The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Today's Mystery: When Simon Templar finds a lost Pekingese and follows her home, he walks straight into a wealthy family's uproar over a missing fortune in jewels. A suspicious butler, an argumentative family, and a precocious young would-be detective soon leave The Saint wondering how a simple good deed became such a complicated affair.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 24, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Barry Sullivan as The Saint; Myra Marsh; Tom Tully; Ted Osborne; Lamont Johnson; Jeffrey Silver; Lawrence Dobkin

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Today's Adventure: David Harding investigates an interstate stolen-car racket after a detective working undercover is murdered. The trail leads to a former race-car driver with a dangerous reputation and a criminal organization determined to keep its operation - and the identity of its leader - hidden.

Original Radio Broadcast: September 15, 1949

Originating from New YorkCast:
Don MacLaughlin as David Harding
Mandel Kramer as Harry Peters
Directed by William M. Sweets
Music by Jesse Crawford
A Phillips H. Lord production for Pepsi-Cola
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Today's Mystery: Johnny Dollar welcomes an excuse to visit an old friend at a Lake Mojave fishing resort, but the vacation quickly becomes an investigation when a recently released convict is spotted using some very unusual fishing equipment. Johnny sets out to discover what the man is really searching for beneath the lake.

Radio Broadcast Date: July 12, 1959

Originated from Hollywood

Cast:
Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar
Barney Phillips
Sam Edwards
Bartlett Robinson
Forrest Lewis
Ralph Moody
Written, produced, and directed by Jack Johnstone
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Todays Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Bill Lockwood investigate a professional gambling ring that keeps its games moving from place to place. A tip finally gives police the opportunity they've been waiting for, but what begins as a vice investigation suddenly becomes a far more serious case.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 8, 1952

Originating from Hollywood

Cast:
Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday
Martin Milner as Officer Bill Lockwood
Also featuring Eddie Firestone and Whit Connor
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 strangling of a Broadway entertainer whose body is discovered by a frightened out-of-town businessman. His insistence that he heard the woman scream long after she apparently died presents Clover with a puzzling contradiction—and the case soon takes an even darker turn.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 17, 1952

Originated in HollywoodCast:
Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover
Charles Calvert as Sgt. Gino Tartaglia
Jack Kruschen as Detective Muggavan
Hy Averback as Russ Field
Herb Butterfield as Myron Lehigh
Featured: Martha Wentworth, Ed Max, and Junius Matthews
Written by Morton Fine and David Friedkin
Produced and directed by Elliott Lewis
Musical score composed and conducted by Alexander Courage
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