The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Todays Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith investigate a bookmaker’s claim that a police officer has been demanding weekly payments in exchange for allowing him to operate. But when no one matching the man’s name or description can be found in law-enforcement records, Friday and Smith begin searching for an extortionist who may not be a policeman at all.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 22, 1952

Originating from HollywoodCast:
Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday
Herb Ellis as Frank Smith
Also featuring Vic Rodman and June Whitley
Script by Jim Moser
Music by Walter Schumann
Technical advisors: Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, and Sergeant Vance Brasher
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Today's Mystery: Detective Danny Clover investigates the murder of successful construction contractor Harry Moore, a man with no apparent enemies whose recent behavior had taken him far from his comfortable life. Clover follows Moore’s unexplained visits to the Bowery, where he discovers a connection to a dangerous man—and a mystery that reaches much closer to home than it first appears.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 2, 1952

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover, Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia, Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan

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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: Simon Templar travels to a winter resort after being summoned by Peggy, a lively woman whose unusual request for protection involves asking the Saint to pose as her husband. Her tangled romantic history soon draws Simon into an increasingly peculiar mystery, where people—and even a snowman—have a habit of disappearing.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 29, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Cast:
Vincent Price as Simon Templar, The Saint
Script by Louis Vittes
Based on characters created by Leslie Charteris
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Today's Adventure: David Harding and Harry Peters investigate a massive parcel-post theft ring operating in several major cities. Peters goes undercover as a New York postal clerk, hoping to work his way inside the organization, but the investigation becomes increasingly dangerous as the gang grows suspicious of its newest recruit.

Original Radio Broadcast: July 20, 1949.

Originating in New York

Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding, Mandel Kramer as Peters

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