CBS – The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
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S19 Ep 126Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Doting Dowager Matter (EP4925)
Today’s Mystery: Johnny is called in to find an inexpensive statue that’s held in high emotional value by an eccentric elderly woman who would pay a $75,000 ransom. Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 18, 1959 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Eleanor Audley; G. Stanley Jones; Eric Snowden; Sam Edwards…
S20 Ep 124Broadway’s My Beat: The Lily Nelson Murder Case
Today’s Mystery: A Broadway actress is found dead with her wrists slit. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 6, 1951 Originating from Hollywood
S17 Ep 121Screen Guild Theater: The Glass Key (EP4920s)
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 Holly Read more ...
S17 Ep 119Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Hatchet House Theft Matter (EP0420)
Today’s Mystery: A woman calls to report that a man was murdered and she’s not sure if she did it. Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 11, 1959 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Junius Matthews; Paul Dubov; James McCallion; Alan Reed; Frank Gerstle When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com…
S17 Ep 117Broadway’s My Beat: The Lars Nielson Murder Case (EP4918)
Today’s Mystery: A famous torch singer wants a gun permit because she claims a man is threatening her life. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 29, 1951
S17 Ep 113Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Hollywood Mystery Matter (EP4915)
Today’s Mystery: Johnny searches for a missing embezzler who called Johnny and let him know he was in Hollywood. Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 4, 1959 Originated from Hollywood Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar.Virginia Gregg, Jeanne Tatum, Parley Baer, Forrest Lewis, Junius Matthews, Frank Gerstle When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com Read more…
S20 Ep 111Broadway’s My Beat: The Tom Keeler Murder Case (EP4913)
Today’s Mystery: A derelict is found shot with two bullets in his body from two different guns. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 22, 1951 Origin Read more ...
S17 Ep 107Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Hair Raising Matter (EP4910)
Today’s Mystery: Johnny is called in by an insured man who suddenly dies. Is it murder? Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 30, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Shirley Mitchell; Jack Edwards; Ralph Moody; Junius Matthews; Parley Baer When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com Read more ...
S17 Ep 105Broadway’s My Beat: The Anna Compton Murder Case (EP4908)
Today’s Mystery: A woman is found murdered in a salesman’s car. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 15, 1951 Originating from Hollywood < Read more ...
S17 Ep 101Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Double Trouble Matter (EP4905)
Today’s Mystery: Johnny has to determine which of two men are the long-lost beneficiary to a large life insurance policy. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 16, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Vic Perrin; Sam Edwards; James McCallion; Parley Baer When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com Read more…
S17 Ep 99Broadway’s My Beat: The Elizabeth Price Murder Case (EP4903)
Today’s Mystery: A woman dies in Danny’s office of an apparent heart attack that turns out to have been murder. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 26, Read more ...
S17 Ep 96Screen Guild Theater: My Favorite Brunette (EP4900s)
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.
S17 Ep 94Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Gruesome Spectacles Matter (EP4900)
Today’s Mystery: Johnny is called to investigate the death of an insured man in a car accident that quickly turns out to be murder. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 28, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Harry Bartell; Junius Matthews; Joseph Kearns When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com…
S17 Ep 92Broadway’s My Beat: The Howard Crawford Murder Case (EP4898)
Today’s Mystery: A man drowns in an uptown public swimming pool, but was it actually murder? Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 5, 1951 Originating f Read more ...
S17 Ep 88Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Johnson Payroll Matter (EP4895)
Today’s Mystery: Johnny goes to California to investigate a $100,000 payroll robbery. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 28, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Lawrence Dobkin; Forrest Lewis; Shepard Menken; Frank Gerstle When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com Read more ...
S17 Ep 86Broadway’s My Beat: The David Blaine Murder Case (EP4893)
Today’s Mystery: Danny investigates what looks like a suicide of an engaged man in an apartment building. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 22, 1951 O Read more ...
S17 Ep 82Yours 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 Date: September 14, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Paula Winslowe; Ben Wright; Jack Kruschen; Jack Edwards; Marvin Miller; Joseph Kearn When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com Read more…
S17 Ep 80Broadway’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 Originating from Read more ...
