Tag: kidnapping

Mr. and Mrs. North: Death Trap (EP4656)

Joseph Curtain and Alice Frost

Today’s Mystery: An elderly neighbor of the North’s is kidnapped.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 26, 1952

Originated from New York City

Starred: Joseph Curtain as Jerry North, Alice Frost as Pamela North, Bill Zuckert

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Dragnet: The Big Mother (EP4604)

Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for a three-day-old baby who was kidnapped from a local hospital.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 9, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Dragnet: The Big Grab (1950) (EP4472)

Today’s Mystery:

The wife of a college professor is kidnapped.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 29, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

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

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EP3735: Casey, Crime Photographer: The Disappearance of Mr. Dizzel

Stats Cotsworth

A wealthy book store owner appears to have been kidnapped from his home.

Original Air Date: April 13, 1950

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EP3718: Mr. Chameleon: Mr. Chameleon’s Pet Murder Case

Karl Swenson

A convicted gangster promises revenge against Chameleon, escapes custody, and kidnaps a policewoman.

Original Air Date: September 8, 1948

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EP3567: Casey. Crime Photographer: Hot New Year’s Eve Party

Stats Cotsworth

Casey and Ann begin in New York by looking into an arson/murder and the related kidnapping of a college professor.

Original Air Date: January 1, 1948

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EP3458: The Silent Men: The Gigantic Hoax

A secret agent searches for two missing weapons designer who may have been kidnapped…or defected.

Original Air Date: January 20, 1952

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EP3351: Crime Photographer: The Duke of Skidrow

Stats Cotsworth
A man living in a skid row flop house, who just came into a large sum of money, is kidnapped.

Original Air Date: September 19, 1946

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EP3327: Crime Photographer: Christmas Shopping

Stats Cotsworth

While shopping, Casey and Ann see a known pickpocket steal a wallet from a fat man who denies his wallet was stolen. They then find that the money the pickpocket stole was ransom from a kidnapping a year ago.

Original Air Date:December 19, 1946

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EP3244: Dick Tracy: Junior Kidnapped/Junior Escapes

Junior is kidnapped by the Mogul who wants the Black Pearl in exchange for Junior’s safe return.
Original Air Date: February 24 and 25, 1938

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EP3207: Box 13: One of These Four

Dan is trapped and kidnapped on a boat with three other people, one of whom is a killer.

Original Air Date: 1948

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EP3140 Dragnet: The Big Grab

Jack Webb

Friday and Smith try to help catch the kidnapper of a six-year-old girl but have to deal with parents who are reluctant to call the police in.

Original Air Date:June 21, 1955
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EP3045: Box 13: Damsel in Distress

A teenage girl has received extortion notes threatening to kidnap her if she doesn’t provide a $1,000 ransom.

Original Air Date: January 9, 1948

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EP2976: Boston Blackie: Blackie Kidnaps a Murderer

Richard Kollmar

Blackie kidnaps a suspect from police custody to get a confession and things go wrong.

Original Air Date: March 16, 1949
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EP2963: Rocky Jordan: Dilemma

Jack Moyles

Rocky is asked by a woman to protect her daughter, who is kidnapped and taken to a wealthy man’s house.

Original Air Date: June 25, 1950

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