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Calling All Cars: “Burma White Case”, first broadcast on December 6, 1933. Old-time radio detective drama.

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Steve Mitchell, a foreign correspondent sent by a commissioner, arrives in Saigon to investigate the sinking of three ships belonging to the Malayan Star Lines, which carried American rehabilitation supplies. He questions the line's manager, Brevant, and the lone survivor of the second sinking, a cook named Dixon. At a casino Mitchell meets Leanna, whose brother Matique is close by, and he is soon confronted by hired thugs and a plantation owner named Sarat. Dixon's testimony and the cargo's source raise more questions. Brian Donlevy stars in the role of Steve Mitchell in this 1949 episode of the series Dangerous Assignment, first broadcast on July 16, 1949.

With Steve Mitchell, Brevant, Dixon, Leanna, Matique, Sarat, Dylai, Banjack.

Listen for: Mitchell's questioning of the manager Brevant and the survivor Dixon, and the confrontation in the alley with the thugs Dylai and Banjack

First aired on July 16, 1949.

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Steve Mitchell, a government agent posing as a foreign correspondent, arrives in Sicily to investigate the theft of relief supplies from a warehouse of the Thropp Foundation. Working for the commissioner, Steve meets the foundation's office head, Mr. Archer, and learns that a former employee, Paul Wainwright, was recently fired. Contacts in the city, including Emilio Donati, point him toward the bandit Lorenzo, whose reputation makes him an obvious suspect. Steve is drawn into a dangerous journey to Lorenzo's mountain camp, where loyalties and alliances are tested. The series is Dangerous Assignment, broadcast on NBC in 1949 and starring Brian Donlevy.

With Steve Mitchell, Commissioner, Ruth, Eloise, Mr. Archer, Helen Collier, Emilio Donati, Carlotta.

Listen for: Steve's conversations with Mr. Archer at the foundation office and the scene at Emilio Donati's bar, where Steve learns about Paul Wainwright and the mountain hideout

First aired on July 9, 1949.

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Steve Mitchell, posing as a foreign correspondent, travels to Sicily to find out who has been stealing relief shipments sent by the Throp Foundation. The foundation's office manager, Archer, is worried about publicity and wants the matter kept quiet, while Steve pursues the theft through a bar owner, a former foundation employee, and rumors surrounding the bandit Lorenzo. The series Dangerous Assignment aired on NBC, and this episode first aired on July 9, 1949, starring Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell.

With Steve Mitchell, Commissioner, Ruth, Eloise, Helen Collier, Archer, Paul Wainwright, Emilio Donati.

Listen for: Steve's conversations with Archer and Emilio Donati, and Steve's meeting with Lorenzo in the mountains

First aired on July 9, 1949.

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Boston Blackie is asked to meet and look after Alice Manleder, a young woman arriving in New York from San Francisco. When Blackie arrives at the hotel, he discovers that someone else has already met Alice and taken her away. Shortly after, Blackie finds Alice dead in her hotel room—and the murder weapon is his own gun, which he lost. Inspector Faraday arrives and arrests Blackie as the prime suspect, but Blackie escapes custody to prove his innocence and find the real Alice.

With Boston Blackie, Inspector Faraday, Alice Manleder, Shorty, Arthur Manleder, Otto, Dr. Cink, Joe.

Listen for: A spy ring operating in wartime New York, a coded message hidden in a girl's handbag, and Blackie's race against time to stop a Nazi convoy from sailing while clearing his name for a murder he didn't commit.

First aired on August 4, 1944 on NBC.

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Johnny Dollar, a freelance insurance investigator, is hired to guard Rosie Baron of Iowa, a 980-pound prize Poland-China hog owned by Worthington Tiller and insured for $25,000. At the Carver County Fair, a diamond brooch belonging to Mrs. Tiller is snatched from her in a crowd during a photographer's flash. Sheriff Harry Bluett suspects Johnny of involvement, and a known thief from Arkansas is identified from the photograph. The story follows Johnny as he works the fairgrounds, meets Alva Anderson, who sold the hog, and tries to track down both the thief and the missing brooch. The episode was broadcast on CBS Radio on August 21, 1949, with Bob Bailey, Edmond O'Brien, John Lund and Charles Russell in the lead roles.

With Johnny Dollar, Mrs. Tiller, Worthington Tiller, Sheriff Harry Bluett, Alva Anderson, Little Rocky from Arkansas, Rosie Baron of Iowa.

Listen for: Johnny's wry narration of his expense account and his exchanges with the sheriff and with Alva Anderson about pigs.

First aired on August 21, 1949 on CBS Radio.

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Detective Danny Clover investigates the murder of Otto Prokosh, a vain Austrian acrobat shot backstage at the Dodge Theater during a performance. As Clover interviews suspects including the theater manager Georgie Houston, his wife Ruth, comedian Shelley Sheldon, and the eccentric dancer Lee Emery, he uncovers a tangle of jealousy and hidden motives behind the killing.

With Detective Danny Clover, Georgie Houston, Ruth Houston, Otto Prokosh, Lee Emery, Shelley Sheldon, Sergeant Tataglia, Mugga-Vin.

Listen for: The atmospheric descriptions of Broadway at day and night, the contrast between the theater's laughter and the grim backstage discovery, and the philosophical musings of the troubled dancer Lee Emery as he discusses his art and his music.

First aired on July 21, 1949 on CBS.

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Roger Voron, a homeless young man in Paris, accepts an old widow's offer of a meal in her fourth-floor apartment near the Bois de Boulogne. Her kindness turns sinister when he decides to rob her, and the story follows the crime's aftermath. Years later Voron is imprisoned awaiting transport to a penal colony, where his cellmate Bebele boasts of a murder he claims to have committed. The episode is part of the Police Reporter series, which presents dramatized true crime stories taken from police records, and the original air date and cast are not stated in the transcript.

With Roger Voron, Bebele, The old lady, The warden, The prison governor.

Listen for: The old woman's offer of an omelet and the locked door in her apartment

First aired in 1950.

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Nero Wolfe is approached about a murder at a Manhattan men's club, but the case soon centers on painter Clay Michelson, whose marriage has collapsed and who is drinking heavily. Archie Goodwin, Wolfe's assistant, tracks the investigation through the club, the artist's suite and his wife's apartment, where jealousy, a missing flask and a cleaning woman's death draw the police and suspicion toward several people. Sidney Greenstreet stars in this episode of the New Adventures of Nero Wolfe, a transcribed radio drama, and the original air date given is November 17, 1950.

With Nero Wolfe, Archie Goodwin, Clay Michelson, Fela Michelson, Lou Saunders, Inspector Cramer, Hilda Lundgren.

Listen for: Wolfe's reasoning about the dead woman's dilated pupils and the missing blood, which points to poison rather than the knife

First aired on November 17, 1950.

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Johnny Dollar, an insurance investigator for Allied Life Insurance, looks into the claim that Eric Turnbull has hired him to prevent a threat against his nephew, Donald Cronin. Turnbull believes that Donald's fiancee, Dorothy Harkness, is plotting against the young man, who plans to travel to Egypt to explore a tomb with a reputed curse. Dollar speaks with Dorothy, who insists that her interest in Donald is genuine, and hears her warnings about the tomb and the family's bitter tensions. The episode is part of the radio series Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, first broadcast on CBS Radio on September 4, 1956, with Bob Bailey in the title role.

With Johnny Dollar, Dorothy Harkness, Eric Turnbull, Donald Cronin, Haskins.

Listen for: Dorothy's warnings about the curse of Kamashek and the suspicion that someone is planning murder during Donald's expedition.

First aired on September 4, 1956 on CBS Radio.

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