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Series Derivatives:

None

Genre:

Anthology of Golden Age Radio Detective Quiz Programs

Network(s):

CBS

Audition Date(s) and Title(s):

Unknown

Premiere Date(s) and Title(s):

52-11-18 01 Flood Bill

Run Dates(s)/ Time(s):

52-11-18 to 53-11-11; CBS [WKOW]; Fifty-two, 30-minute programs;

Syndication:

MBS

Sponsors:

Sealey Mattress Company; Erie Stores For Men

Director(s):

Principal Actors:

Paul Barnes

Recurring Character(s):

Jerry Browning, Confidential Detective

Protagonist(s):

Jerry Browning, Confidential Detective

Author(s):

None

Writer(s)

Music Direction:

Musical Theme(s):

Announcer(s):

Jack Callahan [Sealey Mattress Company]

Estimated Scripts or
Broadcasts:

Episodes in Circulation:

Total Episodes in Collection:

Provenances:

RadioGOLDINdex, Hickerson Guide.

Notes on Provenances:

The most helpful provenances were the log of the radioGOLDINdex and newspaper listings.

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The Calling All Detectives Radio Program Log
Date	Episode	Title	Avail.	Notes
45-03-31	--		--	45-03-30 Sandusky Register A new Saturday night show is being made ready for an April 7 start on MBS under the title of "Calling All Detectives." A mystery drama, the program will be hailed just before the solution, with a listener of each station of the network being given a chance to say who committed the crime through telephone calls.
45-04-07	1	Title Unknown	N	45-04-07 Sandusky Register Other weekend premieres are coming on MBS and NBC. MBS has a mystery, "Calling All Detectives", for 9:30 tonight with a quiz twist. Just before the windup, the play is to be stopped and each station is to drop off the network to call a local listener for his or her solution. Then all will rejoin for the concluding scene.
45-04-14	2	Title Unknown	N	45-04-11 Sandusky Register Another new show is aired on Saturday nights at 8:30 with "Calling All Detectives," radio's first nationwide audience participation murder mystery. WJMS listeners are invited to mail a card with their name, address and phone number to WJMS, and during the broadcast of the show, solve the mystery but listen to "Calling All Detectives" Saturday night at 8:30 and hear how you do it.
45-04-21	3	Title Unknown	N	45-04-21 Chicago Daily Tribune 8:30--W-G-N--Nick Carter, master detective, in "Death at the Toll Bridge." 45-04-21 Hutchinson News Herald KFBI--8:30--Calling All Detectives, Drama
45-04-28	4	The Case of the Sponsored Suicide	N	45-04-28 Chicago Daily Tribune 8:30--W-G-N--Calling All Detectives: "The Case of the Sponsored Suicide."
45-05-05	5	The Case of the Panicky Pallbearers	N	45-05-05 Chicago Daily Tribune 8:30--W-G-N--Calling All Detectives: "The Case of the Panicky Pallbearers."
45-05-12	6	The Case of the Cross-Eyed Cat	N	45-05-12 Chicago Daily Tribune 8:30--W-G-N--Calling All Detectives: "The Case of the Cross-Eyed Cat."
45-05-19	7	The Case of the Ten O'Clock Scholar	N	45-05-19 Chicago Daily Tribune 8:30--W-G-N--Calling All Detectives, with Vincent Pelletier 45-05-19 Wisconsin State Journal 8:30 p.m.--Calling All Detectives (WGN): "The Case of the Ten O'Clock Scholar."
45-05-26	8	The Case of the Gullible Traveler	N	45-05-26 Chicago Daily Tribune 8:30--W-G-N--Calling All Detectives: "The Case of the Gullible Traveler."
45-06-02	9	The Case of the Dilligent Doodler	N	45-06-02 Chicago Daily Tribune 8:30--W-G-N--Calling All Detectives: "The Case of the Dilligent Doodler."
45-06-09	10	The Case of the Glass Dagger	N	45-06-09 Chicago Daily Tribune 8:30--W-G-N--Calling All Detectives: "The Case of the Glass Dagger."
