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Richard Diamond, Private Detective: “The John Blackwell Case” originally aired on NBC on December 17, 1949. Episode 34 stars Dick Powell as the wisecracking private eye and was written by Herb Purdum.

A visitor known only as “J.B.” comes to Diamond seeking advice about a murder he is planning—and whether he can avoid police interference. Recognizing the danger behind the seemingly clinical question, Diamond must act quickly before the consultation turns deadly. The episode also features Hy Averback, Hans Conried, Tol Avery, and Grace Albertson.

Old Time Mystery Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:43 Original Broadcast
30:15 Closing

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The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe presents “The Slaughtered Santas” (also known as “The Case of the Slaughtered Santas”), episode 10, originally broadcast on NBC on December 22, 1950. Sidney Greenstreet stars as Nero Wolfe, with Lawrence Dobkin as Archie Goodwin.

Two days before Christmas, attacks on New York City sidewalk Santas send a worried wealthy volunteer to Wolfe’s office. As Archie works the cold, dark streets and Wolfe weighs the clues, the detective must learn why men in the same holiday guise are being targeted before another public appearance becomes dangerous.

Old Time Mystery Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:40 Original Broadcast
30:06 Closing

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The Whistler presents “What Makes a Murderer,” originally broadcast on CBS on April 7, 1948. Episode 306 stars Frank Lovejoy, Joan Banks, and Marvin Miller, with a radio adaptation by Harold Swanton from an original story by Everett T. Tomlinson.

A quiet investment clerk, tired of his routine life, gets an unexpected windfall at the racetrack. With Florida, romance, and adventure suddenly within reach, he sets out to leave the past behind—but a new life can bring dangers of its own. Sponsored by Signal Oil, this suspenseful drama explores what happens when ordinary luck opens an extraordinary door.

Old Time Mystery Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:40 Original Broadcast
30:13 Closing

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Nick Carter, Master Detective presents “The Case of Make-Believe Murder,” originally broadcast July 22, 1945. Also circulated by the Armed Forces Radio Service as part of Mystery Playhouse, this is episode 193 of the series. Lon Clark stars as Nick Carter, with Charlotte Manson as Patsy Bowen.

Carter’s initiation into the exclusive Alphabet Club includes a mock murder designed to test the famous detective’s skills. But in the club’s darkened lounge, theatrical props and staged clues give way to a real investigation, sending Carter, Patsy, and Sergeant Matheson in search of the truth.

Old Time Mystery Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:48 Original Broadcast
25:12 Closing

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Suspense presents “The Mystery of Marie Roget,” episode 839, originally broadcast on CBS on February 7, 1960. Adapted by E. Jack Neuman from Edgar Allan Poe’s pioneering detective story, the drama stars Jackson Beck as the brilliant C. Auguste Dupin.

In 19th-century Paris, the disappearance of young Marie Roget becomes a public sensation after a body is recovered from the Seine. With conflicting testimony, sensational newspaper accounts, and an investigation at a standstill, the Prefect turns to Dupin to bring his formidable powers of analysis to the case.

Old Time Mystery Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:48 Original Broadcast
25:16 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The Mexican Boat Ride,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio Network on July 30, 1949. This is episode 43 of the Gerald Mohr era of the hard-boiled detective series, produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell.

Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy, suspicious husband to discover why his wife, Ona Esterbrook—a woman afraid of water—has embarked on a boat trip to Mexico. Following a trail of travel baggage and mistaken identity, Marlowe finds that a seemingly domestic assignment may be anything but simple.

Old Time Mystery Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:36 Original Broadcast
30:09 Closing

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Richard Diamond, Private Detective presents “Private Eye Test,” originally broadcast March 19, 1950. Dick Powell stars as the wisecracking private investigator Richard Diamond in this NBC sustaining broadcast.

Called to the Fifth Precinct for a state police commission requalification examination, Diamond joins a roomful of private eyes under Lieutenant Walter Levinson’s watchful eye. What begins as a routine licensing test soon puts Diamond’s professional instincts to work amid the precinct’s homicide-squad setting.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:50 Original Broadcast
30:23 Closing

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Boston Blackie, “A Vase Leads to Murder,” originally broadcast February 26, 1946, is episode 59 of the syndicated detective series starring Richard Kollmar as the resourceful Boston Blackie. Jan Miner co-stars as Mary Wesley, with Maurice Tarplin as Inspector Farraday.

At a public auction, Blackie buys a hand-painted vase that Mary admires, outbidding a suspicious man in a green hat. When the seemingly ordinary object begins attracting dangerous attention, Blackie and Inspector Farraday must discover why someone is so determined to possess it.

Old Time Mystery Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:43 Original Broadcast
27:34 Closing

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The Whistler presents “Still Death,” originally broadcast on September 22, 1948. This is episode 328 of the CBS Pacific Network suspense series, sponsored by Signal Oil, with William Conrad listed in the cast.

A mysterious woman commissions a portrait from an artist, setting in motion a disturbing chain of events. As sudden incapacitation strikes both the woman and her husband, the connection between the painting and their fate becomes the heart of this eerie 30-minute mystery.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:39 Original Broadcast
30:10 Closing

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Broadway Is My Beat presents “The Frank Dayton Murder Case,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio Network on April 11, 1953. This is episode 160 of the hard-boiled detective series starring Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover.

