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We’ve already looked at detective shows on every major network including multi-network, ABC, CBS, NBC, and Mutual Detective shows. Now we turn to programs that were aired in syndication.

Syndicated programming allowed radio stations to fill blocks of programming not filled by network shows and allowed local and regional businesses that couldn’t afford to sponsor network programs.

While network shows were aired once and often lost, syndicated programs aired in different markets for decades after their original creation date which explains why many syndicated shows survive with almost entirely complete runs. One challenged with syndicated programs is that it’s very hard to determine when shows were first aired, as any number of radio stations may have been the first to play the program.

As always, I asked our Facebook friends to vote and forty-eight shared their favorites.

5) Mystery is My Hobby

Produced: 1947-49

Glenn Langan Mystery is My Hobby starred Glen Langan as Barton Drake, a mystery writer who solves crimes. Each episode was a lighthearted whodunit aided by the upbeat suave performance of Langan as the sleuth. Langan was practically the opposite of Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled sleuth. You can’t get much further opposite of “Trouble is my business” than “Mystery is my Hobby.” At the end of each episode, Barton Drake would remind us that “mystery is my hobby.”

The show was originally called, “Murder is My Hobby” but while the staff thought the original name was funnier, the sponsor who paid for the show’s national run didn’t. The sponsor was Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company of Omaha.

The show features perhaps the most compliant police officer assistant for a sleuth in Inspector Noah Danton who is apparently allowed by his department to serve as the nearly full-time sidekick of Barton Drake. The two are rarely apart and Danton even accompanies Drake when he’s out of town.

Sixty-five years later, the episodes still make for fun and relaxing listening as for twenty-five minutes, mystery becomes our hobby.

Fan vote: 4%

4) The Adventures of Frank Race

Produced: 1949

Paul Dubov The war changed many things – the face of the earth and the people on it.

This exciting syndicated series focused on an Attorney whose World War II service brought him into the O.S.S. After the war, rather than returning to the practice of the law, he became a freelance troubleshooter. The cases that Race took on ranged from insurance cases to international spying. Thus, Frank Race’s adventures were a mixture of Johnny Dollar and the Man Called X.

The show was well-written with a fantastic theme by Ivan Ditmars. Frank Race was played first by Tom Collins (Eps 1-21) and then by character actor Paul Dubov (22-43). Tony Barrett throughout the series provided the voice for Cabbie Marc Donovan, one of radio’s most able sidekicks. The show also featured some of radio’s best players as guest stars including Gerald Mohr, Frank Lovejoy, and Virginia Gregg.

Fan Vote: 0%

3)The New Adventures of Michael Shayne with Jeff Chandler

Produced: 1947-48

After the Mutual Network’s comedy mystery version of Michael Shayne ended, Bill Rouseau took his turn with the character. The result was one of the most sterling of the hard boiled detective shows.

While in the novels, Shayne lived in Miami, Rouseau placed Shayne in New Orleans, a city full of mystery and a perfect place for a Noirish radio series. Jeff Chandler played the role of the two fisted tough guy private eye. The show was also noteworthy, featuring Jack Webb in the recurring role as Lieutenant LeFevre, Shayne’s policeman foil.

The mysteries would never win an Edgar, with often simplistic solutions. However, during its 26-episode run, the show offered plenty of first fights, excitement, Mickey Finns, and femme fatales. The New Adventures of Michael Shayne continued to be resold and resyndicated well into the late 1960s.

Fan Vote: 4%

2) Boston Blackie with Richard Kollmar

Produced: 1945-50

Boston Blackie was an epic character for around half a century with silent films, talkies, radio, and finally television. In 1944, Boston Blackie first came to radio with Chester Morris playing Boston Blackie, the role he was most remembered for in films. A syndicated version was launched by Frederick Ziv with Richard Kollmar, who was otherwise best known for the live morning radio show he did his wife, Breakfast with Dick and Dorothy.

When Boston Blackie made his first appearance, he was a thief. But by the mid-1940s, Blackie had abandoned his life of crime and was completely law-abiding. He was “enemy to those who had no enemy and friend to those who had no friend.” Blackie’s problem was that someone hadn’t let Inspector Farraday of the police force in on the development. Practically every week, Inspector Farraday tried to arrest Blackie for a crime, usually murder, only for Blackie to escape and present Farraday the real criminal, thus clearing his name and guaranteeing his freedom until next week. Over the years, Farraday does begin to ease up and have a more cordial relationship with Blackie. Hearing this development in the relationship between the two characters is one of the noteworthy characteristics of Boston Blackie.

Kollmar played the character as smooth, suave, and wise-cracking. Blackie could handle himself with a gun or his fists, and was a tough man for either the police or criminals to hold onto.

The show’s mysteries are a mixed bag of clever stories and somewhat obvious ones. The score uses a relatively light organ score which fits the mood of the show. It also didn’t have the high profile guest actors that other programs did, but it was still very popular with listeners.

While it wasn’t unusual for a syndicated show to have a second season of episodes, there were nearly 300 individual episodes of Boston Blackie produced, and if you have any doubts as to why the show lasted that long, you only need to take a listen to find out why.

Boston Blackie came to television for two seasons, in a mostly forgotten TV series that didn’t make anyone forget the movies or the radio show.

Fan Vote: 33%

1) Box 13 starring Alan Ladd
Produced: 1947-48

Dan Holiday, a reporter turned mystery writer comes up with an original way to come up with plots his stories, placing an ad in the paper, “Adventure Wanted: Will go anywhere, will do anything. Write Box 13 c/o of the Star Times.”

With Alan Ladd as both star and producer, Box 13 became one of radio’s most exciting shows. As Ladd was not a professional detective, writers had a free hand in writing adventures for Holiday. His many adventures included infiltrating a car theft ring, going to the bayous of Louisiana to help a man who believes he’s under a voodoo curse, intrigue with a jewel thief in Paris, and encountering a murderous psychopath who has chosen Holiday as his next target.

Ladd’s acting was spot on and his resonant voice was perfect for radio. Ladd was able to draw some of the finest guest actors in radio including Gerald Mohr, Frank Lovejoy, and Alan Reed. Sadly, the program didn’t include credits, so for many guest appearances, we can only take educated guesses.

While the show had numerous writers, the scripts were usually good, though occasionally uneven.

Box 13 continued to be resyndicated into the 1990s. The program also helped Ladd to increase his popularity with the American public with Box 13 being a fantastic showcase for his talent. In 1954, Land reprised his role as Dan Holiday on television, adapting the radio episode, “Daytime Nightmare” as an episode of the G.E. True Theater, “Committed.”

Fan Vote: 58%

Honorable mention:

Dr. Tim, Detective: This was one of the few mystery shows made for kids. The 13 episode serial is a pleasant mix of education and entertainment and education as Dr. Tim’s medical mysteries educated kids about such interesting facts as the uses of blood in vaccination and the treatment of tuberculosis. These 15 minute shows are well-done for both kids and adults.

This concludes our series. Thanks so much for following along.

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Below is a recap of both my rankings in each category as well as how fans on Facebook voted:

ABC

My Pick	Facebook Pick
Pat Novak for Hire	Pat Novak for Hire
The Fat Man	Sherlock Holmes
Defense Attorney	The Fat Man
Sherlock Holmes (Tom Conway)	I Deal in Crime
I Deal in Crime	Defense Attorney

CBS

My Pick	Facebook Pick
Adventures of Philip Marlowe	Johnny Dollar
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar	Casey
Adventures of Rocky Jordan	Philip Marlowe
Broadway’s My Beat	Rocky Jordan
Casey Crime Photographer	Broadway’s My Beat

Mutual

My Pick	Facebook Pick
Let George Do It	Let George Do It
Nick Carter	Hercule Poirot
Casebook of Gregory Hood	Michael Shayne
Hercule Poirot	Nick Carter
Michael Shayne (Wally Maher)	Gregory Hood

NBC

My Pick	Facebook Pick
Dragnet	Dragnet
Night Beat	Nero Wolfe
Dangerous Assignment	Dangerous Assignment
Barrie Craig	Night Beat
Nero Wolfe	Barrie Craig

Multi-network

My Pick	Facebook Pick
Richard Diamond	Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes (Rathbone)	Richard Diamond
Sam Spade	Sam Spade
The Saint	The Saint
A Man Called X	A Man Called X

Syndicated

My Pick	Facebook Pick
Box 13	Box 13
Boston Blackie	Boston Blackie
Michael Shayne (Jeff Chandler)	Michael Shayne
Frank Race	Mystery is My Hobby
A Man Called X	Frank Race

Rogue’s Gallery

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There were plenty of detectives who appeared on radio before the end of World War II. There was the genius of Sherlock Holmes, Nero Wolfe, Charlie Chan, and Father Brown. There were the soap operatic adventures of Mister Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons. There were detective comedies with Mr. and Mrs. North, Leonidas Witherall, and the Thin Man. There was the pulp fiction adventures of Nick Carter and Casey, Crime Photographer.

However, the hard boiled private eye, the daring men who encountered femme fatales, exchanged wisecracks with underworld characters, and took conks on the head every week, until the Summer of 1945 when the Fitch Bandwagon mysteries premiered over NBC starring Dick Powell as Richard Rogue.

Powell was in the midst of redefining his career to feature dramatic tough guy roles from his previous role as Comedic singing star. The previous season he’d been host and singer for musical Bandwagon Show which was also for Fitch.

Powell was the perfect choice to bring the hard boiled eye to the radio given his film experience. Powell’s performance as Philip Marlowe in Murder, My Sweet, along with Humphrey Bogart’s Sam Spade in The Maltese Falcon, and Lloyd Nolan’s Michael Shayne films had been key in bringing the bard-boiled private eye to the screen.

Richard Rogue was the typical tough guy private eye with a snappy line of patter, a way with the ladies, and a penchant for being knocked out. Rogue, unlike the ever-ethical Marlowe was open to a shady deal every now again. Rogue also was noteworthy for conversing with his subconscious (named Eugor which is Rogue spelled backwards) when he was knocked out and getting helpful and not-so helpful hints from Eugor.

After the Summer was over, Rogue’s Gallery premiered over Mutual for the regular season before moving over to NBC for another Summer season, at which point Dick Powell left the franchise to focus on films. He’d make his triumphant radio return with the memorable Richard Diamond.

In the Summer of 1947, film veteran Barry Sullivan became the 2nd Radio Richard Rogue, doing a 14-week run over NBC. Then in 1950, Mercury Theatre Veteran Paul Stewart became the final Richard Rogue. Ironically, according to the Digital Deli, Stewart played the role of Rogue more times than any other actor. (72 programs to 67 for Powell.) However, due to the popularity of Powell, and the fact that only one episode of the Stewart version is in circulation, to most radio fans, Dick Powell is Richard Rogue.

Dick Powell (1904-63): Dick Powell is one of the most distinct leading men in the world of Old Time Radio Detectives. He spent the first part of his entertainment career, playing young singing romantic leads. At the age of 40, he landed the part of Philip Marlowe in Murder, My Sweet and began a second career as a dramatic actor. This would play out on the radio in several venues. He would bring several of his motion picture performances to the radio via the Lux Radio Theater including his performance in Murder My Sweet and To the Ends of the Earth.

Powell would also come to radio as a sleuth on three other occassions in stand alone shows. He played the lead in Rogue’s Gallery as a detective that was knocked silly and encountered Eugor, a character in his subconcious that would help him solve whatever case he was on.

He parlayed that into the role of Richard Diamond, a laid back singing detective.He also played the police officer foil for his then-wife Joan Blondell’s private investigator in Miss Pinkerton, Incorporated.

In television, Powell was a pioneer, his Four Star Productions turned out memorable programs such as, The Four Star Playhouse, Richard Diamond Private Detective (with David Janssen in the lead), The Zane Grey Theater, Burke’s Law, and the Dick Powell Theater.

Powell died far too young as a result of making the film, The Conqueror, a classically bad film that featured John Wayne as Genghis Khan. The film was shot downwind from a nuclear testing site. He developed cancer along with nearly half the cast and crew and half the population of nearby St. George, Utah. Powell succumbed in 1963.

Peter Leeds (1917-96): Peter Leeds was a character actor’s character actor. He made 3000 appearances coupled with an astounding 8000 television shows that included guest appearances on Dragnet, Adam 12, Checkmate, Sanford and Son, Charlie’s Angels, Hawaii 5-0, Perry Mason, The Flying Nun, and almost any show you could think of that aired between the 1950s and the 1970s. He slowed down towards the end of the 70s but continued to act until 1987.

Episode Log:

Dick Powell:

Blondes Prefer Gentlemen (Original Air Date: October 4, 1945)
Murder in Drawing Room A (Original Air Date: October 11, 1945)
Murder with Muriel (Original Air Date: October 25, 1945)
Little Drops of Rain (Original Air Date: November 8, 1945)
The House of Fear (Original Air Date: November 15, 1945)
The Lovely Little Old Lady (Original Air Date: November 29, 1945)
Blood on the Sand (Original Air Date: December 13, 1945)
Fortune in Furs (Original Air Date: December 20, 1945)
Murder at Minden (Original Air Date: January 3, 1946)
A Will in Question (Original Air Date: January 17, 1946)
Special Added Attraction (Original Air Date: January 31, 1946)
The Triangle Murder Case (Original Air Date: February 21, 1946)
The Message (Original Air Date: April 11, 1946)
Snowbound (Original Air Date: May 9, 1946)
The Impossible Murder (Original Air Date: May 16, 1946)
The Latin Type (Original Air Date: May 23, 1946)
Blue Eyes (Original Air Date: May 30, 1946)
The Corpse I Didn’t Kill (Original Air Date: June 13, 1946)
The Star of Savoy (Original Air Date: June 23, 1946)
Lady with a Gun (Original Air Date: June 30, 1946)
Cabin on a Lake (Original Air Date: July 7, 1946)
Where There’s a Will, There’s a Murder (Original Air Date: July 14, 1946)

Barry Sullivan:

Phyllis Adrian is Missing (Original Air Date: June 29, 1947)

Paul Stewart:

The Janice Kroll Murder (Original Air Date: November 12, 1950

Log information courtesy of the Digital Deli.

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The Five Best Mutual Old Time Radio Detectives

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In past parts of this series, we’ve looked at multi-network and ABC shows. Now we turn to the Mutual Broadcasting Company. Mutual had many fine detective shows and with good-sized budgets.

There’s probably a good case that could be made that prior to 1948, Mutual had the best Mystery-Suspense line-ups in radio bar none. Mutual had Sherlock Holmes for three years, and brought to radio the first adaptations of Hercule Poirot, Father Brown, Michael Shayne, and much later, Mike Hammer. They also had the iconic Shadow, and the often mysterious Superman on their network. Sadly, much of Mutual’s fine work has been lost. What remains gives us an idea of what we’re missing.

