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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03.15.1949 | calling all detectives (394) ghost on skis at masked mountain inn |
+ WGN, Chicago. Jerry Browning tackles a ghost on skis at a haunted mountain resort. | |
| 03.14.1949 | calling all detectives (393) speeding ticket leads to murder charge |
+ WGN, Chicago. A district attorney orders a search of Jerry Browning's car...and finds a dead body... | |
| 03.11.1949 | calling all detectives (392) con man dives out courtroom window |
+ WGN, Chicago. A con-man boasts that no jail can hold him...and promptly disappears! | |
| 03.10.1949 | calling all detectives (391) dance team member taps out sos |
+ WGN, Chicago. While Jerry Browning watches a trio of tap dancers the girl dancer taps out an "S-O... | |
| 03.09.1949 | calling all detectives (390) follows career of ex prize fighter |
+ WGN, Chicago. Jerry Browning tries to arrest a bribe-talking ex-prize fighter, and gets flattened... | |
| 03.08.1949 | calling all detectives (389) case found at spring flower show |
+ WGN, Chicago. Murder at the flower show, Jerry Browning can take it or "leaf" it! | |
| 03.07.1949 | calling all detectives (388) radio announcer is murder suspect | ||
| 03.03.1949 | calling all detectives (386) lends a man train fare | ||
| 03.02.1949 | calling all detectives (385) short order cook finds oyster pearl |
+ WGN, Chicago. The case of the pearls on the oysters...already pierced for stringing! | |
| 03.01.1949 | calling all detectives (384) witness to a fake shooting |
+ WGN, Chicago. Jerry Browning sees a man killed in a bar room brawl, but the man turns out to have... | |
| 02.28.1949 | calling all detectives (383) man killed in a paint factory |
+ WGN, Chicago. A paint factory burns down. It's obviously arson, but it looks like the arsonist wa... | |
| 02.25.1949 | calling all detectives (382) license indefinitely suspended |
+ WGN, Chicago. Jerry Browning argues with the district attorney and has his license suspended, bec... | |
| 02.24.1949 | calling all detectives (381) inexpensive statue leads to murder |
+ WGN, Chicago. A cheap statuette has already killed one man, and is about to kill another! | |
| 02.23.1949 | calling all detectives (380) new police commissioner |
+ WGN, Chicago. Jerry Browning gets off on the wrong foot with the new Police Commissioner, which l... | |
| 02.22.1949 | calling all detectives (379) blackmailer relents and apologizes |
+ WGN, Chicago. The strange case of the blackmailer who returned the negatives and apologized! | |
| 02.21.1949 | calling all detectives (378) overhears murder plan at bar |
+ WGN, Chicago. A drunk at a bar babbles about a dead man! | |
| 02.18.1949 | calling all detectives (377) father of beauty queen seeks jerry |
+ WGN, Chicago. The father of a beauty contest winner hires Jerry Browning to find out what really ... | |
| 02.17.1949 | calling all detectives (376) firebug destroys apartment building |
+ WGN, Chicago. Jerry Browning is on the trail of a fire bug, who is no "match" for Mr. Browning. | |
| 02.16.1949 | calling all detectives (375) gregory ghoul, movie villain |
+ WGN, Chicago. A movie villain hires Jerry Browning to find out if he's turning into a real killer... | |
| 02.15.1949 | calling all detectives (374) society playboy wants fiancée back |
+ WGN, Chicago. A society playboy hires Jerry Browning to find his runaway girlfriend. | |
| 02.10.1949 | calling all detectives (371) dress with tire marks |
+ WGN, Chicago. Jerry Browning investigates a hit-and-run accident, and finds quickly that it was m... | |
| 02.09.1949 | calling all detectives (370) wedding invitation comes at gunpoint |
+ WGN, Chicago. A hunted criminal kidnaps Jerry Browning...to a wedding! | |
| 02.04.1949 | calling all detectives (367) claim on the actor's publicity policy |
+ WGN, Chicago. An actor's life is insured for $500,000 and is promptly killed. The play's the thin... | |
| 02.03.1949 | calling all detectives (366) morgue nightclub is setting for death |
+ WGN, Chicago. The owner of a nightclub decorated as a funeral parlor is killed. Jerry Browning in... | |
| 02.02.1949 | calling all detectives (365) gang of crooks stealing empty boxcars |
+ WGN, Chicago. The case of the stolen freight cars! Jerry Browning takes to the rails! |
CALLING ALL DETECTIVES...(aka CASEBOOK OF JERRY BR
CALLING ALL DETECTIVES...(aka CASEBOOK OF JERRY BR
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