When wealthy real-estate owner Frank Dayton is found murdered with a letter opener, Clover begins a tense homicide investigation amid springtime Broadway and Manhattan. Written by Morton Fine and David Friedkin and directed by Elliott Lewis, the episode features the series’ distinctive noir atmosphere and an Alexander Courage score.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:43 Original Broadcast
29:48 Closing

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Nick Carter, Master Detective presents “The Case of the Missing Thumb,” originally broadcast on May 4, 1947. Often cataloged as episode 286, this Mutual Broadcasting System mystery stars Lon Clark as Nick Carter, with Charlotte Manson as Patsy Bowen and Ed Latimer as Sgt. Mathison.

When young Army veteran Steve Evans asks Nick to teach him the detective trade, a murder and an unusual safe robbery draw Carter into a case with disturbing ties to recently discharged servicemen. A telltale handprint, safecracking clues, and a suspicious subscription list send Nick and his allies through postwar New York in a tense investigation written by Alfred Bester.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:38 Original Broadcast
27:36 Closing

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Suspense presents “The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Part Two,” originally broadcast on CBS on January 12, 1953. This is episode 495 of the celebrated suspense anthology series.

In Victorian Cloisterham, Edwin Drood’s disappearance continues to cast suspicion across the cathedral town. Adapted from Charles Dickens’s unfinished final novel, this concluding installment follows John Jasper, Neville Landless, Rosa, Dean Crisparkle, and the enigmatic Mr. Datchery as the mystery tightens. Herbert Marshall stars in this Sidney Marshall adaptation, produced and directed by Elliott Lewis.

Old Time Mystery Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:57 Original Broadcast
31:06 Closing

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Richard Diamond, Private Detective presents “The Betty Moran Case,” episode 6, originally broadcast on NBC on May 29, 1949. Dick Powell stars as the wisecracking New York sleuth Richard Diamond in this early series installment, written by Blake Edwards and John Michael Hayes.

When wealthy Betty Moran is found dead after a blackmail-related shooting, the police see a straightforward murder-suicide. Her husband suspects the blackmail scheme is still alive, however, and hires Diamond to uncover the missing partner behind it. Diamond’s trail leads through Broadway offices, police headquarters, and familiar encounters with Lt. Walt Levinson and Sgt. Otis.

Old Time Mystery Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:49 Original Broadcast
30:21 Closing

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The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe, “Dear Dead Lady” (episode 3), originally broadcast on NBC on November 3, 1950. Sidney Greenstreet stars as the brilliant, orchid-loving detective Nero Wolfe, with Herb Ellis as his resourceful assistant, Archie Goodwin.

Wolfe accepts a profitable protection job when Theodore Oliphant fears jealous prizefighter Jack Hunter may threaten wealthy Ilsa Dana. But when Archie arrives at Dana’s Park Avenue apartment, the case quickly becomes a murder investigation involving rival suitors, conflicting stories, and motives that point in several directions. Written by Peter Barry, this original radio mystery draws on the characters created by Rex Stout.

Old Time Mystery Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:45 Original Broadcast
30:26 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, “The Big Step” (episode 73), originally broadcast February 28, 1950. Gerald Mohr stars as Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled private detective in this CBS sustaining broadcast.

Marlowe is hired after Betty Cantor’s friend, Shirley Vitello, suddenly disappears. A traffic accident, a dying man’s words, and a connection to a dye laboratory lead him into a case of industrial suspicions, uneasy relationships, and conflicting stories. Written by Robert Mitchell and Eugene Levitt, with Norman Macdonnell producing and directing.

Old Time Mystery Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:46 Original Broadcast
30:16 Closing

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The Whistler presents “The Secret of Chalk Point,” originally broadcast on CBS on September 7, 1952. Episode 536 of the long-running Signal Oil suspense series, this story was written by Adrian Gendot and features Bill Forman as the Whistler, with Raymond Burr in the cast.

At fogbound Chalk Point, Kay Fowler finds a dazed young man near the isolated Yaeger House. His claim to belong there—and to be the husband of the home’s elderly owner—raises disturbing questions about Captain Yaeger, believed lost at sea 25 years earlier. With deputy sheriff Jess Williams among the few willing to listen, Kay is drawn into a chilling coastal mystery.

Old Time Mystery Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:46 Original Broadcast
25:43 Closing

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Boston Blackie, “Mid-Air Diamond Theft” (episode 145), originally broadcast October 22, 1947. Richard Kollmar stars as the resourceful Boston Blackie in this high-altitude mystery.

A detective escorts a million-dollar diamond aboard a chartered plane bound for its owner, but the flight turns deadly when the detective is killed, the pilot loses consciousness, a passenger is bound, and the gem disappears. Blackie faces an apparently impossible crime with no easy way out.

Old Time Mystery Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:38 Original Broadcast
26:11 Closing

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Nick Carter, Master Detective presents “The Case of the Missing Alarm Clock,” originally broadcast on June 25, 1946. This is episode 241 of the Mutual Broadcasting System mystery series, starring Lon Clark as Nick Carter.

When a furniture warehouse fire appears suspicious, Nick finds a strangely wired alarm clock amid the smoke and debris. With Patsy Bowen and Sergeant Matherson assisting, he follows a trail through a postwar trailer camp and a maze of evidence that may not be as straightforward as it seems. The script was credited to Jock MacGregor and Peggy Mayer.

