Dangerous Assignment| Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Cold War Thrillers

Today's Mystery:Steve parachutes into Brazil in pursuit of a party of lepidopterists, one of whom has a sensitive document that belongs to the US and has been auctioned off to the highest bidder.Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 22, 1952Originated in HollywoodStars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the CommissionerSupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectives

Today's Mystery:Steve goes to Indonesia to get the help of an embittered ex-Navy officer to identify and stop a dangerous gun runner.Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 15, 1951Originated in HollywoodStars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, Stacy Harris, Dan Riss, Paul Dubov, Betty Lou Gerson, Jakm MoylesSupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectivesJoin us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.

Today's Mystery:Steve goes to Austria to obtain a dummy newspaper that has information on foreign agents.Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 8, 1952Originated in HollywoodStars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the CommissionerSupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectives

Today's Mystery:Steve goes to Port Said in Egypt to retrieve a stolen signed treaty that was taken from a courier who was beaten and left for dead.Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 25 1952Originated in HollywoodStars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, Raymond Burr, Jack MoylesSupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectives

Today's Mystery:Steve goes to Darwin, Australia, because a man who offered the U.S. information on the location of a World War II traitor has been murdered.Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 10, 1952Originated in HollywoodStars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, Kay Stewart, Dan O'Herliy, Don Morrisson, Ben WrightSupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectives

Original Release Date: September 20, 2023Today's Mystery: Steve goes to Dakar in West Africa in search of a supposedly dead Nazi sea captain who was a key part of the Fuhrer's escape plan.Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 3, 1951Originated in HollywoodStars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the CommissionerSupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectives

Original Release Date: September 13, 2023Today's Mystery: Steve is sent to the South China Sea to use a notorious smuggler Captain Jaeger to break a smuggling racket.Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 10, 1951Originated in HollywoodStars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, Tony Barrett, Irene Winston, Paul Dubov, and Jean TatumSupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectives

Original Release Date: September 6, 2023Today's Mystery:Steve goes to a South American country where an American is wanted for killing the leader of the Fascist Party in order to prevent the election of an anti-US Government.Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 3, 1951Originated in HollywoodStars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, William Conrad, Betty Lou Gerson, Tony Barrett, Paul Frees, William Johnstone.Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715ake the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectives

Original Release Date: August 30, 2023Today's Mystery:Steve goes to Rome to find out why someone tried to bribe a student into smuggling a recording cylinder to Europe that contained a routine report on the prevalence of the common cold.Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 26, 1951Originated in HollywoodStars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, Raymond Burr, Tony Barrett, Lou Krugman, Betty Lou Gerson, Don Diamond, Stacy KeachSupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectives

Original Release Date: August 23, 2023Today's Mystery:Steve investigates a series of explosions targeting treaty negotiations in Japan.Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 19, 1951Originated in HollywoodStars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the CommissionerSupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter@radiodetectives

Original Release Date: August 16, 2023Today's Mystery: Steve goes to Trinidad in search of a scientist who has discovered an important microbe but failed to report on time.Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 18, 1951Originated in HollywoodStars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the CommissionerSupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netive us a call 208-991-4783ollow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesBecome one of ourfriends on Facebook.Follow us on Twitter@radiodetectives

Original Release Date: August 9, 2023Today's Mystery: Steve is sent to a U.S.-occupied town in West Germany to find the source of an epidemic that's making everyone sick.Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 11, 1951Originated in HollywoodStars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the CommissionerSupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectives

Original Release Date: August 2, 2023Today's Mystery:Steve goes to Rotterdam, Netherlands on a tip from a female track athlete who claims to have seen a Nazi war criminal at a china shop. The problem? The china shop has disappeared and everyone claims it was never there.Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 4, 1951Originated in HollywoodStars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, Martha Wentworth, Sidney Miller, Barney Phillips, Tony Barrett, Virginia GreggSupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectives

Original Release Date: July 26, 2023Steve is called in to a Balkan country to stop an American who is running an illegal radio station broadcasting anti-American propaganda.Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 28, 1951Originated in HollywoodStars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, Paul Frees, Jeanne Bates, Don Diamond, Stacy Harris, Tim Graham, Shepard MenkenSupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectives

Original Release Date: July 19, 2023Today's Mystery:On the French Riviera, the life of a key scientist, who wants to defect, depends on Steve solving the murder of a famous writer.Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 21, 1951Originated in HollywoodStars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, Betty Lou Gerson, Don Diamond, Hal Girard, Lynn Allen, Fitz FeldSupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter@radiodetectives

Original Release Date: July 5, 2023Today's Mystery:Steve goes to the Middle East to find out how sensitive diplomatic information disappeared from an official's home, and finds himself investigating the official's wife's murder.Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 14, 1951Originated in HollywoodStars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, Jan Arvan, Don Diamond, Wally Maher, Paul DubovSupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter@radiodetectives

Original Release Date: June 28, 2023Today's Mystery: Steve goes to the Balkans to recapture a stolen top-secret file from an official of a Balkan Country who offers to return it...for a price.Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 7, 1951Originated in HollywoodStars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, Tony Barrett, Raymond Burr, Paul Dubov, Don DiamondSupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesBecome one of ourfriends on Facebook.Follow us on Twitter@radiodetectives

Original Release Date: June 21, 2023Today's Mystery: Steve goes to Java to make himself a target for someone who's stolen half of a top-secret formula...and killed the person who had it.Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 31, 1951Originated in HollywoodStars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the CommissionerSupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesBecome one of ourfriends on Facebook.Follow us on Twitter@radiodetectives

Original Release Date: June 7, 2023Today's Mystery:Steven goes to Panama to take up the case of an old friend who was murdered while looking for stolen dynamite. Steve's only clue? A piece of string found in his pocket.Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 24, 1951Originated in HollywoodStars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner; Stacy Harris, Al Brown, Kay Stewart, Byron Kane, Don Diamond, Raymond BurrSupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectives

Original Release Date:May 31, 2023Today's Mystery: Steve is sent to Macao to locate a hospital chart that could lead to a US ally being defeated for re-election.Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 17, 1951Originated in HollywoodStars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Buttefield as the Commissioner, Jack Moyles, Tony Barrett, Tyler McVeigh, Bill Johnstone, Peter Leeds, Betty Lou GersonSupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectives