Episodes

  • Dragnet: The Big Sour (EP4854)

    Dragnet: The Big Sour (EP4854)
    Nov 27 2025
    Todays Mystery: Two men rob an elderly couple and torture the husband in order to steal their jewelry.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 20, 1951

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, Jack Kruschen

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    31 mins
  • Broadway's My Beat: The Earl Lawson Murder Case (EP4853)

    Broadway's My Beat: The Earl Lawson Murder Case (EP4853)
    Nov 26 2025
    Today's Mystery: A wealthy man is knifed in Times Square.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 9, 1951

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan

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    36 mins
  • The Big Story: The Case of the Unfinished Love Song (EP4852)

    The Big Story: The Case of the Unfinished Love Song (EP4852)
    Nov 25 2025
    Today's Mystery: Howard Beaufait of The Cleveleand News reinvestigates the case of a violin-playing convicted killer who claims innocence and whose wife also believes him.

    Original Radio Broadcast: November 26, 1947

    Originating from New York

    Starring: Craig McDonnell; John Sylvester; Francis De Sales; Eileen Heckart; Luise Barkley

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    33 mins
  • Danger with Grainger: The Invented Husband (EP4851)

    Danger with Grainger: The Invented Husband (EP4851)
    Nov 24 2025
    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 implicated in a real murder.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957

    Originating from Australia

    Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger

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    34 mins
  • Casey, Crime Photographer: Holiday (Encore) (EP4850e)

    Casey, Crime Photographer: Holiday (Encore) (EP4850e)
    Nov 23 2025
    Casey and Ann’s plan for a Thanksgiving holiday is disrupted by a reformed safe cracker who is being asked to crack a safe for $10,000 or else.

    Original Air Date: November 25, 1948

    Originating from New York

    Starring: Staats Cotsworth as Flash Casey

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    38 mins
  • Cloak and Dagger: The Last Mission (A0038)

    Cloak and Dagger: The Last Mission (A0038)
    Nov 22 2025
    Today's Adventure: A woman in Canton, whose family was murdered by the Japanese military, makes an unusual connection with the OSS.

    Original Radio Broadcast: September 29, 1950

    Originating from New York

    Starring: Bryna Raeburn; Ian Martin; Arnold Moss; Ralph Bell; Raymond Edward Johnson; Karl Weber

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    39 mins
  • Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Lucky Four Matter (EP4850)

    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Lucky Four Matter (EP4850)
    Nov 21 2025
    Today's Mystery: Johnny goes to Colorado to investigate the death of a cantankerous old rancher
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    Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 3, 1958

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Ken Christy; Vic Perrin; Lawrence Dobkin; Virginia Gregg; Will Wright; Shirley Mitchell

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    32 mins
  • Broadway's My Beat: The Francesca Brown Murder Case (EP4848)

    Broadway's My Beat: The Francesca Brown Murder Case (EP4848)
    Nov 19 2025
    Today's Mystery: A waitresss is strangled and knifed to death.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date:June 2, 1951

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Lamont Johnson; Lou Merrill; Cathy Lewis; Herb Butterfield; Bea Benaderet

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    36 mins