Old Time Mystery Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:46 Original Broadcast
30:42 Closing

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Richard Diamond, Private Detective presents “Fred Sears Murder Case,” originally broadcast June 19, 1949. Episode 9 of the NBC series stars Dick Powell as hard-boiled private eye Richard Diamond, with Ed Begley as Lt. Walt Levinson.

Fred Sears hires Diamond to gather evidence for a divorce, certain his wife is seeing another man. But after their tense meeting, a shooting in Diamond’s own office draws police attention and leaves the detective sorting through Sears’s troubled personal connections. This early sustaining broadcast was written by Blake Edwards and John Michael Hayes.

Old Time Mystery Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:46 Original Broadcast
30:16 Closing

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Suspense presents “For Love or Murder,” episode 362, originally broadcast on CBS on December 8, 1949. Mickey Rooney stars as Tommy, a young nightclub pianist drawn into the dangerous private world of Anne Thomas, played by Lurene Tuttle.

Anne’s proposal involves her wealthy husband and a robbery that must appear convincing, leaving Tommy to weigh mounting pressure, uncertainty, and the consequences of a desperate choice. Written by John Shaw and produced by William Spier for the Auto-Lite-sponsored run of Suspense.

Old Time Mystery Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:37 Original Broadcast
30:57 Closing

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Broadway Is My Beat presents “The Celia Jordan Murder Case,” originally broadcast on CBS on July 24, 1950. Episode 44 stars Larry Thor as hard-boiled Broadway detective Danny Clover, with Charles Calvert as Sgt. Gino Tartaglia. Written by Morton Fine and David Friedkin, the program was produced and directed by Elliott Lewis.

In a sweltering Manhattan summer, Clover is summoned to Celia Jordan’s ransacked apartment, where bloodstains and conflicting stories suggest that the missing woman’s closest acquaintances may know more than they admit. A telephone call from Celia sends the investigation toward former suitor Cliff Moore and businessman Paul Chelsea, amid the heat and shadows of Broadway.

Old Time Mystery Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:48 Original Broadcast
30:18 Closing

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The Whistler presents “Till Death Do Us Part,” episode 115, originally broadcast on July 30, 1944. This installment comes from the long-running radio suspense anthology known for its ominous narrator and crime-centered dramas.

The surviving listing provides no further plot details, leaving the episode’s mysteries to unfold in the original broadcast. Old Time Mystery Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:21 Original Broadcast
27:57 Closing

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The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe, “Phantom Fingers” (episode 15), originally broadcast January 26, 1951. Sydney Greenstreet stars as Nero Wolfe, with Gerald Mohr as Archie Goodwin.

Wolfe reluctantly leaves New York in search of rare black orchids, but a storm washes out a bridge and strands him and Archie at an isolated upstate house. Surrounded by uneasy strangers and cut off from the outside world, Wolfe must untangle a murder mystery from inside the confined, old-dark-house setting. This NBC adventure uses Rex Stout’s famed detective characters.

Old Time Mystery Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:46 Original Broadcast
29:38 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, “The Kid on the Corner,” originally broadcast December 3, 1949, is episode 61 of the CBS Radio Network series. Gerald Mohr stars as the hard-boiled private detective Philip Marlowe in a script by Gene Levitt.

A young newsboy asks Marlowe to help find his missing uncle, drawing the detective into a dangerous case that shifts from a simple disappearance to homicide. Produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell, this surviving 1949 broadcast captures the noir atmosphere of Marlowe’s Saturday-night radio adventures.

Old Time Mystery Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:33 Original Broadcast
30:15 Closing

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Richard Diamond, Private Detective presents “Rene Bennet Protection Case,” originally broadcast on NBC on October 22, 1949. Commonly cataloged as episode 26, this early sustaining-era installment stars Dick Powell as smooth private eye Richard Diamond.

Hat designer Rene Bennet hires Diamond to safeguard his newest creations before a major showing, fearing that rival hands may get hold of the designs. Going undercover in the high-stakes world of a fashionable salon, Diamond soon finds a protection assignment complicated by murder and suspicion.

Old Time Mystery Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned and mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:46 Original Broadcast
30:18 Closing

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Suspense presents “Beirut by Sunrise,” episode 600, originally broadcast on CBS Radio Network on May 31, 1955. Written by Richard Chandlee and produced and directed by Antony Ellis, the episode stars Mary Jane Croft.

A third-grade teacher on a Mediterranean cruise hopes to see Beirut at dawn, but a disturbing sight on the dock and a baffling clue pull her into danger ashore. This compact, espionage-tinged thriller unfolds amid the harbor, tour sites, and old streets of Beirut.

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Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:46 Original Broadcast
25:59 Closing

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Nick Carter, Master Detective presents “The Case of the Persistent Beggars,” originally broadcast on January 26, 1947. This is episode 272 of the Mutual Broadcasting System series, written by Max Ehrlich and starring Lon Clark as Nick Carter, with Charlotte Manson as Patsy Bowen.

A rash of aggressive street begging sweeps the city, but Nick suspects something more organized—and more dangerous—behind the racket. Working with Patsy Bowen and Sergeant Matheson, he goes undercover as ragged panhandler “Snuffy Davis,” following a trail through disputed street corners, the Boulevard Tavern, and the city’s shadowy waterfront.

