Dangerous Assignment| Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Cold War Thrillers
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Adam Graham is your guide as each week we present another episode of Dangerous Assignment, a 1949-53 radio starring Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, a troubleshooter who throws into danger all around the world in stories of mystery and international intrigue.
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39 min
Dangerous Assignment: Solve Kent Jackson's Murder
Original Release Date: November 2, 2022Today's Mystery: Steve goes to Rangoon to investigate the murder of an American correspondent who was reporting on a racket involving politic…
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36 min
Dangerous Assignment: Find 100,000 Barrels of Missing Oil
Original Rlease Date: October 26, 2022Today's Mystery: Steve is sent to Saudi Arabia to find out how 100,000 barrels of oil disappeared between the oil fields and the refinery.Orig…
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39 min
Dangerous Assignment: Smash Lecture Circuit Spy Ring
Original Release Date: October 21 2022Today's Mystery: Steve goes to Stockholm to find the son of scientist so he can break up a spy ring surrounding a lecture circuit.Original Rad…
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36 min
Dangerous Assignment: Find Szabo and the Briefcase
Original Release Date: October 12, 2022Today's Mystery: Steve travels to Paris to save International talks from breaking down by finding a missing delegate representing countries i…
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39 min
Dangerous Assignment: The Nazi and the Physicist
Original Release Date Today's Mystery: October 5, 2022Steve goes to Alaska to find two missing scientists, one of whom is an ex-Nazi.Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 24, 1950Su…
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39 min
Dangerous Assignment: Investigate Flying Saucers
Original Release Date: September 28, 2022Today's Mystery: Steve goes to Ecuador to look into crashes by a small cargo airline that are apparently caused by UFOs.Original Radio Broa…
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40 min
Dangerous Assignment: Recover Underwater Demolition Secrets
Original Release Date: September 21, 2022Today's Mystery:Steve goes to Trinidad to help another agent recover some sunken military secrets.Original Air Date: April 10, 1950Support…
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42 min
Dangerous Assignment: Renew Sheik Haroun's Uranium Deal
Original Release Date: September 14, 2022Steve is sent to Cairo where an old friend, a Sheik, who controls valuable uranium mines is threatening not to renew the lease held by the…
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43 min
Dangerous Assignment: International Blackmail
Original Release Date: September 7, 2022Steve goes to Switzerland to reclaim a forced confession that could destabilize a Central European government.Original Air Date: March 20, 1…
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41 min
Dangerous Assignment: Recover Wire Recorder Spool
Original Release Date: August 31, 2022Steve goes to San Diego to recover a stolen recorded wire of an international conference.Original Air Date: March 6, 1950Support the show mont…
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44 min
Dangerous Assignment: White Jade
Original Release Date: August 24, 2022Steve goes to Macao to bring back a fellow agent. Things get complicated when Steve finds a dead man in the agent's hotel and the agent is wan…
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41 min
Dangerous Assignment: Recover Stolen Radar Plans
Original Release Date: August 17, 2022Steve goes to Athens to retrieve radar plans stolen from the U.S. but finds himself dealing with multiple groups trying to profit from them.Or…
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39 min
Dangerous Assignment: Who Killed Captain Rocq?
Original Release Date: August 10, 2022Steve goes to Tangiers undercover as a soldier of fortune who bore an uncanny resemblance to Steve. Steve has to find out who killed his doppl…
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45 min
Dangerous Assignment: Find Missing Japanese Weapons
Steve goes to Panama to complete the mission of a friend, who was killed trying to locate a cache of Japanese weapons from World War II.Original Air Date: February 6, 1950Support t…
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40 min
Dangerous Assignment: File No. 307
Original Release Date: July 27, 2022Steve goes to Zurich in search of a stolen Defense Department file.Original Air Date: August 20, 1949Support the show monthly at https://patreon…
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36 min
Dangerous Assignment: Smash Alien Smuggling Racket
Original Release Date: July 20, 2022Steve travels to Lisbon to stop a refugee smuggling racket after a friend was killed attempting the same mission.Original Air Date: August 13, 1…
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35 min
Dangerous Assignment: Millionaire: Murder Conspiracy
Original Release Date: July 6, 2022Steve goes to Paris to find out who's killing off millionaires who have created a join venture that will help the developing world.Original Air D…
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40 min
Dangerous Assignment: On Safari for Nigerian Manganese
Original Release Date: June 29, 2022After another agent disappears, Steve goes to Nigeria to take his place and locate a tribal chieftain to negotiate for valuable Manganese deposi…
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38 min
Dangerous Assignment : Malayan Line Sabotage
Original Release Date: June 22, 2022Steve travels to Saigon to investigate the sabotage of two vessels carrying U.S. relief supplies.Original Air Date: July 16, 1949Support the sho…
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39 min
Dangerous Assignment: Thropp Foundation Relief Supplies
Original Release Date: June 15, 2022Steve Mitchell goes to Sicily to investigate the theft of relief supplies.Original Air Date: July 9, 1949Support the show monthly at https://pat…