Tag: con artist

CBS, Jeff Regan, OTR Detective, Podcast

EP3616: Jeff Regan: Lo the Gentle Earth Worm

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Regan is hired by the wife of a worm farmer who claims her husband was cheated by someone who sold him 500,000 worms.

Original Air Date: March 15, 1950

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Casey Crime Photographer, CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast

EP3435: Casey, Crime Photographer: Photo of the Dead

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Stats Cotsworth

Casey is determined to bring a phony spiritualist to justice who swindled an old friend out of his life savings and drove him to his death.

Original Air Date: July 24, 1947

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Boston Blackie, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

EP2916: Boston Blackie: Charlie Kingston and The Vanishing 4th Floor

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Richard Kollmar

Charlie Kingston is taken for $20,000 at a crooked gambling den. When Blackie comes to get Charlie’s money they find the gambling den has vanished.

Original Air Date: January 5, 1949

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Video Theater

Video Theater 151: Climax!: An Error in Chemistry

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A carnival huckster (Edmond O’Brien) settles in a Mississippi town and marries the daughter of a wealthy recluse. Based on a story by William Faulkner.

Season 1, Episode 7

Original Air Date: December 2, 1954

Racket Squad, Video Theater

Video Theater 0145: Racket Squad: The Christmas Caper

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A lovable old man is roped into working for a fraudulent charity Santa ring.

Original Air Date: December 25, 1952

Season 3, Episode 15

Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

EP2444: Dragnet: The Big Laugh

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Jack Webb

Friday and Smith investigate a man who is taking advantage of lonely single women.

Original Air Date: March 8, 1953

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

EP2341: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Paperback Mystery Matter

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Bob Bailey

Johnny investigates when an old con man reports he’s receiving threatening letters.

Original Air Date: January 8, 1961

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