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Charlie Chan: The Case of the Romantic Engineer (EP4812)

Today’s Mystery:

A woman believes her husband has been kidnapped, but instead of a ransom note, she’s being sent money.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1950 or 1951

Originating from Sydney

Starring: William Rees as Charlie Chan; Rodney Jacobs

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The Road to the Valentine Matter (EP4795s)

Today we take a look at the evolution of E. Jack Neumann’s story that became the five-part Johnny Dollar serial.

Jeff Regan: The Man in the Church

Regan is hired for a simple job of delivering $5,000 to a man, but finds himself wanted for murder.

Original Air Date: October 12, 1949

Starring: Frank Graham as Jeff Regan; Frank Nelson; William Conrad; Sidney Miller

Night Beat: Big John McMasters

Randy Stone befriends an old-time racketeer and becomes concerned when he is shot.

Original Air Date: March 4, 1951

Starring: Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone; William Conrad; Tudor Owen

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The San Antonio Matter

Johnny goes to Saint Petersburg to investigate the killing of a mobster.

Original Air Date: April 28, 1953

Starring: John Lund as Johnny Dollar; John McIntire; Joseph Kearns; Jeanette Nolan; Virginia Gregg; Jay Novello

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Valentine Matter

After investigating a hotel theft in New Orleans, Johnny befriends an old-time bootlegger in a bar.

Original Air Dates: October 31-November 4, 1955

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lillian Buyeff; Betty Lou Gerson; Barney Phillips; Will Wright; Forrest Lewis; Marvin Miller; Jay Novello; Jack Moyles

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Cloak and Dagger: The Trap

Today’s Adventure:

A cartoonist in the OSS goes undercover in a German-occupied French village ahead of an American advance.

Original Radio Broadcast: July 9, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Virginia Payne; Raymond Edward Johnson; Karl Weber; Stefan Schnabel; Jerry Jarrett; Ralph Bell; Lotte Stavisky; Everett Sloan

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The Hall of Fantasy: Markheim (AWR0284)

Amazing World of Radio

Today’s Story: A gambler murders a pawn broker on Christmas Eve and is haunted by it.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 24, 1947

Originating in Salt Lake City

Starring: , Carl Grayson, Richard Harcourt, Beth Caulder,

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Cloak and Dagger: The Brenner Pass Story (A0006)

Today’s Adventure:

An OSS agent undertakes a secret mission to blow up a highway in Italy to block the escape of the Germans.

Original Radio Broadcast: June 4, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Boris Aplon; Hester Sondergaard; Berry Kroeger; Virginia Payne; Raymond Edward Johnson; Karl Weber; Joseph Julian; Everett Sloan

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Cloak and Dagger: The Trojan Horse (A0004)

Today’s Adventure:

A French agent of the OSS takes a singer to Casablanca to feed inaccurate information to the Nazis.

Original Radio Broadcast: May 28, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Jane White; Raymond Edward Johnson; Berry Kroeger; Leon Janney; Joseph Julian; Karl Weber; Guy Sorel; Bernie Gould

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Family Theater: Lodging for the Night (AWR0281)

Amazing World of Radio

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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Cloak and Dagger: Frank Baker’s Story (A0002)

Today’s Adventure:

An American OSS agent who parachuted into Germany tries to figure out how he made a mistake.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 7, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Joseph Julian; Dolly Haas; Raymond Edward Johnson; Corey Ford; Bernard Phillips; Ross Martin

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Mathew Slade, Private Investigator: Pattern for a Frame (EP4630)

Today’s Mystery:

Mathew finds himself accused of murder while working with a Congressman on a corruption probe of a racketeer.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 11, 1964

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: William Wintersole as Mathew Slade; Sylvia Walden as Jonesy; Norman Belkin as Sergeant Sid Dinelli; Karl Swenson as Lieutenant Flagg

Aired as Starlight Mystery Theater. Also known as Matthew Slade, Private Investigator.

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Mr. and Mrs. North: Dime a Dance (EP4620)

Joseph Curtain and Alice Frost

Today’s Mystery:

A dancer at a dance hall gets Pam to come to her apartment by claiming that Jerry was in love with her.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 7, 1950

Originating from New York City

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

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Lights Out: Three Men (AWR0264)

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Today’s story:

At the end of the war, three officers from different countries find themselves as the wise men.

Original Broadcast Date: December 22, 1937

Originating in Chicago

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CBS Radio Workshop: A Writer at Work (AWR0263)

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Actress Jan Minor hosts this program, featuring real audio tape of the writer of The Second Mrs. Burton. Hector Chevigny works with his secretary to come up with an idea for a Thanksgiving episode.

Original Air Date: October 12, 1956

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Heatherstone Players Matter (EP4513)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called in to protect a Shakespearean actor and producer who is hated by everyone in a Shakespearean radio festival he’s putting on.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 14, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Lawrence Dobkin; Richard Crenna; Sam Edwards; Frank Gerstle; Herb Vigran; Hans Conried

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Eugene Bullock Murder Case (EP4511)

Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A visitor to New York is found dead in a rundown sanitarium, and he is missing $5,000.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 19, 1949

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jerry Hausner; Bea Benaderet; Alan Reed; Tony Barrett; Joseph Kearns; Georgia Ellis

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Silks Bergen Murder (EP4487)

Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

A jockey who had asked a favor of Danny is murdered.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 18, 1949

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Gino Tartaglia; and Hans Conreid

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