Old Time Mystery Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:52 Original Broadcast
27:26 Closing

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The Whistler presents “Murder in Mind,” originally broadcast on April 16, 1950. This is episode 411 of the CBS Pacific network suspense series, sponsored by Signal Oil Company.

At their hillside home in the exclusive Terrace Heights district, Gil and Vicki Hollister wait uneasily after a supposed accident involving Gil’s stepmother, Bell. Her startling return, a newly hired driver-bodyguard, and a troubling piece of evidence turn an inheritance-minded domestic scheme into a tense game of nerves. Featuring Frances Robinson.

Old Time Mystery Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:38 Original Broadcast
30:02 Closing

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Boston Blackie, “Murder on Cedar Street,” originally broadcast April 9, 1946, is episode 65 of the Richard Kollmar-led mystery series. Jan Miner co-stars as Mary Wesley, with Maurice Tarplin as Inspector Farraday.

A woman directs Blackie to 111 Cedar Street, where police discover him near the scene of a murder. As Inspector Farraday investigates the victim’s connection to a hold-up gang, Blackie and Mary follow a locket photograph and other troubling clues to learn why he was deliberately drawn into the case.

Old Time Mystery Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:52 Original Broadcast
27:01 Closing

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Broadway Is My Beat presents “The Frank Conway Murder Case,” originally broadcast on CBS on July 3, 1950. Episode 41 stars Larry Thor as hard-bitten New York detective Danny Clover, with Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia. Morton Fine and David Friedkin wrote the episode, produced and directed by Elliott Lewis.

Clover is called to the Olympian Hotel after a Texas visitor is found shot in room 312. A businessman’s room, a telegram for a different man, and an unexplained roulette wheel turn a seemingly straightforward homicide into a troubling trail through Broadway’s hotel and gambling world.

Old Time Mystery Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:39 Original Broadcast
30:25 Closing

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Richard Diamond, Private Detective presents “The Al Brenners Case,” originally broadcast January 25, 1952. This is episode 119 of the ABC series, starring Dick Powell as wisecracking private eye Richard Diamond.

A professional stool pigeon offers Diamond a chance to collect a $5,000 reward by finding a wanted criminal. The proposition sends the detective into a dangerous underworld trail in this brisk noir-era mystery, sponsored by Camel Cigarettes.

Old Time Mystery Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:44 Original Broadcast
30:14 Closing

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Suspense presents “Aria from Murder,” episode 413, originally broadcast on CBS on January 25, 1951. Produced during the series’ Auto-Lite run, this backstage noir stars celebrated opera singer Ezio Pinza.

Between acts of Don Giovanni at the Grandier Opera House, baritone Niccolò Mazzini telephones Lieutenant Morgan from his dressing room with an increasingly alarming confession. As the next curtain approaches, professional rivalries, private tensions, and a possible witness close in amid the pressure of a live performance.

Old Time Mystery Radio presents the original broadcast with a newly produced contextual introduction, a short closing announcement, and gently cleaned/mastered audio for a more consistent listening experience.

Chapters:
00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:49 Original Broadcast
30:45 Closing

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Nick Carter, Master Detective presents “The Slingshot Murders,” episode 153, originally broadcast October 15, 1944. Lon Clark stars as Nick Carter, with Helen Choate as Patsy Bowen, in a Mutual Broadcasting System mystery written by Jock MacGregor.

A young newsstand boy’s report of suspicious activity near a bank branch draws Carter into a dangerous payroll-robbery investigation. Wounded but undeterred, Nick follows an unusual slingshot clue through vacant storefronts and a nearby tenement, with help from Patsy Bowen and Lieutenant Riley. The story is also associated with the alternate subtitle “The Mystery of the Broken Window.”

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:44 Original Broadcast
29:30 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The Eager Witness,” originally broadcast on CBS on August 27, 1949. In episode 47, Gerald Mohr stars as Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled Los Angeles private detective.

Marlowe takes the stand for the prosecution in the murder trial of a notorious bookie, but an apparently ironclad alibi throws the case into doubt. With time running short, he follows the trail of a witness whose eagerness to testify raises troubling questions—and leads toward blackmail and danger. Written by Gene Levitt and Robert Mitchell, and produced and directed by Norman Macdonnell.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:40 Original Broadcast
30:09 Closing

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The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe presents “The Bashful Body,” episode 11, originally broadcast on NBC on December 29, 1950. Sydney Greenstreet stars as Nero Wolfe, with Larry Dobkin as Archie Goodwin.

An orchid shipment draws the famously homebound Wolfe to a New York flower shop, where Archie discovers a murdered orchid grower hidden among the displays. But when the body vanishes, Wolfe and Goodwin must follow a baffling trail through the flower trade, strained relationships, and a most inconvenient missing corpse. Produced and directed by J. Donald Wilson, this original radio mystery is based on the Nero Wolfe characters created by Rex Stout.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:45 Original Broadcast
30:10 Closing

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The Whistler presents “Escape to Skull Island,” originally broadcast on CBS on January 15, 1950. This is episode 398, written by R. Sprague Hall and featuring Fay Baker and Ted de Corsia.

