Episodes

  • The Chase: The Amusement Park

    The Chase: The Amusement Park
    May 11 2025
    Today's Mystery: A woman operating a shooting gallery game at an amusement park suspects that the death of an elderly watchman for the carnival is tied to a firebug who has been operating in town.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 14, 1952

    Originating from New York

    Starring: Adelaide Klein as Cathy; Bill Lipton; Patrick Campbell; Sydney Smith; Walter Black

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    36 mins
  • Hot Copy: Smooth as Silk

    Hot Copy: Smooth as Silk
    Mar 25 2025
    Today's Mystery: Anne investigates the sale of black market nylons.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 7, 1944

    Originating from Chicago

    Starring: Betty Lou Gerson as Anne Rogers; Virginia Payne as Spritely Poole\

    Referenced in this Episode: Hot Copy Radio Theater

    Episode Referenced: Trouble in Tunisia

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    58 mins
  • Hot Copy: Death Studies the Angles

    Hot Copy: Death Studies the Angles
    Mar 18 2025
    Today's Mystery: The anti-vice candidate for mayor dies suddenly. The coroner says it was heart failure, but Anne think he was murdered.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 27, 1944

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Betty Lou Gerson as Anne Rogers, Virginia Payne as Spritely Poole

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    39 mins
  • Mr. and Mrs. North: Pam Keeps Out of Trouble

    Mr. and Mrs. North: Pam Keeps Out of Trouble
    Dec 5 2024
    Today's Mystery: With Jerry out of town, Pam tries to help a hapless reformed gambler quit his job at a gambling den and finds herself caught up in a murder investigation.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 9, 1944

    Starring: Alice Frost as Pamela North

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    36 mins
  • Mr. and Mrs. North: Pam Goes it Alone

    Mr. and Mrs. North: Pam Goes it Alone
    Nov 28 2024
    Today's Mystery: Pam helps the fiancée of a condenmed killer to try and find evidence to clear him.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 2, 1944

    Originated from New York City

    Starred: Alice Frost as Pamela North, Frank Lovejoy

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    34 mins
  • Lux Radio Theater: Thunder on the Hill

    Lux Radio Theater: Thunder on the Hill
    May 26 2024
    Today's Mystery:A nun becomes convinced that a condemned woman stranded at her Norfolk convent in the midst of torrential rains is innocent. Can the nun save her before her looming execution?

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 9, 1953

    Originating in Hollywood

    Starring: Claudette Colbert as Sister Mary; Barbara Rush as Valerie Carns; Norma Varden; Paul Frees; Mary Flynn; Herb Butterfield; Ottola Nesmith; Dan O'Herlihy; Joseph Kearns; Leo Britt; Jeanne Wood; Lois Corbett; Yvonne Peattie

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Meet Miss Sherlock: Wilmer and the Widow

    Meet Miss Sherlock: Wilmer and the Widow
    Jan 31 2023
    Today's Mystery: Jane gets a client for Peter Blossom, a beautiful widow who's accused of murdering her wealthy husband.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 12, 1946

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    38 mins
  • Meet Miss Sherlock: Case of the Deadman's Chest

    Meet Miss Sherlock: Case of the Deadman's Chest
    Jan 24 2023
    Today' s Mystery:A buyer for a department store acquires a chest and everyone wants it.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 7, 1946

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    38 mins