Tag: OTR Mystery

The Falcon: The Case of the Beautiful Bait (EP4563)

Les Damon

Today’s Mystery:

A beautiful woman’s attempt to seduce a young boxer into signing with her fight manager boyfriend ends in murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 22, 1951

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Chuck Webster as Sergeant Corbett; Ralph Bell

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Call the Police: The Porter Case (Encore) (EP4562e)

Joseph Julian

New Police Commissioner Bill Grant investigates the murder of a blackmailer, and a husband and his wife confess.

Original Air Date: June 3, 1947

Originating in New York

Starring Joseph Julian as Bill Grant

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Dragnet: The Big Quack (EP4562)

Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a phony psychiatrist who burgled the house of a patient he’d hypnotized.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 12, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The J.P.D. Matter (EP4561)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

The owner of an old-style brewery alleges that a blast by a rival building a clifftop brewery will destroy her operation.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 15, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Eleanor Audley; Jeanne Bates; G. Stanley Jones; Alan Reed; Austin Green

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Mr. and Mrs. North: Pam Goes it Alone (EP4560)

Alice Frost

Today’s Mystery: Pam helps the fiancée of a condenmed killer to try and find evidence to clear him.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 2, 1944

Originated from New York City

Starred: Alice Frost as Pamela North, Frank Lovejoy

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Roberto Segura Murder Case (EP4559)

Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A young man is found murdered in his apartment with a young woman sitting nearby playing a guitar.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 31, 1950

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Tony Barrett; Jeanette Nolan; Herb Butterfield; Michael Ann Barrett; Armando Coran,

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Molle Mystery Theater: Red Wine (EP4558)

Ken Lynch

Today’s Mystery:

A San Francisco detective is convinced that one of three Americans at a Brazillian plantation is a fugitive killer in disguise. But which one?

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 8, 1946

Originating from New York City

Starring: Ken Lynch

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The Falcon: The Case of the Loose Lip (EP4557)

Les Damon

Today’s Mystery:

A shooting of an underworld character by a racketeer’s thug sets off a string of double-crosses that leads to murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 15, 1951

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Chuck Webster as Sergeant Corbett; Mandel Kramer; Bill Zuckert

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Casey, Crime Photographer: After Turkey, the Bill (Encore) (EP4556e)

Stats Cotsworth

Casey and Ann look into a Thanksgiving Day hold-up.

Original Air Date: November 27, 1947

Originating in New York

Starring: Staats Cotsworth as Flash Casey

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Dragnet: The Big .38 (EP4556)

Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for an armed robber who shot and killed a clerk.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 5, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

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

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Charmona Matter (EP4555)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes to Buffalo to investigate the sinking of a $100,000 yacht and the loss of its owner.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 8, 1957

Originated from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Les Tremayne; Mary Jane Croft; Harry Bartell; Vic Perrin; Bob Bruce

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Mr. and Mrs. North: The Norths Get Wired for Sound (EP4554)

Joseph Curtain and Alice Frost

Today’s Mystery:

For a lark, the Norths record a record, and then someone tries to kill them in the cab on the way home.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 19, 1944

Originating from New York City

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

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Joan Gale Murder Case (EP4553)

Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A woman is found murdered in a flower shop.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 21, 1950

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Mugovin; Irene Tedrow; Edgar Barrier; Herb Vigran; Jerry Hausner

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Bulldog Drummond: Porcelain Ming Cat (EP4552)


Today’s Mystery:

A woman says her brother’s life depends on her delivering a porcelain Ming cat, and asks Captain Drummond for protection.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: Unknown

Originating in New York

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

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The Falcon: The Case of the Hypocritical Hypo (EP4551)

Les Damon

Today’s Mystery:

A woman hires The Falcon to find her missing hypochondriac husband.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 1, 1951

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Chuck Webster as Sergeant Corbett; Jackson Beck; Mandel Kramer

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