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Danger with Grainger: Clever Criminologist (EP4891)
Today's Mystery: A woman hires Grainger because she suspects her estranged husband (a famous criminologist) will kill a male friend.
Orig...
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wayward Diamond Matter (EP4890)
Today's Mystery: An insurance case was closed, but the agency forgot about a fraudulent claim for the jewelry.
Original Radio Broadcast D...
Broadway's My Beat: The Joe Gruber Murder Case (EP4888)
Today's Mystery:A man commits murder while trying to break into a woman's apartment.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 8, 1951
The Big Story: Manhunt in Manhattan (EP4887)
Today’s Mystery:A reporter searches for a robber who provoked a police officer into killing a bystander.
Original Radio Broadcast: Januar...
Danger with Grainger: The Wandering Weapon Case (EP4886)
Today's Mystery: An out-of-town visitor is accused of murder when his gun from California is used in the killing.
Original Radio Broadcas...
Tarzan and the Diamonds of Asher: Mistaken Identity, the Map, A Wolf Among the Sheep (A0053)
Today's Adventure:Tarzan is mistaken for a missing American archeologist by dangerous criminals who demand he tell them the location of the land of As...
Let George Do It: Man Under the Elm Tree (Encore) (EP4883)
George goes to a quiet college town, sent by a man who fears a lodger at his sister’s inn is up to no good. He finds an eccentric professor who seems...
Stand by for Crime: The Light (Encore) (EP4882)
Chuck suspects that a series of plane crashes aren’t accidents.
Original Air Date: 1952
Starring: Glen Langan as Chuck Morga...
Michael Shayne: Return to Huxley (Encore) (EP4881)
Michael Shayne investigates a peeping tom at Phyllis’s alma mater.
Original Air Date: November 5, 1946
Starring: Wally Maher...
Bill Lance: Death Wears a New Dress (Encore) (EP4880e)
A fashion model friend of Bill’s calls for help and then drops dead in the middle of a show before she can tell him what’s the matter.
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Lux Radio Theater: Suspicion (Encore) (A0050)
A woman (Olivia De Haviland) comes to suspect that her husband (William Powell) is a murderer.
Original Air Date: September 18, 1944
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Neel Breer Matter (Encore) (EP4880)
Johnny travels to a small town when a doctor raises doubts about the cause of a death of a young man who supposedly died of a heart attack.
Sherlock Holmes: New Year’s Eve Off The Scilly Isles (Encore) (EP4879)
Sherlock Holmes and Watson race to save a luxury liner from being blown up.
Original Air Date: December 28, 1947
Originating...
Candy Matson: Valley of the Moon (Encore) (EP4878)
Candy goes on vacation at a dude ranch at the Valley of the Moon and quickly runs into murder.
Original Air Date: December 17, 1949
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Nick Carter: The Case of the Haunted Burial Cave (Encore) (EP4877)
Nick is called in by an anthropologist to investigate when he’s attacked at the site of a Native American burial ground.
Original Air Dat...
Nick Carter: The Echo of Death (EP4876)
Nick Carter flies to beautiful Echo Canyon to investigate the disappearance of a famous financial correspondent.
Original Air Date: July...
The Casebook of Gregory Hood: The Double Diamond (Encore) (EP4875e)
Gregory Hood investigates the theft of a diamond in mid-flight.
Original Air Date: August 5, 1946
Starring: Gale Gordon as G...
Danger With Grainger: Out of Jail for Christmas (EP4871)
Today's Mystery:The son of a cab driver asks Grainger to help his father out of jail by proving him innocent of a burglary.
Original Radi...
The Whistler: Christmas Bonus (Encore) (A0046)
An ex-con is fired from his job at a department store where a string of burglaries totaling $10,000 have occurred, and decides to return to a life of...
Dragnet: The Big Little Jesus (EP4869)
Today's Mystery:Joe Friday and Frank Smith investigate the theft of a statue of the child Jesus from a church nativity scene.
Original Ra...
Broadway's My Beat: The Pablo Morari Murder (EP4868)
Today's Mystery: A young man is found murdered outside a club.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 30, 1951
Originating from...
Danger with Grainger: Phony Photographer Case (EP4866)
Today's Mystery: A female nightclub photographer turns to Steve Grainger for help.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957
The Casebook of Gregory Hood: The Forgetful Murderer (Encore) (EP4865e)
Someone is murdering night watchmen and leaving odd clues behind.
Original Air Date: July 29, 1946
Originating from Hollywoo...
Cloak and Dagger: Windfall (A0044)
Today's Adventure: An ex-pat gambler in Switzerland gets a top secret film both sides want and tries to sell to the highest bidder.
Origi...
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Glacier Ghost Matter (EP4865)
Today's Mystery:Johnny is called in to verify the fate of a businessman who disappeared in the Palisades glacier.
Original Radio Broadcas...
Dragnet: The Big Want Ad (EP4864)
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a case where conmen are victimizing peoople who place newspaper ads to sell their cars.
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Broadway's My Beat: The Ruth Larson Murder Case (EP4863)
Today's Mystery: A fourteen-year-old is the first of a series of women brutally murdered by the same person.
Original Radio Broadcast Dat...
Feature Assignment: The Majczek Case (EP4862)
Today's Mystery:A mother who has worked as a scrub woman for 13 years offers a large reward to absolve her son of a Chicago cop's murder.
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Danger with Grainger: Innocent, Innocent (EP4861)
Today's Mystery: A young man is found standing on an estate where a murder was committed. He's holding a gun used to commit a murder, but he swears he...
Casebook of Gregory Hood: Death from the Red Capsule (EP4860e)
A young woman is poisoned when visiting Gregory Hood’s campfire and Gregory is charged with the crime.
Original Air Date: July 22, 1946<...
Cloak and Dagger: The Wine of Freedom (A0042)|WW2 Spy Adventure
Today's Adventure:An American OSS agent poses as a wine merchant in Germany to organize the country's anti-Hitler elements into an effective resistanc...
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Noxious Needle Matter (EP4860)
Today's Mystery: Johnny's called in to determine whether a theatrical producer died of natural causes or was murdered.
Original Radio Bro...
Dragnet: The Big September Man (EP4859)
Todays Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Riomero investigate the brutul killing of a woman who worked in an office building.
Original Radio Bro...
Broadway's My Beat: The Frank Dunn Murder Case (EP4858)
Today's Mystery: Danny investigates the shooting death of a bartender.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 16, 1951
Originat...
Danger with Grainger: Lady Alibi (EP4856)
Today's Mystery: A beautiful model comes to Grainger for help, claiming that she's being pressured to provide an alibi for a man who shot a security g...
Casebook of Gregory Hood: South of the Border (Encore) (EP4855e)
Gregory Hood arrives in Mexico City to purchase jade and is mistaken for a wayward king.
Original Air Date: July 15, 1946
Or...
Cloak and Dagger: Delay on Route (A0040)
Today's Adventure:In a territory the partisans seized from the fascists in Italy, an OSS agent has to sneak out two fascists ready to give vital infor...
Broadway's My Beat: The Earl Lawson Murder Case (EP4853)
Today's Mystery: A wealthy man is knifed in Times Square.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 9, 1951
Originating from Holly...
The Big Story: The Case of the Unfinished Love Song (EP4852)
Today's Mystery: Howard Beaufait of The Cleveleand News reinvestigates the case of a violin-playing convicted killer who claims innocence and whose wi...
Danger with Grainger: The Invented Husband (EP4851)
Today's Mystery: A woman invents a husband to get a job and then has to "kill him off" to get married. She turns to Grainger when she finds herself im...