Today’s Mystery:

An intoxicated man reports that his wife was murdered.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 5, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Diamond Dilemma Matter (EP4729)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called in to investigate when a millionaire wants to collect on a claim that his diamonds were stolen by beings not of this Earth.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 2, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Edwin Jerome; Paul Dubov; Frank Gerstle; Junius Matthews; Marvin Miller

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Mystery Special, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

World’s Great Novels: The Moonstone, Part Two (EP4728)

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Today’s Mystery:

England’s greatest detective is called in to recover the Moonstone.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 9, 1948

Originating from Chicago

Starring: Sherman Marks as Gabriel Betterridge; Arthur Sedgewick as Sergeant Cuff; Charles Mountain as Franklin Blake; Geraldine Kaye as Rachel Verinder; Alma Fox; Jane Elliot; Ruth Shane; Minion Shriver; Sidney Breese; Les Spears

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Broadway's My Beat, CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast

Broadway’s My Beat: The Frank Briscoe Murder Case (EP4727)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A man is found murdered in a rooming house.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 10, 1950

Originated from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen; Lou Merrill; Tony Barrett; Herb Butterfield; Jay Novello

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Amazing World of Radio, Podcast

Molle Mystery Theatre: The Bottle Imp (AWR0275)

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Amazing World of Radio

Today’s story:

A man buys a lamp that grants his every wish for three cents … but with a catch.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 12, 1944

Originating in New York

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Charlie Chan, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

Charlie Chan: Chan Gets Tough/The Telegram (EP4726)

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Walter Connolly
Today’s Mystery:

Inspector Chan suspects that both John Ryder and Luis Romano have key information, but neither are willing to talk.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1935 or 1936

Originating from Los Angeles

Starring: Walter Connolly as Inspector Charlie Chan

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Falcon

The Falcon: The Case of the Lonely Hunter (EP4725)

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Les Damon

Today’s Mystery:

The Falcon goes to Egypt to investigate a deported expatriate who may be tied into the narcotics trade.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 31, 1952

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Ralph Bell; Elspeth Eric

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Dragnet, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Trunk (TV Soundtrack) (EP4724)

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Today’s Mystery:

A former vaudeville performer is murdered over worthless possessions in an old trunk.

TV Soundtrack from a TV Episode that AIred January 4, 1954 based on a radio script from March 22, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Ben Alexander as Officer Frank Smith; Dayton Lummis; Richard Garland; James Anderson; Lillian Powell; Emlen Davies

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Durango Laramie Matter (EP4723)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called in because Durango Laramie Dalhart has disappeared with $50,000 in cash.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 23, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; G. Stanley Jones; Junius Matthews; Alan Reed; Frank Nelson; John McIntire; Bill Verdier; Tom Hanley

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Mystery Special, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

The World’s Great Novels: The Moonstone, Part One (EP4722)

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Today’s Mystery:

In the mid-19th Century, a young English woman has inherited a large Indian diamond from her evil uncle. She decides to wear it as a brooch on her eighteenth birthday. What could go wrong?

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 2, 1948

Originating from Chicago

Starring: Sherman Marks as Gabriel Betterridge; Charles Mountain as Franklin Blake; Geraldine Kaye as Rachel Verinder; Alma Fox; Jane Elliot; Ruth Shane; Sidney Breese; Arthur Peterson; Boris Aplon; Margaret Brayton

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Amazing World of Radio, Podcast

NBC University Theater: The Treasure of Franchard (AWR0274)

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Amazing World of Radio

A rural doctor adopts the serious-minded young servant of a deceased clown and then stumbles on a fabulous treasure.

Original Air Date: July 16, 1950

Starring: Paul Frees as Doc; Charles Seal; Florence Ravenal; Lynn Whitney; Michael Chapin; Parley Baer

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Broadway's My Beat, CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast

Broadway’s My Beat: The Frank Conway Murder Case (EP4721)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

Danny investigates the murder of a Texan in a borrowed hotel room.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 3, 1950

Originated from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Tony Quillan; Frances Robinson; Peggy Webber; Jay Novello; Tony Barrett; Herb Butterfield

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