Tag: Radio Drama

Danger with Grainger, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

Danger with Grainger: The Amourous Amnesiac (EP4821)

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Harp McGuire

Today’s Mystery:

Grainger finds an unconscious and beaten man in the street. He was found missing $10,000.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957

Originating from Australia

Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger

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OTR Detective, Podcast

The Casebook of Gregory Hood: The Murder of Gregory Hood (Encore) (EP4820e)

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Gale Gordon

Today’s Mystery:

Gregory Hood receives multiple death threats, and, after one close call, he decides to play dead while he solves his own murder.

Original Air Date: June 17, 1946

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Gale Gordon as Gregory Hood

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Ugly Pattern Matter (EP4820)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called in when three members of the board of a small company covered by a group life policy are murdered in a short period of time.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 29, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Les Tremayne; Forrest Lewis; Herb Vigran; Junius Matthews; Frank Gerstle

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Late Script (EP4819)

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Today’s Mystery:

Friday and Romero are called in to investigate the kidnapping of a local businessman.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 26, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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

Broadway’s My Beat: The Thomas Hart Murder Case (EP4818)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

An errand boy at a dress shop is murdered with a pair of scissors.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 15, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Irene Tedrow; Herb Butterfield; Sidney Miller; Sylvia Syms; Mary Shipp

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Charlie Chan, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

Charlie Chan: Escaped Musician (EP4817)

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Today’s Mystery:

A musician is implicated in a burglary that led to murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1950 or 1951

Originating from Sydney

Starring: William Rees as Charlie Chan; Rodney Jacobs

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Danger with Grainger, OTR Detective, Podcast

Danger with Grainger: The Rainy Night Murder (EP4816)

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Harp McGuire

Today’s Mystery:

Grainger encounters a terrified woman on a rainy night who is running from a man whom she says she saw murder another man.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957

Originating from Australia

Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger

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OTR Detective, Podcast

Casebook of Gregory Hood: The Black Museum (Encore) (EP4815e)

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Gale Gordon

Today’s Mystery:

Gregory Hood Importers acquires a ceremonial sacrificial dagger, and then receives a death threat from a woman claiming to be an Aztec priestess.

Original Air Date: June 10, 1946

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Delectable Damsel Matter (EP4815)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is called in to investigate the theft of a valuable diamond from a debutante on board a yacht at sea.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 15, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Chester Stratton; Barney Phillips; Jack Moyles; Frank Gerstle

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Sophomore (EP4814)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday investigates a series of petty robberies in neighborhood stores where the shopkeepers suspect a high school boy.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 19, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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

Broadway’s My Beat: The Ben Justin Murder Case (EP4813)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery: Danny investigates the murder of a former insurance investigator who was found dead in an alley.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 8, 1950

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover, Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia, Tony Barrett, Jack Kruschen, Michael Ann Barrett, Virgina Gregg, Sidney Miller

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Danger with Grainger, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

Danger with Grainger: Hired Help (EP4811)

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Harp McGuire

Today’s Mystery:

Grainger is hired by a wealthy woman to break up her son’s disfavoured romance, but complications ensue when the chauffer is found poisoned.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957

Originating from Australia

Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger

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OTR Detective, Podcast

Casebook of Gregory Hood: Three Silver Pesos (Encore) (EP4810e)

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Gale Gordon

Gregory Hood and Sandy find a man about to jump off a bridge, but he apparently dies of a heart attack while talking about a gun, and traces of cyanide are found, and then a doctor says the man was stabbed.

Original Air Date: June 3, 1946

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wayward River Matter (EP4810)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny is sent to a highly uninsured and underprepared town along the Ohio River to prevent a disaster in the midst of a flood.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 8, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Chester Stratton; Frank Gerstle; Bob Bruce; Parley Baer

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Set-Up (EP4809)

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Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of burglaries targeting wealthy homes.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 12, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

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

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