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Release Date: July 18, 2013

Auguste Dupin investigates the murder of a young woman found floating in a Paris river.

Original Air Date: December 14, 1953

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Release Date: July 16, 2013

Jimmy Stewart plays a cynical reporter turned crusader who seeks to clear a man wrongly convicted of murdering a police officer. This episode was based on the 1949 Edgar Award Winning Movie of the same name.

Original Air Date: October 7, 1948

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Release Date: July 11, 2013

The episode begins with a look at a story of the Prophet Daniel that many think is the first detective story. From Can You Imagine That?

Original Air Date: 1940

A woman and her daughter are brutally killed after withdrawing 50,000 Francs from the bank and Dupin is on the case in Edgar Allan Poe’s first detective story.

Original Air Date: January 2, 1944

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Release Date: July 04, 2013

A Scotland Yard Inspector investigates the disappearance of a train en route.

Original Air Date: February 12, 1949

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Today's Mystery: After returning to New York following years of imprisonment during the Spanish Civil War, John McKittrick learns that a close friend has died under suspicious circumstances. As he investigates, he finds himself caught in a dangerous web of espionage, murder, and betrayal connected to secrets from his wartime past.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 14, 1944

Originating from Hollywood

Starred: Robert Young as John McKittrick, Maureen O'Hara as Elma Don, and Walter Slezak as Dr. Scoss.Also featuring Charles Seal, Charlotte Treadway, Ed Emerson, George Sorel, Griff Barnett, Howard McNear, Jay Novello, John McIntire, Norman Field, and Rene Gussaire.

Produced by Cecil B. DeMille.

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Release Date: March 24, 2013

In the 25th Century, a Treasury Agent seeks to find the truth behind the re-appearance of counterfeit currency.

Original Air Date: October 3, 1956

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Release Date: January 27, 2013

Max Carrados doesn’t buy an obvious explanation that a man was murdered by the boyfriend of his lover.

Original Air Date: August 18, 1942

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Release Date: November 17, 2012

A couple has until dawn to find out who killed a rich socialite or one of them will have to answer to the police.

Original Air Date: May 15, 1948

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Release Date: September 30, 2012

The golden age of radio came to an end with episodes of Yours Truly Johnny Dollar and Suspense. In the “Tip-Off Matter,” an ex-con tells Johnny the location of his loot. In “Devilstone,” a rich young Irishman is having trouble renting a house that is rumored to be haunted.

On September 30th 1962


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Today's Mystery: A private detective is hired to located a woman's brother who is tied into underworld activity.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 29, 1950

Originating in New York

Starring: Lee Tracy as Clint Flint, Miriam Wolfe, Bill Lipton, Joe DeSantis

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Release Date: June 30, 2012

A former O.S.S. Officer returns to Italy to locate the person who betrayed him and his compatriots to the Nazis.

Original Air Date: February 2, 1953

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Original Release Date: June 16, 2012
  
A police lieutenant hunts a murderer whose crimes are always accompanied by a crowd. Original Air Date: September 27, 1950

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Today's 1st Mystery: An investigator for the Civil Aviation Administration gets a call warning of a bomb on a plane.

Original Radio Broadcast: February 3, 1952

Originating in Hollywood

Starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

Today's 2nd Mystery: Randy receives a tip that there’s a bomb on a plane to Denver.

Original Air Date: September 4, 1952

Originating in Hollywood

Starring Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone

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Today's Story: The best friend and top lieutenant of a political boss finds himself in the midst of a murder that threatens his boss's career.

Original Air Date: July 22, 1946

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Alan Ladd; Marjorie Reynolds; Ward Bond

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Today's Mystery: A baby photographer impersonates an out-of-town private investigator and gets mixed up with a beautiful woman who wants him to find her missing uncle.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 13, 1947

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Hope as Ronny Jackson; Dorothy Lamour; Frank Nelson

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Release Date: April 21, 2012

The youngest and oldest detectives on the force turn to a drunk former detective to solve three murders that occurred at the same time.

Original Air Date: June 13, 1949

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Release Date: March 13, 2012

Poirot is called upon by the insurance to investigate the apparent natural death of a wealthy man who just passed a physical for a life insurance policy for his young wife.

Original Air Date: October 6, 1942

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Release Date: March 6, 2012

While trying to retire, Poirot investigates the murder of a rich man in the country.

Original Air Date: November 12, 1939

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As we get ready for Christmas, we bring you two original old time radio Christmas plays featuring Sherlock Holmes. First up is The Night Before Christmas.

