Category: Rare Detectives

Crime Fighters: A New England Detective (EP4148)

Raymond Edward Johnson
Today’s Mystery:

A New England detective is also a parole officer for a young man who was convicted of theft. Does the ex-convict really want to go straight and will he actually be allowed to?

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 9, 1950

Originated in New York

Starred: Raymond Edward Johsnon, Alan Stevenson, Ian Martin, Abby Lewis, and Rock Rogers

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Michael Piper, Detective: The Erie Basin Murder (EP3994)

Santos Ortega

Today’s Mystery:

A stabbing follows a contentious auction.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 6, 1942

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Meet Miss Sherlock: Case of the Deadman’s Chest (EP3982)

Today’ s Mystery:

A buyer for a department store acquires a chest and everyone wants it.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 7, 1946

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Sara’s Private Capers: Sara’s ‘Sonnets of Fu Yen’ Caper (EP3946)

Sara Berner

Today’s Mystery:

A police stenographer decides to investigate an incomplete report on a stolen rare book.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 15, 1950

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EP3850: This is O’Shea: Hong Kong

Brandon O’Shea witnesses the kidnapping of a refugee from Shanghai at the Hong Kong Airport.

Audition Date: October 1, 1952

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Squad Room: Body Found in a Plastic Bag (EP356)

The police investigate when dismembered body parts are found in a plastic bag.

Original Air Date: 1955

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EP3558: Billy Swift, Boy Detective: Young Mountaineer Mysteriously Shot

Billy is asked to clear a young girl’s sweetheart of murder while visiting a secluded area where outsiders are looked down upon.

Original Air Date: October 29, 1938

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EP3554: Squad Room: February 3, 1954

A woman confessed to killing her abusive husband and then Lt. Douglas investigates a robbery gone bad that left a woman dead by the side of the road.

Original Air Date: February 3, 1954

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EP3548: Top Secrets of the FBI: The Case of the Vest Pocket Broadcasting Station

The FBI plans to catch a heroin ring using a brand new recording device that can be carried in a pocket.

Audition Date: 1947

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EP3292: O’Hara: Lost Boy


While visiting Macau, O’Hara tries to help a little boy from Tokyo find his father who failed to meet his boat.

Original Air Date: October 29, 1956

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EP3286: O’Hara: The Judas Face

Someone is calling around Hong Kong looking for a woman who identifies herself as Mrs. Calhoun whenever she has a few drinks.

Original Air Date: July 22, 1951

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EP2804s: The Dead Letter Office

A pilot for a radio series based on stories from the Post Office’s Dead Letter office.

Audition Date: 1948

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EP2602: Security Agent USA: The Story of Tom Bennett

Mike Wallace

Counterintelligence Agent Tom Bennett investigates the killing of a friend who was investigating a German refugee atomic scientist.

Original Air Date: September 1, 1949

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EP2450s: Police Woman: The Case of the Scheming Bridegroom

Betty Garde

A woman is interested in marrying a man from a personals ad but fears he’s a murderer, Lt. Mary Sullivan investigates.

Original Air Date June 29, 1947

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EP2308: The Judge: The Death of the Playboy

The Judge investigates the death of the stepson of a wealthy woman who is a reform activist.

Audition Date: February 13, 1952

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