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June 13, 2025

THE ELAINE HILL MURDER CASE and THE MAX WENDELL MURDER CASE

B BROADWAY'S MY BEAT Broadway's My Beat, a radio crime drama, ran on CBS from February 27, 1949 to August 1, 1954. With music by Robert Stringer, the show originated from New York during its first three months on the air, wit...

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June 11, 2025

THE ERNIE CALDWELLM MURDER CASE and THE TOMMY STAFFORD MURDER CASE

BROADWAY'S MY BEAT Broadway's My Beat, a radio crime drama, ran on CBS from February 27, 1949 to August 1, 1954. With music by Robert Stringer, the show originated from New York during its first three months on the air, with ...

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June 8, 2025

THE FRANCIE GREEN MURDER CASE and THE HOPE ANDERSON MURDER CASE BRO…

BROADWAY'S MY BEAT Broadway's My Beat, a radio crime drama, ran on CBS from February 27, 1949 to August 1, 1954. With music by Robert Stringer, the show originated from New York during its first three months on the air, with ...

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June 5, 2025

THE BIG DRIVE and THE BIG PAPER

Dragnet was an American radio series, enacting the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show took its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinat...

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June 4, 2025

THE BIG SIGNET and THE BIG IMPRESSION DRAGNET

Dragnet was an American radio series, enacting the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show took its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinat...

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June 1, 2025

THE BIG TRIO and THE BIG HATE DRAGNET

Dragnet was an American radio series, enacting the cases of a dedicated Los Angeles police detective, Sergeant Joe Friday, and his partners. The show took its name from the police term "dragnet", meaning a system of coordinat...

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May 29, 2025

THE BIG JULES and THE BIG ROLL DRAGNET

Dragnet debuted inauspiciously. The first several months were bumpy, as Webb and company worked out the program's format and eventually became comfortable with their characters. Friday was originally portrayed as more brash a...

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May 28, 2025

THE BIG FOURTH and THE BIG WHIFF DRAGNET

DRAGNET Dragnet, the brainchild of Jack Webb, may very well be the most well-remembered, and the best, radio police drama series. From September, 1949 through February 1957, Dragnet's 30 minute shows, broadcast on NBC, brough...

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May 25, 2025

THE BIG MALL and THE BIG SHAKEDOWN DRAGNET

DRAGNET Dragnet, the brainchild of Jack Webb, may very well be the most well-remembered, and the best, radio police drama series. From September, 1949 through February 1957, Dragnet's 30 minute shows, broadcast on NBC, brough...

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May 21, 2025

THE DAVID ROCKEY MATTER and THE JAMES WILDER MATTER YOURS TRULY, JO…

YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR For over twelve years, from 1949 through 1962 (including a one year hiatus in 1954-1955), this series recounted the cases "the man with the action-packed expense account, America’s fabulous freelanc...

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May 18, 2025

THE LELAND BLACKBURN MATTER and THE PORT-O-CALL MATTER YOURS TRULY, …

OURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR For over twelve years, from 1949 through 1962 (including a one year hiatus in 1954-1955), this series recounted the cases "the man with the action-packed expense account, America’s fabulous freelance...

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May 14, 2025

TURTLE ISLAND and ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION THE MAN CALLED X

The Man Called X is an espionage radio drama that aired on CBS and NBC from July 10, 1944, to May 20, 1952.[1] The radio series was later adapted for television and was broadcast for one season, 1956–1957. People Herbert Mars...

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May 11, 2025

INTO BERLIN and STOLEN LAVALIERRES THE MAN CALLED "X"

THE MAN CALLED X Beginning in the summer of 1944, at the height of World War II, The Man Called X was originally a kind of "FBI" program. The series soon developed a more international approach, however, featuring danger, int...

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May 7, 2025

INTERNATIONAL BLACKMAIL and STOLEN DIAMONDS THE MAN CALLED X

THE MAN CALLED X Beginning in the summer of 1944, at the height of World War II, The Man Called X was originally a kind of "FBI" program. The series soon developed a more international approach, however, featuring danger, intrigue, and romance in...

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May 4, 2025

MURDER, MUSIC, AND A BLOND MADONNA and INDIA QUININE CONTRACT THE M…

THE MAN CALLED X Beginning in the summer of 1944, at the height of World War II, The Man Called X was originally a kind of "FBI" program. The series soon developed a more international approach, however, featuring danger, intrigue, and romance in...

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April 27, 2025

THE STORY OF THE BIG RED SCHOOLHOUSE and THE DEAD FAST HELPER

Two great Yours Truly Johnny Dollar episodes

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April 23, 2025

THE FOX'S TAIL and THE BEDSIDE MANNERS ADVENTURES OF PHILIP MARLOWE

ADVENTURES OF PHILIP MARLOWE  CBS cast Gerald Mohr to star as Philip Marlowe, with Roy Rowan as announcer. Philip Marlowe, being a loner, was really the only regular character, but throughout the three years the series ran a long string of...

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April 20, 2025

THE VENDETTA CAPER and THE DANNY SHANE CAPER ADVENTURES OF SAM AND …

Might as well call it wht itmis. She's a show-stealer.

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April 16, 2025

THE SOAP OPERA CAPER and THE SHOT IN THE DARK CAPER ADVENTURES OF S…

Two ham fisted, machine gun carrying, action-packed episodes featuring top gumshoe Sam Spade and the inimitable Effie

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April 6, 2025

THE ALL WET MATTER and THE BUYER AND THE CELLAR MATTER YOURS TRULY,…

We found the last two seasons of Johnny Dollar (1961 and 1962)  now playing at 1001 Radio Crime Solvers and 1001 Radio Days!

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April 2, 2025

THE BARTENDER and THE TWINS 21ST POLICE PRECINCT

A great police show using actual files from the NYC Police Files

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March 30, 2025

THE NOLAN BROTHERS and THE YOUNG INCORRIGIBLE 21ST PRECINCT

2 1st Precinct (aka Twenty-First Precinct and Twenty First Precinct) was a police drama broadcast on CBS radio from July 7, 1953, to July 26, 1956. It was initially a summer replacement for My Friend Irma.[1] The program was ...

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