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Counterspy agent David Harding investigates the apparent suicide of Washington bachelor William R. Terris. Suspecting a woman was involved, Harding learns of a mysterious dark-haired companion on Terris's absences and of an insured diamond ring bought for an unknown woman. Harding enlists prominent Colonel Reynolds to meet the fashionable Avery Rollins and draw her out. The episode is a Counterspy broadcast from 1942, first aired on June 8 of that year.

With David Harding, Mark, William R. Terris, Colonel Reynolds, Avery Rollins, Martin.

Listen for: Harding's methodical trail of checks, appointment pads, and insurance records that leads him to Avery Rollins.

First aired on June 8, 1942.

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Johnny Dollar, an insurance investigator for American Pioneer Life Insurance Company in Hartford, is sent to New York to look into the case of Barton Drake, a hardware dealer who was presumed dead seven years earlier after a police chase ended with his car plunging off a bridge into the river. Police believe they glimpsed Drake alive at a public television gathering, and his wife, Stella Drake, is pressed to reveal what she knows. Dollar follows her through the city, tracing her phone calls and her movements, and soon finds himself drawn into a dangerous hunt for the missing man.

With Johnny Dollar, Mr. Green, Stella Drake, Barton Drake, Fred Kindly, Happy Jack, Mrs. Knott.

Listen for: Listen for Johnny Dollar's clever use of a telephone trick to track Stella Drake's calls, and for the surprise when a disguised figure is revealed.

First aired on April 22, 1949 on CBS Radio.

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George Valentine and his secretary Claire decide to have a picnic in the country with Claire's brother Sonny. They stop at a deserted, boarded-up house and discover a slipper with a note written in orange lipstick claiming someone is being held prisoner inside. Despite Claire's objections, George decides to investigate the mysterious message.

With George Valentine, Claire, Sonny, An old woman.

Listen for: The discovery of the mysterious slipper and note, George's decision to break into the house at nightfall, and the team's exploration of the upper floors

First aired on October 11, 1946 on Mutual-Don Lee.

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In September 1945, Igor Gouzenko, a cipher clerk at the Soviet Embassy in Ottawa, defects and brings Canadian authorities documents revealing a spy ring seeking atomic secrets. Lieutenant Colonel Burt of the Special Branch at Scotland Yard is assigned to identify the agent codenamed Alec and learn how much he knows. Burt's officers watch the physicist Dr. Nunn May, who has recently returned from work in Canada, and when Dr. May misses a planned meeting near the British Museum, Burt visits him at King's College. The episode follows the investigation as the police build their case against the professor.

With Lieutenant Colonel Burt, Igor Gouzenko, Dr. Nunn May, Mackenzie King, Clement Attlee, Inspector Wilson.

Listen for: Listen for Burt's questioning of Dr. Nunn May at King's College and the professor's confession about the meetings and samples he passed on.

First aired in 1950.

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Scotland Yard looks into the death of Alfred Jones, a hotel keeper at the Blue Anchor, after he dies suddenly of poisoning. The inquiry centres on Jean-Pierre Vaquier, a flamboyant French inventor and former wireless operator who has been staying at the inn and carrying on an affair with Mabel Jones, the innkeeper's wife. The transcript breaks off during the investigation, when the police first begin to take Vaquier's movements and his purchases of poison seriously. Scotland Yard, the episode's series, presents the case in dramatised form.

With Jean-Pierre Vaquier, Mabel Jones, Alfred Jones, Mrs. Fisher.

Listen for: The account of how Vaquier bought poison from a chemist and signed a false name in the poison book, and the identification parade where the chemist picks him out.

First aired in 1950.

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Samuel Dougal, a man who has lately moved to Mothouse Farm, a secluded house surrounded by a moat, takes lodgings with his companion at Mrs. Wiskinden's guesthouse while repairs are made. The woman travelling with him, Camilla Holland, is not his wife, and she grows increasingly uneasy about his behaviour and the money he takes from her. When a housemaid reports a disturbing incident, Camilla begins to plan her escape. The story is drawn from a Scotland Yard case reported in a London newspaper some fifty years earlier, and it follows the household and the village as local gossip about the missing woman grows. Chief Inspector Scott and his team search the grounds of the farm for the missing woman, and the investigation moves from forgery charges toward a more serious inquiry.

With Samuel Dougal, Camilla Holland, Mrs. Wiskinden, Molly, Chief Inspector Scott, Chief Inspector Barr.

Listen for: Listen for the growing tension between Dougal and Camilla Holland, and for the village gossip about the missing Mrs. Dougal.

First aired in 1950.

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Slade Shannon, a bar owner in Havana, is drawn into a smuggling scheme when a girl named Dolores brings him a sealed envelope. Captain Vic and his associates want the bill of lading inside, and a murder in a house on the Havana waterfront raises the stakes. Slade and Dolores find themselves pursued through the city's bars and back alleys. Bold Venture is the series name, and this episode presents its story of opium smugglers and a young girl in the Caribbean setting of Havana.

With Slade Shannon, Dolores, Captain, Vic, Sheila, King Moses, Mr. Slade, Sanger Keaton.

Listen for: The bill of lading in the envelope and Slade's plan to switch it

First aired in 1950.

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Slade Shannon, a Havana boat owner and hotel keeper, is drawn into a hunt for a valuable ivory Quan Yin statue after Chinese girl Me Long is brought to Havana by his client Sam Chu. Armed men board Shannon's boat demanding the statue, and Me Long is taken. Shannon and his companion Sailor Eorth then learn that Sam Chu has been found dead, and Me Long is dead as well. The Quan Yin remains the central object of the chase as dealers, thugs and a mysterious woman named Tamar all want it. The story is part of the Bold Venture radio series, starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.

With Slade Shannon, Me Long, Sam Chu, Sailor Eorth, Tamar Duvall, Geoffrey Zander, Mickey, King Moses.

Listen for: Sam Chu's death and the hunt for the Quan Yin statue

First aired in 1950.

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Slade and Sailor arrive in Havana after a failed trip to Key West, where they were supposed to collect a cargo. In Havana they meet Shannon, the hotel proprietor, and a poet named Mario, who wants the merchandise they brought and says it is a matter of life and death. A young woman who came to Shannon's place with a request is later found dead in a locked room, killed by a fighting bird. Slade and Sailor are drawn further into the affair as more people turn up dead and the nature of the merchandise becomes clear. The story is part of the Bold Venture series, starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall.

With Slade, Sailor, Shannon, Mario, Beebe, Celestine, King Moses, Etienne.

Listen for: The exchange in which Mario reveals that the cargo is guns for an island revolution

First aired in 1950.

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Broadway, a narrator, is drawn into a rivalry between Dave the Dude and gossip columnist Waldo Winchester over the nightclub singer Billy Perry. After Broadway is seen introducing Winchester to her, Dave the Dude threatens him and demands that the romance end by ten o'clock that night. The story unfolds at the 1600 Club, where Broadway and Harry the Horse watch the tension build between the men.

With Broadway, Dave the Dude, Billy Perry, Waldo Winchester, Harry the Horse, Miss Missouri Martin, Angie the Ox, Little Mitzi.

Listen for: Dave the Dude's ultimatum to Broadway and the events leading up to ten o'clock

First aired in 1950.

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