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EP3246: Mystery is My Hobby: Hit Plan Gone Astray


An elderly man hires a hitman to murder his terminally ill wife as a “mercy killing.” Then finds out a surgery could save her life, then a Doctor caring for her dies.

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EP3243: Box 13: Killer at Large

A man pays someone to find a hitman to kill him. He changes his mind but the go-between he paid is dead, and he doesn’t know who’s gunning for him. He turns to Dan Holiday for help.

Original Air Date: 1948

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EP3042: Boston Blackie: The Imperial Oil Company Racket

Richard Kollmar

A racketeer hires a high-priced hit woman to kill Boston Blackie as he fears Blackie is wise to his racket.

Original Air Date: May 18, 1949

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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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EP2339: Richard Diamond: The Red Rose

Dick Powell

A man had been planning to have himself killed by a hitman so his family could collect the insurance, but now he wants to live and for Diamond to stop the killer.

Original Air Date: March 2, 1951

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