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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Tears of Night Matter, Episodes Three, Four, and Five (EP4201)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

A case of mistaken identity leads Johnny to deliver a necklace from a racketeer to an insurance beneficiary.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: May 23, 24, and 25, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Virginia Gregg, Vic Perrin, Jack Kruschen, Jay Novello, William Conrad, Frank Gerstle, Marvin Miller, Will Wright

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

Mr. Chameleon: The Case of Death and the Blue Peacock (EP4200)

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Karl Swenson

Today’s Mystery:

A man is killed after falling from the window of a swanky night club, and Mr. Chameleon suspects murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 17, 1948

Originated in: New York City

Starred: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon

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Dangerous Assignment, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Dangerous Assignment: A Stolen Treaty (EP4199)

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Today’s Mystery:

Steve goes to Port Said in Egypt to retrieve a stolen signed treaty that was taken from a courier who was beaten and left for dead.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 25 1952

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, Raymond Burr, Jack Moyles

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Tears of Night Matter, Episodes One and Two (EP4198)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny travels to Miami to find out why a widow waited two years to file a claim on her late husband’s life insurance.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: May 21 and 22, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Virginia Gregg, Vic Perrin, Jack Kruschen, Jay Novello, William Conrad, Frank Gerstle, Marvin Miller, Will Wright

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Sam Spade

Sam Spade: The Kimberly Cross Caper (EP4197)

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Steve Dunne

Today’s Mystery:

Sam is hired to protect a valuable necklace.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 23, 1951

Originated from Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, Wally Maher, Fritz Feld, Georgia Ellis, Sidney Miller, Olan Soule, Alice Wellman

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: Production 7 (aka: City Hall Bomb) (EP4196)

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Todays Mystery: Friday and Romero have less than half an hour to stop a man who’s thratening to blow up City Hall unless the police release his brother.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 21, 1948

Originated from Hollywood

Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, Raymond Burr as Ed Backstrand, Chief of Detectives, Herb Butterfield as Lieutenant Lee Jones

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Matter of the Medium Well Done, Episodes Three, Four, and Five (EP4195)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is dealing with death threats as well as a medium who convinced an heiress client to change her insurance beneficiary.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: May 16, 17, and 18, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar. Virginia Gregg, Lawrence Dobkin, Lurene Tuttle, HarrynBartell, Eleanor Audley, Joseph Kearns, Herb Vigran, Junius Matthews, Tony Barrett, Sam Edwards

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CBS, Mr. Chameleon, OTR Detective, Podcast

Mr. Chameleon: The Case of Murder and the Sleeping Men (EP4194)

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Karl Swenson

Today’s Mystery:

A ruthless businessman is poisoned, and his two associates, who were at the same table, were knocked out.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 10, 1948

Originated in: New York City

Starred: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon

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Dangerous Assignment, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Dangerous Assignment: Ghost Hunters (EP4193)

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Today’s Mystery:

Steve goes to Darwin, Australia, because a man who offered the U.S. information on the location of a World War II traitor has been murdered.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 10, 1952

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, Kay Stewart, Dan O’Herliy, Don Morrisson, Ben Wright

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Matter of the Medium Well Done, Episodes One and Two (EP4192)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is sent to New York to investigate when an insured heiress wants to change her beneficiary to a shady medium.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: May 14 and 15, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar. Virginia Gregg, Lawrence Dobkin, Lurene Tuttle, HarrynBartell, Eleanor Audley, Joseph Kearns, Herb Vigran, Junius Matthews, Tony Barrett, Sam Edwards

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Sam Spade

Sam Spade: The Sinister Siren Caper (EP4191)

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Steve Dunne

Today’s Mystery:

A man hires Spade after receiving an ominous warning that his life is in peril from a dangerous red-headed woman.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 16, 1951

Originated from Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: Production 6 (aka: The Red Light Bandit) (EP4190)

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Todays Mystery:

Friday and Romero search for a man who robs and beats up innocent citizens while impersonating a police officer.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 14, 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, Barney Phillips

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Silver Blue Matter, Episodes Three, Four, and Five (EP4189)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

The murder of a lunchroom owner has raised the stakes in Johnny’s investigation

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: May 9, 10, and 11, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar. Virginia Gregg, Harry Bartell, Lillian Buyeff, Will Wright, Jeanne Bates, Carleton Young, Lawrence Dobkin, Bert Holland, Marvin Miller, Herb Vigran

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

Mr. Chameleon: The Case of the Fatal Impersonation (EP4188)

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Karl Swenson

Today’s Mystery:

A friend of Mr. Chameleon’s is murdered while dressed in costume as him.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 3, 1948

Originated in: New York City

Starred: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon

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Dangerous Assignment, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Dangerous Assignment: Nazi Fugitive-Captain Shiller (EP4187)

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Today’s Mystery:

Steve goes to Dakar in West Africa in search of a supposedly dead Nazi sea captain who was a key part of the Fuhrer’s escape plan.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 3, 1951

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner

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