Old Time Radio Mysteries

Suspense - Lunch Kit

A political fanatic father forces his son to bring a time bomb into the factory where he works.  The bomb is set to explode after his son's overnight shift, but circumstances make it difficult for him to leave.

R. D. Wingfield - Cat and Mouse Game

This story is centered on the mysterious disappearance of a wealthy woman. The plot implicates her husband as the prime suspect. However, there are a few twists and turns along the way...

Dragnet - Sixteen Jewel Thefts

Friday and Romero are called to investigate a series of nightly jewelry thefts.  (Note:  the actor playing the thief will later become Friday's partner on the TV show.)

Lux Radio Theater - Bullets or Ballots

Detective Johnny Blake (played by Edward G. Robinson) is a tough, straightforward cop that gets fired from the police department and joins in with the local racketeers.

Broadway is my Beat - The Sherman Gates Murder Case

Lieutenant Danny Clover investigates when a man is found dead in a movie theater seat.

Counterspy - The Case of the Murdering Messenger

David Harding takes over for another counterspy that had infiltrated a spy ring.

Words at War - Paris Underground

A true story about the experiences of two women in Paris who helped British pilots escape Nazi Germany during World War II. 

Crime and Peter Chambers - Joan Bradly

An opera singer has been murdered in a theatrical boardinghouse. Peter Chambers starts the investigation by examining the shoes of all the suspects.

Sexton Blake - First Class Ticket to Nowhere

Lost in the fog, Sexton Blake and his friends stumble across a deserted railway station. Suddenly, a gunshot is heard.

Bulldog Drummond - Dinner of Death

The District Attorney is poisoned with a cocktail before a banquet honoring a crusading reporter.

CBS Radio Mystery Theater - Turn About is Foul Play

A man together with his girlfriend plots to kill his rich and sickly wife. At the last moment he experiences a change of heart but someone carries out the job for him.

Top Secret - Confession

The Baroness is sent to rescue an industrialist that has been brainwashed by Communists in Bulgaria. 

The Adventures of Michael Shayne - The Case of the Poisoned Fan

Michael is invited to a dinner party given by a criminology professor.  When the party guests begin to discuss the "perfect" murder, one is suddenly murdered with poison.

Murder by Experts - Return Trip

A chilling story about an escaped homicidal maniac and a bus full of people trapped by an avalanche. 

Cloak and Dagger - Direct Line to Bombers

The story of an American OSS agent in the streets of Berlin who communicated to Allied bombers using a hand-held radio, helping them to find and destroy important targets in the city.

Dangerous Assignment - International Blackmail

Steve goes to Switzerland to reclaim a forced confession that could destabilize a Central European government.

Walk Softly, Peter Troy - The Trouble with Tanya

Peter Troy investigates the sudden death of Tanya's guardian, who had a bad heart condition.  

Philo Vance - The Merry Murder Case

Philo investigates a puzzling case with a single victim, three killers, three guns, and three bullets in the body.

The Adventures of Frank Race - The Airborne Adventure

Race is hired to protect the plans for a new, revolutionary type of affordable aircraft. 

Whitehall 1212 - The Murder of Charles Brooks

A "Chicago" style gangster and his gun moll start a crime wave that led to murder.

Let George Do It - Touched By An Angel

George investigates the death of Lefty Lumpert, an individual who owned a perfectly respectable investment office, plus a few other enterprises that were not so respectable.

Pursuit - Pursuit of the Masked Five

While transporting a member of a masked gang on a train, the remaining members of the gang hijacked the train and shoot the suspect right in front of Inspector Black.

I Was a Communist for the FBI - Red Clouds on the Good Earth

Matt Cvetic is ordered to pose as a farm implement salesman and subvert the future farmers of our country.

Boston Blackie - Star of the Nile

Boston Blackie is accused of stealing a jewel on a train. He is cleared of the crime, but quickly drawn into a web of intrigue.