S17 Ep 62Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Malibu Mystery Matter (EP4875)
Today’s Mystery: Johnny goes to Malibu to investigate the sinking of a $150,000 yacht. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 7, 1958 Originated from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Paula Winslowe; Ben Wright; Jack Kruschen; Jack Edwards; Marvin Miller; Joseph Kearn When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com Read more ...
S17 Ep 59Broadway’s My Beat: Buddy Malpaugh and the Jeweled Scimitar (EP4873)
Today’s Mystery: It’s Christmas Eve, and Sergeant Tartaglia is called to investigate the theft of a jeweled scimitar belonging to a ne’er-do-well milliona Read more ...
S17 Ep 54Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Carman Kringle Matter (EP4870)
Today’s Mystery: Johnny is called to a small desert town where an old prospector is determined to change his life insurance beneficiary…to his burrow. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 22, 1956 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Herb Vigran; Howard McNear; Jeanne Tatum; Junius Matthews; Lawrence Dobkin; Forrest Lewis; Jack Kruschen; Richard…
S17 Ep 52Broadway’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 Hollywood Starring: Read more ...
S17 Ep 47Yours 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 Broadcast Date: May 12, 1957 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; John Dehner; Herb Ellis; Virginia Gregg; Forrest Lewis; James McCallion; Tom Hanley; John James When making your travel plans, remember…
S17 Ep 45Broadway’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 Date: June 23, 1951 < Read more ...
S17 Ep 44Feature 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. Audition Date: February 6, 1946 Originating from New York Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net< Read more ...
S17 Ep 40Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Noxious Needle Matter (EP4860)
Today’s Mystery: Johnny is called in to determine whether a theatrical producer died of natural causes or was murdered. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 24, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Bartlett Robinson; Marvin Miller; Junius Matthews When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com Read more ...
S17 Ep 38Broadway’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 Originating from Hollywood St Read more ...
S17 Ep 33Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Two Faced Matter (EP4855)
Today’s Mystery: Johnny is called in to investigate the theft of $58,000 from a lucite furniture manufacturing company. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 10, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Will Wright; Herb Vigran; Forrest Lewis; Edgar Barrier; Richard Beals; Bill James; Gus Bayz When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com…
S17 Ep 31Broadway’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 Hollywood Starring: Larry Read more ...
S18 Ep 26Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Lucky Four Matter (EP4850)
Today’s Mystery: Johnny goes to Colorado to investigate the death of a cantankerous old rancher. 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 When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com Read more ...
S17 Ep 24Broadway’s My Beat: The Francesca Brown Murder Case (EP4848)
Today’s Mystery: A waitresss is strangled and knifed to death. Original Radio Broadcast Date:June 2, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: La Read more ...
S17 Ep 19Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wayward Killer Matter (EP4845)
Today’s Mystery: Johnny is called to protect an insured man who witnessed a murder. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 27, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Edgar Barrier; Herb Vigran; James McCallion; Paul Dubov; Lawrence Dobkin; John Dehner; Bill James; Vic Perrin When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com Read more…
S17 Ep 17Broadway’s My Beat: The Eleanor Corbett Murder Case (EP4843)
Today’s Mystery: A woman is found murdered with a broken neck. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 26, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: L Read more ...
S17 Ep 12Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Mojave Red Sequel Matter (EP4840)
Today’s Mystery: An apparent accidental death of a businessman on a fishing trip is confirmed to be murder. Who did it? Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 20, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Parley Baer; Forrest Lewis; Barney Phillips; Alan Reed; Russell Thorson When making your travel plans, remember…
S17 Ep 10Broadway’s My Beat: The Charles Crandall Murder Case (EP4838)
img class=”aligncenter” src=”https://www.greatdetectives.net/detectives/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/larrythor.jpeg” alt=”Larry Thor” width=”250″ height=”366″ /> Today’s Mystery: A man is found murdered with the only clue to his identity being a parking ticket. Orig Read more ...
