Tag: Old Time Radio

Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Sorrow (EP4934)

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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, CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast

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

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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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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Big Story

The Big Story: The Poison Pen Murders (EP4932)

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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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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Saint

The Saint: Mr. Important (EP4931)

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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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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

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

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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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ABC, Counterspy, OTR Detective, Podcast

Counterspy: The Case of the Illegal Radio Station (A0070)

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Today’s Adventure:

A military officer is murdered on a train. David Harding suspects enemy involvement, and enlists the help of refugees to track down a suspected foreign agent.

Original Radio Broadcast: March 1, 1943

Originating from New York

Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

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

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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, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Overtime (EP4929)

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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, CBS, OTR Detective

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

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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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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Big Story

The Big Story: Bitterest Man on Earth (EP4927)

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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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OTR Detective, Podcast, The Saint

The Saint: The Miracle Tea Party (EP4926)

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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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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

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

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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, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Canaries (EP4924)

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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, CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast

Broadway’s My Beat: The Lily Nelson Murder Case

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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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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Big Story

The Big Story: Respected Chemist Dead (EP4922)

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Today’s Mystery:

A prominent chemist’s mysterious death may have been faked … but why?

Original Radio Broadcast: March 9, 1949

Originating from New York

Starring: Sydney Smith as Ike McAnally; Ann Burr; Agnes Young; Lyle Sudrow; Ted Osborne

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