Tag: Old Time Radio

Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A model calls Danny fearing for his life. Danny finds her dead.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 10, 1949

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Detective Muggavan; Virginia Gregg; Ed Begley; Elliott Reid, ichael Ann Barrett. and Jay Novello

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Bulldog Drummond, Mutual, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

Bulldog Drummond: Death in the Deep (EP4528)

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Today’s Mystery:

While deep-sea fishing, Captain Drummond and Denny find a man who was shot to death more than 60 miles from land.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 16, 1948

Originating in New York

Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny

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Mystery Special, OTR Detective, Podcast

Fifteen Years Ago (EP4526s)

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This week, we look back at our first week of podcasts from 2009, with Adam’s current extended thoughts on each episode and reaction to his own commentar.

Original Podcast Release Date: October 26, 2009

Dan Holiday tries to jumpstart his writing career through an ad in a newspaper. His first letter is from a woman who tells Dan she’s being blackmailed.

Original Radio Air Date: October 17, 1947

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Alan Ladd as Dan Holiday; Sylvia Picker as Suzie

Original Podcast Release Date: October 27, 2009

Pat Novak is hired to frighten a man named Dixie Gillian, but when an empty gun goes off, he finds himself facing a murder charge.

“You couldn’t hold a moth with a searchlight.” – Pat Novak to Hellman

Original Air Date: November 24, 1946

Originating in San Francisco

Starring: Jack Webb as Pat Novak; Tudor Owen as Jocko Madigan

Original Podcast Release Date: October 28, 2009

On his first day as a private detective, George Valentine gets his first client – a famous writer who tells him he’s about to be murdered and then collapses on the spot. The body then vanishes, leaving George to find out what happened.

Original Audition Date: May 14, 1946

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as George Valentine; Shirley Mitchell as Claire; Eddie Firestone, Jr. as Sonny; Joseph Kearns; Georgia Backus; Howard McNear; Horace Murphy

Original Podcast Release Date: October 30, 2009

Johnny Dollar is retained to protect a man who has threatened suicide after making a notorious gambling kingpin the beneficiary on his life insurance policy.

Original Audition Date: December 7, 1948

Starring: Dick Powell as Johnny Dollar; William Conrad; Betty Lou Gerson; Joseph Kearns

Guest: Andrew Rhynes of the OTR Westerns podcast

The Great Detectives Old Time Radio Volume 1 (Seasons 1-3): https://volume1.greatdetectives.net

The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2 (Seasons 4-6) https://volume2.greatdetectives.net

The Great Detectives of Old TIme Radio Volume 3 (Seasons 7-9) https://volume3.greatdetectives.net

The Great Detectives of Old TIme Radio Detective Compilation YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDFIOdWlnzL-YP6EZpi6JI1nLn6Hm4tAI

Also referenced: Podcast Alley and The Radio Detective Story Hour

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Dragnet: The Big Check (EP4526)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for a check forger who’s been passing checks at small businesses.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 31, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Peggy Webber; Herb Butterfield

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Confederate Coinage Matter (EP4525)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery: Johnny goes to Birmingham, Alabama to investigate the theft of a rare Confederate coin.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 28, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Eleanor Audley; Herb Ellis; Herb Vigran; Forrest Lewis; Vic Perrin

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CBS, Mr. and Mrs. North, OTR Detective, Podcast

Mr. and Mrs. North: The Missing Sparkler (EP4524)

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Joseph Curtain and Alice Frost

Today’s Mystery:

While on a train, a beautiful bracelet appears in the Norths’ compartment, and then disappears.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: Sometime in 1943

Originating from New York City

Starring: Joseph Curtain as Jerry North; Alice Frost as Pamela North

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

Broadway’s My Beat: The Sherman Gates Murder Case (EP4523)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

Danny investigates when a man is found dead in a movie theater seat.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 3, 1949

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Gino Tartaglia; Junius Matthews; Mary Jane Croft; Paul Dubov; Herbert Rawlinson; Joyce McCluskey; Joe Forte

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Bulldog Drummond, Mutual, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

Bulldog Drummond: Death Uses Disappearing Ink (EP4522)

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Today’s Mystery:

Captain Drummond tries to remember how he got into a dangerous situation with a life on the line. It all started with a mysterious woman showing up in his compartment on an east-bound train.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 9, 1948

Originating in New York

Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Falcon

The Falcon: The Case of the Nervous Shakedown (EP4521)

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Les Damon

Today’s Mystery: A blackmailer is killed after the fiancé of a victim confronts him.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 27, 1951

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Chuck Webster as Sergeant Corbett; Mandel Kramer; Maurice Tarplin

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OTR Detective, Podcast

Murder Clinic: The Tragedy at Marsden Manor (Encore) (EP4520e)

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Maurice Tarplin

Poirot is called upon by the insurance company to investigate the apparent natural death of a wealthy man, who had just passed a physical for a life insurance policy for his young wife.

Original Air Date: October 6, 1942

Originating in New York

Starring: Maurice Tarplin as Poirot

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Chance (EP4520)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero join an inter-agency search for a missing Highway Patrol Officer.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 24, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

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

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CBS, Mr. and Mrs. North, OTR Detective, Podcast

Mr. and Mrs. North: The Norths Buy a Letter (EP4518)

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Joseph Curtain and Alice Frost

Today’s Mystery: A perjurer whose testimony got a friend of the Norths’ convicted of murder is offering them a chance to buy a letter that clears their friend’s name.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 6, 1943

Originated from New York City

Starred: Joseph Curtain as Jerry North, Alice Frost as Pamela North

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

Broadway’s My Beat: The Mary Gilbert Murder Case (EP4517)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery: At the request of the mother of a condemned man, Danny re-investigates the murder of a jeweler’s daughter.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 26, 1945

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Cloverk, Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia, Lillian Buyeff, Parley Baer, Tony Barrett, David Ellis, Vivian Baylor

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