On Christmas, one of Moriarity’s henchmen switches Christmas sacks with Dr. Watson when both are dressed as Santa Claus. Sherlock Holmes has to catch the thief and save Watson and the kids at a Christmas party.
 
Original Air Date: December 24, 1945
 
Originating from Hollywood
 
Starring: Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes; Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson
 
Next up is The Adventure of the Christmas Bride.
 
Sherlock Holmes is invited to spend the holidays with a family that needs him to ensure that a family curse doesn't prevent a wedding from occurring.

Original Air Date: December 21, 1947

Originating from New York

Starring: John Stanley as Sherlock Holmes; Alfred Shirley as Dr. Watson

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Release Date: December 3, 2011

A charming young woman is murdered and Madam Rosika Storey is called in to find out who did it and save a prominent family from scandal.

Original Air Date: September 22, 1942

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In this special, we look back at the top five half-hour Old Time Radio programs of our 2024-2025 season, and one of our best Old Time Radio Snack Wagon episodes.

First up, it's The Falcon in "The Case of the Jumping Jack":

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

Then we turn to the Your Playhouse of Favorites production of "The Suicide Club":

A bored crown prince, looking for excitement, joins a club of men who want to end their lives.

Original Air Date: Sometime between 1947 and 1949

Originating from New York

Starring: Dwight Reese; Walter Vaughn

Speaking of Robert Louis Stevenson, we turn to an excerpt from The Orson Welles Almanac wherein Welles reads Stevenson's lesser-known letter defending Father Damien against the scathing remarks of Reverend Dr. C.M. Hyde. This impassioned response, penned in 1890, highlights the stark contrasts between the selfless heroism of Father Damien and the hypocrisy of his critics.

Join us as we explore the rich historical context and emotional weight of Stevenson's words, showcasing not only a brilliant literary takedown but also a tribute to compassion and service in the face of adversity. Welles's masterful narration brings this poignant piece to life, reminding us of the enduring legacy of Father Damien.

Complete Text of Stevenson's letter:
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/281/281-h/281-h.htm

Then we turn to a surreal episode of Mr. and Mrs. North, "Call Me Choo Choo"

Today’s Mystery:Pam and Jerry hear a clarinet being played in the middle of the country near a wrecked car.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 9, 1947

Originating from New York City

Starring: Joseph Curtain as Jerry North; Alice Frost as Pamela North; Larry Haines; Mandel Kramer

We will also have a listen to one of our new series, Cloak and Dagger, about the true adventures of the OSS during WWII. Here is "Roof of the World":

A husband and wife team of geologists are recruited by the IRS to journey into Tibet to seek the favor of the Dalai Lama. They find themselves in competition with two Nazi officers.

Original Radio Broadcast: August 13, 1950

Originating from New YorkStarring: Louise Barclay; Grant Richards; Raymond Edward Johnson; Stefan Schnabel; Berry Kroeger; Janice Gilbert; Karl Weber; Ralph Bell; Jerry Jarrett

Then we conclude with one of our most memorable guest-starring appearances in the Yours Truly Johnny Dollar story, "The Price of Fame Matter"

Vincent Price summons Johnny Dollar when a $100,000 painting is stolen from his private collection.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 2, 1958

Originating from HollywoodStarring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Vincent Price as Himself; Virginia Gregg; Howard McNear; Junius Matthews; Forrest Lewis; Tony Barrett

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Release Date: October 29, 2011

A female detective tries to solve a murder in a radio studio in the series 26 by Corwin.

Original Air Date: October 12, 1941

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Release Date: September 24, 2011

Narcotics Commissioner Michael Barrows (Dick Powell) witnesses a Japanese sea captain throwing 100 slaves overboard to cover up a narcotics ring. Barrows is determined to get justice and sets out on a globe trotting adventure to break the ring and capture the murderous captain.

Original Air Date: May 23, 1949

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Release Date: July 16, 2011

This Suspense doublebill features two episodes of CBS’ signature anthology series.

First in "Menace in Wax,"  a reporter is summoned to a wax museum and finds a code that could spell trouble for a war plant in Great Britain.

Original Air Date: November 17, 1942

Then in, "You Were Wonderful," the great Lena Horne plays a talented singer who finds herself embroiled in intrigue in Brazil and employed by rough characters with hidden motives.

Original Air Date: November 9, 1944

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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 MatterJohnny 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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Today's Mystery: Andy Hardy takes a job as a night watchman only to seemingly have the whole warehouse he's guarding disappear.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 10, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Mickey Rooney as Andy Hardy; Fay Holden; Lewis Stone; Eleanore Tanin; Richard Krenna; Eleanore Tanin

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Release Date: May 07, 2011

A man (Edmund O’Brien) is poisoned and spends his last days trying to find the man who murdered him.

