Tag: OTR Mystery

The Lone Wolf: The Golden Santa (Encore) (EP4590)

Walter Coy

Today’s Mystery: A woman gets Michael to help her search for her six-inch-high golden statue of Santa Claus.

Original Air Date: January 1, 1949

Originating in Hollywood

Starring Walter Loy as Michael Lanyard

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Casey, Crime Photographer: Hot New Year’s Eve Party (Encore) (EP4589)

Stats Cotsworth

Casey and Ann begin the New Year by looking into an arson/murder and the related kidnapping of a college professor.

Original Air Date: January 1, 1948

Originating in New York

Starring Staats Cotsworth as Casey

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Let George Do It: Needle in the Haystack (Encore) (EP4588)

Bob Bailey

A florist from Mexico City hires George to find a dozen roses in Pasadena … during the Tournament of Roses. Murder follows.

Original Air Date: January 2, 1950

Originating in Hollywood

Starring Bob Bailey as George Valentine and Virginia Gregg as Brooksie

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Philip Marlowe: The House that Jacqueline Built (Encore) (EP4587)

Gerald Mohr

Today’s Mystery: Marlowe is hired to find a missing house on New Year’s Eve.

Original Air Date: December 31, 1949

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Gerald Mohr as Philip Marlowe

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Lux Radio Theater: Captain Carey, USA (Encore) (EP4586e)

Charlton Heston

A former O.S.S. officer returns to Italy after World War II to locate the person who betrayed him and his compatriots to the Nazis.

Original Air Date: February 2, 1953

Originating in Hollywood

Starring Charlton Heston as Webster Carey

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Dragnet: The Big Church (EP4586)

Today’s Mystery:

A woman reports receiving threats for attending a new church.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 2, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Bum Steer Matter (EP4585)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny gets a mysterious invitation to a ranch in Colorado and finds the insured owner dead of anthrax. The owner’s daughter suspects murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 6, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Jeanne Tatum; Will Wright; Jack Edwards; Howard McNear; Sam Edwards; Forrest Lewis

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Mr. and Mrs. North: The Mystery of the Triggerman (EP4584)

Joseph Curtain and Alice Frost

Today’s Mystery:

An ex-con wants the Norths’ help to save a man his boss asked him to kill.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 30, 1945

Originating from New York City

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

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Dion Hartley Murder Case (EP4583)

Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A satirist with many enemies offers Danny $50,000 to his favorite charity to prevent his murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 17, 1950

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Mugavin; Anne Stone; Virginia Gregg; Elliott Reid; Ted Osborne; Bert Holland

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This is Your FBI: The Return of Saint Nick (EP4582)

Today’s Mystery: FBI Special Agent Jim Taylor delays his vacation home. to find a Settlement House Santa Clause who disappeared.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 22, 1950

Starring Stacy Harris as Special Agent Jim Taylor,  Jeffrey Silver, Peggy Webber, Roland Winters, Victor Rodman,

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The Falcon: The Case of the Unwelcome Christmas Present (EP4581)

Les Damon

Today’s Mystery:

A man who bought a fur coat goes for his girlfriend for Christmas turns to The Falcon when dangerous people want it back.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 24, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Larry Haines; Ralph Bell

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Nick Shurn Matter Omnibus (EP4580s)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

At Christmastime, Johnny has to find a beautiful woman, who is the only one who knows the truth behind the murder of a New York club owner, before the killer does.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: December 19-23, 1956

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Peggy Webber; Don Diamond; Ben Wright; Jack Kruschen; Barney Phillips; Sam Edwards; Ken Christy

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Dragnet: Production 8 (aka the Big Missing/Juanita Lasky) (EP4580)

Todays Mystery:

At Christmastime, Joe Friday and Ben Romero try to find a missing daughter from Utah.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 28, 1949

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Raymond Burr as Sergeant Ed Backstrand, Chief of Detectives; Herb Butterfield

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Missing Mouse Matter (EP4579)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called in around Christmas to find a “singing mouse” that disappeared from a wealthy man’s house ahead of a performance at a children’s hospital.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 23, 1956

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Mary Jane Croft; Howard McNear; Parley Baer; G. Stanley Jones; Bill James; Lawrence Dobkin; Richard Beals

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Mr. and Mrs. North: Frisbie Proves His Point (EP4578)

Joseph Curtain and Alice Frost

Today’s Mystery: When a mystery tries to stage a mock murder in the middle of a crowd in Times Square, the Norths find themselves in a real murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 17, 1945

Originated from New York City

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

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