Still, there’s some outstanding radio that’s available. Now it’s time to get into the list.

5) The Adventures of Michael Shayne starring Wally Maher

Aired: 1944-47

This is not the best known of the Michael Shayne adaptations. The syndicated hard boiled detective version starring Jeff Chandler was. However, Maher’s characterization of Shayne in the five surviving episodes from his era as the great detective is well-done, a bit lighter, somewhat more in the mold of Let George Do It with a much lighter feel than its hard boiled successor. Cathy Lewis does a good job as a girl Friday.

These shows are particularly gratifying to listen to as Wally Maher spent much of his career playing the secondary detective who usually got it wrong such as in Let George Do It as Lieutenant Riley and in The Line-up at Matt Grebb, it’s gratifying to hear him in a program where he gets to solve the case.

Fan vote: 12%

4) Hercule Poirot starring Harold Huber

Aired: 1945
Harold Huber Americans were interested in Hercule Poirot going back several years. Orson Welles first brought the character to the radio in a Campbell’s Playhouse presentation of “The Murder of Roger Akroyd.” In 1942-43, 3 Hercule Poirot Short stories were adapted for the Mutual program, Murder Clinic.

Poirot got his own show in 1945 with Harold Huber in the lead. The opening program from February of that year featured pre-recorded audio of Agatha Christie welcoming listeners to the program.

The mysteries were fairly good and Huber’s characterization of Poirot is wonderful. It’s not as perfect as David Suchet’s but was far better than many that would come in years to follow. His portrayal was as someone who was kind and charming, but also a very smart detective who outmaneuvers his opponents.

Some Christie purists are not fans of the series, partially because actual Christie stories weren’t used and partially because Poirot was transplanted to America. The first episode has him struggling to find an apartment in America. The humor in that is not at Poirot’s expense. America was already beginning to face a housing shortage during World War II. The message of the radio program seemed to be, “Housing is so hard to find, even the great Hercule Poirot couldn’t easily uncover the location of a vacant apartment.”

Poirot appears to have ended in 1945. I did stumble across a Billboard magazine report indicating stating that CBS did an evening serial of Poirot stories. However, like most 15 minute mystery serials, these episodes are lost to the ages, so we don’t know if they were ever aired.

Fan Vote: 19%

Beatrice said, “I voted for Hercule Poirot partly because it is so hard to find, making it a treasure to hear. Are there many episodes?”

There are actually nine 30 minute episodes in circulation as well as two audition recordings from 1944 for a 15 minute-a-day serial. That’s about one quarter of the show’s in circulation which, when compared to some of the other shows on this list, isn’t too bad.

3) The Casebook of Gregory Hood starring Gale Gordon and then Elliot Lewis

Aired: 1946-47, 1948-49

The Casebook of Gregory Hood began as a Summer replacement for Sherlock Holmes with Gale Gordon as San Francisco-based antiques dealer Gregory Hood.

Despite being set in the 1940s, the show had a lot in common with the Holmes program that preceded it. The show had the same sponsor (Petri Wine), the same announcer (Harry Bartel), and the same writers (Dennis Green and Anthony Boucher.) The show’s feel was somewhere between that of Sherlock Holmes and Nick Carter, but much more in the gentleman detective tradition.

Mutual signed Basil Rathbone to play in Scotland Yard when he wasn’t interested in playing Holmes, and kept the Casebook of Gregory Hood, changing the lead to rising young radio star Elliot Lewis (picture courtesy of the Digital Deli).

Both portrayals are interesting in that Gordon, while a talented character actor, was best known for his comedic roles particularly as a foil to Eve Arden in Our Miss Brooks and Lucille Ball in The Lucy Show on television. In the Casebook, Gordon got to show his versatility.

The Lewis episodes are interesting in that this was his only lead role in Elliot Lewis a detective series. Lewis did the most portrayals of Hood, however only five of his programs survive. The Casebook of Gregory Hood shut down in May of 1947 and Lewis starred in Voyage of the Scarlet Queen until March 1948 when he resumed his role as Hood over the Don Lee Mutual Broadcasting system. This entire 52 episode 1948-49 run is missing, as is ABC run that ran from 1950-51.

Still, what we do have in circulation are 15 episodes featuring two of radio’s most noted actors in the role of the suave and always clever amateur detective from the less seedy side of San Francisco.

Fan Vote: 2%

2) Nick Carter starring Lon Clark

Aired: 1943-55

*Knocks at the door*

A woman opens the door. “What’s the matter? What is it?”

A male voice says, “It’s another case for Nick Carter, Master Detective!”

Que the organ music.

This early opening for Nick Carter was one of radio’s best, as was the program it followed. “Master Detective” may sound kind of old fashioned, but the character was actually older than Sherlock Holmes, having debuted in 1886.

Lon Clark Nick Carter had his origins in dime novels, and the show reflected that with cases that included not only mystery but adventures with often unusual perils, and titles such as, “Body on the Slab” and “Nine Hours to Death.” In the pre-hard-boiled era, there was no detective on radio who was as tough or as resourceful in a jam as Nick Carter.

While the supporting cast changed throughout the run, Lon Clark continued to star throughout the entire run. 125 episodes are in common circulation, but that’s only a fraction of the more than 700 episodes that were produced. The show was enduringly popular and so was the character. Nick Carter continued to appear in movies and novels until the 1990s, with the character regeared towards cold war spying.

Fan Vote: 7%

1) Let George Do It starring Bob Bailey

Aired: 1946-54?

Bob Bailey The story of Let George Do It is the story how one of radio’s weakest comedies became one of its finest detective shows. Let George Do It began in 1946 as a detective comedy that took its comedy way too far. Shows like Leonidas Witherall, The Thin Man, and Mr. and Mrs. North included comedy in their mysteries. None of them thought of including a laugh track.

The show began featuring Bob Bailey as George Valentine, a World War II veteran returned from the war who puts out an ad to take any difficult including wife-spanking (a popular comedic trope of the day). He’s assisted by his secretary, Claire Brooks and her brother and George’s assistant, Sonny (played by Eddie Firestone, Jr.) The first two cases involve George trying to find a wife for his hayseed cousin who is a pig farmer and wants a wife who likes pigs, and then George needing to fill in for a movie cowboy who has become afraid of horses but fears disappointing an orphanage.

Due to the fact that only one episode between November 1946 and April 1948 is an existence, no one knows quite when it hits stride, but the show had already begun to right a little bit, by the 1946 episode, “The Robbers” with a real to goodness mystery. But that would be nothing compared to what the show became.

Let George Do It by 1948 was one of the best detective programs. There was still endearing bits of humor, but the show also featured:

Dangerous situations that would make Sam Spade sweat.
Baffling mysteries that were on occasion worthy of Sherlock Holmes.
Real human dramas that are mixed in with the mysteries.
The best-written and best developed female assistant on the radio who provided the show with plenty of romantic tension.

These would be sprinkled throughout the episodes. Each episode of Let George Do It is a surprise. You never know what exactly you’re going to get, whether it will be an exciting murder mystery that borders on the hardboiled, a psychological thriller, or a lighter story. Regardless of what it is, nine times out of ten you’re going to get a great story.

The writing on this show was superb with David Victor teaming up with Herbert Little, Jr. and then the great Jackson Gillis (who later wrote for Columbo and Superman)to create some of the most memorable radio mysteries ever produced.

Bob Bailey was fantastic in the lead, creating the perfect d detective characterization that would later make him a success on Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. Both actresses who played Brooksie were superb, as was Wally Maher in the supporting role of Lieutenant Riley. Even the show’s commercials for Standard Oil are pleasant and informative to this day.

The show is less known because it only aired on the West Coast, but thanks to the Internet, many people are discovering the show, and are quite happy to listen and find out what happens when they “Let George Do It.”

Fan Vote: 60%

Timothy Dunning summed the reason this show garnered so much support, “Let George do it” survived a shaky first season as an ill-conceived comedy to become one of the best (and long-lasting) OTR detective shows. It had consistently good writing, performances, and production values.”

Enough said.

Next week, we turn to NBC-based shows.

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Radio at War

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Watching movies and listening to radio programs from 1942-45 and in some cases beyond, the specter of World War II is inescapable. Radio had an even greater war focus than movies because of its immediacy and timeliness. Movies could contain general messages on the war and an encouragement to buy war bonds, but radio could respond to whatever the latest war news was. Did we need to give our binoculars to the troops? Or did we need to save our kitchen fats. The radio would tell us.

Radio gives keen insights into what life was llike during this period that movies or history classes fail to capture. For example, commercials for Rinso, sell the soap as a way to preserve washing machines from wearing out as no more washing machines would be made for the duration of the war, as factories that had made washing machines were converted to war use.

Lum and Abner in their warm humorous way, explained how various new rationing programs would work and why they were in place. During the war, gasoline was rationed. However, it wasn’t rationed to conserve gasoline, but to conserve tires from wearing out as rubber was a vital war material. If people drove less, their tires would wear out less.

Gracie Allen used the Burns and Alllen program to urge women to save their cooking fats and give them to the butcher. These fats contained glycerin which could be used as a war material.

Radio was a great recruiter for all the war jobs that needed to be done. Radio urged women to join the WACs and the WAVs, and the Army nurse corps. It promoted the vital work of the Merchant Marines.

Radio was also the great promoter of American charity and giving. War Bonds and War Stamps were sold on every program to cover the various war loans. The sales pitch would sometimes be emotionally moving, appealing to the hearts of Americans wanting to ensure our soldiers returned safely. Other times, lesser motives were used. Episodes of Superman encouraged boys and girls to buy war and stamps because of the amount of stuff that goes boom that it would buy. An appealing idea for little boys, and sometimes even bigger boys.

War Stamps were placed in a book. People would purchase one with their groceries or when making another purchase. And over time, they would fill the book and then trade in the war stamps for a war bond, which would pay interest. However, people could be forgetful. Several episodes of Lum and Abner addressed a problem that had occurred with more than 100 million war stamp books being only partially filled. The government needed the money and those folks who had partly filled books were losing out on the interest.

The purchase of war stamps and war bonds was also meant to keep inflation down. During World War I, as war dollars flowed into the economy, inflation had run rampant. By getting Americans to save and keeping prices and wages down, it was hoped to avoid massive inflation which would cripple the war effort.

Americans were not only urged to buy war bonds and stamps, but to support the work of the American Red Cross and the USO. After the war, Americans were asked to continue to give, to send care packages to Europe to feed starving people, some of whom were in countries we’d just been at war with. The help for Europe was needed in other ways. Many European countries found themselves with a shortage of Soap. In the mid-40s, Swan co-sponsored a drive to send soap to Europe over the Bob Hope show.

World War II also shaped the type of villains that would appear. Superman was taking on German spies even before America joined the war although the show tried for plausible deniability by thinly camoflaguing the bad guys. Superman’s Battle against Axis spies became unambiguolus once the U.S. join the war. Even minor radio characters go into the act withamateur detective Leonidas Witherall taking on a Nazi spy. Black mareteers who sold illegal goods at inflated prices were roundly condemned on Lum and Abner. In the Summer 1944 Boston Blackie radio series with Chester Morris, Blackie also went to battle with black market meat sellers. Nick Carter dealt with a wartime con artist who cheated high school kids with a fraudulent war charity.

Radio also brought us the emotions of the time. The Mayor of the Town premiered on NBC in September of 1942 and starred Lionel Barrymore as the beloved mayor and patriarch of a small town. More like the town elders of ancient days than your usual mayor, young people came to the Mayor for advice. The Mayor (as he was never called by anything but his title) had a hard job as he encouraged young people who he had seen grow up from children to join the military, knowing that many may never return. In the first episode, the Mayor supports the decision of his best’s friend son to enlist. The son was reported killed, breaking the Mayor’s heart, and jeopardizing his friendship with Judge Williams.

The Mayor also took in a British War orphan, who had lost both of his parents in a German bombing and was traumatized by even the sound of an airplane passing over.

Lum and Abner became deadly serious when the old fellows hatched a plan to send birthday cards to Pine Ridge soldiers stationed overseas. They didn’t know the birthday of one soldier, Robert Blevins. Lum called up the Blevins place to ask, and slowly became somber as he learned the answer. When he hung up the phone, Abner asked when Robert Blevins birthday was. Choked up, Lum said, “Robert Blevins ain’t going to have any more birthdays.” The show then turned to an appeal to buy war bonds. Pine Ridge also sent other characters to the war. The meek and henpecked Mousie Gray was drafted. The MacMillan boys had been frequently mentioned on the program in the pre-Wars day and they enlished. Cedric Weehunt took up working at the defense plant.

Those actual war-time recordings we have are rare treasures. During the war, in order to preserve metal for war use, radio stations switched to using glass transcription discs, which were far more fragile.

Even after the war was over, radio was different. As the mid-1940s show, The Adventures of Frank Race proclaimed in its opening, “The war changed many things. The face of the Earth and the people on it.”

Americans had seen the ugly face of racial and ethnic hostilities, and sought to fix those blemishes in America. Americans were encouraged towards kindness and brotherhood, with brotherhood week being observed with several radio specials.

The 1948-52 Comedy, Life with Luigi featured J. Carrol Naish as an Italian Immigrant with a heart full of love for his new country and confusion with some of its ways. He attended a multi-ethnic night school class for the era’s version of English as a Second Language students. Jack Webb took on racial prejudice and bigotry in his “1 out of 7” series. Private Investigator Jeff Regan (played by Frank Graham) took on bigotry against an Italian immigrant in, “A Fire for Romano.”

Bob Hope had been one of a legion of stars who had entertained the troops during the war. However, while World War II was the end of this effort for many actors, for Hope, it was only the beginning. Hope’s radio program traveled to military hospitals. Hope himself continued to bring laughter to America’s troops, even through conflicts that Americans didn’t embrace as heartily as World War II, famously going to Vietnam to support the troops. Over the radio, Hope plugged good causes, whether they were boys clubs or the March of Dimes. World War II marked the beginning of a career of service for Hope.

It also would mark the end of life for another talented man. Big Band Musician Glenn Miller, who had a fantastic civilian career was 38 and too old to be taken in the draft. Yet, he tried to join the Navy, and was able to join the Army after much pursuasion. Miller, during his military career, used his immense talents to entertain the troops and to win the war. In December of 1944, Major Glenn Miller was flying to Paris to entertain the troops and was presumed dead at age 40, leaving a void in the music world.

Since World War II, America has had many wars, as well as many efforts that politicians have avoided referred to as wars, none have quite had the impact and uniting effect that World War II had. Perhaps, because the American people were less sold on these various adventures than they had been the war against the Axis. Americans put up with a lot of restrictions and inconveniences that were foreign to them to win the war. However, Americans were in no hurry to embrace such extreme sacrifices, and no freedom-loving people would be. Indeed, one minor theme on radio was people dreaming of what they would do when restrictions ended after the war.

