Tag: Old Time Radio

Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday investigates a series of petty robberies in neighborhood stores where the shopkeepers suspect a high school boy.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 19, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield; Stacy Harris

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

Broadway’s My Beat: The Ben Justin Murder Case (EP4813)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery: Danny investigates the murder of a former insurance investigator who was found dead in an alley.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 8, 1950

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover, Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia, Tony Barrett, Jack Kruschen, Michael Ann Barrett, Virgina Gregg, Sidney Miller

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Danger with Grainger, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

Danger with Grainger: Hired Help (EP4811)

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Harp McGuire

Today’s Mystery:

Grainger is hired by a wealthy woman to break up her son’s disfavoured romance, but complications ensue when the chauffer is found poisoned.

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: Three Silver Pesos (Encore) (EP4810e)

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Gale Gordon

Gregory Hood and Sandy find a man about to jump off a bridge, but he apparently dies of a heart attack while talking about a gun, and traces of cyanide are found, and then a doctor says the man was stabbed.

Original Air Date: June 3, 1946

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wayward River Matter (EP4810)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is sent to a highly uninsured and underprepared town along the Ohio River to prevent a disaster in the midst of a flood.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 8, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Chester Stratton; Frank Gerstle; Bob Bruce; Parley Baer

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Set-Up (EP4809)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of burglaries targeting wealthy homes.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 12, 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 Kenneth Mitchell Murder Case (EP4808)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A terminally ill man is stabbed to death.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 1, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Lou Merrill; Mary Lansing; Lillian Buyeff; Paul McVeigh; Byron Kane

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Charlie Chan, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

Charlie Chan: The Curious Ride of the Sea Witch (EP4807)

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Today’s Mystery: Charlie Chan and his number one son track two dangerous escapees to a luxury yacht where a wealthy woman, her daughter, and her erswhile fiancé
are in a very nasty argument.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1950 or 1951

Originating in Sydney

Starring: William Rees as Charlie Chan, Rodney Jacobs

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Danger with Grainger, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

Danger with Grainger: The FBI and the Scientist (EP4806)

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Harp McGuire

Today’s Mystery:

A woman hires Steve Grainger to protect her scientist husband who is working on a top secret experiment.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957

Originating from Australia

Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Froward Fisherman Matter (EP4805)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

The wife of an eccentric wealthy angler has fled on him. Johnny has to find out where he went.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 1, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Love (EP4804)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for missing woman and her two-year-old daughter.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 5, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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

Broadway’s My Beat: The Shorty Dunn Murder (EP4803)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A housewife is missing and a ransom note was sent by a down-and-out man who was found murdered in a flop house.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 24, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Lou Merrill; Lillian Buyeff; Byron Kane; Barton Yarborough; Herb Butterfield

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Charlie Chan, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

Charlie Chan: The Case of the Telltale Hands

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Today’s Mystery:

Charlie Chan and his number one son are on the trail of a burglar who used his blind pianist daughter to commit burglaries and then murdered his partner.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1950 or 1951

Originating from Sydney

Starring: William Rees as Charlie Chan; Rodney Jacobs

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