Tag: Blackmail

EP2979: Box 13: Blackmail is Murder

An older single woman from Indiana sends a letter to Box 13 because she found a dead man in her room.

Original AIr Date: October 31, 1947

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EP2967: Box 13: The First Letter

Dan Holiday tries to jumpstart his writing career through an ad in a newspaper. His first letter is from a woman who tells Dan she’s being blackmailed.

Original Air Date: October 17, 1947

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EP2957: Rocky Jordan: Shakedown

Jack Moyles

Jordan’s awakened in the night by a man who says he was hired to kill Jordan but will break the contract for twice the money.

Original Air Date: June 18, 1950

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EP2918s: A Life in Your Hands: The Rooming House Murder

A blackmailing boarder is murdered at Mrs. O’Malley’s boarding house.

Original Air Date: September 13, 1949
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EP2852s: Twelve Players: The Lady and the Letters

Jack Moyles

A private eye is hired by the wife of a racketeer to recover some letter she’s being blackmailed with.

Original Air Date: August 18, 1945

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EP2489: Richard Diamond: The Hollywood Story

Dick Powell

Diamond is called to Hollywood to help a producer who’s being blackmailed.

Rebroadcast Date: August 23, 1953

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EP2471: Richard Diamond: The Kidnapped Policeman

Dick Powell

Lieutenant Levinson is kidnapped. A warning is given that if a man Levinson sent to death row dies…Levinson dies.

Rebroadcast Date: August 2, 1950

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EP2437: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Lone Wolf Matter

Bob Bailey

Johnny is called in to help a respected businessman being blackmailed by his ex-partner.

Original Air Date: May 21, 1961
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EP2303: Richard Diamond: Man With a Scar

Dick Powell

A member of the parole board is being blackmailed by friends of a criminal who have accused his son of murder. He wants Diamond to prove his son innocent.

Original Air Date: January 19, 1951

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EP2298: Boston Blackie: The Abbott Painting Frame

Richard Kollmar

To stop a blackmailer from framing his friend Shorty for murder, Blackie agrees to steal a painting no one believes can be stolen.

Original Air Date: September 24, 1946

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EP2267: Richard Diamond: The Homing Pigeon Case

Dick Powell

A client hires Diamond to help him foil a blackmailer. Diamond has a plan for what he’ll do when the blackmailer sends Andrew to pick up the money. However, Diamond’s plan is foiled when Andrew turns out to be a homing pigeon.

Original Air Date: October 11, 1950

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EP2172: Boston Blackie: The Frances Fielding Murder

Richard Kollmar

A psychiatrist friend of Blackie’s finds himself the prime suspect in the murder of a young woman and a target for blackmail.

Original Air Date: April 30, 1946
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EP2087: Richard Diamond: The Cathy Victor Case

Dick Powell

A newspaper publisher hires Diamond to protect his daughter from a racketeer who is setting her up for blackmail.

Original Air Date: January 15, 1950

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EP1974: Boston Blackie: The Evelyn Jones Murder

Richard Kollmar
Boston Blackie helps a woman deal with a troublesome blackmailer, murder results, but when Blackie brings the police back to the scene of the crime, there’s no sign of the crime.

Original Air Date: August 13, 1945

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EP1918: The Avenger: A Shot in the Dark

A wealthy man is blackmailed and then is suddenly murdered.

Original Air Date: April 5, 1946

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