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EP2625: Mister Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons: The Case of Murder and the Jewel Thief

So lost, I'm fading

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A famous jewel thief who is reforming calls Mister Keen for help and is killed before Mister Keen finds out what he wants.

Original Air Date: February 9, 1950

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EP2624: Dragnet: The Big Odd

Jack Webb
Friday and Smith investigate a truck-jacking where the driver was kidnapped.

Original Air Date: December 1, 1953

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EP2623: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Do It Yourself Matter

Mandel Kramer

Johnny’s called in when a series of fires hit the booming Simi Valley area where a go-getter insurance salesman has been selling new policies at a torrid pace.

Original Air Date: February 11, 1962

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EP2622: Boston Blackie: Jim Wells’ Death Wish

Richard Kollmar

Boston Blackie is able to find a man who is targeted for death in time to save his life, but the man doesn’t want saved.

Original Air Date: October 1, 1947

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EP2621: Rocky Jordan: Lady in Disguise

Jack Moyles

A lady friend of Rocky’s gives her passport to a woman who shares a mutual enemy with Rocky. When the enemy is murdered, Rocky becomes the prime suspect.

Original Air Date: May 8, 1949

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EP2620: That Strong Guy: Fighter

The sister of a prize fighter hires Strong because she fears a promoter has gotten her brother into a fight that will get him killed.

Original: Sometime in the mid-1950s (probably 1955)

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EP2619: Mister Keen: The Telephone Book Murder Case

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Mister Keen investigates the murder of a man who was about to attend a party for bachelors.

Original Air Date: January 26, 1950

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EP2618: Dragnet: The Big Present

Jack Webb

Friday investigate a series of burglaries that point to a juvenile as a perpetrator.

Original Air Date: November 24, 1953

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EP2617: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Nugget of Truth Matter

Mandel Kramer

Johnny is called in when a wealthy insured woman and her inventor husband have been receiving death threats.

Original Air Date: February 4, 1962

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EP2616: Boston Blackie: The Old ‘Eight-Six’ Disappears

Richard Kollmar

A train disappears and its crew is found murdered.

Original Air Date: September 24, 1947

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EP2615: Rocky Jordan: The Fall Guy

Jack Moyles

A friend asks Rocky’s to hide him from the police and clear him of the theft from a member of Cairo’s diplomatic corps.

Original Air Date: May 1, 1949

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EP2614: That Strong Guy: Bottle of Death

A pharmacist turns to Steve Strong to find a bottle of cyanide that was inadvertently sold as a bottle of aspirin.

Original Air Date: Mid-1950s (probably 1955)

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EP2613: Mister Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons: The Bride and Groom Murder Case

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A woman who’s only married a week is murdered on her honeymoon.

Original Air Date: January 19, 1950

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Video Theater 0139: Dragnet: The Big Hit and Run Killer

Friday and Smith search for the driver of a truck that hit and killed a woman and her grandson. Season 3, Episode 29 Original Air Date: March 18, 1954

EP2612s: Roy Rogers Show: The House I Live In

Lon Clark

A friend is murdered when about to reveal who the town’s racket boss is. Roy sets out to catch his friend’s killer and uncover the identity of the town’s boss.

Original Air Date: November 18, 1954

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