The Adventures of Phillip Marlowe - The Old Acquaintance

Marlowe is hired on New Year's Eve to a locate a missing fiancée, who disappeared on the same day that a dangerous convict broke out of prison.

Casey, Crime Photographer - The Twenty Minute Alibi

A man commits suicide while on the phone with his insurance agent, but Casey suspects murder.

The Black Museum - The Post Card

The true story of an artist from Camden Town who was charged with the murder of a prostitute.  

Pat Novak, For Hire - Shirt Mix-Up at the Laundry

When Pat Novak gets the wrong bundle at the laundry, he tries to switch with the man who was given his shirts. For his trouble, Novak gets knocked out and then wakes up next to a dead body. 

Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator - Ghost of a Chance

Barry Craig investigates a suspicious insurance claim of a man's death in a subway accident. 

The Man From Homicide - The Winthrop Murder Case

Lieutenant Lou Dana literally runs into the arms of a woman fleeing the scene of a murder.

Inspector Thorne - The Vacant Lot Murder Case

Inspector Thorne investigates the murder of a mystery man whose body is found in a vacant lot.

The Man Called X - The Stamp Story

The Man Called X travels to a country in Central America to prevent a coup.

The FBI in Peace and War - Top Man

A lower level member of a crime family tries to break out on his own but the upper echelons have different ideas.

The Whistler - The Accounting

A stepfather refuses to cover for his shameful stepson who has embezzled money from his employer.

Molle Mystery Theater - Murder in City Hall

A young police lieutenant suspects that the city’s political machine is behind the murder of his friend who was running for the position of judge.

CBS Radio Mystery Theater - After the Verdict

A young attorney discovers that the acquitted client he represented was actually guilty of homicide.

Richard Diamond, Private Detective - Charles Walsh and Bob Wells

Two convicts escape prison and one of them has a personal vendetta against Richard. 

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar - The Ellen Dear Matter

Johnny is hired to protect recently purchased jewels on board a wealthy businessman's yacht for the return trip to the U.S.

The Adventures of Rocky Jordan - Up in Flames

Rocky is offered, and declines, additional fire insurance.  Later that evening, there is a fire in the Cafe Tambourine.

Dragnet - Benny Trounsel

An informant is murdered but leaves behind clues to a narcotics ring operating in the city. 

Studio One - The Thirty-Nine Steps

A man in London tries to help a counter-espionage agent, but when the agent is killed and the man stands accused, he must go on the run to save himself and stop a spy ring that is trying to steal top-secret information.

The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe - The Impolite Corpse

An advertising executive, disliked by everyone in the office, is found murdered.  His secretary, a former lover, seeks Mr. Wolfe's help when she believes the police may indicate her as a suspect.

The Lives of Harry Lime - Operation Music Box

Harry meets a woman with the peculiar habit of purchasing antique music boxes only to destroy them later.

Hearthstone of the Death Squad - The Marriage Annulment Murder Case

Inspector Hearthstone investigates the murder of a young wife who wanted to take her older husband to court to have their marriage annulled.

This Is Your FBI - The Confidence Game

Charming "Major" William Roscoe sweeps lonely women off their feet, promising love and adventure. But behind his dashing facade lurks a cold-hearted con man, leaving a trail of empty bank accounts and shattered dreams.

Mr. District Attorney - The Case of the Sinister Cinema

Mr. District Attorney investigates a team of con artists who convince a bank president that they need to use his bank in order to create a scene in their new movie. 

Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons - The Case of Mr. Trevor's Secret

Mr. Keen and his assistant Mike Clancy are called in to investigate the disappearance of a chemical engineer from a defense plant that is important to the war effort.

CBS Radio Mystery Theater - Conspiracy to Defraud

A federal drug agent goes to France to trace heroin shipments. A Greek drug dealer torments him and his new love interest.

Suspense - Dead of the Night

Harrowing tale about a brother helping his sister dispose of her dead husband's body.

Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator - The Case of the Naughty Necklace

Barrie Craig is hired to buy a pearl necklace. He arrives to find the woman he was supposed to buy it from was dead.

