Today's Mystery: A self-styled fixer convinces dangerous underworld figures that he can protect them from raids. He can't; murder follows.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 12, 1954

Originating from New York

Starring: George Petrie as the Falcon, Les Damon

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Today we take a look at the evolution of E. Jack Neumann's story that became the five-part Johnny Dollar serial.

Jeff Regan: The Man in the Church

Regan is hired for a simple job of delivering $5,000 to a man, but finds himself wanted for murder.

Original Air Date: October 12, 1949

Starring: Frank Graham as Jeff Regan; Frank Nelson; William Conrad; Sidney Miller

Night Beat: Big John McMasters

Randy Stone befriends an old-time racketeer and becomes concerned when he is shot.

Original Air Date: March 4, 1951

Starring: Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone; William Conrad; Tudor Owen

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The San Antonio MatterJohnny goes to Saint Petersburg to investigate the killing of a mobster.

Original Air Date: April 28, 1953

Starring: John Lund as Johnny Dollar; John McIntire; Joseph Kearns; Jeanette Nolan; Virginia Gregg; Jay Novello

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Valentine Matter

After investigating a hotel theft in New Orleans, Johnny befriends an old-time bootlegger in a bar.

Original Air Dates: October 31-November 4, 1955

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lillian Buyeff; Betty Lou Gerson; Barney Phillips; Will Wright; Forrest Lewis; Marvin Miller; Jay Novello; Jack Moyles

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Today's Adventure: A cartoonist in the OSS goes undercover in a German-occupied French village ahead of an American advance.

Original Radio Broadcast: July 9, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Virginia Payne; Raymond Edward Johnson; Karl Weber; Stefan Schnabel; Jerry Jarrett; Ralph Bell; Lotte Stavisky; Everett Sloan

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Today's Mystery:Johnny is sent to investigate a claim that a ghost is haunting a small New Jersey town.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 18, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Forrest Lewis; Joseph Kearns; RussellThorson; Sam Edwards; Bob Bruce

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Today's Mystery:Joe Friday looks for the driver of a hit-and-run driver who struck two elderly women.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 21, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Peggy Webber; Herb Butterfield

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Today's Mystery: A Chicago gangster is found murdered in a swank New York hotel room.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 10, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen; Howard McNear; GeGe Pearson; Marlowe Dwyer; Adrian Marden; Lou Merrill

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Today's Mystery: An art collector asks Charlie Chan to pick up paintings. He finds the artist murdered.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 13, 1944

Originating from Los Angeles

Starring: Walter Connolly as Inspector Charlie Chan

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Today's Mystery: A woman with a jealous husband hires The Falcon because she wants a divorce.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 8, 1954

Originating from New York

Starring: George Petrie as the Falcon, Larry Haines

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Today's Mystery: Andy Hardy takes a job as a night watchman only to seemingly have the whole warehouse he's guarding disappear.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 10, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Mickey Rooney as Andy Hardy; Fay Holden; Lewis Stone; Eleanore Tanin; Richard Krenna; Eleanore Tanin

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Today's Adventure: An OSS agent goes to Siam to rescue a captured pilot.

Original Radio Broadcast: July 2, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Everett Sloane; Ralph Bell; Berry Kroeger; Raymond Edward Johnson; Eileen Heckart; Martin Balsam; Grant Richards; Jerry Jarrett; Karl Webber

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