45-06-16	11	The Case of the Competent Canary	N	45-06-16 Chicago Daily Tribune 8:30--W-G-N--Calling All Detectives: "The Case of the Competent Canary."
45-06-23	12	The Case of the Shooting Starlet	N	45-06-23 Chicago Daily Tribune 8:30--W-G-N--Calling All Detectives: "The Case of the Shooting Starlet." 45-06-23 Wisconsin State Journal 8:30 p.m.--Calling All Detectives (WGN): "The Case of the Shooting Starlet."
45-06-30	13	The Case of the Shooting Starlet	N	45-06-30 Chicago Daily Tribune 8:30--W-G-N--Calling All Detectives: "The Case of the Shooting Starlet." 45-06-30 Wisconsin State Journal 8:30 p.m.--Calling All Detectives (WGN): "The Case of the Shooting Starlet."
45-07-07	14	The Case of the Marrying Maidens	N	45-07-07 Chicago Daily Tribune 8:30--W-G-N--Calling All Detectives: "The Case of the Marrying Maidens." 45-07-07 Wisconsin State Journal 8:30 p.m.--Calling All Detectives (WGN): "The Case of the Marrying Maidens." 45-07-07 Lima News The nationwide audience-participation mystery series, "Calling All Detectives," moves its origination point to New York effective June 30, and for the Saturday broadcast at 9:30 p.m. will present "The Case of the Marrying Maidens" over WOR. Two new leads have been chosen, with Frank Lovejoy playing the role of Neal Fowler, criminologist and writer, and Owen Jordan heard as Toby, his sidekick. 45-07-07 Chester Times WIP'S "Calling All Detectives" will originate in New York each week, beginning this evening, at 9:30, when the title of the dramatization will be "The Case of the Marrying Maidens." This is an audience participation program.
45-07-14	15	The Case of the Marrying Maidens	N	45-07-14 Chicago Daily Tribune 8:30--W-G-N--Calling All Detectives: "The Case of the Marrying Maidens."
45-07-21	16	The Case of the Amiable Assassin	N	45-07-21 Chicago Daily Tribune 8:30--W-G-N--Calling All Detectives: "The Case of the Amiable Assassin."
45-07-28	17	The Case of the Worthless Wealth	N	45-07-28 Chicago Daily Tribune 8:30--W-G-N--Calling All Detectives: "The Case of the Worthless Wealth."
45-08-04	18	The Case of the Very Long Shot	N	45-08-04 Chicago Daily Tribune 8:30--W-G-N--Calling All Detectives: Frank Lovejoy in "The Case of the Very Long Shot."
45-08-11	19	The Case of the Vanishing Truck	N	45-08-11 Chicago Daily Tribune 8:30--W-G-N--Calling All Detectives: The Case of the Vanishing Truck."
45-08-18	20	The Case of the Three Time Loser	N	45-08-18 Chicago Daily Tribune 8:30--W-G-N--Calling All Detectives: "The Case of the Three Time Loser."
45-08-25	21	The Case of the Time Rocket	N	45-08-25 Chicago Daily Tribune 8:30--W-G-N--Calling All Detectives: "The Case of the Time Rocket."
45-09-01	22	Title Unknown	N	45-09-01 Chicago Daily Tribune 8:30--W-G-N--Whisper Men, dramatic tales of world plunderers.
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47-09-01	--		--	47-09-01 Chicago Tribune 10:15--W-G-N--They're The Tops
47-09-08	1	Title Unknown	N	47-09-08 Chicago Daily Tribune 10:15--W-G-N--Calling All Detectives: Mystery story told by Paul Barnes, with a listeners' participation feature. Paul Barnes, who is the narrator and telephone call maker on the new mystery program with a listener-quiz prize feature, "Calling All Detectives," which has its premiere at 10:15 o'clock tonight on W-G-N.
47-09-09	2	Title Unknown	N	47-09-09 Chicago Daily Tribune 10:15--W-G-N--Calling All Detectives
47-09-10	3	Title Unknown	N	47-09-10 Chicago Daily Tribune 10:15--W-G-N--Calling All Detectives
47-09-11	4	Frobish Pays to Have Himself Killed	N	47-09-11 Chicago Daily Tribune 10:15--W-G-N--Calling All Detectives
47-09-12	5	Title Unknown	N	47-09-12 Chicago Daily Tribune 10:15--W-G-N--Calling All Detectives
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