CBS – The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

Today’s Mystery: Johnny looks for an insurance beneficiary for a policy with a heartwarming story, and finds disillusionment in the course of a coast-to-coast search. Original Radio Broadcast Dates: November 14-18, 1955 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Eleanor Audley; Barbara Eiler; Virginia Gregg; Carleton Young; Harry Bartell; Herb Ellis; John Dehner;&#8230...

Today’s Mystery: Johnny investigates a series of supposedly accidental deaths occurring at a rest home. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 1, 1957 Originated from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Junius Matthews; Lawrence Dobkin; Virginia Gregg; Bert Holland; Peggy Webber When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com Become one of our Patreon Support...

Today’s Mystery: The Norths find themselves entrenched in the sordid dealings of a prospective writer and his family. Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 12, 1952 Originating from New York City Starring: Joseph Curtain as Jerry North; Alice Frost as Pamela North Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day: Pippen, Patreon supporter…

Today’s Mystery: A jeweler’s messenger is found murdered on a Coney Island roller coaster. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 14, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Byron Kane; Betty Lou Gerson; Sylvia Simms; Jerry Hausner; Peter Leeds Support the…

Today’s Mystery: Johnny is called in when an insurance policy is issued that will pay off $250,000 if a woman dies. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 24, 1957 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; G. Stanley Jones; Ben Wright; Virginia Gregg, Shirley Mitchell; Marvin Miller When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com…

Today’s Mystery: A woman with amnesia in a red dress gets a ride from the Norths and is shot. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 5, 1950 Originating from New York City Starring: Joseph Curtain as Jerry North; Alice Frost as Pamela North; Bill Zuckert Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day:…

Today’s Mystery: A man has confessed to murdering a southern county sheriff’s deputy who was in town to extradite him. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 7, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Barton Yarborough; Peter Leeds; Byron Kane; Jerry Hausner; Betty Lou Gerson; Jack…

Today’s Mystery: Johnny’s called in to find a missing life insurance beneficiary who turns out to be wanted for murder. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 17, 1957 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lawrence Dobkin; Virginia Gregg; Jack Kruschen; Jeanette Nolan; Russell Thorson; Howard McNear When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydolla...

Today’s Mystery: The Norths find a man just convicted of fraud dead in a hotel room. Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 30, 1951 Originating from New York City Starring: Joseph Curtain as Jerry North; Alice Frost as Pamela North; Ralph Bell Get 10% off your purchase of MollyBz Cookies (I get a commission) Support the show monthly…

Today’s Mystery: Danny investigates when a young woman is found shot dead in a fountain. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 31, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Frances Chaney; Jody Gilbert; Don Orrick; Herb Butterfield Get 17% off your purchase of the Fulton Fish Market (I…

Today’s Mystery: An eccentric, wealthy man, with life insurance, is dead, and Johnny’s old friend Meg is the prime suspect. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 10, 1957 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Harry Bartell; Virginia Gregg; Dick Keith; Peter Leeds; Jeanne Tatum; Frank Gerstle When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.co...

Today’s Mystery: A popular baritone is murdered, and suspicion falls on his agent’s secretary, but Pam thinks she’s innocent. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 6, 1950 Originating from New York City Starring: Joseph Curtain as Jerry North; Alice Frost as Pamela North; Hanley Stafford Get 10% off your purchase of MollyBz Cookies (I get a…

Today’s Mystery: Danny is called in to find out why someone is trying to murder a twenty-year-old cigarette girl. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 24, 1950 Originating in Hollywood Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia Get 17% off your purchase of the Fulton Fish Market (I receive a…

Today’s Mystery: Johnny is called in to investigate when a model with a $100,000 policy on her face is attacked by a mysterious assailant. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 3, 1957 Originating in Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Lillian Buyeff; Lawrence Dobkin; Herb Ellis; Harry Bartell When making your travel plans,…

Today’s Mystery: A dancer at a dance hall gets Pam to come to her apartment by claiming that Jerry was in love with her. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 7, 1950 Originating from New York City Starring: Joseph Curtain as Jerry North; Alice Frost as Pamela North Get 10% off your purchase of MollyBz Cookies…

Today’s Mystery: A young newlywed couple are found shot to death in a car at the bottom of the river. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 17, 1950 Get 17% off your purchase of the Fulton Fish Market (I receive a commission) Originating in Hollywood Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant…

Today’s Mystery: Johnny is called up to Green Mountain, Colorado to investigate the disappearance of a famous pianist. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 27, 1957 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Joseph Kearns; Vic Perrin; Virginia Gregg; Lucille Meredith; Lillian Buyeff; Bill James When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com Become...

Today’s Mystery: An ice skater and her rink-owner stepfather each think the other is trying to kill them. The Norths suspect someone’s trying to kill them both. Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 3, 1950 Originating from New York City Starring: Joseph Curtain as Jerry North; Alice Frost as Pamela North; Ralph Bell Get 10% off…

Today’s Mystery: Danny investigates when an unidentified man is found murdered in an elevator. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 10, 1950 Originating in Hollywood Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Tony Barrett; Howard McNear Get 17% off your purchase of the Fulton Fish…

Today’s Mystery: Johnny goes to New York to investigate the murder of an old girlfriend. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 20, 1957 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Vic Perrin; Les Tremayne; Paula Winslowe; Frank Nelson; Byron Kane; Jeanne Tatum When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com Become one of our Patreon…

Today’s Mystery: Pam and Jerry hear a clarinet being played in the middle of the country near a wrecked car. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 9, 1947 Originating from New York City Starring: Joseph Curtain as Jerry North; Alice Frost as Pamela North Get 10% off your purchase of MollyBz Cookies (I get a commission)…

Today’s Mystery: An ex-con who just got out of prison is murdered right after speaking to Danny. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 3, 1950 Originating in Hollywood Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day: Kevin, Patreon Supporter since…

Today’s Mystery: An FBI agent (Mark Stevens) goes undercover in the gang of an up-and-coming racketeer (Richard Widmark). Origianl Air Date: January 31, 1949 Originating in Hollywood Starring: Mark Stevens as Agent Gene Cordell; Richard Widmark; Lloyd Nolan; John McIntire; Ed Begley; William Johnstone; Jeff Chandler; Cliff Clark; Sam Edwards; Edward Marr; Charlotte Lawrence; Ross…

Today’s Mystery: Johnny is sent to a small town near Butte to investigate the disappearance of a long-term policy holder. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 13, 1957 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; D. J. Thompson; G. Stanley Jones; Frank Nelson; Sam Edwards; Will Wright When making your travel plans,…

Today’s Mystery: The Norths’ car breaks down and they end up catching ride with a milk wagon, only to be robbed by a man with a gun who breaks all the milk bottles in the wagon. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 15, 1947 Originating from New York City Starring: Joseph Curtain as Jerry North, Alice…