Episodes

  • Dragnet: The Big Threat (1951) (EP4736)

    Dragnet: The Big Threat (1951) (EP4736)
    Jun 21 2025
    Today's Mystery: A man was slugged and robbed but doesn't want to talk due to threats by the robbers.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 12, 1951

    Originating from Hollywood

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

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    37 mins
  • Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wayward Moth Matter (EP4735)

    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wayward Moth Matter (EP4735)
    Jun 20 2025
    Today's Mystery: Johnny is called to investigate a small claim in a case involving damage at a sensitive chemistry experiment. Or was it sabotage?

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 9, 1958

    Originated from Hollywood

    Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar. Vic Perrin, Herb Ellis, Paul Richards, Lou Merrill, Leon Belasco

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    30 mins
  • World's Great Novels: The Moonstone, Part Three (EP4734)

    World's Great Novels: The Moonstone, Part Three (EP4734)
    Jun 19 2025
    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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    34 mins
  • Broadway's My Beat: The Emilio Ramirez Murder Case (EP4733)

    Broadway's My Beat: The Emilio Ramirez Murder Case (EP4733)
    Jun 18 2025
    Today's Mystery: A young man stumbles into a storefront church in Spanish Harlem and dies after being stabbed.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 17, 1950

    Originated in Hollywood

    Stars: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover, Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia, Lou Merrill, Herb Butterfield, Tony Barrett, Sarah Selby, Frances Cheney, Jack Kruschen

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    38 mins
  • Charlie Chan: The Gun/The Play is The Thing (EP4732)|Classic Mystery Audio Drama

    Charlie Chan: The Gun/The Play is The Thing (EP4732)|Classic Mystery Audio Drama
    Jun 17 2025
    Today's Mystery:Charlie Chan and Sheriff Holt want an explanation of the gun Cecille was carrying and decide to stage a reenactment.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1935 or 1936

    Originating from Los Angeles

    Starring: Walter Connolly as Inspector Charlie Chan

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    36 mins
  • The Falcon: The Case of the Rolling Stones (EP4731)|Cold War Radio Mystery

    The Falcon: The Case of the Rolling Stones (EP4731)|Cold War Radio Mystery
    Jun 16 2025
    Today's Mystery: The Falcon goes to Sicily to apprehend a Communist leader who was guilty of war crimes during World War II.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 10, 1952

    Originating from New York

    Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; June Allison

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    37 mins
  • Dragnet: The Big Friend (EP4730)

    Dragnet: The Big Friend (EP4730)
    Jun 14 2025
    Today's Mystery: An intoxicated man reports that his wife was murdered.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 5, 1951

    Originating from Hollywood

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

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    35 mins
  • Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Diamond Dilemma Matter (EP4729)

    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Diamond Dilemma Matter (EP4729)
    Jun 13 2025
    Today's Mystery: Johnny is called in to investigate when a millionaire wants to collect on a claim that his diamonds were stolen by beings not of this Earth.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 2, 1958

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Edwin Jerome; Paul Dubov; Frank Gerstle; Junius Matthews; Marvin Miller

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    29 mins