• 30 minutes 34 seconds
    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Frisco Fire Matter (EP4970)
    Today's Mystery: On a tip from his informant, Smokey, Johnny travels to San Francisco to investigate a fire everyone insists was an accident.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 12,. 1959

    Originated from Hollywood

    Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Virginia Gregg, Gil Stratton, Jr., Tony Barrett, Vic Perin, Lawrence Dobkin, Alan Reed, Paul Dubov, Bartlett Robinson, Donald Mosley

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    8 May 2026, 7:00 am
  • 31 minutes 26 seconds
    Dragnet: The Big Honeymoon (EP4969)
    Todays Mystery: Joe Friday and Ed Jacobs hunt down a con man who marries women for their money and leaves them.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 7, 1952

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barney Phillips as Sergeant Ed Jacobs, Virginia Gregg

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    7 May 2026, 7:00 am
  • 34 minutes 41 seconds
    Broadway's My Beat: The Mary Smith Murder Case (EP4968)
    Today's Mystery: A woman is found murdered in a cheap hotel.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date:Decemnber 8, 1951

    Originated in Hollywood

    Stars: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover, Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia, Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan, Betty Lou Gerson, Stan Waxman, Steve Roberts, David Wolfe

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    6 May 2026, 7:00 am
  • 32 minutes 22 seconds
    The Big Story: New Facts About a 26-Year Frame-Up (EP4967)
    Today's Mystery: Reporter Ralph Goll becomes suspicious of the results of a murder case when he learns that the detective involved had later been convicted of graft and the sheriff at the time had committed suicide before the trial.

    Original Radio Broadcast: March 1, 1950

    Originating from New York

    Starring: Nat Polen as Ralph Goll; Athena Lorde; John Shea; Bill Smith; Scott Tennyson; Walter Greska; Tom Heaphy; Humphrey Davis

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    5 May 2026, 7:00 am
  • 30 minutes 18 seconds
    The Saint: The Cake that Killed (EP4966)
    Today's Mystery: Simon gets a cake at a bakery from a woman in distress and finds himself caught up in a case of larceny and murder.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 8, 1950

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starred: Vincent Price as Simon Templar, Betty Lou Gerson, Peter Leeds, Dan O'Herleheigh, Larry Dobkin, Ted Von Else

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    4 May 2026, 6:47 am
  • 37 minutes 24 seconds
    Counterspy: The Recruited Nurse (A0084)
    Today's Adventure: An escaped criminal disfigures his own face to get plastic surgery to claim a $250,000

    Original Radio Broadcast: June 6, 1948

    Originating in New York

    Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding, Mandel Kramer as Peters, Bryna Rayburn, Chuck Webster

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    2 May 2026, 7:00 am
  • 32 minutes 21 seconds
    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Jimmy Carter Matter (EP4965)
    Today's Mystery: Johnny is called by a boy in New England who helped solve a case to report he's the only witness to a murder.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 29, 1959

    Originated from Hollywood

    Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar.Virginia Gregg, Richard Beals, Lawrence Dobkin

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    1 May 2026, 7:00 am
  • 32 minutes 37 seconds
    Dragnet: The Big Almost No Show (EP4964)
    Today's Mystery: Friday and Jacobs investigate a woman's report of her brother's disappearance.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 31, 1952

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barney Phillips as Sergeant Ed Jacobs, Joyce McCluskey, Virginia Gregg,

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    30 April 2026, 7:00 am
  • 37 minutes 13 seconds
    Broadway's My Beat: The Paul Clark Murder Case (EP4963)
    Today's Mystery: A young man is found dead in Central Park holding a ring.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 24, 1951

    Originated in Hollywood

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

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    29 April 2026, 7:00 am
  • 31 minutes 59 seconds
    The Big Story: Divorce and Death Can Lead to Murder (EP4962)
    Today’s Mystery:A reporter investigates the murder of a real estate developer who was killed after taking a prospective client to a property.

    Original Radio Broadcast: January 11, 1950

    Originating from New York

    Starring: Bill Quinn as Frank McCulloch; Athena Lord; Rolly Bestor; Joe DeSantis; Mandel Kramer; William Keene; Paul Mann

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    28 April 2026, 6:20 am
  • 37 minutes 35 seconds
    Counterspy: The Camera-Happy Crook (A0082)
    Today's Adventure: A gang of bank robbers pretend to be a film crew as a cover for a robbery.

    Original Radio Broadcast: May 30, 1948

    Originating in New York

    Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding, Mandel Kramer as Peters

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    25 April 2026, 7:00 am
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