Escaped convict Steve Henshaw races through a nighttime waterfront pursuit and takes shelter aboard a shadowy barge near Skull Island. But the uneasy refuge offered by George and Melody Gromick draws him into a dangerous hunt tied to hidden money and an underwater salvage operation.

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00:44 Original Broadcast
29:43 Closing

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Richard Diamond, Private Detective presents “The Garrabaldi Case,” originally broadcast February 1, 1952. In this 120th episode of the ABC/Camel Cigarettes series, Dick Powell stars as the wisecracking private eye Richard Diamond.

A frightened woman turns to Diamond to find a missing witness who may be the only person able to save her brother from execution the next day. With the clock running out, Diamond follows a desperate trail through a tense noir mystery. Virginia Gregg and Ed Begley co-star; the episode was written and directed by Blake Edwards.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:40 Original Broadcast
30:10 Closing

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Suspense presents “The Mystery of Marie Roget,” originally broadcast on CBS on December 14, 1953. Episode 530 adapts Edgar Allan Poe’s early C. Auguste Dupin detective tale, with Cornel Wilde as Dupin and John Dehner as the Police Prefect.

In 19th-century Paris, the body of young Marie Roget is recovered from the Seine, leaving police to sift through conflicting accounts of her disappearance. Called in to help, the observant Dupin studies the evidence and testimony surrounding a troubling river murder. E. Jack Neuman dramatized Poe’s story for producer Elliott Lewis.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:44 Original Broadcast
31:04 Closing

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Nick Carter, Master Detective presents “The Case of the Clue Called X,” originally broadcast on November 14, 1948. This late-1948 Mutual Broadcasting System episode is episode 366 of the series and stars Lon Clark as Nick Carter, with Charlotte Manson as Patsy Bowen.

When ex-convict Joe Gibbs is accused of murdering a jewelry salesman and taking a cache of diamonds, Nick takes the case personally. With Joe’s marriage and future at stake, Nick and Patsy trace an unusual diamond ring from a neighborhood bar to a diamond dealer’s office, pursuing the meaning of a cryptic clue marked “X.”

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:44 Original Broadcast
26:51 Closing

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Boston Blackie, “The Missing String of Pearls,” originally broadcast August 11, 1944, is episode 8 of the 1944 NBC summer run. Chester Morris stars as the resourceful Blackie, with Richard Lane as the ever-skeptical Inspector Farraday. Written by Milton and Barbara Merlin, the series was sponsored by Rinso.

When a valuable string of pearls vanishes from Gordon’s Jewelry Store, Blackie quickly becomes a suspect after leaving his watch for repair. But he has seen the store’s longtime clerk, Mrs. Phillips, with the pearls—and his search for an explanation leads into a dangerous blackmail affair, with Inspector Farraday watching his every move.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:45 Original Broadcast
29:22 Closing

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Broadway Is My Beat, “The John Stewart Murder Case” (episode 158), originally broadcast on CBS on March 28, 1953. Larry Thor stars as Broadway detective Danny Clover in this noir mystery, written by Morton Fine and David Friedkin and produced and directed by Elliott Lewis.

On an early-spring night in New York, Clover investigates the fears of John Stewart, a man convinced that someone intends to kill him. Stewart’s peculiar collection of objects offers troubling clues as Clover, Sgt. Gino Tartaglia, and Sgt. Muggavan work the shadowed streets of Broadway.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:45 Original Broadcast
30:19 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The Dark Tunnel,” originally broadcast on CBS on August 18, 1950. This is episode 97 of the Gerald Mohr series.

After breaking up an assault in a Hollywood alley, private detective Philip Marlowe is drawn into the search for a dancer missing for a month. A photograph, an old clipping, and a lead to the New Blossom Dance Land send him from Silver Lake to East Los Angeles—and toward a forbidding abandoned underpass. Written by Robert Mitchell and Gene Levitt, the episode was produced and directed by Richard Sanville.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:47 Original Broadcast
30:34 Closing

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Richard Diamond, Private Detective presents “The Elaine Tanner Case,” originally broadcast on February 12, 1950. Dick Powell stars as the wisecracking New York private eye in this NBC sustaining broadcast, written and directed by Russell Hughes.

Millionaire Morris Clinton hires Diamond to find Elaine Tanner, a young woman missing from her boarding-house room. Gunfire, a murder, and a trail leading to the Blue Falcon nightclub turn a routine missing-person search into a dangerous investigation, with Lieutenant Walt Levinson and Sergeant Otis lending police support.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:42 Original Broadcast
30:12 Closing

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Suspense presents “A Murderous Revision,” originally broadcast on December 3, 1951. Richard Widmark stars in this CBS Radio Network thriller, adapted by David Ellis from a story by S. Lee Pogostin and produced by Elliott Lewis.

When a bitter writer is dismissed from the radio mystery program Murder, Please, he decides to strike back at the producer whose rewrites have controlled his work. Scripts, microphones, recordings, and carefully timed cues become instruments in a tense backstage drama also featuring Cathy Lewis and Joseph Kearns.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:43 Original Broadcast
31:08 Closing

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Nick Carter, Master Detective presents “The Case of the Chemical Chickens,” episode 283, originally broadcast on April 13, 1947. Lon Clark stars as Nick Carter, with Charlotte Manson as Patsy Bowen. The script was written by Alfred Bester, later celebrated for his science-fiction novels.

