Old Time Radio Mystery Specials

Release Date: October 23, 2013

Marshall Mark Dillon goes to Gough Eye to investigate an allegedly crooked roulette wheel and finds a a series of murders.

Audition Date: June 11, 1949


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Dangerous Assignment — “Guided Missile Plans”
Steve Mitchell is sent to Dublin to recover stolen microfilm containing plans for a new American guided missile. His pursuit of the suspected courier leads him through England, where two deaths and a series of seemingly innocent picture postcards provide his best hope for locating the missing plans before someone else gets to them.Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — “The Picture Postcard Matter”
Johnny Dollar travels to Switzerland after $100,000 in uncut diamonds are stolen from a courier at the Zurich airport. His only lead is a mysterious informant offering to arrange their return, but Johnny soon finds himself caught between competing players while a picture postcard offers a cryptic clue to where the diamonds may be hidden.Original Radio Broadcast Dates:

• Dangerous Assignment: August 30, 1950.
• Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: October 1–5, 1956.

Both programs are originating from HollywoodCast — Dangerous Assignment:

• Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell
• Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner
• Written by Robert Reif (Bob Reif)
• Music by Basil Adlam
• Music conducted by Ralph Hollenbeck
• Produced and directed by Bill Karn

Cast — Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar:

• Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar
• Lucille Meredith
• Victor Perrin
• Forrest Lewis
• Stan Jones
• Ben Wright
• Written by Robert Reif
• Produced and directed by Jack Johnstone
• Musical supervision by Amerigo Marino
• Roy Rowan, announcer

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Todays Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Ben Romero hunt for the “Badge Bandit,” a violent criminal who poses as a police officer to rob and assault his victims. After weeks of investigation, the search becomes dangerously personal when Friday and Romero encounter the suspect during a massive overnight manhunt.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 4, 1950

Originating from HollywoodCast:

• Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday
• Barton Yarborough as Ben Romero
• Peggy Webber as Joe Friday’s mother

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Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.

Release Date: Semptember 15, 2013

A woman visits a peaceful Maine town, only to find herself prime suspect in a rival’s murder.

Original Air Date: December 2, 1946

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Release Date: July 25, 2013

A blackmailing count steals a compromising letter from a noble lady.

Original Air Date: September 17, 1948

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Release Date: July 18, 2013

Auguste Dupin investigates the murder of a young woman found floating in a Paris river.

Original Air Date: December 14, 1953

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Release Date: July 16, 2013

Jimmy Stewart plays a cynical reporter turned crusader who seeks to clear a man wrongly convicted of murdering a police officer. This episode was based on the 1949 Edgar Award Winning Movie of the same name.

Original Air Date: October 7, 1948

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Release Date: July 11, 2013

The episode begins with a look at a story of the Prophet Daniel that many think is the first detective story. From Can You Imagine That?

Original Air Date: 1940

A woman and her daughter are brutally killed after withdrawing 50,000 Francs from the bank and Dupin is on the case in Edgar Allan Poe’s first detective story.

Original Air Date: January 2, 1944

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Release Date: July 04, 2013

A Scotland Yard Inspector investigates the disappearance of a train en route.

Original Air Date: February 12, 1949

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Today's Mystery: After returning to New York following years of imprisonment during the Spanish Civil War, John McKittrick learns that a close friend has died under suspicious circumstances. As he investigates, he finds himself caught in a dangerous web of espionage, murder, and betrayal connected to secrets from his wartime past.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 14, 1944

Originating from Hollywood

Starred: Robert Young as John McKittrick, Maureen O'Hara as Elma Don, and Walter Slezak as Dr. Scoss.Also featuring Charles Seal, Charlotte Treadway, Ed Emerson, George Sorel, Griff Barnett, Howard McNear, Jay Novello, John McIntire, Norman Field, and Rene Gussaire.

Produced by Cecil B. DeMille.

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