Original Air Date: June 21, 1951

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Release Date: February 26, 2011

A mystery writer (Peter Lorre) tries to unravel the truth about Demetrios, an international criminal of legendary proportion. In the course of this search, he garners the interest of another mystery man (Sidney Greenstreet).

Original Air Date: April 16, 1945

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Release Date: December 18, 2010

In G.K. Chesterton’s classic, Gabriel Syme (Orson Welles) is a police detective infiltrating the anarchist counsel of Europe.

Original Air Date: September 5, 1938

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Today's Mystery: An experiment reveals how the diamond got out of Rachel Verinder's cabinet. But where is it now?

Original Air Date: April 23, 1948

Originating from Chicago

Starring: Sherman Marks as Gabriel Betterridge; Arthur Sedgewick as Sergeant Cuff; Charles Mountain as Franklin Blake, Jonathan Hull, Dick York, Donald Gallagher, Boris Aplon, Marvin Peisner

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Today's Mystery: After a tragic suicide, Sergeant Cuff's dismissed with the theft of the Moonstone still unsolved. A year later, someone else picks up the investigation.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 16, 1948

Originating from Chicago

Starring: Sherman Marks as Gabriel Betterridge; Arthur Sedgewick as Sergeant Cuff; Charles Mountain as Franklin Blake; Geraldine Kaye as Rachel Verinder; Alma Fox; Jane Elliot; Ruth Shane; Minion Shriver; Sidney Breese; Arthur Peterson, Maurice Copeland

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Today's Mystery: England's greatest detective is called in to recover the Moonstone.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 9, 1948

Originating from Chicago

Starring: Sherman Marks as Gabriel Betterridge; Arthur Sedgewick as Sergeant Cuff; Charles Mountain as Franklin Blake; Geraldine Kaye as Rachel Verinder; Alma Fox; Jane Elliot; Ruth Shane; Minion Shriver; Sidney Breese; Les Spears

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Original Release Date: June 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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Original Release Date: November 8, 2010

Returning from investigating the “Thin Man” case, Nick Charles again hopes to retire, but finds himself drawn into another mystery when his wife’s cousin is approved of murdering her no good husband.

Original Air Date: June 17, 1940

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Today's Mystery: A woman operating a shooting gallery game at an amusement park suspects that the death of an elderly watchman for the carnival is tied to a firebug who has been operating in town.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 14, 1952

Originating from New York

Starring: Adelaide Klein as Cathy; Bill Lipton; Patrick Campbell; Sydney Smith; Walter Black

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Original Release Date: November 1, 2010

Nick Charles, a retired private detective is drawn back to detection with the insistence of his wife, Nora, when a former client is suspected of several murders.

Original Air Date: June 8, 1936

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Original Release Date: October 25, 2010

A reporter (Alan Ladd) finds a woman dead of TB and is determined to find out why she died.

Original Air Date: March 24, 1950

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Release Date: July 31, 2010

In this made-for-radio sequel to the Maltese Falcon, Casper Guttman (Joseph Kearns) returns, but this time he’s seeking a piece of dental work.

Original Air Date: January 10, 1948


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Original Release Date: May 22, 2010

A psychologist is found dead on a roller coaster after a ride, but he wasn’t on board when the roller coaster left.

Original Air Date: January 6, 1944



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Today's Mystery: A police lieutenant is notified that a doctor has received threatening letters.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 21, 1960

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as Lieutenant Paul Nieman; Lyle Sudrow as Dr. Don Frasier;  Phil Meader; Larry Haines

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Today's First Mystery: Sam Spade is hired by a man who is then shot down in front of him with a carbine.

Original Release Date: August 1, 1948

Starring: Howard Duff as Sam Spade; Lurene Tuttle as Effie; Jack Webb; WIlliam Conrad

Today's 2nd Mystery: While investigating an international narcotics ring, Mr. Moto finds himself in the center of the murder of the owner of an import-export company who was shot with a carbine.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 20, 1951

Originating from New York

Starred: James Monks as Mr. I.A. Moto

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Original Release Date: March 13, 2010

In this 1943 adaptation of the original hardboiled detective story: Miles Archer, the partner of Sam Spade (played by Humphrey Bogart) is killed while shadowing someone for a client ( Mary Astor.) When the man Archer was shadowing is killed, the police suspect Spade. Spade must find Archer’s killer and to do it he has to match wits against dangerous international criminals (Peter Lorre and Sidney Greenstreet.)

