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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Sam Spade

Sam Spade: The Crab Louie Caper (EP4179)

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Steve Dunne

Today’s Mystery:

Sam is hired to look into the disappearance and likely death of a crab fisherman.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 2, 1951

Originated from Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie

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Mystery Special, OTR Detective, Podcast

Twice Told Tale – Man Called X: Murder, Music, and a Blonde Madonna; Christopher London: Pattern for Murder (EP4178s)

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Today’s First Episode:

Ken travels to Italy to follow a composer, to find why that composer’s friend was murdered in New York City.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 10, 1944

Today’s Second Episode:

Christopher London travels to Monaco, to find out why a composer’s friend was murdered in New York City.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 29, 1950

Both Originated from Hollywood.

The Man Called X starred Herbert Marshall as Ken Thurston and Hans Conreid as Egon Zellschmidt

Christopher London starred Glenn Ford as Christopher London, Ben Wright, Eleanor Audley, Ramsey Hill, Jeanette Nolan, Ted de Corsia, Georgia Ellis, Rick Vallin

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: Production 4 (aka: The Quick Trigger Men) (EP4178)

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Todays Mystery:

A police officer is shot and killed in a bar robbery gone wrong.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 24, 1949

Originated from Hollywood

Starred: 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 Lonely Hearts Matter, Episodes Three and Five (EP4177)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

he autopsy indicates a deceased insured man was murdered and the evidence points to his widow.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: April 25 and 27, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Lucille Meredith, Mary Jane Croft, Virginia Gregg, Herb Ellis, Howard McNear, Stacy Harris

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Dangerous Assignment, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Dangerous Assignment: A Country’s Democracy Threatened (EP4175)

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Today’s Mystery:

Steve goes to a South American country where an American is wanted for killing the leader of the Fascist Party in order to prevent the election of an anti-US Government.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 3, 1951

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, William Conrad, Betty Lou Gerson, Tony Barrett, Paul Frees, William Johnstone.

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Lonely Hearts Matter, Episodes One and Two (EP4174)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

A young woman claims that her insured father was murdered by a woman he met and married through a lonely hearts club.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: April 23 and 24, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Lucille Meredith, Mary Jane Croft, Virginia Gregg, Herb Ellis, Howard McNear, Stacy Harris

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Sam Spade

Sam Spade: The Shot in the Dark Caper (EP4173)

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Steve Dunne

Today’s Mystery:

A newspaper editor hires Spade to go undercover as a tenant at an apartment building where someone appears to have captured a shooting on their camera.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 23, 1951

Originated from Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie

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CBS, Mystery Special, OTR Detective, Podcast, Suspense

Suspense: The High Wall (EP4172s)

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Robert Young
Today’s Mystery:

A man wakes up in an insane asylum with no idea how he got there.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 6, 1946

Originated from Hollywood

Starred: Robbert Young, George Zucco, Cathy Lewis, Wally Maher

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: Production 3 (aka: The Werewolf) (EP4172)

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Todays Mystery:

A man described as having a face like a werewolf is robbing and mutilating women in the wee hours on the streets of Los Angeles.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 17, 1949

Originated from Hollywood

Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, Charlie McGraw as Captain Ed Backstrand

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Shepherd Matter, Episodes Three, Four, and Five (EP4171)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is still doubting a doctor’s story even after being pistol-whipped by the man the doctor alleged threatened to kill him.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: April 18, 19, and 20, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Jeanne Bates, Virginia Gregg, Russell Thorson, Parley Baer, Herb Ellis, Barney Phillips, Lawrence Dobkin

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

Mr. Chameleon: The Case of Murder and the House of Whispers (EP4170)

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Karl Swenson

Today’s Mystery:

A blind derelict is found murdered near a strange house that feeds the homeless. Mr. Chameleon finds that he was neither blind nor a derelict, and that’s just the start of the mystery.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 13, 1948

Originated in: New York City

Starred: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon

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Dangerous Assignment, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Dangerous Assignment: The Suspect Cylinder (EP4169)

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Today’s Mystery:

Steve goes to Rome to find out why someone tried to bribe a student into smuggling a recording cylinder to Europe that contained a routine report on the prevalence of the common cold.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 26, 1951

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, Raymond Burr, Tony Barrett, Lou Krugman, Betty Lou Gerson, Don Diamond, Stacy Keach

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Shepherd Matter, Episodes One and Two (EP4168)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called to Providence to investigate when a local insurance agent reports a suspicious application. A doctor with few responsibilities has applied for $80,000 in additional life insurance, and if he’s telling the truth, he has a good reason.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: April 16 and 17, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Jeanne Bates, Virginia Gregg, Russell Thorson, Parley Baer, Herb Ellis, Barney Phillips, Lawrence Dobkin

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Sam Spade

Sam Spade: The Soap Opera Caper (EP4167)

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Steve Dunne

Today’s Mystery:

Sam is hired by a soap opera queen to find her husband, and discover why he’s so distraught over a telegram from Mexico City.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 16, 1951

Originated from Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie

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Mystery Special, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

Guest Star Detective Double Feature (EP4166s)

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Today’s First Story: Basil Rathbone sets up an office as a radio detective, with Kenny Delmar as his bumbling sidekick.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 24, 1947

Today’s Second Story: A key witness in a Distict Attorney’s (Robert Preston) racketeering case is murdered on his doorstep while leaving an important clue behind.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 18, 1951

Programs Originated from New York and Hollywood

Starred: Basil Rathbone, Kenny Delmar, Robert Preston, Barbara Fuller, Peter Leeds

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