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The great ones are back in action.

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The great ones are back in action.

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English


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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Blinker Matter (EP4830)

10/24/2025
Today’s Mystery: Johnny investigates the disappearance of a insured importer. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 6, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Paula Winslowe; D.J. Thompson; Harry Bartell; Stacy Harris; Vic Perrin; Bob Bruce When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com Read more ...

Duration:00:30:01

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Dragnet: The Big Winchester (EP4929)

10/23/2025
Today’s Mystery: An elderly man is found shot to death in his home. While it initially looks like a suicide, there’s reason to think it might be a homicide. Original Radio Broadcast Date: Read more ...

Duration:00:34:31

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Georgia Gray Murder Case (EP4828)

10/22/2025
Today’s Mystery: A dance hall dancer is murdered. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 28, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Larry Thor a Read more ...

Duration:00:36:32

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Charlie Chan: The Frightened Shroff (EP4827)

10/21/2025
Today’s Mystery: The mother of a dead criminal is victimized by a conman claiming her son owed him money. Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1950 or 1951 Originating in S Read more ...

Duration:00:32:26

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Danger with Grainger: Triple X Murders (EP4826)

10/20/2025
Today’s Mystery: Grainger is hired by the mother of a man accused of killing a young couple in a park. Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957 Origin Read more ...

Duration:00:30:45

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Casebook of Gregory Hood: The Adventure of the Beeswax Candle (Encore) (EP4825e)

10/19/2025
Today’s Mystery: Sandy Taylor’s wife Mary disappears on a foggy night without a trace. Original Air Date: June 24, 1946 Originating from Holl Read more ...

Duration:00:33:25

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Cloak and Dagger: The Black Radio (A0028)

10/18/2025
Today’s Adventure: An OSS agent parachutes into Germany to team up with a local operative to run an underground broadcast to undermine the Nazi propoganda. Original Radio Bro Read more ...

Duration:00:36:23

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Virtuous Mobster Matter (EP4825)

10/17/2025
Today’s Mystery: Johnny goes to South Carolina to investigate the disappearance of an ex-mobster who had gone straight. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 22, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Jeanne Tatum; Jack Kruschen; Les Tremayne; Billy Halop; Frank Gerstle; Gil Stratton Jr. When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com Read…

Duration:00:33:12

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Dragnet: The Big Screen (EP4824)

10/16/2025
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a an epidemic of crooked TV repairmen. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 9, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jac Read more ...

Duration:00:33:04

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Philip Hunt Murder Case (EP4823)

10/15/2025
Today’s Mystery: A wealthy retiree is found murdered in his apartment after an impromptu party. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 21, 1951 Originating from Read more ...

Duration:00:37:16

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Charlie Chan: The Case of the Talking Doll (EP4822)

10/14/2025
Today’s Mystery: A criminal hunted by Charlie Chan seeks revenge by planting a bomb at his house. Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1950 or 1951 Originating from Sydney< Read more ...

Duration:00:28:51

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Danger with Grainger: The Amourous Amnesiac (EP4821)

10/13/2025
Today’s Mystery: Grainger finds an unconscious and beaten man in the street. He was found missing $10,000. Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957 Or Read more ...

Duration:00:29:06

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The Casebook of Gregory Hood: The Murder of Gregory Hood (Encore) (EP4820e)

10/12/2025
Today’s Mystery: Gregory Hood receives multiple death threats, and, after one close call, he decides to play dead while he solves his own murder. Orig Read more ...

Duration:00:33:04

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Cloak and the Dagger: The Norweigan Incident (A0026)

10/11/2025
Today’s Adventure: Two OSS Agents go into occupied Norway to blow up a key Nazi-controlled bridge. Original Radio Broadcast: August 20, 1950 Originating from Ne Read more ...

Duration:00:35:35

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Ugly Pattern Matter (EP4820)

10/10/2025
Today’s Mystery: Johnny is called in when three members of the board of a small company covered by a group life policy are murdered in a short period of time. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 29, 1958 Originated from Hollywood Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar. Virginia Gregg, Les Tremayne, Forrest Lewis, Herb Vigran, Junius…

Duration:00:32:26

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Dragnet: The Big Late Script (EP4819)

10/9/2025
Todays Mystery: Friday and Romero are called in to investigate the kidnapping of a local businessman Original Radio Broadcast Date:July 26, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starred: Jack Webb as Read more ...

Duration:00:32:27

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Thomas Hart Murder Case (EP4818)

10/8/2025
Today’s Mystery: An errand boy at a dress shop is murdered with a pair of scissors. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 15, 1951 Originated in Hollywood < Read more ...

Duration:00:37:31

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Charlie Chan: Escaped Musician (EP4817)

10/7/2025
Today’s Mystery: A musician is implicated in a burglary that led to murder. Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1950 or 1951 Originating from Sydney Starring: Willi Read more ...

Duration:00:29:59

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Danger with Grainger: The Rainy Night Murder (EP4816)

10/6/2025
Today’s Mystery: Grainger encounters a terrified woman on a rainy night who is running from a man whom she says she saw murder another man. Original Radio Broad Read more ...

Duration:00:29:03

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Casebook of Gregory Hood: The Black Museum (Encore) (EP4815e)

10/5/2025
Today’s Mystery: Gregory Hood Importers acquires a ceremonial sacrificial dagger, and then receives a death threat from a woman claiming to be an Aztec pries Read more ...

Duration:00:33:17