Episodes

  • Dragnet: The Big Break (EP4634)

    Dragnet: The Big Break (EP4634)
    Feb 22 2025
    Todays Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero deal with a dangerous armed robber who keeps escaping.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 14, 1950

    Originating from Hollywood

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

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    36 mins
  • Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Shy Beneficiary Matter (EP4633)

    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Shy Beneficiary Matter (EP4633)
    Feb 21 2025
    Today's Mystery: Johnny's called in to find a missing life insurance beneficiary who turns out to be wanted for murder.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 17, 1957

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lawrence Dobkin; Virginia Gregg; Jack Kruschen; Jeanette Nolan; Russell Thorson; Howard McNear

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    33 mins
  • Mr. and Mrs. North: Charles Wyatt Murdered (EP4632)

    Mr. and Mrs. North: Charles Wyatt Murdered (EP4632)
    Feb 20 2025
    Today's Mystery: The Norths find a man just convicted of fraud dead in a hotel room.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 30, 1951

    Originating from New York City

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

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    31 mins
  • Broadway's My Beat: The Hope Anderson Murder Case (EP4631)

    Broadway's My Beat: The Hope Anderson Murder Case (EP4631)
    Feb 19 2025
    Today's Mystery: Danny investigates when a young woman is found shot dead in a fountain.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 31, 1950

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Frances Chaney; Jody Gilbert; Don Orrick; Herb Butterfield

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

    Mathew Slade, Private Investigator: Pattern for a Frame (EP4630)
    Feb 18 2025
    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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    32 mins
  • The Falcon: The Case of the Jumping Jack (EP4629)

    The Falcon: The Case of the Jumping Jack (EP4629)
    Feb 17 2025
    Today's Mystery: A woman hires The Falcon because she suspects that her husband has hired a private eye to follow her.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 20, 1952

    Originating from New York

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

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    37 mins
  • Dragnet: The Big Picture (EP4628)

    Dragnet: The Big Picture (EP4628)
    Feb 15 2025
    Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a racket that's taking advantage of teenage girls and getting them to pose for pornographic pictures.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 7, 1950

    Originating from Hollywood

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

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    33 mins
  • Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Alkali Mike Matter (EP4627)

    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Alkali Mike Matter (EP4627)
    Feb 14 2025
    Today's Mystery: An eccentric, wealthy man, with life insurance, is dead, and Johnny's old friend Meg is the prime suspect.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 10, 1957

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Harry Bartell; Virginia Gregg; Dick Keith; Peter Leeds; Jeanne Tatum; Frank Gerstle

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    31 mins