Calling All Detectives was a crime drama radio show sponsored by Sealy Mattress company, and featured Paul Barnes who played all the roles including the role of detective Browning. During the show, Paul Barnes randomly dials a telephone number, then gives one of the audiences a chance to solve the mystery of the week. However, the random phone calls did not click so Barnes decided to dial only the numbers of the listeners. The telephone calls were removed from the program later on because it was used in syndicate. This two-man operation radio show aired from 1945-1950. Click here to read more about Calling All Detectives
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Please enjoy these 199 old time radio episodes:
| Air Date | Title | Synopsis | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11.25.1948 | calling all detectives (316) looking for diamond dealer's twin brother |
+ WGN, Chicago. A diamond dealer's twin brother disappears, Jerry Browning examines every facet of ... | |
| 11.26.1948 | calling all detectives (317) jerry's case of fatal magic |
+ WGN, Chicago. Jerry Browning's friend Louie tells a guy to "drop dead"...and he promptly does! | |
| 11.29.1948 | calling all detectives (318) case of the rhyming poet's curse |
+ WGN, Chicago. "The Poet's Curse...From Bad to Verse". The entire program is performed in rhymed v... | |
| 11.30.1948 | calling all detectives (319) stock market analyst misses trend |
+ WGN, Chicago. A stock broker guesses wrong and kills himself or does he? | |
| 12.01.1948 | calling all detectives (320) killer who keeps appointment with death |
+ WGN, Chicago. A date with death! Jerry Browning's meeting with an informant leads to the morgue. | |
| 12.02.1948 | calling all detectives (321) embezzled money mysteriously disappears |
+ WGN, Chicago. Jerry Browning captures an embezzler, but has to re-capture him after he escapes. | |
| 12.03.1948 | calling all detectives (322) single red feather helps ground a killer |
+ WGN, Chicago. Jerry Browning finds a red feather in the hand of a corpse fished out of the harbor... | |
| 12.06.1948 | calling all detectives (323) compulsion club killer case |
+ WGN, Chicago. A killer is murdering at random...shooting his victims from behind! | |
| 12.07.1948 | calling all detectives (324) santa claus is murdered |
+ WGN, Chicago. Jerry Browning goes Christmas shopping and discovers that someone has murdered Sant... | |
| 12.08.1948 | calling all detectives (325) a food processor wants to kill him |
+ WGN, Chicago. A food processor is sure his competitors are going to kill him...a crime Jerry Brow... | |
| 12.09.1948 | calling all detectives (326) home guide society is killing people |
+ WGN, Chicago. Jerry Browning meets a member of "The Home Guid Society" right after a murder, but ... | |
| 12.10.1948 | calling all detectives (327) investigates murder of a widow |
+ WGN, Chicago. Jerry Browning gets a tip about a murder from a man about to turn into a corpse him... | |
| 12.13.1948 | calling all detectives (328) dead man found at a health spa |
+ WGN, Chicago. A fat man is killed right next to Jerry Browning, while he's taking a mud bath! | |
| 12.14.1948 | calling all detectives (329) gold watch murder case |
+ WGN, Chicago. A dead woman's grandson hires Jerry Browning to find a missing gold watch. | |
| 12.15.1948 | calling all detectives (330) jerry is hired to serve a summons |
+ WGN, Chicago. Jerry Browning is hired to summons, but the man is killed before he can serve the p... | |
| 12.16.1948 | calling all detectives (331) wealthy antique collector hires jerry |
+ WGN, Chicago. A man hires Jerry Browning to help him "buy a background," straight off the Mayflow... | |
| 12.17.1948 | calling all detectives (332) sea monster in lake felicity |
+ WGN, Chicago. Jerry Browning is on the trail of a 45 foot monster, living on the bottom of a lake... | |
| 12.20.1948 | calling all detectives (333) dead man found on great valley train |
+ WGN, Chicago. A dead man in the Club car livens up a train journey for Jerry Browning. | |
| 12.21.1948 | calling all detectives (334) famous stillwell diamond disappears |
+ WGN, Chicago. The fabulous Stillwell Diamond is stolen from its display, Jerry Browning takes the... | |
| 12.22.1948 | calling all detectives (335) murder on opening night |
+ WGN, Chicago. The star of a hit play collapses and dies on stage...Jerry rings down the curtain o... | |
| 12.23.1948 | calling all detectives (336) writes crime series for newspaper |
+ WGN, Chicago. Jerry Browning solves the murder of a newspaper gossip columnist, without stopping ... | |
| 12.24.1948 | calling all detectives (337) extra santa (too many santas ) |
+ WGN, Chicago. Jerry Browning dresses up as Santa Claus, but so do 5 other guys...one of whom is a... | |
| 12.27.1948 | calling all detectives (338) column of numbers adds up to murder |
+ WGN, Chicago. A bank cashier dies in an accident, and leaves behind a $500,000 shortage in his ac... | |
| 12.28.1948 | calling all detectives (339) the necktie |
+ WGN, Chicago. Two hoodlums get into a fight in a department store, and both wind up murder suspec... | |
| 12.29.1948 | calling all detectives (340) fruit names are clues in murder case |
+ WGN, Chicago. "Pear, Berry, Prune, Plum". A clue to murder? |
CALLING ALL DETECTIVES...(aka CASEBOOK OF JERRY BR
CALLING ALL DETECTIVES...(aka CASEBOOK OF JERRY BR
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