Tag: audio drama

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Shady Lane Matter, Episodes One and Two (EP4240)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes to a small Vermont town where an anonymously written note implicates a husband in the murder of his disabled, and insured, wife.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: July 9 and 10, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Jeanette Nolan; Forrest Lewis; Shirley Mitchell; Will Wright; Bert Holland; John Dehner

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Academy Award Theatre: The Maltese Falcon (EP4239)

Bogie Holding the Maltese Falcon
Today’s Mystery:

Sam Spade’s search for the murderer in his partner puts him in the midst of intrigue among four dangerous characters, all trying to gain possession of an enameled jeweled falcon.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 3, 1946

Originated from Hollywood

Starring: Humphrey Bogart as Sam Spade; Mary Astor as Brigid O’Shaughnessy; Sidney Greenstreet as Kasper Gutman; Gerald Mohr

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Let George Do It: Cause for Thanksgiving (EP4238s)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Riley calls George in to help out a speechless boy who may have witnessed a murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 20, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as George Valentine; Virginia Gregg as Brooksie; Wally Maher as Lieutenant Riley; Alan Reed; Dick Ryan; Tony Barrett; Jeffrey Silver; Steven Chase

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Dragnet: Eric Kelby (EP4238)

Todays Mystery:

A man reports his wife missing, but investigators suspect murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 3, 1949

Originated from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Harry Morgan as Captain Kearney; Herb Butterfield

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Midas Touch Matter, Episodes Three, Four, and Five (EP4237)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny continues his investigation into the deahh of three men insured for up to a million dollars each.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: July 4, 5, and 6, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Johnny Jacobs; Herb Butterfield; Parley Baer; Barney Phillips; Shepard Menken; Roland Winters

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Mr. Chameleon: The Orphanage Murder Case (EP4236)

Karl Swenson

Today’s Mystery:

The matron of an orphanage was murdered after writing a letter indicating that someone looked like one of the orphans.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 26, 1949

Originated in: New York City

Starring: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon

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Dangerous Assignment: The Private Sanitorium (EP4235)


Today’s Mystery:

Steve is sent to Bavaria to infiltrate a sanitorium, where an American journalist who is wanted for trumped-up charges behind the Iron Curtain is being held incommunicado.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 19, 1952

Originated in Hollywood

Starring: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell; Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner; Byron Kane; Paul Frees; Tony Barrett; Jack Kruschen; Jeanne Tatum

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Midas Touch Matter, Episodes One and Two (EP4234)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is sent to Nevada, where three retired investment bankers were killed at a cave-in in a mine in which they’d invested. A local insurance agent suspects murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: July 2 and 3, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Johnny Jacobs; Herb Butterfield; Parley Baer; Barney Phillips, Shepard Menken; Roland Winters

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Sam Spade: The Prisoner of Zenda Caper (EP4233)

Today’s Mystery:

Sam receives a summons and a $100 retainer from a reclusive silent film star.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 30, 1948

Originated from Hollywood

Starring: Howard Duff as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, Wally Maher

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Richard Diamond: Timothy the Seal (Encore) (EP4232s)

Dick Powell

Today’s Mystery:

Richard Diamond is hired to play bodyguard to a seal.

Original Air Date: February 5, 1950

Originated from Hollywood

Starring Dick Powell as Richard Diamond

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Dragnet: Myra the Redhead (EP4232)

Todays Mystery:

Friday and Romero have caught two teenagers breaking into their car. Can they use them to find the mastermind behind hundreds of car burglaries?

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 1, 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; Herb Butterfield

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar:The Long Shot Murder, Episodes Three, Four, and Five (EP4231)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery: Johnny continues to investigate the case of a doctor and his wife whom the insurance company fears might need a payout soon.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: June 27, 28, and 29, 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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Mr. Chameleon: The Curious Murder of Clubfoot Louie (EP4230)

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: Mr. Alexander’s File (EP4229)


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

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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