Tag: OTR Mystery

The Big Story: The Bobby-Sox Kid from Bayonne (EP4847)

Today’s Mystery:

Dorothy Kilgaren is called in to investigate the killing-by-hatchet of a woman; police suspect her seventeen-year-old daughter.

Original Radio Broadcast: October 15, 1947

Originating from New York

Starring: Janet Fox as Dorothy Kilgaren; Burt Brazier; Francis De Sales; Jerry Lewis; Mitzi Gould; Eleanor Audley

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Danger with Grainger: The Annie Lesich Story (EP4846)

Harp McGuire

Today’s Mystery:

A woman asks Grainger for help when a man whom she sent to prison is released.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957

Originating from Australia

Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger

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Casebook of Gregory Hood: The Derringer Society (Encore) (EP4845e)

Gale Gordon

A woman visits the Derringer Society and the members start dying as she predicted.

Original Air Date: July 8, 1946

Originating in Hollywood

Starring Gale Gordon as Gregory Hood

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wayward Killer Matter (EP4845)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called to protect an insured man who witnessed a murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 27, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Edgar Barrier; Herb Vigran; James McCallion; Paul Dubov; Lawrence Dobkin; John Dehner; Bill James; Vic Perrin

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Dragnet: The Big Seventeen (EP4844)

Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate teens going wild in a neighborhood, culminating in a small riot in a theater.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 6, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Eleanor Corbett Murder Case (EP4843)

Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A woman is found murdered with a broken neck.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 26, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Howard McNear

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The Big Story: The Case of the Counterfeit Coins (EP4842)

Today’s Mystery:

Reporter Jack Adams goes undercover in a gang of counterfeiters to catch the man at the top.

Original Radio Broadcast: October 19, 1947

Originating from New York

Starring: Dwight Weist as Jack Adams; Mason Adams; Larry Haines; Richard Keith; Eileen Heckart; James Boles; Jackson Beck

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Danger with Grainger: A Marriage Minded Girl (EP4841)

Harp McGuire

Today’s Mystery:

A woman contacts Grainger for help and is then beaten up and disappears.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957

Originating from Australia

Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger

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Adventure Ahead: Inside the FBI

Today’s Adventure:

An FBI agent tells a young visitor about a case that began with cattle rustling but led to a nationwide conspiracy.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: August 26, 1944

Originating from New York

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Dragnet: The Big Crazy (EP4839)

Today’s Mystery:

A woman is missing and her sister suspects her milquetoast husband of murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 30, 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: The Charles Crandall Murder Case (EP4838)

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Today’s Mystery: A man is found murdered with the only clue to his identity being a parking ticket.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 12, 1951

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover, Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia, Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan, Lou Merrill, Jeanette Nolan, Adam Williams, Peggy Webber, Joy Terry.

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The Big Story: The Thirteenth Key (EP4837)

Today’s Mystery:

A Columbus reporter investigates the brutal stabbing death of a woman found at a shooting range.

Original Radio Broadcast: June 4, 1947

Originating from New York

Starring: John Gibson as James Fusco of the Columbus Citizen; James McCallion; Gilbert Mack; Ward Wilson; Horace Braham; Connie Lembke; Janet Fox

Related: Columbus Underground article on the true story behind this week’s episode. (NSFW)

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Danger with Grainger: The Coincidental Cartoon (EP4836)

Harp McGuire

Today’s Mystery:

A cartoonist hires Grainger when his brother is murdered using a method that was outlined in his comic strip.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957

Originating from Australia

Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger

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Dragnet: The Big In-Laws (EP4834)

Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of truck hijackings.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 23, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Harry Foster Murder Case (EP4833)

Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

Danny searches for a misssing man who has been stabbed.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 5, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Lamont Johnson; Cathy Lewis; Virginia Gregg; Herb Vigran; John McGovern

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