Tag: Old Time Radio Detective

CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Bennett Matter, Episodes Three, Four, and Five (EP4117)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery: The insurance company presses the case against a building owner they’re convicted had his own building set on fire.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates:February 22, 23, and 24, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Lillian Buyeff, Stacy Harris, Chester Stratton, Will Wright, Marvin Miller, Hans Conried, Edgar Barrier, Parley Baer

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OTR Detective, Philo Vance, Podcast, Syndicated

Philo Vance: The Money Machine Murder Case (EP4116)

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Today’s Mystery: A man who created a fake money-making machine was murdered.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 23, 1950

Originated in: New York City

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

Today’s program was provided by Radio Archives. Email detectives@radioarchives.com to get a free audiobook, a free ebook, and free old time radio collection.

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Dangerous Assignment, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Dangerous Assignment: File 72 (EP4115)

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Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Balkans to recapture a stolen top secret file from an official of a Balkan Country who offers to return it…for a price.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 7, 1951

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, Tony Barrett, Raymond Burr, Paul Dubov, Don Diamond

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Bennett Matter, Episodes One and Two (EP4114)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery: Johnny’s sent to San Francisco to investigate a fire at a building owned by a ruthless financier.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: February 20 and 21, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar.Lillian Buyeff, Stacy Harris, Chester Stratton, Will Wright, Marvin Miller, Hans Conried, Edgar Barrier, Parley Baer

Episode concludes on Friday in EP4117

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Sam Spade

Sam Spade: The 25-1235679 Caper (EP4113)

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Steve Dunne

Today’s Mystery: A friend of Sam’s asks him to find out why a street musician was nearly brained to death.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 15, 1950

Originated from Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie

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

Tales of the Texas Rangers: Cover Up (EP4112)

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Today’s Mystery:A man shows up at his best friend’s house to find blood on the floor and a stranger claimed to have been hired to take care of the house.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 17, 1952

Originiated from Hollywood

Starred: Joel McCrea as Jace Pearson, Paul Frees, Dolly Major, Lamont Johnson, Leo Curley, Lou Krugman

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Cui Bono Matter. Episodes Three, Four, and Five (EP4111)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery: Johnny continues his investigation into the killing of a county attorney by his daughter. Was it really an accident or something else? A lot of townspeople don’t like him asking.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: February 15, 16, and 17, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar.D. J. Thompson, Mary Jane Croft, Forrest Lewis, Byron Kane, Russell Thorson, Sam Edwards, Dal McKennon, Howard McNear

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OTR Detective, Philo Vance, Podcast, Syndicated

Philo Vance: The Manicure Murder Case (EP4110)

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Today’s Mystery: A dying chemistry Professor requests a manicure even though he’d been fatally wounded.

Original Radio Broadcast Date:May 16, 1950

Originated in: New York City

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

Today’s program was provided by Radio Archives. Email detectives@radioarchives.com to get a free audiobook, a free ebook, and free old time radio collection.

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Dangerous Assignment, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Dangerous Assignment: Atomic Fission Formula (EP4109)

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Today’s Mystery: Steve goes to Java to make himself a target for someone who’s stolen half of a top-secret formula…and killed the person who had it.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 31, 1951

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Cui Bono Matter, Episodes One and Two (EP4108)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery: Johnny goes to a small Virginia town to investigate the death of his district attorney in what’s been called an accidental shooting by his daughter who is the beneficiary of his insurance policy.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates:February 13 and 14, 1956

Continued on  Friday in EP4111

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar,D. J. Thompson, Mary Jane Croft, Forrest Lewis, Byron Kane, Russell Thorson, Sam Edwards, Dal McKennon, Howard McNear

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Sam Spade

Sam Spade: The Dry Gulch Caper (EP4107)

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Steve Dunne

Today’s Mystery:

Sam is summoned to a ghost town by an elderly man, who believes Sam is a California Marshal, to help him fight an outlaw.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 8, 1950

Originated from Hollywood

Starred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, Wally Maher as Buck, Alan Reed

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Froward Fisherman Matter (EP4106a)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called in to find a missing insured retired businessman who spends all his time fishing.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 1, 1958

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar.Byron Kane, Virginia Gregg, Harry Bartell, Will Wright, Forrest Lewis, Howard McNear

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Sam Spade

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Fire in Paradise Matter (EP4106)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is sent to a town in New Jersey where an insured man has filed a claim for an accident that occurred when his house burned down.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 26, 1958

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Vic Perrin, Forrest Lewis, Virginia Gregg, Will Wright, Parley Baer

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The McClain Matter, Episodes Four and Five (EP4105)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny closes in on a doctor who is accused of faking his wife’s death to collect her insurance.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: February 9 and 10, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Lucille Meredith, Betty Lou Gerson, John Stephenson, Bob Bruce, Vic Perrin, Tony Barrett, Herb Ellis

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The McClain Matter, Episodes One and Two (EP4104)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

A woman shows up in Hartford claiming to be an insured woman who died in Los Angeles two years previously.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: February 6 and 7, 1956

Originated from Hollywood

Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Lucille Meredith, Betty Lou Gerson, John Stephenson, Bob Bruce, Vic Perrin, Tony Barrett, Herb Ellis

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