To many 21st Century ears, the presence of war propoganda on the radio is silly or embarassing for what’s seen as overwrought patriotism and animus towards the Axis, with a black and white view of the world. Others complain that it interrupts the show. After all, we turn on the radio or television, or go to the movies to be entertained, not lectured about our personal investment choices or told to save our kitchen fats.

I’m of the mind that wartime radio gives us a unique insight into the times and the extreme sacrifices that were made in World War II in a battle against true evil. Radio reminds us that the victory was not won by the soldiers alone or by the statesmen, but also by countless millions working and praying for victory and the safe return of those they love.

As an American, it is a stunning thing to realize the sacrifices that were made and how these efforts led to America not only helping bring about an allied victory, but then saw America feeding the people of its defeated enemies. It was America at its finest. And perhaps for an American living in the 21st Century, radio provides a hope that within us, that heritage still survives.

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The Thin Man

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Dashiell Hammett was best known for creating Sam Spade. However, he also hit pay dirt with his 1934 book The Thin Man and his creation of the charming Nick and Nora Charles. Nick Charles is a detective, retired after marrying the wealthy Nora. However, he finds himself drawn into one last case case. It went from a best-selling book to a movie starring William Powell and Myrna Loy, bringing Nick and Nora to life.

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While Hammett only wrote one Thin Man book, there were a total of six movies and, of course, a radio show, or perhaps more precisely, several radio shows. According to Digital Deli, The Thin Man began on NBC in 1941, then moved to CBS, returned to NBC, back to CBS, back to NBC, then to Mutual and then to ABC where the last episodes aired in 1950. There were several actors who played the role of Nick Charles: Les Damon, Les Tremayne, David Gothard, and finally Joseph Curtain took turns, while Claudia Morgan played Nora Charles throughout all the bouncing from network to network.

The Thin Man was a pioneering work in many ways. While Agatha Christie had written some stories with Tommy and Tuppence, Nick and Nora were the original couple-detectives in America. In their footsteps would come Mr. and Mrs. North, the Abbotts, and a slew of others. Also, I would contend that the premier of The Thin Man inaugurated a golden era for the detective radio show. Prior to The Thin Man, detective radio shows were very well limited to Sherlock Holmes, Charlie Chan, and Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Person, and a few forgotten others. Within a few short years of The Thin Man‘s release, Mr. and Mrs. North; Nick Carter, Master Detective; Michael Shayne, Private Detective and other shows with the same titular character, The Adventures of Leonidas Witherall, and countless other shows made it to the air, many trying the same comic detective angle that worked so well for the Charleses.

Sadly, of the more than 350 Thin Man radio shows produced, less than a dozen are in common circulation, but we’ll bring you what we can find.

Star Bios:

William Powell (1892-1984): Powell was well-known for his portrayal of Nick Charles, as well as the other films he made with co-star Myrna Loy, including the Oscar-winning The Great Ziegifield. He was nominated for three Best Actor Oscars, including one for The Thin Man and one for My Man Godfrey. He also starred in six Philo Vance movies between 1929-34, as well as the political satire “The Senator was Indiscrete”, and twice recreated it for the radio.

Myrna Loy (1905-93): The height of her career was starring opposite Powell. After The Thin Man was released, she was voted Queen of the Movies by radio audiences. She had a career spanning from the 1920s to the 1980s. While Powell disappeared from acting, Loy continued to appear on television on shows such as Columbo into her mid-70s.

Claudia Morgan (1911-74): Claudia Morgan was a veteran of stage, screen, and radio. She was best known for playing Nora Charles throughout the run of the Thin Man on a wide variety of different networks and co-stars. In 1954, she returned as a detective’s spouse again in NBC’s Adventure of the Abbotts and, for several episodes, she was reunited with Thin Man co-star Les Damon.

Les Damon (1908-62): Damon was a versatile actor who played several detectives during the golden age of radio. While his most famous part was as Michael Waring in The Falcon, he also played Nick Charles on The Thin Man, Pat Abbott on The Adventures of the Abbotts, and Mark Sabre on ABC Mystery Theater. On television, he guest-starred in several episodes of the Honeymooners and the Jackie Gleason Show.

Episode Log:

Lux Radio Theater:

The Thin Man (Original Air Date: June 8, 1936)
After the Thin Man (Original Air Date: June 17, 1940)

Adventures of the Thin Man:

The Strange Case of Professor Wainger (Aired sometimes in 1942)
The Case of the Wandering Clue (Original Air Date: October 3, 1943)
The Case of the Glamorous Clue (Original Air Date: June 16, 1944)
Nora’s Night Out (Original Air Date: October 6, 1944)
The Case of the All-American Menace (Original Air Date: December 1, 1944)
The Boogie Woogie Murder (Original Air Date: February 9, 1945)
The Moon Murder (Original Air Date: November 25, 1945)*
The Passionate Palooka (Original Air Date: July 6, 1948)
The Haunted Hams (Original Air Date: July 13, 1948)

Pictures of Claudia Morgan and Les Damon, as well as log information Courtesy of Digital Deli.

*Episode Played Out of Order

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The Immortal Detectives

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Listening to vintage radio, you get a sense of how fleeting fame and popularity can be. There was a time when names such as Michael Shayne, John J. Malone, Philo Vance, Nick Carter, and Mr. and Mrs. North held a spot in the public imagination. Yet, today these names would be mostly unknown except to diehard fans of old mysteries.

On the other hand, if you mention Sherlock Holmes the recognition is universal. Philip Marlowe and Sam Spade, ditto. So which detectives have been with us a long time and have come out from beneath the rubbles of historyfor their stories and characters to find new generations on a mass level.

The list of “immortal detectives” is short:

Sherlock Holmes

Father Brown

Nero Wolfe

The Hardy Boys

Nancy Drew

Poirot

Miss Marple

Sam Spade

Philip Marlowe

Mike Hammer

Sherlock Holmes has survived so long because he’s definitively iconic reperesentative of what a detective is. He captures the imagination of writers who come up with new plots for him long after Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stopped. And let’s not forget that the original stories were solid entertainment in their own right with no requirement of updating.

Father Brown survives because of the intellectual strength of the puzzles, as well as the many devotees of Chesterton among Catholics and other traditionalists.

Nero Wolfe survives through the fact that Stout, like Agatha Christie wrote his books over the course of several decades, allowing them to seep into the culture. Both the character of Wolfe and Archie, as well as the original mysteries written by Stout arrest the public’s imagination. The most recent Nero Wolfe TV series ended in 2002, and I don’t expect we’ve seen the last of Wolfe. Of course, Wolfe may inspire writers andproducers more than it does a mass popularity. There’ve been five Nero Wolfe radio shows, two movies, and two TV series, and the most successful version was the latest TV series.

The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew continue to be introduced to boys and girls at a young age. While the characters have changed quite a bit since they were introduced in 1927 and 1930 respectively, the never-ending supply of new books assures them a long life, and that movies and TV shows will emerge from time to time.

Poirot and Marple are the most enduring characters of the late Agatha Christie, and that has translated into numerous television adaptations that have been shown on PBS. Though, there have been other adaptations as well. Agatha Christie’s Great Detectives Poirot and Marple was a Manga and Anime adaption of the two characters’ adventures.

As to Sam Spade, he lives on as the prototype of hard boiled fiction. While there haven’t been any Spade movies since the Maltese Falcon and only one novel and a collection of short stories written by Dashiel Hammett, the character continues to live on through that film, a recent BBC radio production, and an even an authorized prequel novel, Spade and Archer. One big reason for Spade’s survival is that the Maltese Falcon is often read for its literary value in events such as The Big Read where a library group will read through the same book.

Philip Marlowe has inspired numerous film and television productions, the latest occurring in 1998 when James Caan took the role for Poodle Springs. The movies, the influence of Chandler, and the nature of Philip Marlowe as a “knight in tarnished armor” helps to keep him in circulation.

Mike Hammer’s survival is due to a combination of books, movies, TV shows, and the 1980s Television version which updated and iconisized Hammer for a new generation of fans. The success of doing that was in the longevity of Mickey Spillane, who was able to keep the character fresh through many years of change.

These ten have made it through at least 50 years of existence. Of course, it’s an open question as to how many of these will remain popular in 2060, and whether such detectives as Columbo, The Rockford Files, and Monk will still be remembered by the general public, or like so many other once-popular sleuths, be only remembered by the mystery superfans.

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The 100 Club

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In the golden days of radio, having a show run 100 episodes wasn’t a big deal. With many shows doing 50 episodes a year, it was only a matter of lasting 2 years.

In the years, since the Golden Age of Radio, it’s a little more impressive to have 100 episodes out there featuring the same character in the same role. With the loss of so much of our radio heritage, many radio shows have had lost episodes galore.

Of the 218 episodes of Sherlock Holmes that Basil Rathbone did, about 50 survive. And of the 221 episodes Howard Duff did as Sam Spade, only 49 remain in circulation.

100? It’s a combination of talent to last long enough to outlive the inevitable lost episodes, while having the good fortune to have your episodes continue to circulate. How many detectives are confirmed members of the 100 club? Six Character/Actor combos have more than 100 episodes in circulation. Let’s take a look.

#1) Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar-464 episodes (1955-1960)

There’s a reason people clamor for Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar. He’s the fans consensus choice for top Dollar. Bailey’s episode count is slightly inflated by the popular 5 day-a-week serials. 276 of the 280 episodes from that terrific fifty-eight week run still exists. After the 5-day-a-week serials stopped, Bailey did another 204 half hour episodes of which 178 are still in circulation.

#2: Jack Webb as Joe Friday-309 Episodes (1949-55)

Jack Webb’s most famous character has one of the best story survival rates in the golden age of radio. 318 episodes aired, of which all but 9 are intact. It’s a testament to the collectability and popularity of the series that Joe Friday still remains the golden age’s top cop. Of course, it could be pointed out that there are a few script repeats in the 309 episodes, but even taking away all the repeats of .22 Rifle for Christmas, it’s still way ahead of its third place finisher.

#3 Bob Bailey as George Valentine-188 Episodes* (1946-52?)

I’ve said it on the air before, Let George Do It is underrated in discussion of detective shows with a mix of good mystery, good characters, romance, comedy, and unpredictable action has keep savvy fans attached to the show for years. This 188 episode total ties the show with with our next show, but George gets the advantage because there are another 29 episodes that have been made available from RadioArchives that are not in general circulation, meaning a total of 217 are available to those who want to spend the money. Note that Bob Bailey is the only person to appear on this list twice.

4) Richard Kollmar as Boston Blackie-188 Episodes:

Kollmar’s Boston Blackie was the most successful syndicated radio detective show ever. While many shows tried for 26 or 52 episodes, Kollmer’s multiple runs of Boston Blackie are a tribute to his success and the staying power of a character who had been popular for 30 years before the radio show came out.

5) Larry Thor as Danny Clover-165 Episodes:

Along with Let George Do It, this is another amazing, little discussed show. Larry Thor took over the role of NYPD Lieutenant Danny Clover in July 1949 and played the part for 4 years until Broadway is My Beat was cancelled in November, 1953. The show would return for four more episodes between July 11 and August 1, 1954. The Summer series of Broadway is My Beat coincided with the premier of Dragnet and Lt. Danny Clover’s hardboiled New York City police detective was a timely character with Sergeant Friday coming down. Joe Friday was prose, Danny Clover was poetry. Both were far more realistic than radio detective police officers of years past.

6) Dick Powell as Richard Diamond-108 episodes:

Diamond remains Powell’s most popular and most enduring radio detective. A man who sings like an angel, but can knock you down in a heartbeat. Comedy, drama, and action. Diamond had it all.

Honorable Mentions:

Nick Carter, Master Detective may or may not have 100 episodes in circulation. The same thing goes for Dangerous Assignment. There are some sets with more than 100 episodes going around for both series, but I found in listening that there’s a lot of duplicate and mislabeled shows in those bunches and I’d have to count it out myself to be satisfied.

Gerald Mohr as Philip Marlowe comes close with 97 performances in general circulation. There’s 95 episodes of Rocky Jordan floating around. Also coming close is Herbert Marshall as Ken Thurston in the Man Called X with 90 + performances out there. Bottom line is that while a lot of detective shows aired, few had the staying power of the six listed above.

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The Big List of Detective Shows

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I get asked a lot about what shows we’re going to play as replacements in the line up become necessary, so I decided to make a list of the shows I would like to do, the shows I’m not going to do and those I’m not sure about. If there’s another detective show that’s not on the list, please leave it in the comments or call the show at 208-991-GR8D (4783).

The only shows that I will consider are either American made shows or shows made for American syndication that were produced before February 15, 1972.

The most up to date version of this list will be kept here.

Already Done or Doing:

Box 13

Pat Novak for Hire

Johnny Madero

Jeff Regan

Let George Do It

Sherlock Holmes

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yes:

Adventures of Ellery Queen

Adventures of the Abbotts

Amazing Mr. Malone/Murder and Mr. Malone

Barrie Craig

Big Guy

Boston Blackie

Broadway is My Beat

Candy Matson

Casebook of Gregory Hood

Charlie Chan

Defense Attorney

The Falcon

Father Brown

The Fat Man

Frank Race

Hercule Poirot

I Deal in Crime

Inspector Thorne

Johnny Fletcher

Martin Kane

Matthew Slade

Michael Shayne

Miss Pinkerton

Mr. and Mrs. North (Frost-Curtain Version)

Mystery is My Hobby

Nero Wolfe

Nick Carter

Nightbeat

Pete Kelly’s Blues

Philip Marlowe

Policewoman

Philo Vance (NBC Version)

Richard Diamond

Rogue’s Gallery

The Saint

Tales of Fatima

Thin Man

Probably Yes:

Sam Spade

No:

Adventures by Morse

Detectives Black and Blue

I Love a Mystery

I Love Adventure

Jonathan Brixton (aka Attorney for the Defense.)

Mr. and Mrs. North (Briton and Denning version)

Philo Vance (Ziv Transcription)

Need to hear more episodes to make up my mind:

Adventures of Christopher London

Big Town

Bulldog Drummond

Heathstone of the Death Squad

Call the Police

Cases of Mr. Ace

Casey, Crime Photographer

Cloak and Dagger

Crime Correspondent

Crime Doctor

Danger Dr. Danfield

Danger with Granger

Dangerous Assignment

Dick Tracy

Dr. Tim Detective

Front Page Farrell

It’s a Crime, Mr. Collins

Miss Sherlock

Mister Chameleon

Mr. District Attorney

Mr. Keen Tracer of Lost Persons

Mr. Moto

Official Detective

The Private Files of Rex Saunders

Results, Inc.

