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CBS, Keen and Company, Mr. Chameleon, OTR Detective, Podcast

Mr. Chameleon: The Curious Murder of Clubfoot Louie (EP4230)

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Karl Swenson

Today’s Mystery:

A mob boss’s henchman is murdered and the body spirited away before the police can examine it.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 19, 1949

Originated in: New York City

Starring: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon

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Dangerous Assignment, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Dangerous Assignment: Mr. Alexander’s File (EP4229)

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Today’s Mystery:

Steve goes to Turkey to intercept a thief before he sells a sensitive the file to the highest bidder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 12, 1952

Originated in Hollywood

Starring: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell; Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner; Harry Bartel

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Long Shot Matter, Episodes One and Two (EP4228)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes to California to investigate when an insurance agent receives a note indicating that they’d have to pay off on a policy insuring a wealthy doctor and his wife.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: June 25 and 26, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Vic Perrin, Lillian Buyeff; Russell Thorson; James McCallion; Edgar Barrier; Don Diamond; Herb Butterfield

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Sam Spade

Sam Spade: The Hail and Farewell Caper (EP4227)

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Steve Dunne

Today’s Mystery:

A nervous man sets Spade on the case of a man who is about to be executed at San Quentin.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 27, 1951

Originated from Hollywood

Starring: Steven Dunne as Sam Spade; Lurene Tuttle as Effie; Paul Frees; Olan Soule; Junius Matthews; Wally Maher; Sidney Miller; Cathy Lewis; Lou Merrill; Edwin Max

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Mutual, Mystery Special, OTR Detective, Podcast, Sherlock Holmes

Sherlock Holmes Guy Fawkes Day Special (EP4226)

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Today is Guy Fawkes Day and we celebrate with two different Guy-Fawkes-related Sherlock Holmes adventures.

First, in The Fifth of November, a man named James Stuart comes to Baker Street pleading for Holmes’ help, as he fears his cousin, Guy Falkenberry, is going to blow him up.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 5, 1945

Originated from Hollywood

Starring: Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes; Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson.

Second, in The Guy Fawkes Society, Holmes and Watson find a man with his throat slit from ear to ear and it sets Holmes on the trail of a sinister conspiracy.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 10, 1948

Starring: John Stanley as Sherlock Holmes; George Spelvin as Watson

Guest introduction by Donna Fletcher Crow. You can purchase her book, Where Love Restores, on Amazon. (affiliate link)

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: Police Academy (EP4226)

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Today’s Mystery:

Friday and Romero hunt for a gang of blitz robbers, while an army buddy of Friday’s enters the police academy.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 25, 1949

Originated from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Raymond Burr as Ed Backstrand, Chief of Detectives; Jeff Chandler; Herb Vigran

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Pearling Matter, Episodes Three, Four, and Five (EP4225)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Did a wealthy businessman fake his death to gain the attention of a missing daughter? Johnny doesn’t believe it.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: June 20, 21, and 22, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Mary Jane Croft; Forrest Lewis; Jeanette Nolan; Russell Thorson; Michael Ann Barrett; Jack Petruzzi; Barbara Fuller; Herb Ellis; Marvin Miller

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CBS, Keen and Company, Mr. Chameleon, OTR Detective, Podcast

Mr. Chameleon: The Rich Uncle Murder Case (EP4224)

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Karl Swenson

Today’s Mystery:

A retired sea captain is murdered right after giving his niece a copy of a will leaving her everything he owns.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 5, 1949

Originated in: New York City

Starring: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon

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Dangerous Assignment, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Dangerous Assignment: The Smuggling Racket (EP4223)

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Today’s Mystery:

Steve Mitchell is sent to Havanna to meet an informant and break up a smuggling racket. He soon finds himself investigating the murder of the informant.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 5, 1952

Originated in Hollywood

Starring: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell; Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner; Harry Bartell; Herb Ellis; Kay Stewart; Tony Barrett; Nestor Paiva

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Pearling Matter, Episodes One and Two (EP4222)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

A news report states that a wealthy businessman is dead, but the report is erroneous. An insurance company suspects an attempt to manipulate the stock market.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: June 18 and 19, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Mary Jane Croft; Forrest Lewis; Jeanette Nolan; Russell Thorson; Michael Ann Barrett; Jack Petruzzi; Barbara Fuller; Herb Ellis; Marvin Miller

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Sam Spade

Sam Spade: The Rowdy Dowser Caper (EP4221)

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Steve Dunne

Today’s Mystery:

Sam goes to a rural county to investigate the theft of $53,000 from a bank where an ex-client works.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 20, 1951

Originated from Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, Peggy Webber, Verna Felton, Sidney Miller, Alice Wellman, Charles Smith, Nestor Paiva,

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OTR Detective, Podcast

The Weird Circle: Murders in the Rue Morgue (Encore) (EP4220e)

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The episode begins with a look at a story of the Prophet Daniel that many think is the first detective story. From “Can You Imagine That?”

Original Radio Braodcast Date: 1940

A woman and her daughter are brutally killed after withdrawing 50,000 francs from the bank, and Dupin is on the case in Edgar Allan Poe’s first detective story.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 2, 1944

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: Production 11 (aka: Sixteen Jewel Thefts) (EP4220)

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Todays Mystery:

Friday and Romero investigate a series of nightly jewelry thefts.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 18, 1949

Originated from Hollywood

Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, Raymond Burr as Ed Backstrand, Chief of Detectives, Harry Morgan, Jack Kruschen, Herb Butterfield

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Laughing Matter, Episodes Three, Four, and Five (EP4219)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

A comedian is taking threats on his life more seriously after there was an attempt on his life.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: June 13, 14, 15, and 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Virginia Gregg, John Dehner, Lucille Meredith, Lawrence Dobkin, Gil Stratton, Harry Bartell, Don Diamond

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CBS, Keen and Company, Mr. Chameleon, OTR Detective, Podcast

Mr. Chameleon: The Case of Death and the Talking Parrot (EP4218)

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Karl Swenson

Today’s Mystery:

A fashion model is murdered in her apartment. The only witness? Her pet parrot.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 29, 1948

Originated in: New York City

Starred: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon

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