Episodes

  • Dragnet: The Big Red, Part Two (EP4944)

    Dragnet: The Big Red, Part Two (EP4944)
    Apr 2 2026
    Today's Mystery: Having busted the small-time carriers in a drug ring, Friday has to capture the man behind the operation by carrying on pretending to be an undercover drug dealer.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 10, 1952

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barney Phillips as Sergeant Ed Jacobs; Stacy Harris; Herb Butterfield

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    44 mins
  • The Big Story: The Corn Cob Killer (EP4942)

    The Big Story: The Corn Cob Killer (EP4942)
    Mar 31 2026
    Today's Mystery:A reporter wants his paper to run a story identifying the murderer of a river boy, when no body has been found and there's no evidence he was murdered.

    Original Radio Broadcast: October 26, 1949

    Originating from New York

    Starring: Beryl Firestone as Harold Faller; Hazel Logan; Jim Boles; Jim Stevens; Scott Tennyson; Bob Dryden; Sandy Bickhart

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    31 mins
  • Broadway's My Beat: The Joe Blair Murder Case (EP4943)

    Broadway's My Beat: The Joe Blair Murder Case (EP4943)
    Apr 1 2026
    Today's Mystery: Danny investigates when a hitchhiker is found murdered in a high-end hotel.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 3, 1951

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Cathy Lewis; Hy Averback; Edwin Max; Paula Victor; Billy Halop

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    39 mins
  • Counterspy: Explosive Dog (A0074)

    Counterspy: Explosive Dog (A0074)
    Mar 28 2026
    Today's Adventure: A spy plans to use a dog to destroy a critical research facility.

    Original Radio Broadcast: July 25, 1945

    Originating from New York

    Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding; Maurice Tarplin

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    42 mins
  • The Saint: Greed Causes Murder (EP4941)

    The Saint: Greed Causes Murder (EP4941)
    Mar 30 2026
    Today's Mystery: The Saint becomes inovlved when everyone wants to buy an old junker of a car from an elderly man.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 14, 1949

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Vincent Price as Simon Templar,Lurene Tuttle, Dan O'Herlihy, Tony Barrett, Barney Phillips, Fred Howard.

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    34 mins
  • Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Blue Madonna Matter (EP4940)

    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Blue Madonna Matter (EP4940)
    Mar 27 2026
    Today's Mystery: Johnny Dollar receives a telephone call from a denizen of the Parisian underworld about an insured oil painting.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 22, 1959

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; G. Stanley Jones; Forrest Lewis; Harry Bartell; Joseph Kearns; Bert Holland; Byron Kane

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    28 mins
  • Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Caylin Matter, Episodes One and Two (EP4072)

    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Caylin Matter, Episodes One and Two (EP4072)
    May 9 2023
    Today's Mystery: Johnny goes to Los Angeles to investigate the apparent death of an insured man in a burning car.

    Original Radio Broadcast Dates: January 2 and 3, 1956

    Originiated from Hollywood

    Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar. Virginia Gregg, Lucille Meredith, Alma Lawton, Gloria Blondell, Howard McNear, Harry Bartell, Peter Leeds, and Byron Kane

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    43 mins
  • Dragnet: The Big Red, Part One (EP4939)

    Dragnet: The Big Red, Part One (EP4939)
    Mar 26 2026
    Today's Mystery: Friday goes undercover as a narcotics buyer after getting a tip from an informant about a new narcotics ring operating in LA.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 3, 1952

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barney Phillips as Sergeant Ed Jacobs; Stacy Harris

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    41 mins