Tag: dead body

EP2368: Rocky Fortune: Some Cat’s Killed the Canary

Frank Sinatra
Rocky takes a job filling in as a bass player and stumbles on the body of a dead woman.

Original Air Date: November 17, 1953

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EP2354: Dragnet: The Big Guilt

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith investigate a dead man found in a bad part of town.

Original Air Date: November 23, 1952

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EP2260: That Hammer Guy: Jim Gordon-Suicide or Murder

Ted de Corsia

A friend of Hammer’s is found dead of an apparent suicide, but Hammer thinks it’s murder.

Original Air Date: Sometime in 1954

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EP2215: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Collector’s Matter

Bob Bailey

Johnny is sent to visit an insured person to make some changes on his policy and finds him dead in a car wreck.

Original Air Date: July 3, 1960

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EP2206: Suspense: Murder Goes For a Swim

Warren William

While enjoying a weekend at a New York estate, Michael Lanyard discovers the body of a beauty contestant in the swimming pool and the signs point to it being a murder.

Original Air Date: July 20, 1943

In this sneak preview of the The Lone Wolf Strikes, Michael Lanyard tries to return stolen jewels to their rightful owner as well as find out if an accident was really a murder. From the Good News of 1940.

Original Air Date: February 22, 1940

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EP2184: Boston Blackie: The Merry-Go-Round Murder

Richard Kollmar

Blackie and Mary find the dead body of a wealthy horseman riding on a wooden horse on a Merry-Go-Round at 2 a.m. in the morning.

Original Air Date: May 14, 1946

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EP2088: Boston Blackie: The Disappearing Body

Richard Kollmar
Blackie tells Mary not to look in his kitchen. When she does she finds a body.

Original Air Date: January 22, 1946

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EP2013: Michael Shayne: The Purloined Corpse

Jeff Chandler

A hated wealthy man hires Shayne to retrieve the body of his son.

Original Air Date: Sometime in 1948

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EP2009: Richard Diamond: The Gibson Murder Case

Dick Powell
A school teacher calls Diamond for help when she finds a body in a locked room.

Original Air Date: October 8, 1949

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EP1956: Boston Blackie: The Case of the Three-Way Split

Richard Kollmar

Boston Blackie visits an apartment and finds a dead body, and Farraday gives Blackie 24 hours to clear up the case.

Original Air Date: July 23, 1945

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EP1947: Michael Shayne: The Case of the Popular Corpse

Jeff Chandler
Shayne is hired to find a missing woman.

Original Air Date: Sometime in 1948

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EP1937: Richard Diamond: The Fred Sears Murder Case

Dick Powell

Diamond loses his cool with a difficult client and shoves his retainer check down his client’s throat. Trouble comes with the client found shot in Diamond’s office the next morning.

Original Air Date: June 19, 1949

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EP1896: Boston Blackie: The Murder of John Walters

Richard Kollmar
Blackie goes for a pleasant walk in the park and discovers a dead body.

Original Air Date: May 2, 1945

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EP1823: Philip Marlowe: Life Can Be Murder

Gerald Mohr
Marlowe meets a beautiful woman at an English pub, drops her off at a ritzy house, and is called when a dead body is found at the house.

Original Air Date: July 21, 1951

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EP1809: Michael Shayne: The Red Lead Mystery

Wally Maher
A man is found dead aboard a ship. Farraday and Shayne suspect murder.

Original Air Date: August 20, 1945

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