Tag: murder

Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural, S11import

EP3002: Dragnet: The Big Bar (TV Soundtrack)

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Jack Webb

Friday and Smith hunt for an armed robber who often kills his victims.

Soundtrack of a TV episode aired on October 14, 1954 based on a radio play that aired November 10, 1949.

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Boston Blackie, OTR Detective, Podcast, S11import, Syndicated

EP3000: Boston Blackie: The Tiny Philip Murders

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Richard Kollmar

A short man shoots and kills a jewelry store owner to steal Boston Blackie’s watch.

Original Air Date: April 13, 1949

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Rocky Jordan, S11import

EP2981: Rocky Jordan: The Lotus Cup of Amin Ra

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Jack Moyles
Rocky agrees to hold a package for a beautiful woman and gets caught up in an adventure involving a religious artifact and murder.

Original Air Date: July 16, 1950
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Box 13, OTR Detective, Podcast, S11import, Syndicated

EP2979: Box 13: Blackmail is Murder

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An older single woman from Indiana sends a letter to Box 13 because she found a dead man in her room.

Original AIr Date: October 31, 1947

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Rocky Jordan, S11import

EP2975: Rocky Jordan: Interlude with Laurena

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Jack Moyles

After someone kills Eddie Largo, suspicion falls on Laurena Maxwell, the wealthy widow of Paul Maxwell.

Original Air Date: July 9, 1950

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Rocky Jordan, S11import

EP2969: Rocky Jordan: The Dead Colleen

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Jack Moyles
Rocky is offered $5,000 to find out who killed an Irish woman.

Original Air Date: July 2, 1950

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Boston Blackie, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

EP2952: Boston Blackie: The Fred Palmer Waterfront Racket

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Richard Kollmar

Blackie tries to bust a waterfront racket as murders accumulate.

Original Air Date: February 16, 1949

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Listener's Choice, OTR Detective, Podcast

EP2949: Nero Wolfe: Party for Death (Listener’s Choice Standard Division T-3rd Place)

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Wolfe sends Archie to a party he was invited to and asks him to call when the murder is committed.

Original Air Date: February 16, 1951

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

EP2947: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Man Who Wasn’t All There

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Charles Russell

Johnny is called in because a man, whose wife’s policy was cancelled due to non-payment of premiums the day before she died, claims responsibility for the deaths of twelve policy holders.

Original Air Date: October 29, 1949

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Rocky Jordan

EP2945: Rocky Jordan: The Word of a Bishop

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Jack Moyles

Rocky witnesses a murder by a woman in a White evening dress, however another witness insisted the murderer was actually a man.

Original Air Date: June 4, 1950

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Let George Do It, Mutual, OTR Detective, Podcast

EP2944: Let George Do It: Drop Dead

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A writer calls George in to investigate when a parrot who always says, “Drop dead!” is sold to the owner of a hotel in a run-down area of town and the sailor who sold him is murdered.

Original Air Date: July 23, 1951

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

EP2942: Dragnet: The Big Switch

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Jack Webb

Friday and Smith investigate the murder of a man whose watch and ring were stolen

Original Air Date: November 23, 1954

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Boston Blackie, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

EP2940: Boston Blackie: The Five-Note Murder Clue

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Richard Kollmar

A composer in a songwriting team is murdered while Blackie’s nearby.

Original Air Date: February 2, 1949

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Let George Do It, Mutual, OTR Detective, Podcast

EP2926: Let George Do It: Is Everybody Happy?

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A wealthy man, who has dedicated his fortune to helping talented people to achieve their potential, is murdered.

Original Air Date: July 2, 1952

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Boston Blackie, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

EP2922: Boston Blackie: The Broken Clocks Murder

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Richard Kollmar

A man pays Blackie $5,000 to stay the night. In the morning, the man unable to determine the time, as all the clocks and watches in the apartment are stopped. He’s then murdered.

Original Air Date: January 12, 1949

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