A strange chemical discovery in Waldo McGlynn’s breakfast eggs sends Nick, Patsy, and Sgt. Mathison from a neighborhood grocery toward a rural community where farming and industry meet. What begins as an unusual food-safety puzzle becomes a suspenseful investigation of impersonation, vanished leads, and carefully examined physical evidence.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:47 Original Broadcast
27:46 Closing

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The Whistler presents “Beware the Bridegroom,” episode 129, originally broadcast on CBS’s West Coast network on November 13, 1944. Sponsored by Signal Oil, this suspenseful drama was written by Victor Kushner and produced by George W. Allen.

Down-and-out confidence man Johnny Lane thinks marriage to wealthy heiress Julie Warren is his ticket to easy money. But concealed motives, dangerous assumptions, and growing marital tension turn his careful calculation into a desperate game of greed and deception. Bill Forman stars as The Whistler.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:33 Original Broadcast
30:04 Closing

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The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe presents “Party for Death,” episode 17, originally broadcast on NBC on February 16, 1951. Sydney Greenstreet stars as the brilliant, sedentary Nero Wolfe, with Harry Bartell as Archie Goodwin.

Wolfe sends Archie to a cocktail party at the Collins apartment with an unsettling instruction: call him after the murder. As Archie meets the hosts and their business associates, tensions beneath the civilized conversation begin to surface. Directed by J. Donald Wilson and produced by Edwin Fadiman, this original radio mystery uses the characters created by Rex Stout.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:41 Original Broadcast
29:46 Closing

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Suspense presents “Will You Make a Bet with Death,” episode 17, originally broadcast on CBS on November 10, 1942. Written by John Dickson Carr, the drama stars Michael Fitzmaurice as Bob Penderel and Lesley Woods as Betty.

At Coney Island’s eerie Haunted Mill, Betty encounters a terrified young man caught in a deadly wager: if he can survive until a fixed deadline, he will receive $25,000. With danger potentially lurking anywhere amid the carnival lights and shadowy rides, this tense race against time turns an amusement-park outing into a nightmare of uncertainty.

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00:48 Original Broadcast
30:34 Closing

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Richard Diamond, Private Detective presents “The Eddie Burke Case,” originally broadcast on February 8, 1952. Commonly listed as episode 121, this ABC Camel Cigarettes production stars Dick Powell as the wisecracking Los Angeles private eye.

A stranger named Eddie Burke arrives at Diamond’s office demanding a package Diamond says he has never received. With a $1,000 payment, Nancy Casey, and Burke’s underworld past in the mix, Diamond turns to Lieutenant Walt Levinson and follows a trail that reaches an old counterfeiting operation. Virginia Gregg, Alan Reed, and William Conrad are featured.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:45 Original Broadcast
30:17 Closing

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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.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:38 Original Broadcast
23:49 Closing

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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 the clock.

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00:42 Original Broadcast
30:39 Closing

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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 circles. A mysterious link to a wealthy figure deepens the investigation in this tense New York noir.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:42 Original Broadcast
31:18 Closing

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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 by Jaime del Valle.

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00:40 Original Broadcast
30:55 Closing

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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.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:36 Original Broadcast
30:02 Closing

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The Whistler presents “Grave Secret,” originally broadcast on February 27, 1949. Listed as episode 351, this CBS Pacific Network suspense drama was written by Steve Hampton and sponsored by Signal Oil.

At the quiet Eldridge home, Harriet Eldridge depends on a steady stream of letters to preserve the appearance of an absence. But an unexpected visit from her employer’s niece, newly arrived from Australia, brings unsettling questions and mounting suspicion to the household. Bill Forman stars as The Whistler, with Sarah Selby, Howard McNear, and Betty Lou Gerson.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:43 Original Broadcast
30:34 Closing

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Suspense presents “Deadline at Dawn,” originally broadcast on CBS on May 15, 1948. Commonly cataloged as episode 296, this was the final one-hour Suspense broadcast before the series returned as a half-hour program later that summer. Helen Walker stars as Bricky Coleman, with John Beal as Quinn Williams, in an adaptation of Cornell Woolrich’s novel, written under his William Irish pen name.

Over a single night in New York City, taxi dancer Bricky Coleman offers refuge to troubled young Quinn Williams after the pair discover a shared small-town past. Hoping to catch an early-morning bus out of town, they instead find themselves caught in a dangerous search for answers as the city night closes in. Irving Ravetch adapted the story for radio, with Anton M. Leader producing and directing.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:48 Original Broadcast
01:00:28 Closing

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The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe, “Stamped for Murder,” originally broadcast October 20, 1950, is episode 1 of NBC’s 1950–51 series. In this premiere, Sidney Greenstreet stars as the famously sedentary detective Nero Wolfe, with Wally Maher as Archie Goodwin, in an original radio story by Alfred Bester.

Gloria Kent turns to Wolfe after her father pays $10,000 for what may be a phony treasure map. Old family letters, suspicious document research, and a pair of confidence men soon make the supposedly worthless papers worth far more than anyone expected.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:38 Original Broadcast
30:24 Closing

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Richard Diamond, Private Detective presents “The Bloody Hat Case,” episode 11, originally broadcast on NBC on July 2, 1949. Dick Powell stars as the wisecracking New York sleuth Richard Diamond, with Ed Begley as Lieutenant Walter Levinson.

