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  • Dangerous Assignment: Leak of Strategic Materials

    Dangerous Assignment: Leak of Strategic Materials
    Jan 24 2024
    Today's Mystery:Steve goes to Burma to the famous "Road to Mandalay" in order to stop a gang of robbers who are intercepting strategic supplies being sent by the U.S. to its allies in the Pacific.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 21, 1953

    Originating in Hollywood

    Starring: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell; Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner; Ben Wright; Ramsey Hill; Vivi Janiss; Paul Frees; Alice Backes

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    30 min
  • Dangerous Assignment: The Blue Lion

    Dangerous Assignment: The Blue Lion
    Dec 24 2025
    Today's Mystery:Steve goes to London to root out a phony passport racket. His only clue? A seven-year-old newspaper.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 14, 1953

    Originating in Hollywood

    Starring: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell; Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner; Virginia Gregg; Ben Wright; Don Morrisson; Dan O'Herlihy

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    32 min
  • Dangerous Assignment: Colonel Chan

    Dangerous Assignment: Colonel Chan
    Dec 17 2025
    Today's Mystery:Steve goes to New Guinea, hoping to discover through talking with a notorious smuggler the identity and location of a Mr. Big in a gun-smuggling operation.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 7, 1953Originating in Hollywood

    Starring: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell; Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner; William Conrad; Paul Frees; Ray Dietrich; Betty Lou Gerson; Don Morrison

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    37 min
  • Dangerous Assignment: Street Car 17

    Dangerous Assignment: Street Car 17
    Jan 3 2024
    Steve goes to Trieste, Italy to meet someone on a street car with information about the location of a report on foreign knowledge of US atomic secrets.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 31, 1952

    Originating in Hollywood

    Starring: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell; Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner; Dan Rist; Paul Frees; Herb Ellis; Tony Barrett; Paul Dubov

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    30 min
  • Dangerous Assignment: Lecturing Professors

    Dangerous Assignment: Lecturing Professors
    Dec 3 2025
    Today's Mystery: The son of a lecturing professor is missing from a boarding school in Stockholm and Steve needs to find him in order to break up an international spy ring.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 24, 1952

    Originated in Hollywood

    Stars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner

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    42 min
  • Dangerous Assignment: Road Sabotage

    Dangerous Assignment: Road Sabotage
    Dec 13 2023
    Today's Mystery: Steve goes to Turkey to investigate sabotage on a road project that the U.S. is subsidizing and providing expertise for.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 17, 1952

    Originating in Hollywood

    tars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, Vivi Janiss, Herb Ellis, Peter Leeds, Jan Arvan

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    38 min
  • Dangerous Assignment: Riot

    Dangerous Assignment: Riot
    Nov 19 2025
    Today's Mystery:Steve goes to Vienna to investigate a shooting in which U.S. soldiers have been implicated in an attack on a mine across the border in Hungary.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 10, 1952

    Originating in Hollywood

    Starring: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell; Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner; Paul Dubov; Bob O'Connor; Paul Frees; Jeanne Tatum; Vivi Janis

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    39 min
  • Dangerous Assignment: Italian Actress

    Dangerous Assignment: Italian Actress
    Nov 12 2025
    Today's Mystery:Steve goes to Nice, Italy to find out who is behind a ring blackmailing American citizens by threatening relatives living in foreign countries.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 3, 1952

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell; Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner; Howard McNear; Betty Lou Gerson; Nester Paiva; Ben Wright; and Paul Dubo

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    31 min