Episodes

  • The World's Great Novels: The Moonstone, Part One (EP4722)

    The World's Great Novels: The Moonstone, Part One (EP4722)
    Jun 5 2025
    Today's Mystery: In the mid-19th Century, a young English woman has inherited a large Indian diamond from her evil uncle. She decides to wear it as a brooch on her eighteenth birthday. What could go wrong?

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 2, 1948

    Originating from Chicago

    Starring: Sherman Marks as Gabriel Betterridge; Charles Mountain as Franklin Blake; Geraldine Kaye as Rachel Verinder; Alma Fox; Jane Elliot; Ruth Shane; Sidney Breese; Arthur Peterson; Boris Aplon; Margaret Brayton

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    38 mins
  • Broadway's My Beat: The Frank Conway Murder Case (EP4721)

    Broadway's My Beat: The Frank Conway Murder Case (EP4721)
    Jun 4 2025
    Today's Mystery: Danny investigates the murder of a Texan in a borrowed hotel room.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 3, 1950

    Originated from Hollywood

    Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Tony Quillan; Frances Robinson; Peggy Webber; Jay Novello; Tony Barrett; Herb Butterfield

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    36 mins
  • Charlie Chan: The Missing Heir and More Accusations (EP4720)

    Charlie Chan: The Missing Heir and More Accusations (EP4720)
    Jun 3 2025
    Today's Mystery: Inspector Chan returns from Reno with news on Landini's heirs and mounting suspicions.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1935 or 1936

    Originating from Los Angeles

    Starring: Walter Connolly as Inspector Charlie Chan

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    32 mins
  • The Falcon: The Case of the Broken Key (EP4719)

    The Falcon: The Case of the Broken Key (EP4719)
    Jun 2 2025
    Today's Mystery:Mike Waring finds himself on the opposite side of a beautiful Communist spy on the hunt for a party member who fled to Casablanca.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 27, 1952

    Originating from New York

    Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Ann Shepherd

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    37 mins
  • Dragnet: The Big Ben (EP4718)

    Dragnet: The Big Ben (EP4718)
    May 31 2025
    Today's Mystery:Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a carjacking.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 15, 1951

    Originating from Hollywood

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

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    33 mins
  • Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Time and Tide Matter (EP4717)

    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Time and Tide Matter (EP4717)
    May 30 2025
    Today's Mystery: Johnny goes to the Caribbean to locate a well-insured man who has disappeared and finds intrigue on a boat to Jamaica.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 16, 1958

    Originated from Hollywood

    Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Tony Barrett; Lawrence Dobkin; Herb Ellis; Frank Nelson; Ben Wright

    Discussed:Oregon Coast Scenic RailroadHocking Valley Scenic RailroadSumter Valley Railroad

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    35 mins
  • A Life in Your Hands: The Randall Marsden Murder (EP4716)

    A Life in Your Hands: The Randall Marsden Murder (EP4716)
    May 29 2025
    An assistant prosecutor is murdered on the same night a man he sent to death row has escaped. Suspicion falls on the escaped murderer, but is he the real culprit?

    Original Air Date: July 24, 1952

    Originating from New York

    Starring: Carlton Kadell as Jonathan Kegg

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    46 mins
  • Broadway's My Beat: The Steve Courtney Murder Case (EP4715)

    Broadway's My Beat: The Steve Courtney Murder Case (EP4715)
    May 28 2025
    Today's Mystery:Danny receives an anonymous tip that the supposed natural death of an industrialist was actually murder.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 23, 1950

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Junius Matthews; Francis X. Bushman; Joan Banks; Mary Lansing; Elliott Reid; Florence Lake

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    37 mins
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