Episodes

  • Dangerous Assignment: Boy Is Used as Courier

    Dangerous Assignment: Boy Is Used as Courier
    Apr 10 2024
    Today's Mystery: Steve is hired as tutor to a French boy with a near photographic memory whose father believes his current tutor is using to smuggle top secret information.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 8, 1953

    Originated in HollywoodStars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, Jeanne Bates, Paul Frees, Larry Dobkin, Jay Novello

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    30 mins
  • Dangerous Assignment: Rescue Rick Perez

    Dangerous Assignment: Rescue Rick Perez
    Apr 3 2024
    Today's Mystery:Steve goes to Venezuela to rescue a U.S. agent who was investigating a Latin American revolutionary organization.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 1, 1953

    Originating in Hollywood

    Starring: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell; Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner; Paul Frees; Paul Dubov; Ben Wright; Betty Lou Gerson; Don Diamond

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    32 mins
  • Dangerous Assignment: Find Antonina

    Dangerous Assignment: Find Antonina
    Mar 4 2026
    Today's Mystery: Steve goes to Portugal to find a young woman who'd been in the U.S. illegally and find out why she intentionally had herself deported.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 25, 1953

    Originated in Hollywood

    Stars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, Bill Conrad, Virginia Gregg, Harry Bartell, Tony Barrett, Ralph Moody

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    33 mins
  • Dangerous Assignment: Stolen Information Group

    Dangerous Assignment: Stolen Information Group
    Mar 20 2024
    Today's Mystery:Steve goes to Norway to impersonate a captured courier who was about to collect a payoff from a gang that dealt in stolen information. Steve arrives to find someone's beaten him to the punch - and got murdered for his effort.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 18, 1953

    Originating in Hollywood

    Starring: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell; Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner; Betty Lou Gerson; Dan O'Herlihy; GeGe Pearson; Paul Frees

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    34 mins
  • Dangerous Assignment: Ghost Ship

    Dangerous Assignment: Ghost Ship
    Feb 18 2026
    Today's Mystery:Steve is sent to locate a phantom ship that's smuggling supplies to guerillas in the Philippines and attacking local fishing boats.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 11, 1953

    Originating in Hollywood

    Starring: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell; Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner

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    31 mins
  • Dangerous Assignment: Henrich Schwandorff

    Dangerous Assignment: Henrich Schwandorff
    Feb 11 2026
    Today's Mystery: Steve goes to Germany to find a displaced person who may be able to identify a nazi war criminal.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 4, 1953

    Originated in Hollywood

    Stars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, Henry Roland, Jim Davis, Paul Frees, Paul Frees

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    Welcome to our latest Patreon supporter, Mark

    Patreon Supporter of the Day: Donna-Patreon Supporter since March 2023

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    30 mins
  • Dangerous Assignment: Black Market in Jewels

    Dangerous Assignment: Black Market in Jewels
    Feb 4 2026
    Today's Mystery:Steve is sent to break up a black market founded on jewel thefts that is destabilizing the Mediterranean. To fight them, Steve plans to steal a necklace before the thief can

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 25, 1953

    Originating in Hollywood

    Starring: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell; Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner; Dan Riss; Hal Gerard; Betty Lou Gerson; Paul Dubov; Tony Barrett

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    31 mins
  • Dangerous Assignment: Doctor Mitsuko Kidnapping

    Dangerous Assignment: Doctor Mitsuko Kidnapping
    Jan 28 2026
    Today's Mystery: Steve goes to Tokyo to get to the bottom of the kidnapping of a prominent scientist by Americans claiming to be with the U.S. government.Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 18, 1953Originating in Hollywood

    Starring: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, Paul Frees, Paul Dubov, Peter Leeds, Rye Bilsbury, Sidney Miller

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    30 mins