Today's Mystery: Pittsburgh newspaper reporter Joseph P. Brown receives a call about a woman who has been shot at an address in nearby Jeanette, Pennsylvania. Arriving at the scene, Brown finds a strangely uncooperative group of witnesses who refuse to give him the woman's name or explain what happened. As he begins investigating the shooting, Brown must uncover what happened to the woman and why the people at the scene are so reluctant to talk.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 30, 1953.

Originating from New Yorka

Cast:

• Nelson Olmstead as Joseph P. Brown
• Mary Patton
• Cameron Prudhomme
• Madeline Sherwood
• Michael O'Day
• Bill Griffiths
• Carl Emery
• Bernie Grant

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Today's Mystery: Newspaper reporter Dorothy Patterson is contacted by the desperate mother of five-year-old Johnny McDermott, who is gravely ill and needs an expensive experimental treatment his family cannot afford. Despite warnings that readers won’t contribute thousands of dollars to help a child they don’t know, Dorothy puts her faith in the generosity of her community and uses her newspaper column to make an appeal on Johnny’s behalf.

Original Radio Broadcast: April 1, 1953

Originating in New York

Cast:

• Jan Miner as Dorothy Patterson
• Francis DeSales
• Ted Osborne
• Joey Fallon
• Bobby Rick (probable identification)
• Rae Terry
• Brenna Rayburn
• Bob Sloane, announcer

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Today's Mystery: Young journalism student Don Morrissey is determined to prove he has what it takes to become a full-time reporter for his hometown newspaper in quiet Elkhorn, Wisconsin. His opportunity arrives when three supposed fishermen crash their car into a telephone pole, and Don’s suspicions about the strangely anxious travelers lead him to test whether their fishing story holds water.

Original Radio Broadcast:February 4, 1953

Originating in New York

Cast:

• Michael O'Day as Don Morrissey
• Cameron Prudhomme
• Mandel Kramer
• Maurice Gosfield
• Harold Huber
• Tom Collins
• John McGovern

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Today's Mystery: Miami Herald reporter William Adams joins the investigation after a well-dressed stranger is found shot to death beneath a bridge in the Everglades. With little to identify the victim beyond an old newspaper and a loaded die, Adams begins tracing the dead man’s movements, searching for the clue that can lead authorities to his killer.

Original Radio Broadcast: October 8, 1952

Originating in New York

Cast:

• Jim Stevens as William Adams
• Cameron Prudhomme
• Bill Zuckert
• Jean Gillespie
• Ruth York
• E. Sam Raskin
• Michael O'Day
• Cameron Andrews

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Today's Mystery: When a Butte service-station attendant disappears under mysterious circumstances, his lifelong friend, Helena Independent Record reporter Alan Copperthwaite, refuses to let the story fade away. Following a slender trail of clues across Montana, Copperthwaite risks his own safety in a deeply personal search for the truth.

Original Radio Broadcast:March 19, 1952.

Originating in New YorkCast:

• Bill Lipton as Alan Copperthwaite
• Jane Robbin
• Joe DeSantis
• Phil Sterling
• Owen Jordan
• Joe Helgesen
• Jim Stevens
• Bob Sloane as Narrator
• Adapted by Abraham S. Ginnes
• Original music composed and conducted by Vladimir Selinsky

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Today's Mystery:West Seattle Herald reporter Stuart Whitehouse gets an unexpected opportunity to scoop the city's larger newspapers when a woman is found murdered in her home. With his weekly paper's deadline rapidly approaching, Whitehouse follows a series of clues in hopes of identifying the killer—and getting the story into print first.

Original Radio Broadcast: January 9, 1952

Originating from New York

Cast:

• Nat Polen as Stuart Whitehouse
• Margaret Burlen
• Helen Barron
• Larry Haines
• Bill Griffiths
• Bert Callen
• John Becker
• Steve Edders
• Michael O'Day

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Today's Mystery: Salt Lake City Tribune reporter Cluster M. Nielsen investigates the murder of a young traveler whose final journey ends on a lonely Utah highway. As the evidence begins to conflict, Nielsen races to uncover the truth before an innocent man pays the price.

Original Radio Broadcast: November 14, 1951

Originating from New YorkCast:

• Francis DeSales as Cluster M. Nielsen
• Charita Bauer
• Mickey O'Day
• Bruce Gordon
• Owen Gordon
• Alan Stevenson

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Today's Story: Cleveland Press reporter Bus Bergen believes he has an open-and-shut murder case wrapped up in just forty minutes. But as the trial unfolds, a nagging doubt - and an unlikely four-legged witness - forces him to reconsider everything he thought he knew.

Original Radio Broadcast: July 25, 1951

Originating from New York

Starring Nat Polen as Bus Bergen

Also featuring Kathleen Nadeau, Brad Barker, Mel Ruick, Phil Sterling, Larry Robinson, Court Benson, and Les Darcy (unconfirmed)

Based on the true experiences of Cleveland Press reporter Bus Bergen

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Today's Mystery: When rumors spread through rural Kansas that a woman has concealed her mother's death for years, Hiawatha Daily World reporter Virgil Hill uncovers a heartbreaking truth that proves far more tragic than murder.

Original Radio Broadcast: April 25, 1951

Originating from New York

Starring Bill Lipton as Virgil HillAlso featuring Agnes Young, Ethel Owen, James Stevens, Bill Smith, Charles Eggleston, Bill Griffiths, and Jason Johnson

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Today’s Mystery: When a suburban poker game ends in a deadly holdup, veteran Chicago reporter Bill Doherty becomes intrigued by the teenage brother of one of the dead gunmen.

As evidence mounts against the youth, Doherty sets out to determine whether the frightened suspect is a killer—or another victim of the crime.

Original Radio Broadcast: March 21, 195

1Originating in New York

Starring John Larkin as Bill Doherty.Also featuring Joseph Julian, Jack Grimes, Larry Haines, Bryna Raeburn, and Parker Fennelly. Based on the reporting of William Doherty of the Chicago Sun-Times.

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