We have a night of detective and mystery shows (a Gina special?)...some Lucille Ball to start us off with, then solid B detective shows in Richard Diamond and Nero Wolfe...and a mysterious 10pm hour with Molle Mystery Theater and Mysterious Traveler (one of my favs)...
How's it going? It's warm and wall to wall seafood in Baltimore...
Another great lineup, thanks!
These brief synopses are used with permission from the RadioGOLDINdex © 2015 J. David Goldin.
7:00 PM Eastern War Time Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar. April 27, 1958. CBS net origination, AFRTS rebroadcast. "The Village Of Virtue Matter." There's been a series of robberies in a town filled with retired criminals. Have the old crooks returned to their old ways? Johnny travels to South Carolina to see for himself. Bob Bailey, Jack Johnstone (writer, producer, director), Frank Nelson, Gil Stratton, Will Wright, Jack Kruschen, Dan Cubberly (announcer), Billy Halop, Peter Leeds. 25:47. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
7:30 Dragnet. 12/08/53 #225 Big Pick (AFRS) (24:54). Synopsis is missing from the Index.
8:00 Gunsmoke. September 30, 1956. CBS net. "The Brothers." Sponsored by: L & M. Young Trace Gore comes to Dodge to gun down Lafe Tugwell, who is a fast man on the draw...or is he? William Conrad, Parley Baer, Vic Perrin, Sam Edwards, William Leicester (writer), George Walsh (announcer). 24:50. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
8:30 My Favorite Husband. 06/24/49 Liz Changes Her Mind (Jello) (CBS) (29:30). Another missing synopsis.
9:00 Richard Diamond, Private Detective. May 29, 1949. NBC net. Sustaining. A double murder, a rich woman named Betty Moran, and a touch of blackmail lead the police to think it a murder/suicide. Dick sings, "Again." Blake Edwards (writer), David Baskerville (music director), Dick Powell, Ed Begley, Edward King (announcer), Herb Butterfield, Jack Petruzzi, Tol Avery, Virginia Gregg, William P. Rousseau (director), Wilms Herbert. 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.
9:30 The New Adventures Of Nero Wolfe. February 2, 1951. NBC net. "The Case Of The Vanishing Shells." Sustaining. A theatrical murder, a walking dead man, and missing cartridge casings. The closing promotional announcement has been deleted. More complete, quality up-grade, non-AFRS version of cat. #16179. Sydney Greenstreet, Gerald Mohr, Jeanne Bates, Peter Leeds, Vic Perrin, Betty Lou Gerson, William Johnstone, Don Stanley (announcer), Rex Stout (creator), J. Donald Wilson (producer, director), Edwin Fadiman (producer). 28:30. Audio condition: Very good to excellent. Incomplete.
10:00 The Molle Mystery Theatre February 6, 1945. NBC net. "The Hands Of Mr. Ottermole." Sponsored by: Molle. A repeat broadcast of a story that "deserves to be ranked with the greatest classic mystery stories of all time." Arnold Moss (narrator), Bernard Lenrow (as host "Geoffrey Barnes"), Dan Seymour (announcer), Thomas Burke (author), Alexander Semmler (composer, conductor), L. K. Hoffman (adaptor). 29:28. Audio condition: Good. Complete.
10:30 The Mysterious Traveler. November 6, 1951. Mutual net. "Behind The Locked Door." Sustaining. A gripping story about a man lost in a pitch black cave with a strangely affectionate creature he cannot see! David Kogan (writer, producer, director), Maurice Tarplin (as "The Traveler"), Robert A. Arthur (writer). 1/2 hour. Audio condition: Excellent. Complete.