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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Amazing World of Radio, Podcast, Summer of Bogart

AWR0034: Bold Venture: Shannon’s a Sucker

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Amazing World of Radio

A brother of an old friend of Slate’s shows up to spend time with Slate and asks for Slate’s help. Secretly, he’s on the run from the police for conning passengers on a boat.

Original Air Date: October 1, 1951

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

EP2174: Dragnet: The Big Bunco

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Jack Webb

Friday and Bill Lockwood investigate a confidence man who has been scamming investors out of tens of thousands of dollars.

Original Air Date: April 17, 1952

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Richard Diamond

EP1991: Richard Diamond: The Van Dyke Seance Case

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Dick Powell
Diamond is hired to expose a phony medium who is fleecing a woman’s wealthy aunt.

Original Air Date: September 10, 1949

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Dragnet, NBC, Podcast, Procedural

EP1712: Dragnet: The Big Quack

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Jack Webb

Joe Friday and Ben Romero searches for a man running a school for phony psychologists.

Original Air Date: October 12, 1950

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