Tag: Detective Radio Drama

Dragnet: The Big Set-Up (EP4809)

Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of burglaries targeting wealthy homes.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 12, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Kenneth Mitchell Murder Case (EP4808)

Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A terminally ill man is stabbed to death.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 1, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Lou Merrill; Mary Lansing; Lillian Buyeff; Paul McVeigh; Byron Kane

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Charlie Chan: The Curious Ride of the Sea Witch (EP4807)

Today’s Mystery: Charlie Chan and his number one son track two dangerous escapees to a luxury yacht where a wealthy woman, her daughter, and her erswhile fiancé
are in a very nasty argument.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1950 or 1951

Originating in Sydney

Starring: William Rees as Charlie Chan, Rodney Jacobs

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Danger with Grainger: The FBI and the Scientist (EP4806)

Harp McGuire

Today’s Mystery:

A woman hires Steve Grainger to protect her scientist husband who is working on a top secret experiment.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957

Originating from Australia

Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Froward Fisherman Matter (EP4805)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

The wife of an eccentric wealthy angler has fled on him. Johnny has to find out where he went.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 1, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar

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Dragnet: The Big Love (EP4804)

Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for missing woman and her two-year-old daughter.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 5, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Stacy Harris

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Shorty Dunn Murder (EP4803)

Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A housewife is missing and a ransom note was sent by a down-and-out man who was found murdered in a flop house.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 24, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Lou Merrill; Lillian Buyeff; Byron Kane; Barton Yarborough; Herb Butterfield

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Charlie Chan: The Case of the Telltale Hands

Today’s Mystery:

Charlie Chan and his number one son are on the trail of a burglar who used his blind pianist daughter to commit burglaries and then murdered his partner.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1950 or 1951

Originating from Sydney

Starring: William Rees as Charlie Chan; Rodney Jacobs

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The Falcon: The Case of the Snappy Snapshot (EP4801)

George Petrie

Today’s Mystery:

A woman comes to The Falcon when a man breaks into her home, and robs and assaults her and then is shot, and she’s being blackmailed.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 31, 1954

Originating from New York

Starring: George Petrie as The Falcon; Chuck Webster; Larry Haines; Mandel Kramer

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Amy Bradshaw Matter Omnibus (EP4800s)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called in to investigate threats on the life of a famous stage actress.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: November 21-25, 1955

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Florence Wolcott; Don Diamond; Larry Thor; Vic Perrin; Carleton Young

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Midnight Sun Matter (EP4800)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is sent to investigate a gold mine and finds himself in serious danger on a plane full of TNT.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 25, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Jeanne Tatum; Frank Nelson; Russell Thorson; Barney Phillips; Harry Bartell; Forrest Lewis

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Dragnet: The Big Cliff (EP4799)

Today’s Mystery:

A woman in her sixties is found dead next to her husband and he claims not to know why it happened.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 28, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero

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Charlie Chan: The Pearl of Great Price (EP4797)


Today’s Mystery:

Charlie Chan’s daughter is kidnapped by bank robbers after a bungled robbery.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: Summer 1944

Originating from Los Angeles

Starring: Walter Connolly as Inspector Charlie Chan

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The Falcon: The Case of the Big Fix (EP4796)

George Petrie

Today’s Mystery:

A self-styled fixer convinces dangerous underworld figures that he can protect them from raids. He can’t; murder follows.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 12, 1954

Originating from New York

Starring: George Petrie as the Falcon

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The Road to the Valentine Matter (EP4795s)

Today we take a look at the evolution of E. Jack Neumann’s story that became the five-part Johnny Dollar serial.

Jeff Regan: The Man in the Church

Regan is hired for a simple job of delivering $5,000 to a man, but finds himself wanted for murder.

Original Air Date: October 12, 1949

Starring: Frank Graham as Jeff Regan; Frank Nelson; William Conrad; Sidney Miller

Night Beat: Big John McMasters

Randy Stone befriends an old-time racketeer and becomes concerned when he is shot.

Original Air Date: March 4, 1951

Starring: Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone; William Conrad; Tudor Owen

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The San Antonio Matter

Johnny goes to Saint Petersburg to investigate the killing of a mobster.

Original Air Date: April 28, 1953

Starring: John Lund as Johnny Dollar; John McIntire; Joseph Kearns; Jeanette Nolan; Virginia Gregg; Jay Novello

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Valentine Matter

After investigating a hotel theft in New Orleans, Johnny befriends an old-time bootlegger in a bar.

Original Air Dates: October 31-November 4, 1955

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lillian Buyeff; Betty Lou Gerson; Barney Phillips; Will Wright; Forrest Lewis; Marvin Miller; Jay Novello; Jack Moyles

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