Episodes

  • Dangerous Assignment: Family Squabble

    Dangerous Assignment: Family Squabble
    Feb 14 2024
    Today's Mystery: Steve goes to the Belgian congo to resolve a family dispute between two women that's threatened the U.S. access to a strategic mineral mine.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 11, 1953

    Originated in HollywoodStars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, Peter Leeds, Tony Barrett, Ben Wright, Betty Lou Gerson.

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    33 mins
  • Dangeorus Assignment: Arnold Freed Kidnapped

    Dangeorus Assignment: Arnold Freed Kidnapped
    Jan 14 2026
    Today's Mystery:Steve goes to Greece, where he's to follow the trail of phony documents in hopes of finding a kidnapped American scientist.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 4, 1953

    Originating in Hollywood

    Starring: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell; Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner; Jan Arvan; Paul Dubov; Paul Frees; Ramsay Hill; Tony Barrett

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    29 mins
  • Dangerous Assignment: The Hunt for Charon

    Dangerous Assignment: The Hunt for Charon
    Jan 7 2026
    Today's Mystery:Steve goes to Mexico to follow a clue to a dangerous international killer.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 28, 1953

    Originating in HollywoodStarring: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell; Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner; Dan Riss; Tony Barrett; Eve McVeagh; Herb Butterfield; Herb Ellis; Jan Arvan

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    30 mins
  • Dangerous Assignment: Leak of Strategic Materials

    Dangerous Assignment: Leak of Strategic Materials
    Dec 31 2025
    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 mins
  • 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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    tPatreon Supporter of the Day: Susan, Patreon Supporter since October 2018

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    32 mins
  • 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 mins
  • Dangerous Assignment: Street Car 17

    Dangerous Assignment: Street Car 17
    Dec 6 2025
    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 mins
  • 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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    Patreon Supporter of the Day: Ron, Patreon Supporter Since May 2020

    I appear on I Love Old Time Radio as part of the Round Robin Crossover.

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    42 mins