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Johnny Dollar, an insurance investigator, is asked by his client Jim Sayer to visit Eric Turnbull, a wealthy man on Birchbrook Road. Turnbull is worried about his nephew Donald Crubman, the young heir to a large family trust, who is determined to lead an archaeological expedition to the ancient tomb of the Pharaoh Kamashek in Egypt. Turnbull controls the trust until Donald turns thirty and opposes the trip. When the two men argue, Donald announces he is leaving for Egypt anyway. Turnbull hints that Donald's fiancée, Dorothy Harkness, may have reasons of her own. Dollar leaves the house unsure what to make of it all, and at the station he sees Dorothy hurry to a car and ask him to call her. The episode is a 1956 installment of the CBS Radio series Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, starring Bob Bailey.

With Johnny Dollar, Jim Sayer, Eric Turnbull, Donald Crubman, Dorothy Harkness, Haskins.

Listen for: Turnbull's argument with Donald over the expedition and the trust, and Dorothy's urgent request to Johnny at the station

First aired on September 3, 1956 on CBS Radio.

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George Valentine is hired by a community group led by Mrs. Angela McCauley to investigate an allegedly haunted house on Bliss Terrace. The empty Mitchell house has spooked the neighborhood with reports of mysterious faces in windows and strange music, but George learns that the house's owner, railroad engineer Sam Mitchell, was murdered a month ago in an unsolved killing. George must determine whether the supernatural reports are genuine or something more sinister is at work.

With George Valentine, Mrs. Angela McCauley, Angel (George's assistant), Lieutenant, Fred Horton (milkman), Tommy (neighborhood boy), Mrs. Mitchell (Sam's widow), Paul Hart.

Listen for: The details of the mysterious faces and music heard coming from the Mitchell house, and George's investigation into whether the supernatural reports are connected to Sam Mitchell's unsolved murder.

First aired on August 16, 1948 on Mutual-Don Lee.

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Mr. X and his fiancée Nancy Bessington find Petko Todorovich dead at his New York apartment, shot through the heart beside his typewriter. A half-finished letter to a woman named Anna and a hidden roll of microfilm suggest a secret link to a Belgrade bank and the Reich's bank. The microfilm names Anton Goobec, director of the Belgrade bank, so X travels to Sofia, Bulgaria, to question him. Goobec proves to be a difficult, evasive man, and the investigation is complicated by a mix-up over who he really is and a second death.

With Mr. X, Nancy Bessington, Petko Todorovich, Anna Todorovich, Anton Goobec, Zegon, Gancho.

Listen for: Listen for the typed letter to Anna, the microfilm hidden in the bandage roll, and the clue that the typed letter was finished by someone other than Petko.

First aired on October 14, 1944.

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Kenneth Thurston, known only as Mr. X, is drawn into a mystery in New York after a dying man, Ama Pahalani, passes him a sealed letter meant for an Indian Maharaja. Mr. X travels to India, where he meets the Maharaja's prime minister, who denies knowing Pahalani, and a princess who claims her uncle is a cruel ruler. Mr. X's efforts to deliver the letter lead him into the palace, where the contract and its fate are tangled in intrigue. The Man Called X is the series name for this 1944 episode, broadcast on September 30, 1944, starring Herbert Marshall as Mr. X.

With Mr. X, Kenneth Thurston, Nancy Bessington, Ama Pahalani, Mr. Ferris, Princess Radanika, Prime Minister.

Listen for: The dying Ama Pahalani's words, the princess's account of her father's death, and the sealed contract passed from pocket to pocket

First aired on September 30, 1944.

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Ken Thurston, a chemist's friend, sits with his fiancée Nancy at a Manhattan cocktail lounge when his old roommate Bill Nisbet joins them and then drinks a poisoned martini. After Bill dies, Ken finds a name and a village in Bill's pocket and travels to Italy to investigate. In the village he meets a peddler, learns of a dead professor named Antonelli, and finds two mysterious women guarding the late man's house. The episode shows Ken's search for the truth and the danger he faces among the women's suspicious household. This is a Globe Theatre broadcast of The Man Called X, first aired on August 28, 1944, and the listener hears the drama unfold in the first part of the story.

With Ken Thurston, Nancy Bessington, Bill Nisbet, Pietro, Castro the peddler, Antonelli, Gina, Aegon.

