Tag: murder

EP2314 Pursuit: Pursuit of the Man Who Couldn’t Go Home


Inspector Black is called to a hotel room where a man is out on a ledge, saying he can’t deal with his guilt over a killing he’d committed.

Original Air Date: July 1, 1950

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EP2310: Boston Blackie: The Kennel Club Murder

Richard Kollmar

The breeder of two prize-winning dogs is murdered and one of her nieces asks Blackie to investigate.

Original Air Date: October 8, 1946

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EP2300: Dragnet: The Big Shot

Jack Webb

The owner of a nightclub is killed in a robbery.

Original Air Date: September 21, 1952

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EP2287: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Tahoe Twins Matter

Bob Bailey

Johnny has to figure out which of two twin young men murdered their uncle for his insurance.

Original Air Date: October 16, 1960

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EP2286: Boston Blackie: The Backstage Murder

Richard Kollmar

Blackie takes on a part in The Makato for charity but finds himself investigating a murder.

Original Air Date: September 10, 1946

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EP2282s: Sherlock Holmes: The Elusive Agent, Part One

Holmes is called in to investigate when the plans for a prototype tank are stolen from a naval officer who is murdered on his honeymoon.

Original Air Date: March 21, 1948

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EP2281: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Recompense Matter

Bob Bailey

Johnny flies to Florida at the request of a dying fishing guide who has something to tell Johnny about a murder.

Original Air Date: October 9, 1960

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EP2272: That Hammer Guy: Some Kind of Satisfaction

Ted de CorsiaHammer is hired to protect a wealthy man who fears his wife and her boyfriend are going to kill him. The client is murdered and Hammer is knocked out and framed as drunk.

Original Air Date: Sometime in 1954

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AWR0028: Humphrey Bogart Presents: Dead Man (Summer of Bogart)

Amazing World of Radio

An unaired pilot for a Bogart-produced anthology series in which Humphrey Bogart plays a railroad policeman who is killed by a young hobo who hears the dead policeman’s voice wherever he goes.

Audition Date: September 17, 1949

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EP2265: Night Beat: Big John McMaster

Frank Lovejoy

Randy befriends an old time gangster just released from prison. He then finds the man shot and refusing to tell what happened.

Original Air Date: March 4, 1951

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EP2264: Dragnet: The Big Drive

Jack Webb

A man is found murdered by a piece of concrete.

Original Air Date: August 14, 1952

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EP2263: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Real Smokey Matter

Bob Bailey

Johnny refuses to believe it when Harry Branson tells him his friend Smokey was killed in an arson.

Original Air Date: September 18, 1960
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EP2260: That Hammer Guy: Jim Gordon-Suicide or Murder

Ted de Corsia

A friend of Hammer’s is found dead of an apparent suicide, but Hammer thinks it’s murder.

Original Air Date: Sometime in 1954

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EP2255: Richard Diamond: The Hatpin Murder Case

Dick Powell

Diamond flies to Oklahoma to investigate the murder of a wealthy cattleman.

Original Air Date: September 27, 1950

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EP2250: Boston Blackie: Murder Aboard the Swan

Richard Kollmar

The only passenger on board a ship is murdered.

Original Air Date: July 30, 1946

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