Tag: Old Time Radio Detective

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Shankar Diamond Matter (EP4935)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

An eccentric elderly woman has Johnny guard her while she’s wearing a valuable necklace to a party.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 15, 1959

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lillian Buyeff; Jack Edwards; Barney Phillips; Forrest
Lewis; Eric Snowden

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Ricardo Miguel Murder Case

Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery: Danny investigates a killing near a night club in Spanish Harlem

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 27, 1951

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover, Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia, Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan, Richard Crenna, Sam Edwards, Harry Bartell, Lillian Buyeff,  Marvin Miller, Herb Butterfield, Edgar Barrier.

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Dragnet: The Big Sorrow (EP4934)

Today’s Mystery:

Joe mourns the death of his partner Ben Romero as he joins the search for two escaped robbers.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 27, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barney Phillips as Sergeant Ed Jacobs, Vic Perrin, Herb Butterfield

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Kurt Bower Murder Case (EP4933)

Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

Danny gets a tip that a wealthy woman’s life is endangered. Her ski instructor is murdered instead.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 21, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Betty Lou Gerson; Ted Osborne; Irene Tedrow

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The Big Story: The Poison Pen Murders (EP4932)

Today’s Mystery:

A reporter with a reputation for making errors tries to solve the murder of a laundry owner.

Original Radio Broadcast: July 20, 1949

Originating from New York

Starring: Jackson Beck as Tom Mercer; Barbara Townsend; Alice Rinehart; Ted Osborn; Santos Ortega; Gil Mack; Milton Herman

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The Saint: Mr. Important (EP4931)

Vincent Price

Today’s Mystery:

A treasury agent, a childhood friend of Simon Templar, is shot to death.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 15, 1947

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Vincent Price as Simon Templar; Jeff Chandler

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Henderson Matter Omnibus (EP4930s)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes to a small Nevada mining town to investigate the death of an insured elderly man married to a twenty-seven-year-old woman.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 28 – December 2, 1955

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lillian Buyeff; Irene Tedrow; D. J. Thompson; Herb Ellis; Marvin Miller; Forrest Lewis; Bob Bruce; Russ Thorson

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Date with Death Matter (EP4930)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

A desperate criminal is gunning for Johnny after failing to kill him last week.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 8, 1959

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lucille Meredith; James McCallion; Russ Thorson; Sam Edwards; Herb Vigran

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Dragnet: The Big Overtime (EP4929)

Today’s Mystery:

The daughter of a banker is kidnapped from her business school.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 13, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Ed Koster Murder Case (EP4928)

Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A cop is found in a fire at a chemical plant.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 13, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Tony Barrett; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Tony Barrett; Michael Ann Barrett; Paula Winslowe; Herb Butterfield; Edwin Max

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The Big Story: Bitterest Man on Earth (EP4927)

Today’s Mystery:

A reporter tries to get justice for a man who claims to have been mistaken for someone else.

Original Radio Broadcast: June 8, 1949

Originating from New York

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The Saint: The Miracle Tea Party (EP4926)

The Saint discovers that there were several thousand-dollar bills in a box of tea purchased by Inspector Fernack.

Audition Date: December 1944

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Denis Greene as The Saint; Gale Gordon; Gerald Mohor,

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Doting Dowager Matter (EP4925)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called in to find an inexpensive statue that’s held in high emotional value by an eccentric elderly woman who would pay a $75,000 ransom.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 18, 1959

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Eleanor Audley; G. Stanley Jones; Eric Snowden; Sam Edwards

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Dragnet: The Big Canaries (EP4924)

Today’s Mystery:

A mother is found murdered in her home.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 6, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Lily Nelson Murder Case

Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A Broadway actress is found dead with her wrists slit.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 6, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Paul Frees; Clayton Post; Edwin Max; Elliott Lewis; Jack Kruschen; Jay Novello; Joyce McCluskey

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