Tag: Old Time Radio

Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Mailman (EP4773)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero join forces with a USPS inspector to correct a forger who is stealing and then cashing checks.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 24, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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

Broadway’s My Beat: The Helen Carrol Murder Case (EP4772)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery: An elderly woman is found murdered in her apartment and three people confess to the crime.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 13, 1950

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover, Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia, Jack Kruschen as Sergent Muggavan, Joyce McCluskey, Herb Butterfield, Peggy Webber, Lou Krugman, and David Ellis

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Amazing World of Radio, Podcast

This is My Best: The Master of Ballantrae (AWR0283)

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Today’s Story: The eldest of two brothers is presumed dead in war and the youngest marries his sweetheart and iherits the estate. Conflict comes when the older brother returns determined to reclaim what had been his.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 10, 1945

Starring Orson Welles, Ray Collins, Agnes Moorehead, Alan Napier

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Charlie Chan, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

Charlie Chan: A Test of Color/A Getaway/Murderous Revelation (EP4771)

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Walter Connolly
Today’s Mystery:

Leslie Beaton has told Sheriff Holt damning information against one of the suspects, while Charlie Chan races against a self-imposed deadline to provide the killer’s identity.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1935 or 1936

Originating from Los Angeles

Starring: Walter Connolly as Inspector Charlie Chan

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Mutual, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Falcon

The Falcon: The Case of the Treacherous Trio (EP4770)

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George Petrie

Today’s Mystery:

The Falcon agrees to help a woman find her missing husband, and finds himself in the middle of a love triangle, investigating a murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 15, 1953

Originating from New York

Starring: George Petrie as The Falcon; Mandel Kramer; Ralph Bell

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wayward Money Matter (EP4769)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes to Baltimore to investgate $104,000 being stolen from a tobacco company’s vault. Suspicion falls on a timid little bookkeeper.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 13, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Edgar Barrier; Alan Reed; Vic Perrin; Frank Nelson

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Blast (EP4768)

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Today’s Mystery:

A woman is shot in bed while sleeping with her seven-year-old son.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 17, 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: Tom and Alice Corey Murder Case (EP4767)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A man kills his wife on the phone with Danny and plans to end his life.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 21, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Herb Butterfield; Anne Stone; Byron Kane; Janet Logan; Junius Matthews

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Amazing World of Radio, Podcast

Your Playhouse of Favorites: The Suicide Club (AWR0282)

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A bored crown prince, looking for excitement, joins a club of men who want to end their lives.

Original Air Date: Sometime between 1947 and 1949

Originating in New York

Starring: Dwight Reese and Walter Vaughn

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Charlie Chan, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

Charlie Chan: The Color Blind Killer/The Eye Witness (EP4766)

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Walter Connolly
Today’s Mystery:

Inspector Chan gets a key clue to the killer’s identity from Landini’s autobiography.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1935 or 1936

Originating from Los Angeles

Starring: Walter Connolly as Inspector Charlie Chan

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Falcon

The Falcon: The Case of the Strawberry Blonde (EP4765)

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Les Damon

Today’s Mystery:

A woman working for the Communist Party in Paris tries to get her husband to steal notes on a sensitive meeting.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 14, 1952

Originating from New York

Starred: Les Damon as The Falcon; Ralph Bell

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Eastern Western Matter (EP4764)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes to Florida to investigate a ranch, where a rancher claims the winter freeze cost him his entire herd of cattle.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 6, 1958

Originated from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Marvin Miller; Herb Vigran; Jack Moyles; Vic Perrin

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Drills

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Today’s Mystery:

Friday investigates a series of safe burglaries at a string of markets.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 10, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Family Theater: Lodging for the Night (AWR0281)

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Today’s story:

In fifteenth-century Paris, a roguish poet finds himself on the run, wanted for a murder he didn’t commit

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 25, 1950

Starring: Robert Alda as Francois Villon; Ona Munson; Tyler McVey; Charles Russell; Robert Griffin; Edward Holden; Robert Bruce; Jeffrey Silver; Raymond Burr

Hosted by Dan Duryea

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

Broadway’s My Beat: The Mary Deming Murder Case (EP4762)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A woman is murdered, and the only clue Danny has as to why she was killed is her high school yearbook.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 14, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia

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