A cab driver delivers a bloodstained hat marked “B.K.” and a recently fired .38-caliber revolver to Diamond—but no victim. Following the clues from Flatbush to a Fifth Avenue hat shop and beyond, Diamond encounters Bertram Kalmus, George Watkins, and a trail of conflicting accounts in a tense apparent murder frame-up. The episode closes with one of Diamond’s signature musical codas, “A, You’re Adorable.”

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00:48 Original Broadcast
30:18 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The Lonesome Reunion,” episode 20, originally broadcast on CBS on February 12, 1949. Gerald Mohr stars as Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled private detective.

Marlowe follows the trail of money from an old bank robbery to Lonesome, Arizona, where a black satchel and a set of seemingly ordinary papers lead into a dangerous desert-town web of armed men, deception, and competing claims on missing loot. Written by Gene Levitt and Robert Mitchell, the episode takes Marlowe well beyond his familiar city streets.

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00:44 Original Broadcast
29:35 Closing

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Nick Carter, Master Detective presents “The Case of Shakespeare’s Ghost,” episode 216, originally broadcast on Mutual on December 30, 1945. Lon Clark stars as master sleuth Nick Carter in this Stanley Kauffman mystery from the Lin-X-sponsored run.

A rare manuscript vanishes after a death revives the unsettling legend of Shakespeare’s ghost. With a corpse disappearing and the phantom apparently accused of murder, Carter and Patsy Bowen face a case where the evidence seems as eerie as the legend itself.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:38 Original Broadcast
30:08 Closing

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Broadway Is My Beat presents “The Anna Compton Murder Case,” originally broadcast on CBS on September 15, 1951. This is episode 78, opening the series’ third season, with Larry Thor as hard-boiled Manhattan detective Danny Clover.

When Anna Compton is found shot in an automobile registered to Edward Bishop, Clover follows a troubled trail through Broadway, an auction house, and a skid-row mission. Written by Morton Fine and David Friedkin and directed by Elliott Lewis, this Hollywood-produced police noir retains the series’ unmistakable New York atmosphere.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:36 Original Broadcast
30:21 Closing

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Boston Blackie presents “The Brandon Jewel Robbery,” originally broadcast February 5, 1946. This is episode 56, starring Richard Kollmar as the quick-witted former jewel thief turned detective, with Maurice Tarplin as Inspector Farraday.

A routine Tuesday dinner with Mary Wesley takes an odd turn when strangers call Blackie “Mr. Peterkin.” The mystery deepens at Brandon Jewelers, where a $90 wristwatch and the murder of proprietor Sam Brandon draw Blackie into a puzzling case of mistaken identity and missing jewels.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:36 Original Broadcast
27:43 Closing

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Richard Diamond, Private Detective presents “The House of Mystery Case,” originally broadcast on NBC on December 10, 1949. Dick Powell stars as Diamond in this eerie, comic-tinged mystery, written by Herb Purdum; the cast also includes Joan Banks, Paul Frees, Ed Begley, and Virginia Gregg.

Recently widowed Julia Bates hires Diamond to spend a nervous night in her vast, unsettling home, where her late husband’s fascination with mysticism, a private crypt, secret passages, and baffling corridors make every sound suspect. With an inheritance deadline near, Diamond must determine whether the house’s disturbing phenomena are supernatural—or the work of someone with a more earthly motive.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:50 Original Broadcast
30:20 Closing

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The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe, episode 9, “The Girl Who Cried Wolfe,” originally broadcast on NBC on December 15, 1950. Sydney Greenstreet stars as Nero Wolfe, with Lawrence Dobkin as Archie Goodwin.

Mary Dunning, secretary to the missing executive director of an ecological foundation, seeks Wolfe’s help—but Wolfe doubts her story. When the disappearance takes a deadly turn, Archie and Wolfe are drawn into the foundation’s troubled affairs and the people surrounding its leadership.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:39 Original Broadcast
30:00 Closing

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Suspense presents “Two Birds with One Stone,” episode 141, originally broadcast on CBS on May 17, 1945. The Roma Wines-sponsored production stars Dana Andrews, with Elsa Maxwell appearing as the sponsor’s commercial spokeswoman.

Playwright Walter asks his wife, Eleanor, to help record what seems to be a harmless message for one of his dramatic projects. But amid an uneasy household atmosphere—and with Eleanor’s devoted dog Tracy close at hand—the recording session begins to take on increasingly ominous meaning.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:39 Original Broadcast
30:34 Closing

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The Whistler presents “Three Wise Guys,” originally broadcast December 24, 1950. Episode 447 is a rare, warmhearted Christmas departure from the series’ customary crime-and-fate tales, adapted by Kathleen Hite from a Damon Runyon short story.

On Christmas Eve, three small-time crooks leave a nearly empty Broadway bar and head toward Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, hoping to recover the proceeds of an old payroll robbery. Featuring John Brown, Marvin Miller, Bill Forman, and Jack Moyles, this colorful underworld holiday story unfolds in classic Runyon style.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:41 Original Broadcast
30:04 Closing

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Nick Carter, Master Detective presents “The Case of the Nameless Blonde,” episode 339, originally broadcast on May 9, 1948. Lon Clark stars as master detective Nick Carter, with Charlotte Manson as his assistant, Patsy Bowen, in this Mutual Broadcasting System mystery.