Rocky Jordan

Stand By for Crime

Strange Wills

That Hammer Guy

Great Detective Series Archives

Completed Series:

Pat Novak: Meet Jack Webb’s original hard boiled private eye, Pat Novak who fires off some of the most amazing similes and one liners in Detective Fiction. (RSS) (Itunes)

Box 13: Dan Holiday needs some plot ideas for his novel, so he advertises for adventure-and gets it. (RSS) (Itunes)

Jeff Regan: Jeff Regan is the lyon’s eye and gets paid $10 a day to risk his life for anyone who gives the Lyon a good check. (RSS) (Itunes)

Father Brown: G.K. Chesterton’s priest sleuth solved mysteries over Mutual in the Summer of 1945. (RSS) (Itunes)

Nero Wolfe: Corpulent genius Nero Wolfe solves cases by rarely leaving the house with the help of his faithful legman, Archie Goodwin. (RSS) (Itunes)

The Thin Man: Nick and Nora Charles were the original romantic couple of mystery. (RSS) (Itunes)

The Abbotts: Pat Abbott is a tough San Francisco Private eye whose loving and jelaous wife Jean helps him solve cases. (RSS) (Itunes)

Rogue’s Gallery: In the original hard boiled eye radio show, Dick Powell plays the rogueish Richard Rogue in this pre-Richard Diamond series. Later incarnations featured Barry Sullivan and Paul Stewart. (RSS) (Itunes)

Candy Matson: San Francisco’s original female private eye solves cases with the help of sidekick Rembrandt Watson. (RSS) (Itunes)

Hercule Poirot: Appearance by Agatha Christie’s detective with the little gray cells in his 1945 Old Time Radio series as well as appearances on the Mercury Radio Theater and Murder Clinic. (RSS) (Itunes)

Barrie Craig: Premiering during the decline of the golden age of radio, William Gargan portrayed easy going hard boiled private eye Barrie Craig. (RSS) (Itunes)

The Fat Man (US): J. Scott Smart plays Brad Runyon, a hard boiled private eye that weighs in at 240+ pounds and has a heart of gold. (RSS) (Itunes)

A Life in Your Hand: Jonathan Kegg serves as Amicus Curiae and pursues justice representing neither prosecution or defense. (RSS)

Let George Do It : Bob Bailey’s first detective role was as private detective George Valentine who advertised to handle any problem too tough for you. (RSS) (Itunes)

The Adventures of Frank Race : Frank Race was a lawyer before the war, but after his time in the OSS became a freelance troubleshooter working in case of insurance and international intrigue. (RSS) (Itunes)

Sherlock Holmes: Sherlock Holmes spent more than a decade on radio, adapting both the classic Holmes adventures as well as new stories. We covered them all. (RSS) (Itunes)

Mr. Moto: In the 1950s, this Japanese-American secret agent fought communism and prejudice. (RSS)

The Line Up: In this 1950-53 Police procedural, William Johnstone plays Lieutenant Guthrie and investigates a variety of crimes in a “great American city.” (RSS) (Itunes)

Amazing Mr. Malone: These US and Australian stories feature John J Malone, an attorney at law who is never heard appearing in court. (RSS) (Itunes)

Casebook of Gregory Hood: Art dealer Gregory Hood gets into all sorts of strange adventures and mysteries.(RSS) (Itunes)

Manhunt: Police criminologist Andrew Stevens solves tough cases in fifteen minutes or less. (RSS)

Police Headquarters: From 1932, one of the earliest police dramas. (RSS)

Pursuit: Inspector Peter Black of Scotland Yard pursues criminals in post-War England. (RSS) (Itunes)

Crime and Peter Chambers: Harry Kane’s Private Eye comes to radio and solves crimes with the help of his friend on the force, Lieutenant Louie Parker. (RSS)

The Saint: The debonair Simon Templar solves crimes in New York City and around the world. (RSS)

Ellery Queen: The son of Inspector Queen challenges you to solve the crime of the week before him. (RSS)

Michael Shayne (RSS): Michael Shayne solves cases in San Francisco, New Orleans, and Miami depending on which of his three radio series you listen to.

Philip Marlowe (RSS) (Itunes): Raymond Chandler’s tough talking but compassionate PI features in one of the best-written radio dramas of all time.

Nick Carter (RSS) (Itunes): Nick Carter is viewed as the greatest detective in the world and proves it while putting the lives of his assistants in peril every week.

The Avenger (RSS): In this Shadow-inspired series, Jim Brandon solves crimes and uses his invisibility technology to give him an edge.

Private Files of Rex Saunders (RSS): A Rex Harrison vehicle featuring an amateur detective and his assistant Alex solving crimes and helping women in distress all around the world.

Completed Short Series

Johnny Madero: A 1947 clone of Pat Novak, starring Jack Webb, its archives are located on the Pat Novak page. (RSS)

San Francisco Final: Reporter Mike Rivera investigates mass extortion in Chinatown. (One Episode Only)

I Deal in Crime: Before Barrie Craig and Martin Kane, William Gargan was hard boiled private eye Ross Dolan. (RSS) (Itunes)

Christopher London: This Glenn Ford vehicle features a globe-trotting private detective based in San Francisco. (RSS) (Itunes)

Crime on the Waterfront: Mike Wallace recorded two pilots for this proposed 1949 radio series starring him as Police Lieutenant Lou Kagle. (RSS) (Itunes)

Pete Kelly’s Blues: Jack Webb is hard boiled coronet player Pete Kelly, trying to survive during the roaring twenties. (RSS) (Itunes)

Leonidas Witherall: Walter Hampden plays Shakespeare lookalike and amateur detective Leondias Witherall. (RSS) (Itunes)

Call the Police: Police Commissioner Bill Grant solves mysterious crimes in this series that ran as a Summer Replacement over NBC. (RSS) (Itunes)

Cases of Mr. Ace: Private Eye Eddie Ace relays his adventures to a psychologist for profit. (RSS)

Policewoman: Lt. Mary Sullivan was a pioneering female New York City police detective. This radio series told her story. (One Episode)

The McCoy: Howard Duff plays a private detective in this post-Spade drama. (One Episode)

Dr. Tim Detective: Dr. Tim solves mysteries while teaching kids lessons in 1940s medical science. (RSS)

Mr. Chameleon : Mister Chameleon solves crimes with the aide of his silly accents. (RSS)

Police Blotter: Sergeant Sam Willoughby investigates a variety of crimes in this procedural. (RSS)

Here Comes McBride: Frank Lovejoy portrays Private Detective Rex McBride. (One Episode)

Homicide O’Kane: O’Kane solves crimes while mouthing off at his police superiors. (One Episode)

The Man from Homicide: Lt. Lou Dana has no time for niceties as he talks tough to everyone. You see he hates murder. (RSS)

Dyke Easter: A typical hard boiled private eye.

A Johnny Fletcher Mystery : A wandering vagrant and his pal get into trouble and solves mysteries.

Hearthstone of the Death Squad: Inspector Hearthstone solves strange crimes in this Hummert Produced series. (RSS)

Crime Files of Flamond ): A rare Chicago-based detective series features a psychologist that uses his knowledge of human behavior to solve mysteries. (RSS)

Tales of Fatima: Basil Rathbone plays the world’s greatest amateur detective…Basil Rathbone. (RSS)

Defense Attorney: Attorney Martha Ellis Bryant dedicates herself to defending the innocent. (RSS)

Mark Sabre (ABC Mystery Theater): Inspector Mark Sabre solves murders for the homicide squad. (RSS)

Audio Specials:

Call Northside 777: In our premiere episode, Jimmy Stewart gets us started off with a tale of a cynical journalist turned crusader trying to free a man wrongfully convicted of murder. Also, a long introduction to our show. Emphasis on long.

The Immortal Sherlock Holmes: We take a trip to the Mercury Theater where the great Orson Welles pays to tribute to the recently departed William Gillette and then presents a Mercury Theater presentation based on Gillette’s plays about the Master Detective.

The Maltese Falcon: It’s the original hard-boiled private eye novel that became a silver screen classic. In this 1943 episode of Screen Guild Theater, the original cast reunites. This episode was in of our 100th daily episode.

The One Way Ride to Nowhere: Alan Ladd, in an early radio role, plays a private detective from Chicago trying to solve a murder done on a roller coaster in California.

The Khandi Tooth Caper: In this made-for-radio sequel to the Maltese Falcon, Casper Guttman (Joseph Kearns) returns, but this time he’s seeking a piece of dental work.

Chicago Deadline: A reporter (Alan Ladd) finds a woman dead of TB and is determined to find out why she died. From the 1951 Season of Screen Director’s Playhouse.

The Man Who Was Thursday: Orson Welles stars in G.K. Chesterton’s classic story of anarchists and spies in turn of the Century London.

The Mask of Demetrios: A mystery writer (Peter Lorre) tries to unravel the truth about Demetrios, an international criminal of legendary proportion. In the course of this search, he garners the interest of another mystery man (Sidney Greenstreet).

DOA: An accountant (Edmond O’Brien) is poisoned and spends his last days trying to find the man who murdered him.

World War II Special: This Suspense doublebill features two episodes of CBS’ signature anthology series. First, a reporter is summoned to a wax museum and finds a code that could spell trouble for a war plant in Great Britain. Then, the great Lena Horne plays a talented singer who finds herself embroiled in intrigue in Brazil and employed by rough characters with hidden motives.

To the Ends of the Earth: Narcotics Commissioner Michael Barrows (Dick Powell) witnesses a Japanese sea captain throwing 100 slaves overboard to cover up a narcotics ring. Barrows is determined to get justice and sets out on a globe trotting adventure to break the ring and capture the murderous captain.

Norman Corwin Special: On the passing of the Great Norman Corwin, we take a look at one of his series of 26 plays from the classic series, “26 by Corwin” featuring a murder mystery in a radio station with a rare radio appearance by Ruth Gordon.

A Scrap of Lace: Murder Clinic: A charming young woman is murdered and Madam Rosika Storey is called in to find out who did it and save a prominent family from scandal.

The Thirty-Nine Steps (Studio One): A Canadian (Glenn Ford) finds himself drawn into a world of mystery and intrigue when a beautiful woman stumbles into him at a theater and winds up dead in his apartment. He has to flee to the Scottish Countryside and uncover a plot that threatens British national security.

The Murder of Roger Akroyd: While trying to retire, Hercules Poirot investigates the murder of a rich man in the country.

The Tragedy at Marsden Manner: Poirot is called upon by the insurance to investigate the apparent natural death of a wealthy man who just passed a physical for a life insurance policy for his young wife.

Screwball Division: The youngest and oldest detectives on the force turn to a drunk former detective to solve three murders that occurred at the same time.

Captain Carey USA: A former O.S.S. Officer (Charlton Heston) returns to Italy to locate the person who betrayed him and his compatriots to the Nazis.

The Quick One:With permission of Colonial Radio Theatre, we bring you one of their new Father Brown mysteries. At a hotel, Father Brown (JT Turner) tries to find out who killed an outspoken local man in a hotel bar.

Deadline at Dawn: A couple has until dawn to find out who killed a rich socialite or one of them will have to answer to the police.

The Holloway Flat Tragedy: Max Carrados doesn’t buy an obvious explanation that a man was murdered by the boyfriend of his lover.

Protective Mimicry: In the 25th Century, a Treasury Agent seeks to find the truth behind the re-appearance of counterfeit currency.

Call Northside 777: A replay of Call Northside 777 episode from the first episode.

Death Blew out the Match: A woman visits a peaceful Maine town, only to find herself prime suspect in a rival’s murder.

The School for Men: A vacation police officer helps his brother (who is a police officer in another town) catch a serial killer using skills acquired in an FBI training school.

Homicide for Hannah: An unemployed man finds himself accused of murder and accompanied by a beautiful blonde detective who has an appetite for homicide.

Video Theater: (RSS) (Itunes)

The Bat: Old scary house. Check. Dangerous serial killer on the loose. Check. Vincent Price and Agnes Moorhead. Check. Grab some popcorn and watch.

Cases of Eddie Drake: Shoot the Works: Eddie is hired by a wealthy woman to recover a watch that could reveal an indiscretion. Along the way, Eddie runs into murder.

My Favorite Brunette: Baby Photographer Ronnie Jackson (Bob Hope) dreams of being a private detective. He gets his chance when Detective Sam McCloud (Alan Ladd) steps out and a mysterious woman (Dorothy Lamour) comes into McCloud’s office looking for help against a gang of desperate criminals.

D.O.A.: Frank Bigelow (Edmond O’Brien) is doomed to die after being poisoned. He’s determined to find out who killed him and why.

Murder with Pictures: Intrigue abounds as ace newspaper photographer Kent Murdoch (Lew Ayers) finds himself up to his neck in intrigue trying to solve the murder of a mobster’s lawyer and he’s in love with the chief suspect (Gail Patrick).

Burke’s Law: Who Killed Jason Shaw?: A man is found dead, sitting in a running shower. Captain Amos Burke (Gene Barry) begins the case with no suspects and ends up with a colorful batch before it’s all said and done.

Behind Green Lights: A private detective is killed on the police department’s doorstep. Lt. Sam Carson (William Gargan) faces political pressure to frame the daughter (Carole Landis) of a reform candidate for Mayor. Carson, however, is determined to find the truth.

General Electric Theater; Committed: An ad seeking adventure lands author Dan Holiday (Alan Ladd) in a sanitarium where everyone keeps calling him “Stokes.”

Nancy Drew, Reporter: Nancy Drew (Bonita Granville) tries to clear a woman accused of murder in her effort to win a prize for her efforts as a junior reporter.

The Devil’s Party: Five friends who grew up in Hell’s Kitchen have grown up to be two policemen, a gambling kingpin, a Catholic priest, and a lounge singer. When two of the gambler’s men botch a collections job and leave behind a dead body right before the group’s annual reunion, their world is torn apart.

Midnight Manhunt: A female reporter (Ann Savage) finds the body of a long-believed dead infamous gangster in her building, she faces many challenges getting a scoop including an ex-beau Reporter (William Gargan), a punchy janitor (Leo Gorcey) and a desperate armed man (George Zucco.)

And Then There Were None: Ten people arrive at an island and are picked off one by one by a murderer exacting a perverse form of justice and the murderer is one of them.

Green Eyes: A mystery writer tries to solve the murder of a wealthy man who was killed in his mansion.

The Fat Man: Brad Runyon (played by J. Scott Smart) travels from New York to California to unravel the mystery of the death of a kindly dentist.

Court of Last Resort:

The Clarence Redding Case: The Court of Last Resort races against time to see if there’s any new evidence in the case of a man set to be executed in New England.