Jeff Regan, Investigator - The Man Who Came Back

Regan is hired to track down an ex-con who has been making threatening phone calls to the wealthy man who sent him to prison.

The Adventures of Sam Spade - The Sugar Kane Caper

Sam is hired by a man to prevent his wealthy stepdaughter from marrying a gangster.

Box 13 - Triple Cross

Dan Holiday wins $126,000 at a crooked roulette wheel and promptly loses it to a beautiful blonde.

Rogue's Gallery - Little Drops of Rain

Richard Rogue accepts a case from a suspicious wife who believes her husband is having a rendezvous with his secretary.

Nick Carter, Master Detective - State's Prison Evidence

Nick goes undercover in prison to prove a suicide was actually a murder and conspiracy.

Stand By for Crime - Queenie's 10,000 Dollar Alibi

Chuck Morgan finds a woman in his apartment who gives him $10,000 to say he was with her eight days earlier.

The Adventures of the Falcon - The Case of the Quarrelsome Quartet

After collecting the ransom from kidnapping a racketeer, four crooks have a falling-out that leads to murder.

Broadway is my Beat - The Silks Bergan Murder Case

Lieutenant Danny Clover investigates the murder of a jockey who had asked him for a favor.

Night Beat - I Know Your Secret

Randy encounters a woman about to commit suicide after receiving a sinister note and harassing phone calls.

Counterspy - The Case of the Blackmailed Hijacker

David Harding investigates the hijacking of trucks carrying explosives.  The bounty is then shipped off and sold to rebels in post-war hotspots around the world.

Escape - Flood on the Goodwin

A Nazi spy commandeers a channel boat in a thick fog and demands to leave England. A one-armed man must try to stop him. 

Casey, Crime Photographer - Christmas Shopping

While shopping, Casey and Ann see a known pickpocket steal a wallet from a fat man who denies his wallet was stolen. They soon find out that the wallet contained ransom money from an earlier kidnapping.

The Molle Mystery Theater - Red Wine

A San Francisco detective is convinced that one of three Americans at a Brazillian plantation is a fugitive killer in disguise.

Pursuit - The Pursuit on Lundy Island

Inspector Peter Black investigates a woman's murder on an isolated island. 

Bulldog Drummond - The Case of the Double Death

While Drummond and Denny are dining at a restaurant, Denny’s hat and umbrella disappear. Soon, Denny is arrested for murder based on the hat and umbrella being found at a murder scene.

Mr. District Attorney - The Case of the Deadly Train

Mr. District Attorney and the sole witness to a gangster murder, must board a train heading from Chicago to New York so that the witness can testify in the upcoming trial.

Sexton Blake - The Sin Eater

An old friend of Blake’s receives a series of cryptic messages written on playing cards.

Dragnet - Eric Kelby

Friday and Romero are sent to investigate the disappearance of a married woman.  They soon suspect there is more to this case when the husband begins to act very suspiciously.

Top Secret - Disaster in London

The Baroness is responsible for the capture of Nazi spies who plan to start a plague in London.

Philo Vance - The Eagle Murder Case

Detective Philo Vance investigates the baffling case of a man who was injured in an auto accident, placed in an ambulance, and arrived at the hospital dead with a knife in his side.

Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons - The Case of the Moonless Night

Mr. Keen is in the deep South to find a missing southern gentleman on a plantation with black walnut trees. 

Inspector Thorne - The Fabulous Divorce Payoff

A soon-to-be divorced man is murdered outside his wealthy wife’s house and is found with a million dollar check on him.

Boston Blackie - The Jonathan Diamond

Blackie is arrested when he lands in Chicago and accused of taking $10,000 from a woman's grandfather. His arrest is part of her plan to help recover The Jonathan Diamond.

The FBI in Peace and War - No Insurance

The FBI investigates a dishonest doctor and an accident insurance racket. 

The Adventures of Frank Race - The Hackensack Victory

Frank Race is hired to investigate two insurance claims from the same company for freighters which had recently just disappeared - ships, crew, and cargo.