Carter returns to his detective office to find an unidentified blonde woman dead—and evidence indicates she was poisoned hours earlier. With no name for the victim and danger surrounding anyone who might identify her, Nick and Patsy follow a trail through a tense 1940s murder investigation.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:40 Original Broadcast
27:30 Closing

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The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The Little Wishbone,” episode 62, originally broadcast on CBS on December 10, 1949. Gerald Mohr stars as hard-boiled Los Angeles detective Philip Marlowe.

A chance meeting over the last chicken in a Los Angeles butcher shop introduces Marlowe to Cordelia “Jonesy” Jones. When Jonesy grows fearful at the mention of Laguna Beach and then vanishes, Marlowe follows clues that include an unwelcome stranger, an ominous message, and a small wishbone charm.

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00:40 Original Broadcast
30:40 Closing

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Richard Diamond, Private Detective presents “Bill Kirby Murder Case,” originally broadcast on October 29, 1949. Often listed as episode 27, this first-season NBC sustaining broadcast stars Dick Powell as private eye Richard Diamond.

When Lenore Kirby fears that her detective son Bill has become secretive and suddenly flush with cash, Diamond agrees to look into it. A package Bill left behind—and dangerous strangers determined to reclaim it—draw Diamond into a tense New York investigation stretching from the Kirby home to the waterfront.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:41 Original Broadcast
30:11 Closing

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Broadway Is My Beat, “The Ted Forstek and Ruth Ballard Murder Case” (episode 38), originally broadcast on CBS on June 9, 1950. Elliott Lewis produced and directed this hard-boiled police drama starring Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover.

When Ruth Ballard is found murdered and Ted Forstek critically wounded in a parked car on a secluded lovers’ lane, Clover and Sergeant Gino Tartaglia follow a thin trail of clues toward a cleaner and the cleaner’s girlfriend. The investigation unfolds against the shadowy streets of New York in the series’ distinctive noir style.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:43 Original Broadcast
30:28 Closing

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Suspense presents “The ABC Murders,” originally broadcast May 18, 1943. Commonly cataloged as episode 42, this half-hour CBS adaptation of Agatha Christie’s 1936 novel stars Charles Laughton as the troubled traveling salesman Alexander Bonaparte Cust, with Elsa Lanchester also featured.

In England, a series of chilling, alphabetically patterned murders follows the railway route of the mild-mannered Cust—whose own initials, A.B.C., seem ominously connected to the crimes. Plagued by headaches and missing time, he fears he may be involved in horrors he cannot remember. The radio adaptation was written by Robert Tallman and William Spier and directed by Ted Bliss.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:47 Original Broadcast
29:30 Closing

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The Falcon presents “The Case of the Grand Gamble” (episode 369), originally broadcast March 16, 1952. Les Damon stars as Mike Waring, the suave private detective known as the Falcon, in this late NBC sustaining-run episode.

A woman hires the Falcon to protect a gambling racketeer, drawing Mike into a world of high stakes, dangerous odds, and criminal pressure. Chuck Webster co-stars as Sergeant Corbett. The episode was written by Eugene Wang and directed by Richard Lewis.

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00:00 Victor Sterling Introduction
00:41 Original Broadcast
30:31 Closing

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Originally broadcast in 1962.

This episode features "The Grand Canyon Matter" from Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar.

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Originally broadcast in 1954.

This episode features "Mr. Clarke's Skeleton in Mr. Aram's Closet%3B the Noise It Made (AFRTS)" from Crime Classics.

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Originally broadcast in 1954.

This episode features "Garveys Folly" from The Whistler.

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Originally broadcast in 1958.

This episode features "The Wayward Diamonds Matter" from Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar.

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Originally broadcast in 1952.

This episode features "The Big Shakedown" from Dragnet.

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Originally broadcast in 1954.

This episode features "The Big Stop" from Dragnet.

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Originally broadcast in 1951.

This episode features "The Big Run" from Dragnet.

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Originally broadcast in 1954.

This episode features "Good Evening, My Name Is Jack the Ripper (AFRTS)" from Crime Classics.

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Originally broadcast in 1949.

This episode features "Red Light Bandit" from Dragnet.

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Originally broadcast in 1950.

This episode features "Rebound" from The Whistler.

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Originally broadcast in 1953.

This episode features "The Incredible Trial of Laura D. Fair (AFRTS)" from Crime Classics.

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Originally broadcast in 1953.

This episode features "The Checkered Life and Sudden Death of Colonel James Fisk, Jr. (AFRTS)" from Crime Classics.

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Originally broadcast in 1944.

This episode features "The Beloved Fraud" from The Whistler.

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Originally broadcast in 1953.

This episode features "The Big Pick Afrs" from Dragnet.

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Originally broadcast in 1951.

This episode features "The Douglas Taylor Matter" from Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar.

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Originally broadcast in 1955.

This episode features "The Big Talk Afrs" from Dragnet.

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Originally broadcast in 1946.

This episode features "The Careless Kidnapper" from This Is Your Fbi.

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