Decoy:

Stanglehold: Casey Jones (Beverly Garland) is called in to befriend a young woman when police suspect that her boyfriend is behind a strangulation.

I’m the Law:

The Cowboy and the Blind Man Story: Lt. George Kirby (George Raft) investigates the murder of a curly haired blackmailer.

Marin Kane

The District Attorney Killer: A murderer who pledges to get even with the District Attorney kills him in open court and implicates his defense attorney as the one who provided the gun. Martin Kane goes to work

The Doctored Will: Martin Kane (William Gargan) investigates a whodunit with a fishy will.

Racket Squad:

The Christmas Caper: Captain Braddock of the Racket Squad tells how his duty demanded he arrest Santa Claus-an old man who had been taken in by a phony Santa racket.

Mr. Wong

Mr. Wong, Detective: A partner in a chemical firm engages detective James Lee Wong (Boris Karloff) and ends up dead the next day

The Mystery of Mr. Wong: A jewel collector is murdered in front of a crowded party which includes Mr. Wong (Boris Karloff). Who did it?

Mr. Wong in Chinatown: A Chinese Princess is murdered while waiting to see Mr. Wong and Wong Searches for the killer.

The Fatal Hour: An undercover police officer investigating smuggling is killed and Mr. Wong is on the case.

Doomed to Die: A shipping magnate is killed, and suspicion lands on his daughter’s boyfriend and Mr. Wong (Boris Karloff) is called in.

The Phantom of Chinatown: Jimmy Wong (Keye Luke) tries to unravel the mystery behind the murder of a man who led an expedition to China.

Sherlock Holmes:

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon: Holmes and Watson have to stop a dangerous weapon from falling into the hands of Professor Moriarity—and the Nazis.

The Woman in Green: Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) seek to solve a series of brutal murders of young women.

Terror by Night: Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) guard a valuable diamond on board a train bound for Scotland. When a murder occurs on the train, everyone is under suspicion in this action packed taut thriller.

Dressed to Kill: Shelrock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) takes on a gang of criminals who will do anyting to get their hands on three identifical music boxes.

Sherlock Holmes: The Cunningham Heritage: Sherlock Holmes (Ronald Howards) meets Dr. Watson (Marion Crawford) and they deal with their first adventure as a woman is suspected of killing her wealthy boyfriend.’

Sherlock Holmes: The Christmas Pudding: A serial killer threatens to get Holmes before he’s executed.

Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Lady Beryl: Lady Beryl (Paulette Goddard) confesses to a crime she didn’t commit. Holmes is retained to find out why.

Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Pennsylvania Gun: Sherlock Holmes (Ronald Howard) is called to a castle to investigate the murder of an American emigrant and for some reason, he’s bringing fishing tackle.

Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Texas Cowgirl: Holmes helps a young woman in a travelling western show who has found a dead body in her hotel room.

Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Belligerent Ghost: In a strange case, Dr. Watson finds a man dead and is then assaulted by him. Holmes investigates.

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What I’ve Been Listening To

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I’ve gotten ahead a little bit ahead on my shows. (In fact other than Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, I’ve completed recording every episode until the end of the Year.)

I don’t want to get too far ahead of my listeners. I like to discover the stories with you as we go, not to have listened to everything. (Confession: I have been listening to some of the 5-part Johnny Dollars. They are excellent and can easily fit into my day.)

I’ll share some of what I’ve heard and my thoughts.

On the detective side, I’ve listened to Nick Carter, Master Detective, The Saint, Mystery is My Hobby, Philip Marlowe, and Candy Matson, and I’ve loved them all. I’ll have a lot more to say when we get to show these old time radio classics.

Barrie Craig Confidential Investigator has to be one of the best characters, as a person that you’ll find in the radio eye world. He’s a true good guy, who cares about his clients, ethics. The most moral PI you’ll find.

I was surprised by Charlie Chan, who has been the subject of much controversy in recent years. Some have viewed Charlie Chan as little more than an offensive racial stereotype. However, I was plesantly surprised when I listened to a Charlie Chan episode from the 1940s where Inspector Chan’s daugther was kidnapped. What struck me while listening to the episode was the real core of Charlie Chan. He was dealing with a parent’s worst nightmare, and it was effecting drama that everyone could relate to. In the show, the Chan kids are helping with the war bond effort and Inspector Chan pledges to do his part. The message of this World War II-era Charlie Chan radio show was not that Chinese Americans are different from us, but that they were Americans, particularly the kids who sounded like any other kids. Earl Derr Biggers wrote the character to combat racial bigotry against Asians.

I think the one rule for enjoying a story is you have to take it not according to what we’d expect from a modern character, but the Spirit in which the story was written, which was one of good will. The late Fletcher Chan had a balanced look at the character from a modern Asian perspective. We’ll have to wait a while to hear Chan, and we don’t have that much to play.

I listened to Ellery Queen and I’m truly sorry that more episodes of that great detective show haven’t survived. There are generally about 20 actual Ellery Queen Mysteries (not counting the minute mysteries, which I don’t) still in existence.

The show’s got some clever plots and a very unique format when they step away from the radio show and ask an in-studio armchair detective their thought on the solution. You get a reminder of the fleeting nature of celebrity as most of these “celebrities” are totally obscure in the 21st Century.

One show has been the source of some confusion. The episode, “The Armchair Detective” is often listed as guest starring Orson Welles. While, I could definitely see that based on the fact that the character has a Wellesesque voice and delivers a death line line include the word “Rosemary,” I seriously doubt it was Welles himself. At the end of the show, they let us know who’d been in the cast. It’s really hard to imagine if Orson Welles had played a role in a radio show that his name would have been left out.

Frank Race is a favorite of mine, and truly had the best use of an organ in a detective show. It’s really stirring.

Three that I’m not sure of are Bulldog Drummond and A.I. Moto. Bulldog Drummond seems to just not connect with me. A.I. Moto is okay, but it feels like it’s a spy show rather than a detective show. And Bold Venture feels more like an adventure show than a detective show.

Non-Detective Shows

The Family Theater (a show made on the premise of the importance of family prayer and showcasing episodes about faith and family)…Simply incredible. Really, beautifully put together family drama. Don’t want to listen to those in a public place. A grown man shouldn’t be walking around with tears running down his face.

Greatest Story Ever Told (stories from the life of Christ and stories that kinda could have happened)…This show’s okay, though I think some of the messages end up a little more ham-handed than Family Theater and their addition of extra-biblical details is hit and miss.

You Are There (A CBS News show doing radio news broadcast re-enactments of history): Simply awesome. I found this show stunning. I’ve listened to a couple episodes, one about the passage of the Declaration of Independence and one providing news coverage of the shooting of Abraham Lincoln. They really took you back. I was really emotionally moved by the Lincoln episode. My wife asked me what was going on. I told her I was listening to information about the assination of the President. And had to clarify, it was Lincoln, not Obama I was hearing about. This is an educational experience that really takes you THERE.

Life with Luigi: This is a really sweet comedy series about the little immigrant coming to America, and his experiences. I loved this show.

Couple Next Door: A late 1950s fifteen minute show with more than 700 episodes. Don’t know quite how I felt about it. The first episode didn’t tickle my funny bone, but maybe I’ll take anothe rlisten.

Abbott and Costello: I listened to an episode where Abbott actually lost his place. Costello said, “Hey Abbott, what page are you on?” Those guys were a hoot.

Horatio Hornblower: I like this show, even though I find myself having mixed feelings about the protagonist. This is the first old time radio show I’ve found that actually had swearing in it (though relatively mild.) and nudity (though that’s not much of an issue over the radio.) Horatio Hornblower is imperfect and insecure, but a good man who’s got an often-unpleasant job to do. The sea battles are fairly realistic, but you have to use your imagination. This radio show definitely helps.

Finally, I have listened to more of the Shadow. Some of the shows are detective shows, others are more superhero stuff. It’s all fun listening. I do think that Orson Welles was truly the best Shadow.

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Listen to “Great Detectives Present Yours Truly Johnny Dollar” on Spreaker.

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar began as an attempt to create a poor man’s Philip Marlowe. By the time the show signed off the air in 1962, it’d outlasted Philip Marlowe on the radio as well as other great detectives including Sam Spade. More than 700 episodes survrive to this day.

Johnny Dollar’s adventures took him to 39 states and 24 foreign countries. Dollar was the center of the show. He was an Independent Insurance Investigator who freelanced for a variety of insurance companies. Each episode had a new set of supporting characters.

What made Johnny Dollar different was his action-packed (and usually heavily padded) expense account including legitimate items (such as cab fare) and more questionable items such as airfare for pleasure after solving the case.

Johnny Dollar’s first run ended after six season after the end of the 1953-54 season. The decision was made to bring Johnny Dollar back for the 1955-56 season. There couldn’t have been a worse time to try and revive a moribund radio series. The great shows were gone or pulling out. Jack Webb had seen the writing on the wall for radio, stating that radio drama go away, with radio becoming a medium for news and music.

That may have been the future, but in 1955, Johnny Dollar came back with a vengeance, led by Jack Johnstone. Johnstone, who’d written 15-minute serials for the Adventures of Superman helped change the show to doing five fifteen minute episodes a week for thirteen months. With Let George Do It Star Bob Bailey taking over, the series began a second life, richer than its first. Bailey departed after the 1960 season as the show relocated from Los Angeles to New York. But the show didn’t end until September 30, 1962 when the last broadcast occurred, bringing down the curtain on old time radio.

The end of Old Time Radio couldn’t have been prevented, however Johnny Dollar extended the medium’s life and guaranteed that Old Time Radio would go out with a bang rather than a whimper.

As with the Sherlock Holmes series, we will profile each Johnny Dollar as we get to their episodes. (However, you can read Bailey’s profile over at the Let George Do It page.)

Eight men played the role of Johnny Dollar including two who only auditioned for the role, but never went on air:

$Dick Powell (1904-63): Dick Powell is one of the most distinct leading men in the world of Old Time Radio Detectives. He spent the first part of his entertainment career, playing young singing romantic leads. At the age of 40, he landed the part of Philip Marlowe in Murder, My Sweet and began a second career as a dramatic actor. This would play out on the radio in several venues. He would bring several of his motion picture performances to the radio via the Lux Radio Theater including his performance in Murder My Sweet and To the Ends of the Earth.

Powell died far too young as a result of making the film The Conqueror, a classically bad film that featured John Wayne as Genghis Khan. The film was shot downwind from a nuclear testing site. He developed cancer along with nearly half the cast and crew and half the population of nearby St. George, Utah. Powell succumbed in 1963.

For the Johnny Dollar audition, Powell played the character as a lovable rogue in a similar vein to his Richard Rogue character with a little extra of the “rogue” added for spice. Powell didn’t end up playing Johnny Dollar on the air, but his audition gives a nice picture of what might have been.

$$Charles Russell: Russell (1918-1985) was a Hollywood bit player that won the part as the second Johnny Dollar. He played the lead in Inner Sanctum, a B-movie based on one of the classic old time radio shows, and had a small part in Give My Regards to Broadway. (Picture Courtesy: Old Time Radio Researchers.) Losing a big star like Powell and replacing him with Russell had to be a disappointment for the show’s producers. It was akin to replacing George Clooney with George Wendt.

Russell created a lighter version of Dollar that was more tongue in cheek, in similar style to Sam Spade. And was the most likely Johnny Dollar to place items on his expense account that in real life that would have caused a real life insurance investigator lose his bonding.

Russell’s departure in the 1950 season is never discussed anywhere that I’ve found in my research. What is known of Russell is that he played in 17 movies between 1943-49. He left Johnny Dollar in 1950, the same year his three year marriage ended in divorce. He died in 1985. It is probable that he was the same person as TV Producer Charles W. Russell who served as a producer for such TV shows as Casey, Crime Photographer and Alfred Hitchcock Presents.

$$$Edmund O’Brien became the second on-air Johnny Dollar in February 1950. O’Brien had previously played an insurance investigator in the 1947 film The Killers. He’d previously tried to break in to hardboiled radio drama when he recorded the pilot episode for Nightbeat, but the role instead went to Frank Lovejoy. Growing up O’Brien was the next door neighbor to Harry Houdini, and he had his first break in acting in Orson Welles’ Mercury Theater. After O’Brien left Johnny Dollar after the 1951-52 season, he won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar and Best Supporting Actor Golden Globe for his role in The Barefoot Contessa. He got a second Golden Globe and a nomination for a second Oscar ten years later for his role in Seven Days in May. Over the course of his long career in film and television, O’Brien played in every genre and a wide variety of roles. From a poisoned accountant trying to solve his own Murder in DOA to the heavy in Pete Kelly’s Blues, the role of Crowley in The Further Adventures of Gallegher, Syndicated Private Detective Johnny Midnight, and much more. O’Brien left behind a legacy that his Johnny Dollar performances compliment. For more on Mr. O’Brien, visit this great fan website.

O’Brien brought a more gritty Noir type performance in his taken on Johnny Dollar.

$$$$John Lund (1911-92): John Lund was born in Rochester, New York and enjoyed a solid but not spectacular career in radio, movies, and stage. Lund was respected by his colleageus and served as Vice-President of the Screen Actor’s Guild from 1950-59. He retired to San Diego in 1963 and enjoyed a 39 year marriage.

$$$$$ Gerald Mohr (1914-68) Mohr’s most memorable lead role was as radio’s Philip Marlowe. Arguably, Mohr’s version of Marlowe is definitive both in terms of quality and quantity of performances. His opening line from Philip Marlowe, “Get this, and get it straight: Crime is a sucker’s road and those who travel it wind up in the gutter, the prison or the grave. There’s no other end … but they never learn!” was among the best openings to any radio show and Mohr’s delivery made it happen in a way that few other actors could manage.

In addition to that Mohr was a frequent cast member on The Whistler making an astonishing number of appearances. When we were doing the program Rogue’s Gallery on the podcast, I was astonished at how many times, Mohr played the murderer. Most weeks, Gerald Mohr character did it. In addition to this Mohr played a murderer on The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe one week and then returned as perhaps the best Archie Goodwin on the series the next week. Of course, his radio career was not all mayhem and mystery. He also played a recurring character as a charming French teacher on Our Miss Brooks. When producers availed themselves of Mohr’s services, they would be guaranteed to use him and often-a mark of his true talent.

$$$$$$Bob Bailey (1913-1983): On television and in the movies, he was a bit player, with his biggest role in film being as a straight man in the Laurel and Hardy Film, Jitterbugs.