Original Air Date: September 20, 1943

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Today's Mystery: An FBI agent (Mark Stevens) goes undercover in the gang of an up-and-coming racketeer (Richard Widmark).

Origianl Air Date: January 31, 1949

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Mark Stevens as Agent Gene Cordell; Richard Widmark; Lloyd Nolan; John McIntire; Ed Begley; William Johnstone; Jeff Chandler; Cliff Clark; Sam Edwards; Edward Marr; Charlotte Lawrence; Ross Taylor; Paul Dubov; Ed Emerson; Robert Griffin; Harry Lewis; Eleanor Audley; Jay Novello; Edwin Max; Tyler McVey

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Today's Mystery: FBI Special Agent Jim Taylor delays his vacation home. to find a Settlement House Santa Clause who disappeared.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 22, 1950

Starring Stacy Harris as Special Agent Jim Taylor,  Jeffrey Silver, Peggy Webber, Roland Winters, Victor Rodman

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Today's Mystery: At Christmastime, Johnny has to find a beautiful woman, who is the only one who knows the truth behind the murder of a New York club owner, before the killer does.

Original Radio Broadcast Dates: December 19-23, 1956

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Peggy Webber; Don Diamond; Ben Wright; Jack Kruschen; Barney Phillips; Sam Edwards; Ken Christy

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Today's Mystery:A San Francisco detective is convinced that one of three Americans at a Brazillian plantation is a fugitive killer in disguise. But which one?

Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 8, 1946

Originating from New York CityStarring: Ken Lynch

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In 1859, legendary private detective Allan Pinkerton tries to solve the year-old case of a bank robbery and the murder of a guard.

Original Air Date: November 18, 1946

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Lee Bowman as Allan Pinkerton; William Johnstone; Wally Maher; Pinky Parker; Griff Barnett; Lois Corbett; Sarah Selby

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This week, we look back at our first week of podcasts from 2009, with Adam's current extended thoughts on each episode and reaction to his own commentar. 

Original Podcast Release Date: October 26, 2009

Dan Holiday tries to jumpstart his writing career through an ad in a newspaper. His first letter is from a woman who tells Dan she’s being blackmailed.

Original Radio Air Date: October 17, 1947

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Alan Ladd as Dan Holiday; Sylvia Picker as Suzie

Original Podcast Release Date: October 27, 2009

Pat Novak is hired to frighten a man named Dixie Gillian, but when an empty gun goes off, he finds himself facing a murder charge.
 
“You couldn’t hold a moth with a searchlight.” - Pat Novak to Hellman
 
Original Air Date: November 24, 1946
 
Originating in San Francisco
 
Starring: Jack Webb as Pat Novak; Tudor Owen as Jocko Madigan
 
Original Podcast Release Date: October 28, 2009

On his first day as a private detective, George Valentine gets his first client - a famous writer who tells him he’s about to be murdered and then collapses on the spot. The body then vanishes, leaving George to find out what happened.

Original Audition Date: May 14, 1946

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as George Valentine; Shirley Mitchell as Claire; Eddie Firestone, Jr. as Sonny; Joseph Kearns; Georgia Backus; Howard McNear; Horace Murphy
 
Original Podcast Release Date: October 30, 2009

Johnny Dollar is retained to protect a man who has threatened suicide after making a notorious gambling kingpin the beneficiary on his life insurance policy.
 
Original Audition Date: December 7, 1948
 
Starring: Dick Powell as Johnny Dollar; William Conrad; Betty Lou Gerson; Joseph Kearns
 
Guest: Andrew Rhynes of the OTR Westerns podcast

The Great Detectives Old Time Radio Volume 1 (Seasons 1-3): https://volume1.greatdetectives.net
 
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2 (Seasons 4-6) https://volume2.greatdetectives.net
 
The Great Detectives of Old TIme Radio Volume 3 (Seasons 7-9) https://volume3.greatdetectives.net
 
The Great Detectives of Old TIme Radio Detective Compilation YouTube Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDFIOdWlnzL-YP6EZpi6JI1nLn6Hm4tAI


Also referenced: Podcast Alley and The Radio Detective Story Hour
 
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Today's Mystery: An insurance investigator has tracked a man, who embezzled $100,000, to Chile.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 18, 1954

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Whitfield Connor as Vic Kennedy; Jay Novello; Mary Jane Croft; Herb Butterfield; Hans Conreid

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