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Boston Blackie - "The Murdered Sword Swallower" (1946) (opens the original)
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Boston Blackie, “The Murdered Sword Swallower,” originally broadcast January 3, 1946, episode 51. Richard Kollmar stars as the resourceful Boston Blackie, with Jan Miner as Mary Wesley and Maurice Tarplin as Inspector Farraday. Blackie and Mary take in a carnival sideshow, where the featured sword swallower is found murdered onstage. Amid the midway’s performers, patrons, and management, Blackie follows a dangerous trail of clues while Inspector Farraday joins the investigation. Old Time Mystery
The Adventures of Philip Marlowe - "The Final Payment (AFRTS)" (1950) (opens the original)
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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The Final Payment,” originally broadcast on CBS on September 15, 1950. This Gerald Mohr episode is cataloged as episode 101. Private detective Philip Marlowe visits a condemned man from his past and agrees to recover stolen jewels before time runs out. The trail leads from the state penitentiary to the dangerous Los Angeles-area waterfront, where old associates, a warehouse clue, and mounting threats turn one final favor into a hard-boiled race against
Broadway Is My Beat - "The Mary Trevor Murder Case" (1952) (opens the original)
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Broadway Is My Beat, “The Mary Trevor Murder Case,” originally broadcast October 25, 1952, is episode 136 of the CBS crime drama. Larry Thor stars as hard-boiled Broadway detective Danny Clover, with Charles Calvert as Sgt. Tartaglia and Jack Kruschen as Sgt. Muggavan. Produced and directed by Elliot Lewis, the episode features music by Alexander Courage. When Mary Trevor is found fatally stabbed in the subway, Clover follows the clues through Broadway’s shadowed streets and tangled social circl
Richard Diamond, Private Detective - "Ice Pick Murder" (1950) (opens the original)
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Richard Diamond, Private Detective presents “Ice Pick Murder,” originally broadcast July 12, 1950. Episode 56 stars Dick Powell as the wisecracking private eye in this NBC presentation sponsored by Rexall Drug Company. Diamond’s routine is shattered when a wounded stranger collapses at his office door with an ice pick in his back. With only the dying clue “juice bar” to guide him, Diamond must uncover why the man came to him and what lies behind the murder. Written by Harvey Easton and directed
Nick Carter, Master Detective - "The Case of the Little Old Ladies" (1946) (opens the original)
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Nick Carter, Master Detective presents “The Case of the Little Old Ladies,” episode 232, originally broadcast on April 23, 1946. Lon Clark stars as Carter in this Mutual Broadcasting System sustaining-run mystery, written by Jock MacGregor. A payroll robbery and a missing witness lead Carter to a small house on the edge of town, where two elderly women may hold the key to a case that is anything but routine. Old Time Mystery Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual
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