It was on radio that Bailey had his greatest success. In addition to Let George Do It, Bailey led the remarkable revival of Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. While most radio dramas were bowing to television and cashing in their chips, Bailey touched off a revival of Johnny Dollar that would ensure that Old Time Radio went off the air with a bang rather than a whimper. CBS moved its radio production to New York City and left Bob Bailey behind in 1960. In 1962, he played a bit part in the Bird Man of Alcatraz.

$$$$$$$Bob Readick (1925-85): A child star who appeared on Broadway as a teenager. In his later years, Readick became a Soap Opera star.

$$$$$$$$ Mandel Kramer (1916-89): Mandel Kramer was a veteran radio and television actor. His first radio appearance in circulation is a 1940 episode of the Columbia Workshop. He became a regular on the long-running crime and counterespionage series, Counterspy. He made many guest appearances on programs such as Casey, Crime Photographer, Gangbusters, The Whistler, and X Minus One. Towards the end of the Golden era of radio, Kramer began to get leading roles, playing Pat Abbott in the Adventures of the Abbotts, and Greg Collins in It’s a Crime, Mr. Collins. In 1961, Kramer took the role of Johnny Dollar over from Bob Readick who had acted as a caretaker, and played the role of Dollar until Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar went off the air in September 1962. Kramer remained busy with his television work, with a support role in the long-running TV soap, The Edge of Night that netted him an Emmy Nomination for Best Supporting Actor in 1979. Kramer returned to radio in the mid-70s with several appearance on the CBS Mystery Theater.

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar Episodes

Dick Powell Audition

The Milford Brooks III Matter (Performed: December 7, 1948)

Charles Russell Episodes:

The Parikoff Policy (Original Air Date: February 11, 1949)
The Slow Boat from China (Original Air Date: February 25, 1949)
The Robert W. Perry Case (Original Air Date: March 4, 1949)
Murder’s a Merry Go Around (Original Air Date: March 11, 1949)
Milford Brooks III Matter (Original Air Date: March 25, 1949)
The Stolen Portrait (Original Air Date: April 1, 1949)
The Case of the $100,000 legs (Original Air Date: April 15, 1949)
The Barton Drake Case (Original Air Date: April 22, 1949)
Who Took the Taxis for a Ride (Original Air Date: July 24, 1949)
Murder Ain’t Minor (Original Air Date: August 7, 1949)
Out of the Fire Into the Frying Pan (Original Air Date: August 21, 1949)
The Expiring Nickles (Original Air Date: September 4, 1949)
The Search for Michelle Marsh (Original Air Date: September 25, 1949)
The Fishing Boat Affair (Original Air Date: October 1, 1949)
The Racehorse Piledriver Matter (Original Air Date: October 8, 1949)
Dr. Otto Schmedlich (Original Air Date: October 15, 1949)
Witness, Witness, Who’s Got the Witness? (Original Air Date: October 22, 1949)
The Little Man Who Wasn’t All There (Original Air Date: October 29, 1949)
The Island of Tin Yutan (Original Air Date: November 5, 1949)
The Melanie Carter Matter (Original Air Date: November 12, 1949)
Skullduggery in Skull Canyon (Original Air Date: November 26, 1949)
Bodyguard to Anne Connelly (Original Air Date: December 3, 1949)
The Circus Animal Show (Original Air Date: December 10, 1949)
The Haiti Adventure (Original Air Date: December 17, 1949)

Edmond O’Brien Episodes

Death Takes a Working Day (Original Air Date: February 3, 1950)
The S.S. Malay Trader Ship (Original Air Date: February 10, 1950)
The Grave Digger’s Spade (Original Air Date: February 17, 1950)
The Disappearance of Bruce Lambert (Original Air Date: February 24, 1950)
Bodyguard to the Late Robert Perry (Original Air Date: March 3, 1950)
How I Got a Wildcat Oil Operation by the Tail (Original Air Date: March 7, 1950)
Eighty-Five Little Minks (Original Air Date:March 14, 1950)
Stuart, Palmer, Writer (Rehersal of show that aired March 21, 1950)
The Missing Masterpiece (Original Air Date: March 28, 1950)
Story of the Big Red Schoolhouse (Original Air Date: April 4, 1950)
The Dead First Helpers (Original Air Date: April 11, 1950)
The Story of the 10:08 (Rehersal of show that aired April 18, 1950)
The Pearl Carassa Matter (Original Air Date: April 25, 1950)
The Abel Tackett Matter (Rehersal of show that aired May 2, 1950)
The Harold Tandrem Matter (Original Air Date: May 9, 1950)
The Sidney Rykoff Matter (Rehersal of show that aired May 16, 1950)
The Earl Chadwick Matter (Original Air Date: May 23, 1950)
The Port Au Prince Matter (Original Air Date: May 30, 1950)
The Collegio Diamond Matter (Original Air Date: June 8, 1950)
The Arrowcraft Matter (Original Air Date: June 15, 1950)
The London Matter (Original Air Date: June 22, 1950)
The Barbara James Matter (Original Air Date: June 29, 1950)
The Bello-Horizonte Matter Railroad Matter (Original Air Date: July 6, 1950)
The Calgary Matter (Original Air Date: July 13, 1950)
Henry J. Unger (Original Air Date: July 20, 1950)
The Blood River Matter (Original Air Date: August 3, 1950)
The Hartford Alliance Matter (Original Air Date: August 10, 1950)
The Mickey McQueen Matter (Original Air Date: August 17, 1950)
The Trans-Pacific Export Matter (Original Air Date: August 24, 1950)
The Virginia Beach Matter (Original Air Date: August 31, 1950)
The Howard Caldwell Matter (Original Air Date: September 30, 1950)
The Richard Splain Matter (Original Air Date: October 7, 1950)
The Yankee Pride Matter (Original Air Date: October 14, 1950)
The Jack Madigan Matter (Original Air Date: October 21, 1950)
The Joan Sebastian Matter (Original Air Date: October 28, 1950)
The Queen Anne Pistols Matter (Original Air Date: November 4, 1950)
The Adam Kegg Matter (Original Air Date: November 11, 1950)
The Nora Faulkner Matter (Original Air Date: November 18, 1950)
The Woodward Manila Matter (Original Air Date: November 25, 1950)
The Jackie Cleaver Matter (Original Air Date: December 9, 1950)
The Leland Blackburn Matter (Original Air Date: December 16, 1950)
The Port O’Call Matter (Original Air Date: January 13, 1951)
The David Rockey Matter (Original Air Date: January 20, 1951)
The Jarvis Wilder Matter (Original Air Date: February 24, 1951)
The Celia Woodstock Matter (Original Air Date: March 3, 1951)
The Stanley Springs Matter (Original Air Date: March 10, 1951)
The Byron Hayes Matter (Original Air Date: March 24, 1951)
The Edward French Matter (Original Air Date: April 7, 1951)
The Mickey McQueen Matter (Original Air Date: April 14, 1951)
The Willard South Matter (Original Air Date: April 21, 1951)
The Month-End Raid Matter (Original Air Date: April 28, 1951)
The Virginia Towne Matter (Original Air Date: May 5, 1951)
The Lillis Bond Matter (Rehersal of show that aired May 26, 1951)
The Soderbury, Maine Matter (Rehersal of show that aired June 2, 1951)
The George Farmer Matter (Original Air Date: June 9, 1951)
The Arthur Boldrick Matter (Original Air Date: June 16, 1951)
The Malcolm Wish, MD Matter (Original Air Date: June 20, 1951)
The Hatchet House Theft Matter (Original Air Date: June 27, 1951)
The Alonzo Chapman Matter (Original Air Date: July 4, 1951)
The Fairway Matter (Original Air Date: July 11, 1951)
The Neal Breer Matter (Original Air Date: July 18, 1951)**
The Horace Lockhart Matter (Original Air Date: August 1, 1951)
The Lucky Costa Matter (Original Air Date: August 15, 1951)
The Leland Case Matter (Rehearsal of show that Aired: August 29, 1951)
The Cuban Jewel Matter (Original Air Date: September 19, 1951)
The Protection Matter (Original Air Date: September 26, 1951)
The Douglas Taylor Matter (Original Air Date: October 6, 1951)
The Millard Ward Matter (Original Air Date: October 13, 1951)
The Tolhurst Theft Matter (Original Air Date: October 27, 1951)
The Hannibal Murphy Matter (Original Air Date: November 3, 1951)
The Birdy Baskerville Matter (Original Air Date: November 10, 1951)
The Merrill Kent Matter (Original Air Date: November 17, 1951)
The Youngstown Credit Group Matter (Original Air Date: December 8, 1951)
The Maynard Collins Matter (Original Air Date: December 22, 1951)
The Alma Scott Matter (Original Air Date: December 29, 1951)
The Glen English Matter (Original Air Date: January 5, 1952)
The Amelia Harwell Matter (Original Air Date: July 2, 1952)

John Lund Episodes:

The Transpacific Export Matter (Audition: November 1952)
The James Clayton Matter (Original Air Date: December 5, 1952)
The Elliot Champion Matter (Original Air Date: December 12, 1952)
The Walter Patterson Matter (Original Air Date: December 26, 1952)
The Baltimore Matter (Original Air Date: January 2, 1953)
The Thelma Ibsen Matter (Original Air Date: January 9, 1953)
The Starlet Matter (Original Air Date: January 16, 1953)
The Marigold Matter (Original Air Date: January 23, 1953)
The Kay Bellamy Matter (Original Air Date: January 30, 1953)
The Chicago Fraud Matter (Original Air Date: February 6, 1953)
The LaTourette Matter (Original Air Date: February 20, 1953)
The Underwood Matter (Original Air Date: February 27, 1953)
The Jeanne Maxwell Matter (Original Air Date: March 6, 1953)
The King’s Necklace Matter (Original Air Date: March 17, 1953)
The Syndicate Matter (Original Air Date: March 24, 1953)
The Lester James Matter (Original Air Date: March 31, 1953)
The Enoch Arden Matter (Original Air Date: April 7, 1953)
The Madison Matter (Rehearsal of program that aired April 14, 1953)
The Dameron Matter (Original Air Date: April 21, 1953)
The San Antonio Matter (Rehearsal of Program that Aired: April 28, 1953)
The San Antonio Matter (Original Air Date: April 28, 1953)**
The Blackmail Matter (Rehearsal of Program that Aired: May 5, 1953)
The Rochester Theft Matter (Original Air Date: May 12, 1953)
The Emily Braddock Matter (Original Air Date: May 19, 1953)**
The Brisbane Fraud Matter (Original Air Date: May 26,1953)
The Costain Matter (Original Air Date: June 2, 1953)
The Oklahoma Matter (Original Air Date: June 9, 1953)
The Emil Carter Matter (Original Air Date: June 16, 1953)
The Jonathan Bellows Matter (Original Air Date: June 23, 1953)
The Jones Matter (Original Air Date: June 30, 1953)
The Shayne Bombing Matter (Original Air Date: July 14, 1953)
The Black Doll Matter (Original Air Date: July 21, 1953)
The James Forbes Matter (Original Air Date: July 28, 1953)
The Voodoo Matter (Original Air Date: August 4, 1953)
The Nancy Shaw Matter (Original Air Date: August 11, 1953)
The Isabel James Matter (Original Air Date: August 18, 1953)
The Nelson Matter (Original Air Date: August 25,1953)
The Stanley Price Matter (Original Air Date: September 1, 1953)
The Lester Matson Matter (Original Air Date: September 8, 1953)
The William Post Matter (Original Air Date: September 22, 1953) **
The Amida Buddha Matter (Original Air Date: September 29, 1953)
The Alfred Chambers Matter (Original Air Date: October 6, 1953)
The Philip Morey Matter (Original Air Date: October 13, 1953)
The Allen Saxton Matter (Original Air Date: October 20,1953)
The Howard Arnold Matter (Original Air Date: October 27, 1953)
The Gina Gamboa Matter (Original Air Date: November 3, 1953)
The Bobby Foster Matter (Original Air Date: November 10, 1953)
The Nathan Gayles Matter (Original Air Date: November 17, 1953)
The Independent Diamond Traders Matter (Original Air Date: November 24, 1953)
The Monopoly Matter (Original Air Date: December 1, 1953)
The Barton Baker Matter (Original Air Date: December 8, 1953)
The Milk and Honey Matter (Original Air Date: December 15, 1953)
The Rudy Valentine Matter (Original Air Date: December 22, 1953)**
The Ben Bryson Matter (Original Air Date: December 29, 1953)
The Fairway Matter (Original Air Date: January 5, 1954)
The Celia Woodstock Matter (Original Air Date: January 12, 1954)
The Beauregard Matter (Original Air Date: January 26, 1954)
The Paul Gorrell Matter (Original Air Date: February 2, 1954)
The Harpooned Angler Matter (Original Air Date: February 9, 1954)
The Uncut Canary Matter (Original Air Date: February 16, 1954)
The Classified Killer Matter (Original Air Date: February 23, 1954)
The Road Test Matter (Original Air Date: March 2, 1954)
The Terrified Tuan Matter (Original Air Date: March 9, 1954)
The Berlin Matter (Original Air Date: March 16, 1954)
The Piney Corners Matter (Original Air Date: March 23, 1954)
The Undried Fiddle Back Matter (Original Air Date: March 30, 1954)
The Sulfur and Brimstone Matter (Original Air Date: April 6, 1954)
The Magnolia and Honeysuckle Matter (Original Air Date: April 13, 1954)
The Nathan Swing Matter (Original Air Date: April 20, 1954)
The Frustrated Phoenix Matter (Original Air Date: April 27, 1954)
The Dan Frank Matter (Original Air Date: May 4, 1954)
The Bilked Baroness Matter (Original Air Date: May 18, 1954)
The Punctilious Firebug Matter (Original Air Date: May 25, 1954)
The Temperamental Tote Board Matter (Original Air Date: June 1, 1954)
The Sarah Dearing Matter (Original Air Date: June 8, 1954)
The Patterson Transport Matter (Original Air Date: June 15, 1954)
The Arthur Boldrick Matter (Original Air Date: June 22, 1954)
The Woodward Manilla Matter (Original Air Date: June 29, 1954)
The Jan Brueghel Matter (Original Air Date: July 6, 1954)
The Carboniferous Dolomite Matter (Original Air Date: July 13, 1954)
The Jeanne Maxwell Matter (Original Air Date: July 20, 1954)
The Radioactive Gold Matter (Original Air Date: July 27, 1954)
The Hampton Line Matter (Original Air Date: August 3, 1954)
The Sarah Martin Matter (Original Air Date: August 10, 1954)

Gerald Mohr Audition:

The Transpacific Matter (Audition Date: September 27, 1955)

Bob Bailey Episodes:

- - The McCormack Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: October 3 and 4, 1955)
  - The McCormack Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: October 5 and 6, 1955)
  - The McCormack Matter, Part Five (Original Air Dates: October 7, 1955)
  - The Molly K Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: October 10 and 11, 1955)
  - The Molly K matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: October 12 and 13, 1955)
  - The Molly K Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: October 14, 1955)
  - The Chesapeake Fraud Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Date: October 17 and 18, 1955)
  - The Chesapeake Fraud Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Date: October 19 and 20, 1955)
  - The Chesapeake Fraud Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: October 21, 1955)
  - The Alvin Summers Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Date: October 24 and 25, 1955)
  - The Alvin Summers Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Date: October 26 and 27, 1955)
  - The Alvin Summers Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: October 28, 1955)
  - The Valentine Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: October 31 and November 1, 1955)
  - The Valentine Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: November 2 and 3, 1955)
  - The Valentine Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: November 4, 1955)
  - The Lorko Diamond Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dares: November 7 and 8, 1955)
  - The Lorko Diamond Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: November 9 and 10, 1955)
  - he Broderick Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: November 14 and 15, 1955)
  - The Broderick Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: November 16 and 17, 1955)
  - The Broderick Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: November 18, 1955)
  - The Amy Bradshaw Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: November 21 and 22, 1955)
  - The Amy Bradshaw Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: November 23 and 24, 1955)
  - The Amy Bradshaw Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: November 25, 1955)
  - The Henderson Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Date:s November 28 and 29, 1955)
  - The Henderson Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: November 30 and December 1, 1955)
  - The Henderson Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: December 2, 1955)
  - The Cronin Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: December 5 and 6, 1955)
  - The Cronin Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: December 7 and 8, 1955)
  - he Cronin Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: December 9, 1955)
  - The Lansing Fraud Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: December 12 and 13, 1955)
  - The Lansing Fraud Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: December 14 and 15, 1955)
  - The Lansing Fraud Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: December 16, 1955)
  - The Forbes Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Date: December 26 and 27, 1955)
  - The Forbes Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Date: December 28 and 29, 1955)
  - The Forbes Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: December 30, 1955)
  - The Caylin Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: January 2, 1956)
  - The Caylin Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: January 4 and 5, 1956)
  - The Caylin Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: January 6, 1956)
  - The Todd Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: January 9 and 10, 1956)
  - The Todd Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: January 11 and 12, 1956)
  - The Todd Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: January 13, 1956)
  - The Ricardo Amerigo Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: January 16 and 17, 1956)
  - The Ricardo Amerigo Mattter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: January 18 and 19, 1956)
  - The Ricardo Amerigo Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: January 20, 1956)
  - The Duke Red Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: January 23 and 24, 1956)
  - The Duke Red Matter, Part Three and Four (Original Air Dates: January 25 and 26, 1956)
  - The Duke Red Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: January 27, 1956)
  - The Flight Six Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: January 30 and 31, 1956)
  - The Flight Six Matter, Pars Three and Four (Original Air Dates: February 1 and 2, 1956)
  - The Flight Six Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: February 3, 1956)
  - The McClain Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: February 6 and 7, 1956)
  - The McClain Matter, Parts Four and Five (Original Air Dates: February 9 and 10, 1956)
  - The Cui Bono Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: February 13 and 14, 1956)
  - The Cui Bono Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: February 15 and 16, 1956)
  - The Cui Bono Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: February 17, 1956)
  - The Bennett Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: February 20 and 21, 1956)
  - The Bennett Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: February 22 and 23, 1956)
  - The Bennett Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: February 24, 1956)
  - The Fathom Five Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: February 27 and 28, 1956)
  - The Fathom Five Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: February 29 and March 1, 1956)
  - The Fathom Five Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: March 2, 1956)
  - The Plantagent Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: March 5 and 6, 1956)
  - The Plantagent Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: March 7 and 8, 1956)
  - The Plantagent Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: March 9, 1956)
  - The Clinton Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: March 12 and 13, 1956)
  - The Clinton Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: March 14 and 15, 1946)
  - The Clinton Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: March 16, 1956)
  - The Jolly Rogers Fraud Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: March 19 and 20, 1956)
  - The Jolly Rogers Fraud Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: March 21 and 22, 1956)
  - The Jolly Rogers Fraud Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: March 23, 1956)
  - The Lamar Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: March 26 and 27, 1956)
  - The Lamar Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: March 28 and 29, 1956)
  - The Lamar Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: March 30, 1956)
  - The Salt City Matter, Parts One and Three (Original Air Dates: April 2 and 4, 1956)
  - The Salt City Matter, Parts Four and Five (Original Air Dates: April 5 and 6, 1956)
  - The Laird Douglas Douglas of Heatherscote Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: April 9 and 10, 1956)
  - The Laird Douglas Douglas of Heatherscote Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: April 11 and 12, 1956)
  - The Laird Douglas Douglas of Heatherscote Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: April 13, 1956)
  - The Shepherd Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: April 16 and 17, 1956)
  - The Shepherd Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: April 18 and 19, 1956)
  - The Shepherd Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: April 20, 1956)
  - The Lonely Hearts Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: April 23 and 24, 1956)
  - The Lonely Hearts Matter, Parts Three and Five (Original Air Dates: April 25 and 27, 1956)
  - The Callicles Matter, parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: April 30 and May 1, 1956)
  - The Callicles Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: May 2 and 3, 1956)
  - The Callicles Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: May 4, 1956)
  - The Silver Blue Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: May 7 and 8, 1956)
  - The Silver Blue Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: May 9 and 10, 1956)
  - The Silver Blue Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: May 11, 1956)
  - The Matter of the Medium Well Done, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: May 14 and 15, 1956)
  - The Matter of the Medium Well Done, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: May 16 and 17, 1956)
  - The Matter of the Medium Well Done, Part Five (Original Air Date: May 18, 1956)
  - The Tears of Night Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: May 21 and 22, 1956)
  - The Tears of Night Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: May 23 and 24, 1956)
  - The Tears of Night Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: May 25, 1956)
  - The Matter of Reasonable Doubt, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: May 28 and 29, 1956)
  - The Matter of Reasonable Doubts, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: May 30 and 31, 1956)
  - The Matter of Reasonable Doubt, Part Five (Original Air Date: June 1, 1956)
  - The Indestructible Mike Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: June 4 and 5, 1956)
  - The Indestructible Mike Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: June 6 and 7, 1956)
  - The Indestructible Mike Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: June 8, 1956)
  - The Laughing Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: June 11 and 12, 1956)
  - The Laughing Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: June 13 and 14, 1956)
  - The Laughing Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: June 15, 1956)
  - The Pearling Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: June 18 and 19, 1956)
  - The Pearling Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: June 20 and 21, 1956)
  - The Pearling Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: June 22, 1956)
  - The Long Shot Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: June 25 and 26, 1956)
  - The Long Shot Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: June 27 and 28, 1956)
  - The Long Shot Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: June 29, 1956)
  - The Midas Touch Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: July 2 and 3, 1956)
  - The Midas Touch Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: July 4 and 5, 1956)
  - The Midas Touch Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: July 6, 1956)
  - The Shady Lane Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: July 9 and 10, 1956)*
  - The Shady Lane Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: July 11 and 12, 1956)*
  - The Shady Lane Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: July 13, 1956)*
  - The Star of Capetown Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: July 16 and 17, 1956)
  - The Star of Capetown Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: July 18 and 19, 1956)
  - The Star of Capetown Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: July 20, 1956)
  - The Open Town Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: July 23 and 24, 1956)
  - The Open Town Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: July 25 and 26, 1956)
  - The Open Town Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: July 27, 1956)
  - The Sea Legs Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: July 30 and 31, 1956)
  - The Sea Legs Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: August 1 and 2, 1956)
  - The Sea Legs Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: August 3, 1956)
  - The Alder Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: August 6 and 7, 1956)
  - The Alder Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: August 8 and 9, 1956)
  - The Alder Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: August 10, 1956)
  - The Crystal Lake Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: August 13 and 14, 1956)
  - The Crystal Lake Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: August 15 and 16, 1956)
  - The Crystal Lake Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: August 17, 1956)
  - The Kranesburg Matter, Parts 1 and 1 A (Original Air Date: August 24 and 27, 1956)
  - The Kranesburg Matter, Parts Two and Three (Original Air Date: August 28 and 29, 1956)
  - The Kranesburg Matter, Parts Four and Five (original Air Date: August 30 and 31, 1956)
  - The Curse of Kamashek Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: September 3 and 4, 1956)
  - The Curse of Kamashek Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Date: September 5 and 6, 1956)
  - The Curse of Kamashek Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: September 7, 1956)
  - The Confidential Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: September 10 and 11, 1956)
  - The Confidential Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: September 12 and 13, 1956)
  - The Confidential Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: September 14, 1956)
  - The Imperfect Alibi Matter, Parts One and Three (Original Air Dates: September 17 and 19, 1956)
  - The Imperfect Alibi Matter, Parts Four and Five (Original Air Dates: September 20 and 21, 1956)
  - Meg’s Palace Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: September 24 and 25, 1956)
  - Meg’s Palace Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: September 26 and 27, 1956)
  - Meg’s Palace Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: September 28, 1956)
  - The Picture Postcard Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: October 1 and 2, 1956)
  - The Picture Postcard Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: October 3 and 4, 1956)
  - The Picture Postcard Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: October 5, 1956)
  - The Primrose Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: October 8 and 9, 1956)
  - The Primrose Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: October 10 and 11, 1956)
  - The Primrose Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: October 12, 1956)
  - The Phantom Chase Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: October 15 and 16, 1956)
  - The Phantom Chase Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: Octobers 17 and 18, 1956)
  - The Phantom Chase Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: October 19, 1956)
  - The Phantom Chase Matter, Parts Six and Seven (Original Air Dates: October 22 and 24, 1956)
  - The Phantom Chase Matter, Parts Eight and Nine (Original Air Dates: October 25 and 26, 1956)
  - The Silent Queen Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: October 29 and 30, 1956)
  - The Silent Queen Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: October 31 and November 1, 1956)
  - The Silent Queen Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: November 2, 1956)
  - The Big Scoop Matter (Original Air Date: November 11, 1956)
  - The Royal Street Matter (Original Air Date: November 25, 1956)
  - The Burning Carr Matter (Original Air Date: December 9, 1956)
  - The Rasmussen Matter (Original Air Date: December 16, 1956)
  - The Squared Circle Matter (Original Air Date: December 30, 1956)
  - The Ellen Dear Matter (Original Air Date: January 6, 1957)
  - The DeSalles Matter (Original Air Date: January 13, 1957)
  - The Blooming Blossom Matter (Original Air Date: January 20, 1957)
  - The Mad Hatter Matter (Original Air Date: January 27, 1957)
  - The Kirbey Will Matter (Original Air Date: February 3, 1957)
  - The Templeton Matter (Original Air Date: February 10, 1957)
  - The Meek Memorial Matter (Original Air Date: March 3, 1957)
  - The Suntan Oil Matter (Original Air Date: March 10, 1957)
  - The Clever Chemist Matter (Original Air Date: March 17, 1957)
  - The Ming Toy Murphy Matter (Original Air Date: April 14, 1957)
  - The Melancholy Memory Matter (Original Air Date: April 28, 1957)
  - The Peerless Fire Matter (Original Air Date: May 5, 1957)
  - The Michael Meany Mirage Matter (Original Air Date: May 19, 1957)
  - The Wayward Truck Matter (Original Air Date: May 26, 1957)
  - The Loss of Memory Matter (Original Air Date: June 2, 1957)
  - The Mason Dixon Mismatch Matter (Original Air Date: June 9, 1957)
  - The Dixon Murder Matter (Original Air Date: June 16, 1957)
  - Parley Baron Matter (Original Air Date: June 23, 1957)
  - The Funny Money Matter (Original Air Date: June 30, 1957)
  - The Felicity Feline Matter (Original Air Date: July 7, 1957)
  - The Heatherstone Players Matter (Original Air Date: July 14, 1957)
  - The Yours Truly Matter (Original Air Date: July 21, 1957)
  - The Confederate Coinage Matter (Original Air Date: July 28,1957)
  - The Wayward Widow Matter (Original Air Date: August 4, 1957)
  - The Killer’s Brand Matter (Original Air Date: August 11, 1957)
  - The Smokey Sleeper Matter (Original Air Date: August 25, 1957)
  - The Poor Little Rich Girl Matter (Original Air Date: September 1, 1957)
  - The Charmona Matter (Original Air Date: September 8, 1957)
  - The J.P.D. Matter (Original Air Date: September 15, 1957)
  - The Ideal Vacation Matter (Original Air Date: September 22, 1957)
  - The Doubtful Dairy Matter (Original Air Date: September 29, 1957)
  - The Bum Steer Matter (Original Air Date: October 6, 1957)
  - The Silver Belle Matter (Original Air Date: October 13, 1957)
  - The Mary Grace Matter (Original Air Date: October 20, 1957)
  - The Three Sisters Matter (Original Air Date: October 27, 1957)
  - The Model Picture Matter (Original Air Date: November 3, 1957)
  - The Alkali Mike Matter (Original Air Date: November 10, 1957)
  - The Shy Beneficiary Matter (Original Air Date: November 17, 1957)
  - The Hope to Die Matter (Original Air Date: November 24, 1957)
  - The Sunny Dream Matter (Original Air Date: December 1, 1957)
  - The Hapless Hunter Matter (Original Air Date: December 8, 1957)
  - The Happy Family Matter (Original Air Date: December 15, 1957)
  - The Latin Lovely Matter (Original Air Date: December 29, 1957)
  - The Ingenuous Jeweler Matter (Original Air Date: January 5, 1958)
  - The Boron 112 Matter (Original Air Date: January 12, 1958)
  - The Eleven O’Clock Matter (Original Air Date: January 19, 1958)
  - The Fire in Paradise Matter** (Original Air Date: January 26, 1958)
  - The Price of Fame Matter (Original Air Date: February 2, 1958)
  - The Sick Chick Matter (Original Air Date: February 9, 1958)
  - The Time and Tide Matter (Original Air Date: February 16, 1958)
  - The Durango Laramie Matter (Original Air Date: February 23, 1958)
  - The Diamond Dilemma Matter (Original Air Date: March 2, 1958)
  - The Wayward Moth Matter (Original Air Date: March 9, 1958)
  - The Salkoff Sequel Matter (Original Air Date: March 16, 1958)
  - Denver Disbursal Matter (Original Air Date: March 23, 1958)
  - The Killer’s List Matter (Original Air Date: March 30, 1958)
  - The Eastern Western Matter (Original Air Date: April 6, 1958)
  - The Wayward Money Matter (Original Air Date: April 13, 1958)
  - The Wayward Trout Matter (Original Air Date: April 20, 1958)
  - The Village of Virtue Matter (Original Air Date: April 27, 1958)
  - The Carson Arson Matter (Original Air Date: May 4, 1958)
  - The Rolling Stone Matter (Original Air Date: May 11, 1958)
  - The Ghost to Ghost Matter (Original Air Date: May 18, 1958)
  - The Midnite Sun Matter (Original Air Date: May 25, 1958)
  - The Froward Fisherman Matter**(Original Air Date: June 1, 1958)
  - The Wayward River Matter (Original Air Date: June 8, 1958)
  - The Delectable Damsel Matter (Original Air Date: June 15, 1958)
  - The Virtuous Mobster Matter (Original Air Date: June 22, 1958)
  - The Ugly Pattern Matter (Original Air Date: June 29, 1958)
  - The Blinker Matter (Original Air Date: July 6, 1958)
  - The Mojave Red Matter (Original Air Date: July 13, 1958)
  - The Mojave Red Sequel (Original Air Date: July 20, 1958)
  - The Wayward Killer Matter (Original Air Date: July 27, 1958)
  - The Lucky 4 Matter (Original Air Date: August 3, 1958)
  - The Two-Faced Matter (Original Air Date: August 10, 1958)
  - The Noxious Needle Matter (Original Air Date: August 24, 1958)
  - The Malibu Mystery Matter (Original Air Date: September 7, 1958)
  - The Wayward DIamonds Matter (Original Air Date: September 14, 1958)
  - The Johnson Payroll Matter (Original Air Date: September 21, 1958)
  - The Gruesome Spectacle Matter (Original Air Date: September 28, 1958)
  - The Double Trouble Matter (Original Air Date: November 17, 1958)
  - The Hair-Raising Matter (Original Air Date: November 30, 1958)
  - The Hollywood Mystery Matter (Original Air Date: January 4, 1959)
  - The Deadly Doubt Matter (Original Air Date: January 11, 1959)
  - The Doting Dowager Matter (Original Air Date: January 25, 1959)
  - The Date with Death Matter (Original Air Date: February 8, 1959)
  - The Shankar Diamond Matter (Original Air Date: February 15, 1959)
  - The Blue Madonna Matter (Original Air Date: February 22, 1959)
  - The Net of Circumstance Matter (Original Air Date: March 8, 1959)
  - The Baldero Matter (Original Air Date: March 15, 1959)
  - The Lake Mead Mystery Matter (Original Air Date: March 22, 1959)
  - The Jimmy Carter Matter (Original Air Date: March 29, 1959)
  - The Frisco Fire Matter (Original Air Date: April 5, 1959)
  - The Fairweather Friend Matter (Original Air Date: April 12, 1959)
  - The Cautious Celibate Matter (Original Air Date: April 19, 1959)
  - The Winsome Widow Matter (Original Air Date: April 26, 1959)
  - The Fatal Filet Matter (Original Air Date: May 10, 1959)
  - The Twin Trouble Matter (Original Air Date: May 17, 1959)
  - The Casque of Death Matter (Original Air Date: May 24, 1959)
  - The Big H Matter (Original Air Date: May 31, 1959)
  - The Wayward Heiress Matter (Original Air Date: June 7, 1959)
  - The Wayward Sculptor Matter (Original Air Date: June 14, 1959)
  - The Life at Stake Matter (Original Air Date: June 21, 1959)
  - The Mei Ling Buddha Matter (Original Air Date: June 28, 1959)
  - The Only One Butt Matter (Original Air Date: July 5, 1959)
  - The Frantic Fisherman Matter (Original Air Date: July 12, 1959)
  - The Will and the Way Matter (Original Air Date: July 19, 1959)
  - The Bolt out of the Blue Matter (Original Air Date: July 26, 1959)
  - The Deadly Chain Matter (Original Air Date: August 2, 1959)
  - The Lost by a Hair Matter (Original Air Date: August 9, 1959)
  - The Night in Paris Matter (Original Air Date: August 16, 1959)
  - The Embarcadero Matter (Original Air Date: August 23, 1959)
  - The Really Gone Matter (Original Air Date: August 30, 1959)
  - The Backfire that Backfired Matter (Original Air Date: September 6, 1959)
  - The Leumas Matter (Original Air Date: September 13, 1959)
  - The Little Man Who Was There (Original Air Date: September 20, 1959)
  - The Buffalo Matter (Original Air Date: October 4, 1959)
  - The Further in Buffalo Matter (Original Air Date: October 11, 1959)
  - The Double Identity Matter (Original Air Date: October 18, 1959)
  - The Missing Missile Matter (Original Air Date: October 25, 1959)
  - The Hand of Providential Matter (Original Air Date: November 1, 1959)
  - The Larson Arson Matter (Original Air Date: November 8, 1959)
  - The Bayou Body Matter (Original Air Date: November 15, 1959)
  - The Fancy Bridgework Matter (Original Air Date: November 22, 1959)
  - The Wrong Man Matter (Original Air Date: November 29, 1959)
  - The Hired Homicide Matter (Original Air Date: December 6, 1959)
  - The Sudden Wealth Matter (Original Air Date: December 13, 1959)
  - The Burning Desire Matter (Original Air Date: December 27, 1959)
  - The Haunted Ham Matter (Original Air Date: January 3, 1960)
  - The Unholy Two Matter (Original Air Date: January 10, 1960)
  - The Evaporated Clue Matter (Original Air Date: January 17, 1960)
  - The Nuclear Goof Matter (Original Air Date: January 24, 1960)
  - The Merry Go Round Matter (Original Air Date: January 31, 1960)
  - The Sidewinder Matter (Original Air Date: February 7, 1960)
  - The PO Matter (Original Air Date: February 14, 1960)
  - The Alvin’s Alfred Matter Original Air Date: February 21, 1960)
  - The Look Before You Leap Matter Original Air Date: February 28, 1960)
  - The Moonshine Murder Matter (Original Air Date: March 6, 1960)
  - The Deep Down Matter (Original Air Date: March 13, 1960)
  - Saturday Night Matter (Original Air Date: March 20, 1960)
  - The False Alarm Matter (Original Air Date: March 27, 1960
  - The Double Exposure Matter (Original Air Date: April 3, 1960)
  - The Deadly Swamp Matter (Original Air Date: April 17, 1960)
  - The Silver Queen Matter (Original Air Date: April 24, 1960)
  - The Fatal Switch Matter (Original Air Date: May 1, 1960)
  - The Phony Phone Matter (Original Air Date: May 8, 1960)
  - The Mystery Gal Matter (Original Air Date: May 15, 1960)
  - The Man Who Waits Matter (Original Air Date: May 22, 1960)
  - The Red Rock Matter (Original Air Date: May 29, 1960)
  - The Canned Canary Matter (Original Air Date: June 5, 1960)
  - The Harried Heiress Matter (Original Air Date: June 12,1960)
  - The Flask of Death Matter (Original Air Date: June 19, 1960)
  - The Wholly Unexpected Matter (Original Air Date: June 26, 1960)
  - The Collector’s Matter (Original Air Date: July 3, 1960)
  - The Back to Back Matter (Original Air Date: July 17, 1960)
  - The Rhymer Collection Matter (Original Air Date: July 31, 1960)
  - The Paradise Lost Matter (Original Air Date: August 14, 1960)
  - The Twisted Twin Matter (Original Air Date: August 21, 1960)
  - The Deadly Debt Matter (Original Air Date: August 28, 1960)
  - The Killer Kin Matter (Original Air Date: September 4, 1960)
  - The Too Much Money Matter (Original Air Date: September 11, 1960)
  - The Real Smokey Matter (Original Air Date: September 18, 1960)
  - The Five Down Matter (Original Air Date: September 25, 1960)
  - The Stope of Death Matter (Original Air Date: October 2, 1960)
  - The Recompense Matter (Original Air Date: October 9, 1960)
  - The Tahoe Twins Matter (Original Air Date: October 16, 1960)
  - The Unworthy Kin Matter (Original Air Date: October 23, 1960)
  - The What Goes Matter (Original Air Date: October 30, 1960)
  - The Super Salesman Matter (Original Air Date: November 6, 1960)
  - The Bad One Matter (Original Air Date: November 13, 1960)
  - The Double Deal Matter (Original Air Date: November 20, 1960)
  - The Empty Threat Matter (Original Air Date: November 27, 1960)

