Counterspy: Visiting Vultures (A0120)

Counterspy: Visiting Vultures (A0120)

Author: Adam Graham|Old Time Radio Detective Host September 5, 2026 Duration: 34:59
Today's Adventure: David Harding and Harry Peters investigate a multimillion-dollar bootleg liquor operation that is using discarded corn-syrup cans to smuggle illegal alcohol into states with government-controlled liquor sales. Their investigation leads to Chicago businessman Hype Gordon, but proving his involvement means finding the hidden still supplying his operation—and Gordon is determined not to lead them to it.

Original Radio Broadcast: September 27, 1949

Originating in New York

Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding, Mandel Kramer as Peters

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Dangerous Assignment — “Guided Missile Plans”
Steve Mitchell is sent to Dublin to recover stolen microfilm containing plans for a new American guided missile. His pursuit of the suspected courier leads him through England, where two deaths and a series of seemingly innocent picture postcards provide his best hope for locating the missing plans before someone else gets to them.Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar — “The Picture Postcard Matter”
Johnny Dollar travels to Switzerland after $100,000 in uncut diamonds are stolen from a courier at the Zurich airport. His only lead is a mysterious informant offering to arrange their return, but Johnny soon finds himself caught between competing players while a picture postcard offers a cryptic clue to where the diamonds may be hidden.Original Radio Broadcast Dates:
  • Dangerous Assignment: August 30, 1950.
  • Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: October 1–5, 1956.
Both programs are originating from HollywoodCast — Dangerous Assignment:
  • Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell
  • Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner
  • Written by Robert Reif (Bob Reif)
  • Music by Basil Adlam
  • Music conducted by Ralph Hollenbeck
  • Produced and directed by Bill Karn
Cast — Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar:
  • Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar
  • Lucille Meredith
  • Victor Perrin
  • Forrest Lewis
  • Stan Jones
  • Ben Wright
  • Written by Robert Reif
  • Produced and directed by Jack Johnstone
  • Musical supervision by Amerigo Marino
  • Roy Rowan, announcer
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Counterspy: The Postal Pirates, Part One (A0116) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 37:49
Today's Adventure: David Harding and Harry Peters investigate a massive parcel-post theft ring operating in several major cities. Peters goes undercover as a New York postal clerk, hoping to work his way inside the organ…
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Will and the Way Matter (EP5045) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 28:47
Today's Mystery: Johnny Dollar receives an urgent call from his old friend Red Barrett, who insists that the will of a recently deceased friend has been altered. Although others dismiss Red’s suspicions, Johnny heads for…
Dragnet: The Big Mail (EP5044) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 35:10
Today's Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and his new partner, Frank Smith, investigate the armed robbery of a U.S. mail truck carrying registered mail. The three-man gang escapes with 28 sacks, leaving police with little to…
Broadway's My Beat: The Alice Mayo Murder Case (EP5043) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 33:44
Today's Mystery: Detective Danny Clover investigates the murder of Alice Mayo, a recent arrival in New York who is shot through the door of her apartment. Her dying words point toward a man she met at a friendship club,…
The Big Story: Cord Around Her Neck (EP5042) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 32:24
Today's Mystery:West Seattle Herald reporter Stuart Whitehouse gets an unexpected opportunity to scoop the city's larger newspapers when a woman is found murdered in her home. With his weekly paper's deadline rapidly app…
The Saint: Dossier on a Doggone Dog (EP5041) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 33:40
Today's Mystery: When Simon Templar finds a lost Pekingese and follows her home, he walks straight into a wealthy family's uproar over a missing fortune in jewels. A suspicious butler, an argumentative family, and a prec…
Counterspy: Hot Car Killer (A0114) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 35:41
Today's Adventure: David Harding investigates an interstate stolen-car racket after a detective working undercover is murdered. The trail leads to a former race-car driver with a dangerous reputation and a criminal organ…
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Frantic Fisherman Matter (EP5940) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 26:07
Today's Mystery: Johnny Dollar welcomes an excuse to visit an old friend at a Lake Mojave fishing resort, but the vacation quickly becomes an investigation when a recently released convict is spotted using some very unus…
Dragnet: The Big Gamble (EP5039) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 34:56
Todays Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Bill Lockwood investigate a professional gambling ring that keeps its games moving from place to place. A tip finally gives police the opportunity they've been waiting…
Broadway's My Beat: The Irene Hall Murder Case (EP5038) [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 35:41
Today's Mystery: Detective Danny Clover investigates the strangling of a Broadway entertainer whose body is discovered by a frightened out-of-town businessman. His insistence that he heard the woman scream long after she…