Tag: Audio Drama Podcast

Dragnet: The Big Chance (EP4520)

Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero join an inter-agency search for a missing Highway Patrol Officer.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 24, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Raymond Burr; Herb Butterfield; Stacy Harris

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Yours Truly Matter (EP4519)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery: Johnny and Buster Favor are carjacked on a desert road on a hot night.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 21, 1957

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar. Virginia Gregg, Lawrence Dobkin, Barney Phillips, Chester Stratton, Junius Matthews

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Mr. and Mrs. North: The Norths Buy a Letter (EP4518)

Joseph Curtain and Alice Frost

Today’s Mystery: A perjurer whose testimony got a friend of the Norths’ convicted of murder is offering them a chance to buy a letter that clears their friend’s name.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 6, 1943

Originated from New York City

Starred: Joseph Curtain as Jerry North, Alice Frost as Pamela North

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Mary Gilbert Murder Case (EP4517)

Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery: At the request of the mother of a condemned man, Danny re-investigates the murder of a jeweler’s daughter.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 26, 1945

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Cloverk, Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia, Lillian Buyeff, Parley Baer, Tony Barrett, David Ellis, Vivian Baylor

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Bulldog Drummond: The Island of Death (EP4516)


Today’s Mystery:

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

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 12, 1948

Originating in New York

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

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The Falcon: The Case of the Broken Fingerprint (EP4515)

Les Damon

Today’s Mystery:

A man who is having an affair is murdered.

Original Radio Broadcast Date:June 20, 1951

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Chuck Webster as Sergeant Corbett

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Dragnet: The Big Youngster (EP4514)

Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate when a young lawyer’s office is vandalized.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 17, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Mr. and Mrs. North: The Contagious Confession (EP4512)

Joseph Curtain and Alice Frost

Today’s Mystery:

Lieutenant Weigand calls the Norths in on the case of the murder of a wealthy man where multiple conflicting confessions have gone him baffled.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 22, 1943

Originating from New York City

Starring: Joseph Curtain as Jerry North; Alice Frost as Pamela North; Frank Lovejoy as Bill Weigand

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Bulldog Drummond: Murder Has an Open Mind (EP4510)


Today’s Mystery:

A woman feigns a horseriding accident to get Bulldog Drummond’s help and tells him to go to a Penny Arcade and speak to a mentalist.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 28, 1948

Originating in New York

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

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The Falcon: The Case of the Sweet Swindle (EP4509)

Les Damon

Today’s Mystery:

An unethical competing detective tries to pass off a young woman as the long-lost daughter of a friend of The Falcon.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 13, 1951

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Florence Halop; Jackson Beck; Ralph Bell

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Campbell’s Playhouse: The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Encore) (EP4508e)

Orson Welles

While trying to retire, Poirot investigates the murder of a rich man in the country.

Original Air Date: November 12, 1939

Originating in New York

Starring: Orson Welles as Hercules Poirot and Dr. Sheppard; Edna May Oliver as Caroline Shepherd; Alan Napier; Brenda Forbes; Mary Taylor; George Colouris; Ray Collins; Everett Sloane

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Dragnet: The Big Actor (EP4508)

Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate the theft of narcotics from a Catholic hospital pharmacy.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 10, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Felicity Feline Matter (EP4507)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes to Reno to find out who is trying to kill a cat whose owner left him $60,000.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 7, 1957

Originated from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Jack Edwards; Howard McNear; Edgar Barrier; Chester Stratton; Virginia Gregg; Will Wright; Joan Banks; Bill James

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Mr. and Mrs. North: Murder by the Book (EP4506)

Joseph Curtain and Alice Frost

Today’s Mystery:

The uncle of an aspiring author pulls a gun on Jerry and is shot in the scuffle. He’s found dead from a knife wound.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 2, 1943

Originating from New York City

Starring: Joseph Curtin as Jerry North; Alice Frost as Pamela North; Maurice Tarplin as Lieutenant Bill Weigand

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Sgt. Gordon Ellis Murder Case (EP4505)

Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

An upstate police officer is murdered while transporting a prisoner who had been about to turn state’s evidence. The prisoner then escapes.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 12, 1949

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jane Morgan; Peggy Webber; Doris Singleton; Joseph Kearns; Herb Butterfield; Sidney Miller

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