Listen for: The poisoned martini at the lounge and the musical clue Antonelli leaves behind

First aired on August 28, 1944.

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Captain Frank Connelly of the 21st Precinct in New York is on patrol when a bartender, Charlie Burgess, runs into the street and reports a shooting at a bar and grill. Officers rush to the scene and find the bartender Dutch shot dead. Charlie gives an account of two holdup men, but his descriptions shift and his story is questioned by Lieutenant Matt King and the district attorney's men. Charlie is taken to the Bureau of Criminal Identification to look through mug shots, where he picks out a man he says shot Dutch. Detectives follow the lead, tracking the suspect through a car and a girlfriend. This is 21st Precinct, first broadcast on July 21, 1953. The story is carried by Ken Lynch as Captain Connelly and Will Spahrick as Lieutenant King.

With Captain Frank Connelly, Lieutenant Matt King, Charlie Burgess, Dutch, Al Hance, Wanda, Johnny Farrell, Detective Fox.

Listen for: Charlie's shifting account of the holdup men and the mug-shot identification that leads detectives to Al Hance.

First aired on July 21, 1953.

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Captain Canelli of the 21st Precinct in New York City takes an interest in a case involving seventeen-year-old George Roth, arrested for robbery after muggings on the street. His mother, Mrs. Roth, who runs a small candy store, asks the captain to talk to her son and find out why he did it. Canelli questions George and arranges for victims to view a lineup in an effort to identify him. When George escapes and disappears into the neighborhood, the precinct launches a citywide search and puts his home and store under watch. The episode is an installment of the 21st Precinct series, first broadcast on CBS Radio on July 14, 1953.

With Captain Canelli, Mrs. Roth, George Roth, Lieutenant King, Detective Jim Tully, Patrolman Johnny Farrell, Sergeant Klein.

Listen for: Captain Canelli's conversations with Mrs. Roth and George, and the lineup scene

First aired on July 14, 1953.

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Captain Frank Tenelli, commander of the 21st Precinct, is called back from a night out at the theater when three escaped bank robbers are reported hiding in an apartment on East 69th Street. Patrolman Johnny Powell passed along the tip after a boy named Richie told him about the men across the hall. Lieutenant King plans a raid, and Tenelli questions Lois Doney, who rented rooms to the men. When her account suggests the men might be armed and ready to resist, the operation is moved up to the earlier hours. The episode is part of the 21st Precinct series, which first aired on July 7, 1953.

With Captain Frank Tenelli, Ellen Tenelli, Lieutenant King, Johnny Powell, Lois Doney, Marie Doney, Carl Roth, Sergeant Klein.

Listen for: Johnny Powell explaining how he learned about the three escaped bank robbers from the boy, and Lois Doney's interrogation

First aired on July 7, 1953.

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Insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is hired by King Hart, a wealthy man who wants a young woman named Bonnie Goodwin to sign a form changing the beneficiary of his large life insurance policy. Dollar travels from Hartford to Chicago and begins tracing Bonnie through a series of cheap rooming houses, meeting her former roommate and a bartender who warn him of dangerous men. Dollar's search draws the attention of two hired thugs, and a violent confrontation in a bar leaves a young woman dead, mistakenly identified as Bonnie. The episode is part of the CBS Radio series Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar, first broadcast on August 7, 1949, with Bob Bailey and Charles Russell among its leading actors.

With Johnny Dollar, King Hart, Bonnie Goodwin, Emma, Janie Page, Joe Emma, Angie.

Listen for: Dollar's sharp wit in the early exchanges with King Hart, and the phone call in which he tries to lure the killers into the open

First aired on August 7, 1949 on CBS Radio.

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Jeff Regan, a private detective working for attorney Colin Knight, is hired to find Ed Kittridge, a big-headed man missing for three days. Knight seems less interested in finding him than in what Regan might uncover. Regan questions Kittridge's wife, Wendy, who mentions a late-night argument with his partner Tom Axman. A small-time informant then points him toward a mountain town. This is the Jeff Regan, Investigator episode The Man Who Liked Mountains, broadcast on CBS on August 7, 1948, starring Jack Webb as Regan.

With Jeff Regan, Colin Knight, Ed Kittridge, Wendy Kittridge, Tom Axman, Louie Pacheco, Janie, Eve Holton.

Listen for: Listen for Regan's wary exchanges with Colin Knight and the discovery at the mountain cabin.

First aired on August 7, 1948.

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