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Mystery Special, OTR Detective, Podcast

Twice Told Tale: Dangerous Assignment: Guided Missile Plans and Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Picture Postcard Matter (EP5055s)

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Dangerous Assignment — “Guided Missile Plans”
Steve Mitchell is sent to Dublin to recover stolen microfilm containing plans for a new American guided missile. His pursuit of the suspected courier leads him through England, where two deaths and a series of seemingly innocent picture postcards provide his best hope for locating the missing plans before someone else gets to them.

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — “The Picture Postcard Matter”
Johnny Dollar travels to Switzerland after $100,000 in uncut diamonds are stolen from a courier at the Zurich airport. His only lead is a mysterious informant offering to arrange their return, but Johnny soon finds himself caught between competing players while a picture postcard offers a cryptic clue to where the diamonds may be hidden.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates:

  • Dangerous Assignment: August 30, 1950.
  • Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: October 1–5, 1956.

Both programs are originating from Hollywood

Cast — Dangerous Assignment:

  • Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell
  • Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner
  • Written by Robert Reif (Bob Reif)
  • Music by Basil Adlam
  • Music conducted by Ralph Hollenbeck
  • Produced and directed by Bill Karn

Cast — Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar:

  • Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar
  • Lucille Meredith
  • Victor Perrin
  • Forrest Lewis
  • Stan Jones
  • Ben Wright
  • Written by Robert Reif
  • Produced and directed by Jack Johnstone
  • Musical supervision by Amerigo Marino
  • Roy Rowan, announcer

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Big Story

The Big Story: Reporter Risks Life to Avenge a Friend’s Murder (EP5047)

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Today’s Mystery:

When a Butte service-station attendant disappears under mysterious circumstances, his lifelong friend, Helena Independent Record reporter Alan Copperthwaite, refuses to let the story fade away. Following a slender trail of clues across Montana, Copperthwaite risks his own safety in a deeply personal search for the truth.

Original Radio Broadcast: March 19, 1952.

Originating from New York

Cast:

  • Bill Lipton as Alan Copperthwaite
  • Jane Robbin
  • Joe DeSantis
  • Phil Sterling
  • Owen Jordan
  • Joe Helgesen
  • Jim Stevens
  • Bob Sloane as Narrator

Adapted by Abraham S. Ginnes

Original music composed and conducted by Vladimir Selinsky

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Saint

The Saint: It’s Snow Use (EP5046)

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Vincent Price

Today’s Mystery:

Simon Templar travels to a winter resort after being summoned by Peggy, a lively woman whose unusual request for protection involves asking The Saint to pose as her husband. Her tangled romantic history soon draws Simon into an increasingly peculiar mystery, where people—and even a snowman—have a habit of disappearing.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 29, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Cast:

  • Vincent Price as Simon Templar, The Saint

Script by Louis Vittes

Based on characters created by Leslie Charteris

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Story Man (EP4889)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero hunt for safe burglars targeting local churches.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 18, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Dragnet, NBC, Podcast

Dragnet: The Big Waiter (EP4849)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigating the murder of the philandering owner of a habadashery store.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 13,1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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CBS, Mr. and Mrs. North, OTR Detective, Podcast

Mr. and Mrs. North: The Wheel of Chance (EP4704)

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Joseph Curtain and Alice Frost

Today’s Mystery:

Pam and Jerry’s life is endangered after someone plants something in their hubcap while they are visiting Canada, and a man with a gun is looking for that something.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 30, 1953

Originating from New York City

Starring: Joseph Curtain as Jerry North; Alice Frost as Pamela North; Chuck Webster

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Bulldog Drummond, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

Bulldog Drummond: Death Has a New Look (EP4534)

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Today’s Mystery:

Captain Drummond and Denny are summoned to a Carribean island to take on a devil-worshipping cult.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 23, 1948

Originating in New York

Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Falcon

The Falcon: The Case of Everybody’s Gun (EP4527)

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Les Damon

Today’s Mystery:

Mike is hired to investigate a charity grifter, and then his client is murdered.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 4, 1951

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Chuck Webster as Sergeant Corbett; Mandel Kramer

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Yours Truly Matter (EP4519)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery: Johnny and Buster Favor are carjacked on a desert road on a hot night.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 21, 1957

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar. Virginia Gregg, Lawrence Dobkin, Barney Phillips, Chester Stratton, Junius Matthews

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CBS, Keen and Company, Mr. Chameleon, OTR Detective, Podcast

Mr. Chameleon: The Murder Clue of the Rope Ladder (EP4464)

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Karl Swenson

Today’s Mystery:

A wealthy man’s wife is found murdered.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 12, 1949

Originating from New York City

Starring: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon; Frank Butler as Sergeant Dave Arnold

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Falcon

The Falcon: The Case of the Practical Choker (EP4425)

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Les Damon

Today’s Mystery:

Mike is hired by a gambler who is suspsected of murdering a man who owed him a large debt.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 25, 1951

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as the Falcon; Ken Lynch as Sergeant Corbett; Mandel Kramer; Ann Williams

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