Tag: Old Time Radio Detective

Steve Dunne

Today’s Mystery:

Spade is called in by the producer of a true crime radio program to find a witness who claims to know who committed an unsolved murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 5, 1951

Originated from Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, William Conrad

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Boston Blackie: Murder at the Movies (Encore) (EP4130)

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Richard Kollmar

Originally Released 3,500 days after the Podcast Launched (May 27, 2019)

Today’s Mystery:

Blackie agrees to be a technical adviser on a crime film and then has to solve a murder.

Original Radio Broadcast: December 13, 1945

Originated from New York

Starred: Richard Kollmar as Boston Blackie, Maurice Tarplin as Inspector Farraday

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wrong Sign Matter (Encore) (EP4129)

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Bob Bailey

Originally Released 3,500 days after the Podcast Launched (January 12, 2018)

Today’s Mystery: Johnny investigates the death of an ill woman who made a sudden change in her will.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 2, 1961

Originated from New York

Starred Bob Readick as Johnny Dollar

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The Line Up: Kastro’s Cop Killing Karnage Case (Encore) (EP4128)

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William Johnstone

Originally Released 2,500 days after the Podcast Launched (August 30, 2016)

Today’s Mystery:

Guthrie looks for the master planner behind a bank robbery during which a police officer was killed.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 1, 1952

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: William Johnstone as Lieutenant Ben Guthrie and Jack Moyles as Sergeant Pete Karger

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Dragnet: The Big Book (Encore) (EP4127)

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Jack Webb

Originally Released 2,000 days after the Podcast Launched (April 18, 2015)

Today’s Mystery:

Friday and Romero investigate the distribution and sale of pornography in public schools.

Original Air Date: April 6, 1950

Originated from Hollywood

Starred: Jack Webb as Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Ben Romero

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Nick Carter: Drums of Death (Encore) (EP4126)

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Lon Clark Originally Released 1,501 days after the Podcast Launched (December 5, 2013)

Today’s Mystery:

A wealthy woman comes to Nick because she has a problem with her doctor – who is a witch doctor.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 25, 1945

Originated from New York

Starred Lon Clark as Nick Carter

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Frank Race: The Adventure of the Hackensack Victory (Encore)

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Tom Collins

Originally Released 1,001 days after the Podcast Launched (July 23, 2012)

Today’s Mystery:

Frank is brought in when a freight company belonging to a wealthy family has an undue disappearance.

Audition Date: February 1949

Originated from Hollywood

Starred: Tom Collins as Frank Race, Tony Barrett as Mark Donovan

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Sherlock Holmes: The Singular Affair of the White Cockerel (Encore) (EP4124)

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Tom Conway

Originally released 500 days after the podcast Launched (March 26, 2011)

Today’s Mystery:

While Sherlock Holmes is retired on his bee farm, he is asked to investigate a missing chicken. He finds that the case is far more serious than he first thought, as a human life is at stake.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 28, 1946

Originated from Hollywood

Starred: Tom Conway as Sherlock Holmes, Nigel Bruce as Doctor Watson

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural, Tales of the Texas Rangers

Tales of the Texas Rangers: Displaced Person (EP4124)

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Today’s Mystery:

A mother and her son find an unidentified woman dead in the woods.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 31, 1952

Originiated from Hollywood

Starred: Joel McCrea as Jace Pearson, Tony Barrett, Virginia Gregg, Richard Beals, Herb Ellis, Henry Roland, Dan Riss

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Fathom Five Matter, Episodes Three, Four, and Five (EP4123)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is convinced that a struggling businessman, who disappeared after a boat caught fire and sunk, is alive.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: February 29, March 1 and 2, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar.

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OTR Detective, Philo Vance, Podcast, Syndicated

Philo Vance: The Whirlaround Murder Case (EP4122)

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Today’s Mystery:

Philo investigates the murder of a carnival concessions operator.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 30, 1950

Originated in: New York City

Starred: Jackson Beck as Philo Vance, George Petrie as District Attorney Markham

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Dangerous Assignment, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Dangerous Assignment: Stolen UN Documents (EP4121)

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Today’s Mystery:

Steve goes to the Middle East to find out how sensitive diplomatic information disappeared from an official’s home, and finds himself investigating the official’s wife’s murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 14, 1951

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, Jan Arvan, Don Diamond, Wally Maher, Paul Dubov

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