Category: Podcast

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:Johnny goes to Mexico in search of a man who embezzled $75,000

Original Radio Broadcast Dates:October 24-28, 1955

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Virginia Gregg, Marvin Miller, Don Diamond, Tony Barrett, Parley Baer

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OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Valentine Matter Omnibus (Encore) (EP4440)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery: Johnny initially comes to New Orleans to investigate a hotel theft but becomes involved in finding out who’s making attempts on life of a retired Prohibition-era Racketeer

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: October 31-November 4, 1955

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Lillian Buyeff, Betty Lou Gerson, Barney Phillips, Will Wright, Forrest Lewis, Marvin Miller, Jay Novello, Jack Moyles

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OTR Detective, Podcast

Forecast: Deductions Deluxe: The Problem of the Painted Poddle (Encore) (EP4439)

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Private Detective Roger Boon is called in to find out why a wealthy woman’s poodle was painted green.

Originated in Hollywood

Starring: Adolphe Menjou, Verree Teasdale,

Original Air Date: July 28, 1941

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Amazing World of Radio, Podcast

Suspense: On A Country Road (AWR0252)

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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 time we turn to Ida Lupino, who played Cassandra Spellcraft, alongside her then-husband Howard Duff, who played her bumbling sidekick Cabala in the 1968 episode, “The Enchanting Doctor Cassandra”.

We begin by featuring an episode of Suspense in which they appeared together.

A wife and her husband (Lupino and Duff) take a shortcut down a country road where a deranged woman has escaped from a mental institution and already killed. They then run out of gas and find a woman screamning at them demanding to be let in their car.

Original Radio Brodcast Date: May 10, 1959

We then take a look at the Season 3 Batman Episode, “The Entrancing Dr. Cassandra”, where Lupino plays the titular alchemist who has figured out the secret of invisibility and has a daring plan to take care of the Terrific Trio and rule Gotham City.

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OTR Detective, Podcast

The Thin Man: Nora’s Night Out (Encore) (EP4438)

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Claudia Morgan

Nora is out all night, breaks a mirror, and asks another man to marry her. Nick suspects she’s been drugged. Things get even more serious when they find a corpse.

Original Air Date: October 6, 1944

Originating in New York

Starring David Gothard as Nick Charles, Claudia Morgan as Nora Charles

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The Thin Man: The Case of the Wandering Corpse (Encore) (EP4437)

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Claudia Morgan

A corpse disappears along with a necklace, Nick bought for Nora as an anniversary present, and its place is another corpse.

Original Air Date: October 10, 1943

Originating in New York

Starred: Les Damon as Nick Charles, Claudia Morgan as Nora Charles

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OTR Detective, Podcast

Lux Radio Theater: The Thin Man (Encore) (EP4436e)

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The Thin Man

Nick Charles, a retired private detective, is drawn back to detection with the insistence of his wife, Nora, when a former client is suspected of several murders.

Original Air Date: June 8, 1936

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: William Powell as Nick Charles; Myrna Loy as Nora Charles

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Key (EP4436)

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Todays Mystery:

The big clue to who left a woman’s body in a churchyard is a key found near her body.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 25, 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 Clever Chemist Matter (EP4435)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is sent to New Jersey to investigate an allegation by an insured’s daughter that her father, a famous chemist, was pressured into changing his beneficiary to his research partner.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 17, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Harry Bartell; Howard McNear; Forrest Lewis; Jack Kruschen; Russell Thorson; Frank Gerstle; Bob Bruce

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

Mr. Chameleon: The Mistreated Wife Murder Case (EP4434)

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Karl Swenson

Today’s Mystery:

Mr. Chameleon investigates the murder of a wealthy abusive husband.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 31, 1941

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: A Fixed Prize Fight (EP4433)

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Anthony Ross

Today’s Mystery:

Danny suspects a prize fight involving a promising young boxer is going to be fixed.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 27, 1949

Originating in New York City

Starring: Anthony Ross as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Gilbert Mack; Jean Carson; Julie Stevens; William Quinn; James Goss; Peter Capell; Paul Luther; Ted Jewett

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Amazing World of Radio, Podcast

The Magnificient Montague: Montague’s Father (AWR0251)

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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 time, we turn to Art Carney who played the Robin Hood-inspired criminal the Archer in the Season 2 opener, “Shook a Crook Arrow” and “Walk the Straight and Narrow.”

We take a look at an episode of the 1950s NBC Sitcom The Magnificient Montague, a sitcom about an out-of-work Shakespearean actor forced to secretly take a job as the lead in a radio soap opera.

In this episode, plans for the celebration of the Magnificient Montague’s (Montey Wooley) silver jubilee in the theater are complicated by the arrival of his father, the Great Montague (Carney). Things get even worse when Montague’s Father learns of Montague working anonymously on a soap opera and threatens to expose him if he doesn’t quit.

Original Radio Braodcast: January 5, 1951

Starring: Montey Wooley as the Magnificient Montague, Art Carney as the Great Montague, Anne Seymour as Lily, Pert Skelton as Agnes, John Gibson, John Griggs

After the podcast, I talk about the Season 2, Two-Parter “Shook a Crook Arrow” and “Walk the Straight and Narrow.” from 1966.

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Bulldog Drummond, Mutual, OTR Detective, Podcast

Bulldog Drummond: The Dinner of Death (EP4432)

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Today’s Mystery:

The District Attorney is poisoned with a cocktail before a banquet honoring a crusading reporter.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 23, 1945

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Originating in New York

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

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