Category: Syndicated

Mathew Slade: A Case of Murder (EP4606)

Today’s Mystery:

The widow of a man who was shot asks Slade to hide the body.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 16, 1964 (likely)

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: William Wintersole as Mathew Slade; Norman Belkin; Joyce Reed; Michael Fox; William O’Connell

Aired as Starlight Mystery Theater. Also known as Matthew Slade, Private Investigator.

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Mathew Slade, Private Investigator: The Bachelor’s Club (EP4600)

Today’s Mystery:

The president of a prominent bachelor’s club thinks one of the members murdered a woman who had lunch at one of their meetings.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 2, 1964

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: William Wintersole as Mathew Slade; Sylvia Walden as Jonesy; Norman Belkin; Barton Heyman as Sergeant Sid Dinelli; John Aniston; Ed Cooper

Aired as Starlight Mystery Theater. Also known as Matthew Slade, Private Investigator.

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Bulldog Drummond: Porcelain Ming Cat (EP4552)


Today’s Mystery:

A woman says her brother’s life depends on her delivering a porcelain Ming cat, and asks Captain Drummond for protection.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: Unknown

Originating in New York

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

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Bulldog Drummond: Death Has a New Look (EP4534)


Today’s Mystery:

Captain Drummond and Denny are summoned to a Carribean island to take on a devil-worshipping cult.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 23, 1948

Originating in New York

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

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Bulldog Drummond: Death in the Deep (EP4528)


Today’s Mystery:

While deep-sea fishing, Captain Drummond and Denny find a man who was shot to death more than 60 miles from land.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 16, 1948

Originating in New York

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

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Bulldog Drummond: Death Uses Disappearing Ink (EP4522)


Today’s Mystery:

Captain Drummond tries to remember how he got into a dangerous situation with a life on the line. It all started with a mysterious woman showing up in his compartment on an east-bound train.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 9, 1948

Originating in New York

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

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Bulldog Drummond: The Island of Death (EP4516)


Today’s Mystery:

Captain Drummond and Denny pursue an escapee from a mental asylum with homicidal intentions across an isolated island.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 12, 1948

Originating in New York

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

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Bulldog Drummond: Death Loops the Loop (EP4498)


Today’s Mystery:

The owner of a small amusement park dies of heart failure on a roller coaster. His daughter suspects murder and turns to Captain Drummond for help.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 10, 1948

Originating in New York

Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny; Mercedes McCambridge

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Bulldog Drummond: Death Rides a Racehorse (EP4492)


Today’s Mystery:

A horse-racing jockey calls Captain Drummond for help but is murdered before Drummond can speak to him.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 3, 1948

Originating in New York

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

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Bulldog Drummond: Murder Leaves a Lonely Trail (EP4486)


Today’s Mystery:

A beautiful woman accosts Captain Drummond and demands she kiss him to protect him from someone who’s following her and then she pulls a gun on a him and ors him to check out a book for her.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 24 1947

Originating in New York

Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny; Mercedes McCambridge

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Bulldog Drummond: Murder Visits Venus (EP4420)


Today’s Mystery:

Denny spots a woman in a crinoline dress hanging from the flagpole of an office building.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 19, 1945

Originating in New York:

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

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Dr. Tim, Detective: The Mystery of the Roller Coaster Ride and Adventures in Research: The Health Detective (EP4348)

Today’s 1st Mystery:

A visit to the carnival is soured by the presence of an old-school seller of snake oil. It’s made even worse when Dr. Tim has to investigate a death.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: Early to Mid 1950s

Originating in Colorado

Starring: Bob Hahn as Dr. Tim

 

Today’s Second Mystery:

Dr. John Snow, the Health Detective, sets out to solve the mystery of a cholera epidemic in London.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 17, 1952

Host: Paul Shannon

Originating in Pittsburgh

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Police Headquarters: KO’d and Infiltrating the Mob (EP4322s)

Today’s Episodes:

Episode 18:

A police captain takes in a night at the fights and finds himself in the middle of a murder investigation when the winning boxer drops dead.

Episode 20:

An officer goes undercover in hopes of recovering uncut diamonds stolen from a jewelry store.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1932

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Guest Star Detective Double Feature (EP4166s)

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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Philo Vance: The Muddy Murder Case (EP4158)

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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