Crime and Peter Chambers - Charles Avon, Druggist

Peter Chambers is hired by a pharmacist to help find the killer of the person who was blackmailing him. 

The Fat Man - Murder Squares the Triangle

Brad Runyon “the Fat Man” is hired by a woman who claims that a private detective is trying to blackmail her by threatening to tell her husband she has a non-existent lover.

Richard Diamond, Private Detective - The Fred Sears Murder Case

Diamond loses his cool with a difficult client and shoves his retainer check down his client's throat.

Words at War - Dynamite Cargo

The story of how a merchant marine came to be huddled below deck with three hundred other shipwrecked sailors while the enemy Nazi torpedo bombers fire on them relentlessly.

Let George Do It - The Eight Ball

Three men want George Valentine to find out who has been using the little town of Summer Springs as collection headquarters for city rackets.

Dangerous Assignment - Recover Stolen Radar Plans

Steve is assigned to Athens to retrieve stolen radar plans but finds himself dealing with multiple groups trying to profit from them. 

Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator - Murder in Wax

Barrie Craig's investigation takes him on a trip to an amusement park to visit the new wax exhibit. 

Address Unknown - The Search for Franz Buller

A British fighter pilot searches for the German U-Boat commander who saved his life in the North Atlantic.

The Adventures of Phillip Marlowe - The Panama Hat

A woman hires Marlowe to investigate anonymous threats against her husband by a man in a Panama hat.

The Whistler - Mirage

Gloria, a tough nightclub owner, is upset and resentful to learn that Fred, her lover, has become engaged to marry a younger woman.  Hell hath no fury...

Jeff Regan, Investigator - The Diamond Quartet

Jeff's assignment to return a valuable necklace leads to a double murder.

CBS Radio Mystery Theater - Dead for a Dollar

Two men meet at a bar and plot to murder the businessman who swindled them.

Nick Carter, Master Detective - The Case of the Too Too Careful Killer

Nick investigates the alleged plot of a husband and his mistress to eliminate the wealthy wife.  However, all is not as it seems.

Casey, Crime Photographer - Death of a Rattlesnake

Casey investigates the murder of disbarred lawyer, who also happened to be the blackmailer of several prominent people.

Pat Novak, For Hire - Go Away Dixie Gillian

Pat is given an empty gun and hired to scare Dixie Gillian out of town.  Murder and a frame-up soon follow.

Dragnet - Attempted City Hall Bombing

Friday and Romero are called to investigate a situation at City Hall. There, they encounter an ex-con in possession of a bomb and demanding the release of his brother currently in jail.   

Rogue's Gallery - Murder with Muriel

An individual indebted to both Rogue and another person, sends each of them one-half of his treasure map. 

The New Adventures of Michael Shayne - The Case of the Hate That Killed

A dying family member leaves a will with strange conditions that must be met before any of the surviving family members receive their inheritance.

CBS Radio Mystery Theater - No Hiding Place

The would-be CEO of his father-in-law's corporation is threatened with the revelation of a dark deed in his past.

The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe - Beautiful Archer

Wolfe investigates a gorgeous national archery champion who may be responsible for the death of a young heir, killed while sitting in a car with his ex-girlfriend. 

The Man Called X - The Silver Scarab

While in Cairo on the trail of a Red Sea pirate, an agent mistaken for Ken Thurston is killed by three silver bullets.

The Adventures of the Falcon - The Case of the Larcenous Lark

The Falcon investigates the murder of a song writer, whose business manager had been embezzling from him.

Night Beat - Zero

Randy Stone helps to search for a missing patient that was given the wrong medical report.  The patient plans to kill himself because the report says that he has a fatal disease.

Words at War - Combined Operations

The official story of the British Commandos and their attack on St. Nazaire.

The Whistler - House of Greed

A good-natured man is victimized and taken advantage of by all his relations. When he suspects that he is about to be murdered, he gets an interesting idea.