico to intercept spies trying to gain control of a new uranium supply.

Original Radio Broadcast: February 22, 1949

Originating from New York

Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding; Mandel Kramer as Peters Joan Alexander

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Frisco Fire Matter (EP4970)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

On a tip from his informant, Smokey, Johnny travels to San Francisco to investigate a fire that everyone insists was an accident.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 12, 1959

Originated from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Gil Stratton, Jr.; Tony Barrett; Vic Perin; Lawrence Dobkin; Alan Reed; Paul Dubov; Bartlett Robinson; Donald Mosley

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Honeymoon (EP4969)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ed Jacobs hunt down a con man who marries women for their money and leaves them.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 7, 1952

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barney Phillips as Sergeant Ed Jacobs; Virginia Gregg

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

Broadway’s My Beat: The Mary Smith Murder Case (EP4968)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A woman is found murdered in a cheap hotel.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: Decemnber 8, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Betty Lou Gerson; Stan Waxman; Steve Roberts; David Wolfe

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Big Story

The Big Story: New Facts About a 26-Year Frame-Up (EP4967)

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Today’s Mystery:

Reporter Ralph Goll becomes suspicious of the results of a murder case when he learns that the detective involved had later been convicted of graft and the sheriff at the time had committed suicide before the trial.

Original Radio Broadcast: March 1, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Nat Polen as Ralph Goll; Athena Lorde; John Shea; Bill Smith; Scott Tennyson; Walter Greska; Tom Heaphy; Humphrey Davis

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Mutual, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Saint

The Saint: The Cake that Killed (EP4966)

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Vincent Price

Today’s Mystery:

Simon gets a cake at a bakery from a woman in distress and finds himself caught up in a case of larceny and murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 8, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Vincent Price as Simon Templar; Betty Lou Gerson; Peter Leeds; Dan O’Herlihy; Larry Dobkin; Theodore von Eltz

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ABC, Counterspy, OTR Detective, Podcast

Counterspy: The Recruited Nurse (A0084)

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Today’s Adventure:

An escaped criminal disfigures his own face to get plastic surgery to claim a $250,000 reward.

Original Radio Broadcast: June 6, 1948

Originating from New York

Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding; Mandel Kramer as Peters; Bryna Raeburn; Chuck Webster

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Jimmy Carter Matter (EP4965)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny receives a call from a boy in New England who had previously helped solve a case. This time, the boy is reporting that he’s the only witness to a murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 29, 1959

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Richard Beals; Lawrence Dobkin

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Dragnet: The Big Almost No Show (EP4964)

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Today’s Mystery:

Friday and Jacobs investigate a woman’s report of her brother’s disappearance.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 31, 1952

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barney Phillips as Sergeant Ed Jacobs; Joyce McCluskey; Virginia Gregg

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

Broadway’s My Beat: The Paul Clark Murder Case (EP4963)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A young man is found dead in Central Park holding a ring.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 24, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Irene Tedrow

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Big Story

The Big Story: Gambling and Divorce Mean Murder (EP4962)

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Today’s Mystery:

A reporter investigates the murder of a real estate developer who was killed after taking a prospective client to a property.

Original Radio Broadcast: January 11, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Bill Quinn as Frank McCulloch; Athena Lord; Rolly Bestor; Joe DeSantis; Mandel Kramer; William Keene; Paul Mann

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Saint

The Saint: The Case of the Blonde Who Lost Her Head (EP4961)

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Vincent Price

Today’s Mystery:

The Saint encounters a blonde woman who claims to have lost her memory and is mixed up in a murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 13, 1949

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Vincent Price as Simon Templar

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ABC, Counterspy, OTR Detective, Podcast

Counterspy: The Camera-Happy Crook (A0082)

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Today’s Adventure:

A gang of bank robbers pretend to be a film crew as a cover for a robbery.

Original Radio Broadcast: May 30, 1948

Originating from New York

Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding; Mandel Kramer as Peters

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