Category: Podcast

Dangerous Assignment, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Dangerous Assignment: The Suspect Cylinder (EP4169)

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Today’s Mystery:

Steve goes to Rome to find out why someone tried to bribe a student into smuggling a recording cylinder to Europe that contained a routine report on the prevalence of the common cold.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 26, 1951

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, Raymond Burr, Tony Barrett, Lou Krugman, Betty Lou Gerson, Don Diamond, Stacy Keach

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Shepherd Matter, Episodes One and Two (EP4168)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called to Providence to investigate when a local insurance agent reports a suspicious application. A doctor with few responsibilities has applied for $80,000 in additional life insurance, and if he’s telling the truth, he has a good reason.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: April 16 and 17, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Jeanne Bates, Virginia Gregg, Russell Thorson, Parley Baer, Herb Ellis, Barney Phillips, Lawrence Dobkin

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Sam Spade

Sam Spade: The Soap Opera Caper (EP4167)

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Steve Dunne

Today’s Mystery:

Sam is hired by a soap opera queen to find her husband, and discover why he’s so distraught over a telegram from Mexico City.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 16, 1951

Originated from Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie

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Mystery Special, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

Guest Star Detective Double Feature (EP4166s)

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Today’s First Story: Basil Rathbone sets up an office as a radio detective, with Kenny Delmar as his bumbling sidekick.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 24, 1947

Today’s Second Story: A key witness in a Distict Attorney’s (Robert Preston) racketeering case is murdered on his doorstep while leaving an important clue behind.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 18, 1951

Programs Originated from New York and Hollywood

Starred: Basil Rathbone, Kenny Delmar, Robert Preston, Barbara Fuller, Peter Leeds

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: Production 2 (aka: Nickle-Plated Gun) (EP4166)

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Today’s Mystery:

Friday and Romero search for two tough robbers who shot two police officers at a café.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 10, 1949

Originated from Hollywood

Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, Charlie McGraw as Ed Backstand, Frank Lovejoy

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Laird Douglas Douglas of Heatherscote Matter, Episodes Three, Four, and Five (EP4165)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny’s predecessor in guarding in a show dog died under mysterious circumstances. Can Johnny avoid his fate?

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: April 11-13, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Jeanette Nolan, Harry Bartell, Byron Kane, Jack Kruschen, Bill James, James McCallion, Ken Christy, Dick Ryan, Bert
Holland, Jack Edwards, Hy Averback, Roy Rowan

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CBS, Mr. Chameleon, OTR Detective, Podcast

Mr. Chameleon: The May and December Murder Case (EP4164)

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Karl Swenson
Today’s Mystery:

A woman is found strangled in her room after telling her much-older husband that she wants a divorce.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 6, 1948

Originated in: New York City

Starred: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon

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Dangerous Assignment, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Dangerous Assignment: Suspicious Explosions (EP4163)

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Today’s Mystery:

Steve investigates a series of explosions targeting treaty negotiations in Japan.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 19, 1951

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner

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Amazing World of Radio, Podcast

Mr. and Mrs. Blandings: Anniversary of Move In (AWR0231)

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Amazing World of Radio

Muriel prepares to celebrate the first anniversary of moving in by recalling the day they moved in … and got lost on the way there.

Audition Date: August 25, 1951

Originated from Hollywood

Starred: Robert Cummings as Jim Blandings, Jane Wyatt as Muriel Blandings, Larry Keating as Bill Cole, Cliff Arquette, Patty King, Anne Whitfield

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Johnny Dollar: The Laird Douglas Douglas of Heatherscote Matter, Episodes One and Two (EP4162)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Harry Branson summons Johnny on a mystery case that’s strictly for the dogs.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: April 9 and 10, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Jeanette Nolan, Harry Bartell, Byron Kane, Jack Kruschen, Bill James, James McCallion, Ken Christy, Dick Ryan, Bert
Holland, Jack Edwards, Hy Averback, Roy Rowan

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Sam Spade

Sam Spade; The Sure Thing Caper (EP4161)

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Steve Dunne

Today’s Mystery:

Sam is hired by a gambler to find out if an ex-jockey cheated him and two tough friends out of $1500 by promising them a chance to profit on “a sure thing.”

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 9, 1951

Originated from Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, Wally Maher as Gentleman Joe

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CBS, Forgotten Detectives, Indictment, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Indictment: Fur Robberies (EP4160)

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Nat Polen

Today’s Mystery:

A man convicted of extortion decides to give McCormick information on a robbery to avoid an indefinite prison sentence.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 15, 1957

Originated from: New York

Starring: Nat Polen as Assistant Distict Attorney Edward McCormick

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Salt City Matter, Episodes Four and Five (EP4159)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery: Despite a sense of foreboding, Johnny proceeds with his efforts to serve a subpeona on an underworld figure.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates:April 5 and 6, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar.

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OTR Detective, Philo Vance, Podcast, Syndicated

Philo Vance: The Muddy Murder Case (EP4158)

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Today’s Mystery: Vance investigates an impossible murder. A gangster was killed in a house surrounded by mud but no footprints were found inside.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 4, 1950

Originated in: New York City

Starred: Jackson Beck as Philo Vance, George Petrie as District Attorney Markham

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Dangerous Assignment, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Dangerous Assignment: Operation Hotfoot (EP4157)

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Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Trinidad in search of a scientist who have discovered an important microbe but failed to report on time.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 18, 1951

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner

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