S17 Ep 5Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Mohave Red Matter (EP4835)
Today’s Mystery: Johnny goes out to Lake Mohave on a tip from a guide that an apparent accidental death might not have been so accidental. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 13, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lucille Meredith; Forrest Lewis; Parley Baer; Alan Reed; Barney Phillips When making your travel…
S17 Ep 3Broadway’s My Beat: The Harry Foster Murder Case (EP4833)
Today’s Mystery: Danny searches for a misssing man who has been stabbed. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 5, 1951 Originating from Hollywood St Read more ...
S17 Ep 347Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Blinker Matter (EP4830)
Today’s Mystery: Johnny investigates the disappearance of a insured importer. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 6, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Paula Winslowe; D.J. Thompson; Harry Bartell; Stacy Harris; Vic Perrin; Bob Bruce When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com Read more ...
S16 Ep 345Broadway’s My Beat: The Georgia Gray Murder Case (EP4828)
Today’s Mystery: A dance hall dancer is murdered. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 28, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Larry Thor a Read more ...
S16 Ep 340Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Virtuous Mobster Matter (EP4825)
Today’s Mystery: Johnny goes to South Carolina to investigate the disappearance of an ex-mobster who had gone straight. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 22, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Jeanne Tatum; Jack Kruschen; Les Tremayne; Billy Halop; Frank Gerstle; Gil Stratton Jr. When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com Read…
S16 Ep 338Broadway’s My Beat: The Philip Hunt Murder Case (EP4823)
Today’s Mystery: A wealthy retiree is found murdered in his apartment after an impromptu party. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 21, 1951 Originating from Read more ...
S16 Ep 333Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Ugly Pattern Matter (EP4820)
Today’s Mystery: Johnny is called in when three members of the board of a small company covered by a group life policy are murdered in a short period of time. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 29, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Les Tremayne; Forrest Lewis; Herb Vigran; Junius…
S16 Ep 331Broadway’s My Beat: The Thomas Hart Murder Case (EP4818)
Today’s Mystery: An errand boy at a dress shop is murdered with a pair of scissors. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 15, 1951 Originating from Holly Read more ...
S16 Ep 326Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Delectable Damsel Matter (EP4815)
Today’s Mystery: Johnny is called in to investigate the theft of a valuable diamond from a debutante on board a yacht at sea. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 15, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Chester Stratton; Barney Phillips; Jack Moyles; Frank Gerstle When making your travel plans, remember…
S16 Ep 324Broadway’s My Beat: The Ben Justin Murder Case (EP4813)
Today’s Mystery: Danny investigates the murder of a former insurance investigator who was found dead in an alley. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 8, 1950 Read more ...
S16 Ep 323Charlie Chan: The Case of the Romantic Engineer (EP4812)
Today’s Mystery: A woman believes her husband has been kidnapped, but instead of a ransom note, she’s being sent money. Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1950 or 1951 Originating from Sydney Starring: William Rees as Charlie Chan; Rodney Jacobs Support the show monthly at
S16 Ep 319Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wayward River Matter (EP4810)
Today’s Mystery: Johnny is sent to a highly uninsured and underprepared town along the Ohio River to prevent a disaster in the midst of a flood. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 8, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Chester Stratton; Frank Gerstle; Bob Bruce; Parley Baer When making your travel plans,…
S16 Ep 317Broadway’s My Beat: The Kenneth Mitchell Murder Case (EP4808)
Today’s Mystery: A terminally ill man is stabbed to death. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 1, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: L Read more ...
S16 Ep 312Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Froward Fisherman Matter (EP4805)
Today’s Mystery: The wife of an eccentric wealthy angler has fled on him. Johnny has to find out where he went. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 1, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com Read more ...
S16 Ep 310Broadway’s My Beat: The Shorty Dunn Murder (EP4803)
Today’s Mystery: A housewife is missing and a ransom note was sent by a down-and-out man who was found murdered in a flop house. Original Radio Broadcast Date: Read more ...