Bob Readick Episodes:

The Earned Income Matter (Original Air Date: December 4, 1960)
The Wayward Kilocycle Matter (Original Air Date: December 18, 1960
The Paperback Mystery Matter (Original Air Date: January 8, 1961)
The Very Fishy Matter (Original Air Date: January 15, 1961)
The Short Term Matter (Original Air Date: January 29, 1961)
The Who’s Who Matter (Original Air Date: February 5, 1961)
The Wayward Fireman Matter (Original Air Date: February 12, 1961)
The Touch-Up Matter (Original Air Date: February 26, 1961)
The Morning After Matter (Original Air Date: March 5, 1961)
The Ring of Fire Matter (Original Air Date: March, 12, 1961)
The Informer Matter (Original Air Date: March 19, 1961)
The Two’s a Crowd Matter (Original Air Date: March 26, 1961)
The Wrong Sign Matter (Original Air Date: April 2, 1961)
The Captain’s Table Matter (Original Air Date: April 9, 1961)
The Latrodectus Matter (Original Air Date: April 16, 1961)
The Rat Pack Matter (Original Air Date: April 23, 1961)
The Simple Simon Matter (Original Air Date: May 14, 1961)
The Lone Wolf Matter (Original Air Date: May 21, 1961)
The Yaak Mystery Matter (Original Air Date: May 28, 1961)
The Stock in Trade Matter (Original Air Date: June 4, 1961)
The Big Date Matter (Original Air Date: Sometime in 1961)

Mandel Kramer Episodes:

- The Stock in Trade Matter (Original Air Date: June 18, 1961)
- The Imperfect Crime Matter (Original Air Date: June 25, 1961)
- The Well of Trouble Matter (Original Air Date: July 2, 1961)
- The Fiddle Faddle Matter (Original Air Date: July 9, 1961)
- The Old Fashioned Murder Matter (Original Air Date: July 16, 1961)
- The Chuckanut Matter (Original Air Date: July 23, 1961)
- The Philadelphia Miss Matter (Original Air Date: July 30, 1961)
- The Perilous Padre Matter (Original Air Date: August 6, 1961)
- The Wrong Doctor Matter (Original Air Date: August 13, 1961)
- The Too Many Crooks Matter (Original Air Date: August 20, 1961)
- The Shifty Looker Matter (Original Air Date: August 27, 1961)
- The All Wet Matter (Original Air Date: September 3, 1961)
- The Buyer and Cellar Matter (Original Air Date: September 10, 1961)
- The Double Barrelled Matter (Original Air Date: September 24, 1961)
- The Medium Well Mattet (Original Air Date: October 8, 1961)
- The Three for One Matter (Original Air Date: October 22, 1961)
- The Bee or Not to be Matter (Original Air Date: October 29, 1961)
- The Monticello Mystery Matter (Original Air Date: November 5, 1961)
- The Wrong One Matter (Original Air Date: November 12, 1961)
- The Guide to Murder Matter (Original Air Date: November 19, 1961)
- The Mad Bomber Matter (Original Air Date: November 26, 1961)
- The Cinder Elmer Matter (Original Air Date: December 3, 1961)
- The One Too Many Matter (Original Air Date: December 31, 1961)
- The Hot Chocolate Matter (Original Air Date: January 7, 1962)
- The Terrible Torch Matter (Original Air Date: January 21, 1962)
- The Can’t Be So Matter (original Air Date: January 28, 1962)
- The Nugget of Truth Matter (Original Air Date: February 4, 1962)
- The Do It Yourself Matter (Original Air Date: February 11, 1962)
- The Takes a Crook Matter (Original Air Date: February 18, 1962)
- The Mixed Blessing Matter (Original Air Date: February 25, 1962)
- The Top Secret Matter (Original Air Date: March 4, 1962)
- The Golden Dream Matter (Original Air Date: March 11, 1962)
- The Ike and Mike Matter (Original Air Date: March 18, 1962)
- The Shadow of A Doubt Matter (Original Air Date: March 25, 1962)
- The Blue Rock Matter (Original Air Date: April 1, 1962)
- The Ivy Emerald Matter (Original Air Date: April 8, 1962)
- The Wrong Idea Matter (Original Air Date: April 15, 1962)
- The Skidmore Matter (Original Air Date: April 22, 1962
- The Grand Canyon Matter (Original Air Date: April 29, 1962)
- The Burma Red Matter (Original Air Date: May 6, 1962)
- The Lust for Gold Matter (Original Air Date: May 13, 1962)
- The Two Steps to Murder Matter (Original Air Date: May 20, 1962)
- The Zipp Matter (Original Air Date: May 27, 1962)
- The Wayward Gun Matter (Original Air Date: June 3, 1962)
- The All Too Easy Matter (Original Air Date: June 17, 1962)
- The Hood of Death Matter (Original Air Date: June 24, 1962)
- The Vociferous Dolphin Matter (Original Air Date: July 1, 1962)
- The Rilldoe Matter (Original Air Date: July 8, 1962)
- The Weather or Not Matter (Original Air Date: July 15, 1962)
- The Skimpy Matter (Original Air Date: July 22, 1962)
- The Four is a Crowd Matter (Original Air Date: July 29, 1962)
- The Case of Trouble Matter (Original Air Date: August 5, 1962)
- The Oldest Gag Matter (Original Air Date: August 12, 1962)
- The Lorelai Matter (Original Air Date: August 19, 1962)
- The Gold Rush Matter (Original Air Date: August 26, 1962)
- The Donniger Donniger Matter (Original Air Date: September 2, 1962)
- The Four C’s Matter (Original Air Date: September 9, 1962)
- The No Matter Matter (Original Air Date: September 16, 1962)
- The Deadly Crystal Matter (Original Air Date: September 23, 1962)
- The Tip-Off Matter (Original Air Date: September 30, 1962)
- The Clever Chemist Matter (Re-creation Date: October 1979)
- - - - The Markham Matter (Original Air Date: November 18, 1956)
Christmas Episodes (Played Out of Order):
- - - - How I Played Santa Claus and Almost Got Left Holding the Bag (Original Air Date: December 24, 1949) (Russell)
        
        The Nick Shurn Matter, Parts One and Two (Original Air Dates: December 19 and 20, 1955) (Bailey)
        
        The Nick Shurn Matter, Parts Three and Four (Original Air Dates: December 21 and 22, 1955) (Bailey)
        
        The Nick Shurn Matter, Part Five (Original Air Date: December 23, 1955) (Bailey)
        
        The Missing Mouse Matter (Original Air Date: December 23, 1956) (Bailey)
        
        The Carmen Kringle Matter (Original Air Date: December 22, 1957) (Bailey)
        
        The Red Mystery Matter (Original Air Date: December 22, 1959) (Bailey)
        
        The Phony Phone Matter (Original Air Date: December 17, 1961) (Kramer)
Episodes posted every Tuesday and Friday

Episode Log source: Otrsite and Old Time Radio Researchers.

*Episodes played out of order in honor of the passing of Shirley Mitchell.

**Played out of order as the episode was missing at the time it would have originally been presented.

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