Richard Diamond, Private Detective: Old-Time Radio

Richard Diamond takes a case from wealthy William Moran, who claims his wife Betty was being blackmailed and suggests she was driven to murder and suicide. When Diamond investigates the death of Mac Grayson, the alleged blackmailer, and traces connections to others involved in the scheme, he uncovers a darker truth hidden beneath the police's quick conclusion of murder-suicide.

With Richard Diamond, William Moran, Betty Moran, Mac Grayson, Lieutenant Walt Levinson, Sergeant Otis, Wilbert Truett, Leo Fink.

Listen for: Diamond's casual philosophy about his work, his banter with police contacts, his encounter with the perpetually drunk Wilbert Truett in the Parrot Club, and the climactic chase through the ferry's engine room

First aired on May 29, 1949 on NBC, ABC, CBS.

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A black patent leather purse left behind at a newspaper stand becomes the center of a deadly mystery when Richard Diamond agrees to find its owner. The purse triggers a chain of violence involving a counterfeit ring, a stolen fortune, and murder, forcing Diamond to uncover the truth before more people die.

With Richard Diamond, Glenda, Helen Asher, Lieutenant Levinson, Francis, Dorothy King, Stanley, Al.

Listen for: The interplay between Diamond and Lieutenant Levinson; the comedic banter between the bumbling thugs; the tense confrontations in Dorothy King's hotel room and the subway station finale.

First aired on May 22, 1949 on NBC, ABC, CBS.

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Private detective Richard Diamond is hired by Ralph Chase to prevent his stepdaughter Elizabeth from marrying gangster Murray Lang after her probation expires Monday. That evening, someone takes a shot at Chase in his library, and Diamond later discovers Lang's body in the garden, shot with Elizabeth's gun. As Diamond investigates, he uncovers a web of motives and discovers the crime's true architect.

With Richard Diamond, Ralph Chase, Elizabeth, Chris, Murray Lang, Helen Asher, Lieutenant Levinson.

Listen for: A twisting mystery where nothing is quite as it seems, featuring gunshots in the night, a murder in the garden, and a detective piecing together lies and deception among a household full of suspects with competing interests.

First aired on May 15, 1949 on NBC, ABC, CBS.

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Richard Diamond, a private detective, is beaten up by two thugs and offered $1,000 to investigate whether a man was actually killed. The chairman of the parole board claims his son Roger may have been framed into committing murder by associates of a convict named John Alter, who wants early release. Diamond must determine if the killing was real or staged to blackmail the parole board chairman into freeing Alter.

With Richard Diamond, Lieutenant Blevinson (Walt), Otis, The parole board chairman, Roger (the chairman's son), Lenore Brown, John Alter, Ziggy.

Listen for: The humorous banter between Diamond and the police detectives; the explanation of the blackmail scheme involving the parole board; Diamond's investigation into whether the murder was real or faked.

First aired on May 1, 1949 on NBC, ABC, CBS.

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