Tag: Old Time Radio

Cloak and Dagger, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Cloak and Dagger: The Black Radio (A0028)

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Today’s Adventure: An OSS agent parachutes into Germany to team up with a local operative to run an underground broadcast to undermine the Nazi propoganda.

Original Radio Broadcast: August 27, 1950

Originating in New York

Starring: Larry Haines, Lily Darvas, Berry Kroeger, Arnold Moss, Stefan Schnabel, Bob Wile, Jerry Jarrett,

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Virtuous Mobster Matter (EP4825)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes to South Carolina to investigate the disappearance of an ex-mobster who had gone straight.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 22, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Jeanne Tatum; Jack Kruschen; Les Tremayne; Billy Halop; Frank Gerstle; Gil Stratton Jr.

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Screen (EP4824)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a an epidemic of crooked TV repairmen.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 9, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Broadway's My Beat, CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast

Broadway’s My Beat: The Philip Hunt Murder Case (EP4823)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery: A wealthy retiree is found murdered in his apartment after an impromptu party.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 21, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Cathy Lewis; Peggy Webber; Lee Millar Jr.; Russell Simpson; Michael Ann Barrett

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Charlie Chan, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

Charlie Chan: The Case of the Talking Doll (EP4822)

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Today’s Mystery:

A criminal hunted by Charlie Chan seeks revenge by planting a bomb at his house.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1950 or 1951

Originating from Sydney

Starring: William Rees as Charlie Chan; Rodney Jacobs

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Danger with Grainger, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

Danger with Grainger: The Amourous Amnesiac (EP4821)

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Harp McGuire

Today’s Mystery:

Grainger finds an unconscious and beaten man in the street. He was found missing $10,000.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957

Originating from Australia

Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger

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OTR Detective, Podcast

The Casebook of Gregory Hood: The Murder of Gregory Hood (Encore) (EP4820e)

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Gale Gordon

Today’s Mystery:

Gregory Hood receives multiple death threats, and, after one close call, he decides to play dead while he solves his own murder.

Original Air Date: June 17, 1946

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Gale Gordon as Gregory Hood

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Cloak and Dagger, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Cloak and the Dagger: The Norweigan Incident (A0026)

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Today’s Adventure:

Two OSS Agents go into occupied Norway to blow up a key Nazi-controlled bridge.

Original Radio Broadcast: August 20, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Berry Kroeger; Raymond Edward Johnson; Jerry Jarrett; Frank Barrens; Karl Weber; Joseph Julian; Ralph Bell

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Ugly Pattern Matter (EP4820)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called in when three members of the board of a small company covered by a group life policy are murdered in a short period of time.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 29, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Les Tremayne; Forrest Lewis; Herb Vigran; Junius Matthews; Frank Gerstle

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Late Script (EP4819)

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Today’s Mystery:

Friday and Romero are called in to investigate the kidnapping of a local businessman.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 26, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Broadway's My Beat, CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast

Broadway’s My Beat: The Thomas Hart Murder Case (EP4818)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

An errand boy at a dress shop is murdered with a pair of scissors.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 15, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Irene Tedrow; Herb Butterfield; Sidney Miller; Sylvia Syms; Mary Shipp

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Charlie Chan, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

Charlie Chan: Escaped Musician (EP4817)

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Today’s Mystery:

A musician is implicated in a burglary that led to murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1950 or 1951

Originating from Sydney

Starring: William Rees as Charlie Chan; Rodney Jacobs

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Danger with Grainger, OTR Detective, Podcast

Danger with Grainger: The Rainy Night Murder (EP4816)

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Harp McGuire

Today’s Mystery:

Grainger encounters a terrified woman on a rainy night who is running from a man whom she says she saw murder another man.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957

Originating from Australia

Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger

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OTR Detective, Podcast

Casebook of Gregory Hood: The Black Museum (Encore) (EP4815e)

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Gale Gordon

Today’s Mystery:

Gregory Hood Importers acquires a ceremonial sacrificial dagger, and then receives a death threat from a woman claiming to be an Aztec priestess.

Original Air Date: June 10, 1946

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Delectable Damsel Matter (EP4815)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called in to investigate the theft of a valuable diamond from a debutante on board a yacht at sea.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 15, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Chester Stratton; Barney Phillips; Jack Moyles; Frank Gerstle

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