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I'm curious: What does "five star episode" signify, if it can so often be mediocre?
Yavar
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In my opening post I state I am using a ten-star rating system.
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CONTINUED: EDMOND O'BRIEN (February 3, 1950 to June 5, 1952):
"The Leland Blackburn Matter"
"with music by Wilbur Watch"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc9deKaBPW8
Highlights:
3:24 in. I'm pretty sure this is the first example of a cue that ended up getting tracked into some episodes during the Bob Bailey run.
5:20 in.
10:56 in.
13:19 in.
16:02 in.
Five-star episode.
Dollar: "Murder is a hard thing to ignore."
MISSING EPISODES (NO KNOWN COPIES CURRENTLY KNOWN TO EXIST):
"The Montevideo Matter"
By: ?????
"The Ruby Valentine Matter"
By: ?????
"The Adolph Schoman Matter"
By: ?????
"The Port O'Call Matter"
"with music by Wilbur Watch"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQ_NVKlyblw
Highlights:
3:59 in.
5:19 in.
7:41 in.
9:01 in.
10:45 in.
12:48 in.
26:00 in.
"Dead men don't answer very many questions."
"I've noticed that."
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CONTINUED: EDMOND O'BRIEN (February 3, 1950 to June 5, 1952):
"The David Rocky Matter"
"with music by Wilbur Watch"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkoV5nMSluo
Highlights:
1:14 in.
3:26 in.
8:10 in.
11:35 in.
21:09 in.
23:02 in.
25:32 in.
Five-star episode.
A surprisingly amount of dramatic weight to the music, considering there's nothing remarkable or particularly inspiring about the episode. It's as bland and forgettable as the previous episodes.
MISSING EPISODES (NO KNOWN COPIES CURRENTLY KNOWN TO EXIST):
"The Weldon Bragg Matter"
By: ?????
"The Monoploy Matter"
By: ?????
"The Lloyd Hammerly Matter"
By: ?????
"The Vivian Fair Matter"
By: ?????
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CONTINUED: EDMOND O'BRIEN (February 3, 1950 to June 5, 1952):
"The Jarvis Wilder Matter"
"with music by Wilbur Watch"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yB_fbvys78M
Note: The audio is rough on this episode, especially the opening seconds.
Highlights:
3:49 in.
8:53 in.
12:59 in.
24:24 in.
27:24 in.
Five-star episode.
"The Celia Woodstock Matter"
"with music by Wilbur Watch"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdMw9oFVEig
Highlights:
4:54 in.
9:05 in.
12:14 in.
16:23 in.
20:24 in.
Five-star episode.
"Is this Mr. Dollar, the insurance gentleman?"
"The Stanley Springs Matter"
"with music by Wilbur Watch"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PJV5Hnca4Y
Highlights:
2:50 in.
7:50 in.
9:35 in.
14:19 in.
15:21 in.
17:56 in.
25:19 in.
27:23 in.
Five-star episode.
Special Note: After Edmund says his name, a female comes in and introduces her character too, which is a first. Well, a first assuming none of the missing episodes have this happen.
MISSING EPISODES (NO KNOWN COPIES CURRENTLY KNOWN TO EXIST):
"The Emil Lovett Matter"
By: ?????
"The Byron Hayes Matter"
"with music by Wilbur Watch"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S03jlwsSGpo
Highlights:
4:15 in.
7:10 in.
11:28 in.
15:40 in.
17:35 in.
18:50 in.
22:12 in.
Five-star episode.
This is the first episode I can recall where even though Dollar solves the case, the insurance company still is in a position to figure out how to not pay off the claim.
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CONTINUED: EDMOND O'BRIEN (February 3, 1950 to June 5, 1952):
"The Jackie Cleaver Matter"
"with music by Wilbur Watch"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e00iawAEqC0
Highlights:
1:07 in.
5:35 in.
8:18 in.
11:42 in.
12:15 in.
15:38 in.
18:13 in.
21:11 in.
23:11 in.
25:23 in.
27:05 in.
Five-star episode.
Dollar: "They call him 'Happy', which he isn't gonna be once I find him."
"The Edward French Matter"
"with music by Wilbur Watch"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FgLTcJ2YiU0
Highlights:
1:07 in.
3:47 in.
5:36 in.
8:05 in.
9:03 in.
10:32 in.
12:34 in.
14:49 in.
17:03 in.
20:51 in.
22:32 in.
23:57 in. Arrangement of the theme which I don't recall hearing before. I think this arrangement was by Hatch.
Five-star episode.
Unusually dramatic scores for these last two episode scores.
"The Mickey McQueen Matter"
"with music by Wilbur Watch"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujDUi7c6FG0
I swear I covered this episode, but I could not find the name "McQueen" in the thread. Maybe it was mislabeled. And this one seems tighter and re-written some. Still doesn't raise the star-rating.
Highlights:
3:59 in.
5:03 in.
7:53 in.
11:28 in.
12:22 in.
19:37 in.
21:38 in.
22:51 in.
Five-star episode.
"The Willard South Matter"
"with music by Wilbur Watch"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWsi94CIZqI
Highlights:
4:21 in.
7:3 in.
9:45 in.
11:21 in.
17:27 in.
22:06 in.
Five-star episode.
"The Month-End Raid Matter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FImT_wb5YY
Highlights:
3:53 in.
6:10 in.
8:05 in.
11:13 in.
12:24 in.
14:31 in.
17:43 in.
20:34 in.
Boring five-star episode.
Out-of-contest quote...
"I'll finger him for ya."
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CONTINUED: EDMOND O'BRIEN (February 3, 1950 to June 5, 1952):
"The Virginia Towne Matter"
"with music by Wilbur Watch"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7e6UtjCuIQ
Highlights:
3:27 in.
7:52 in.
11:43 in.
18:32 in.
20:25 in.
Five-star episode.
MISSING EPISODES (NO KNOWN COPIES CURRENTLY KNOWN TO EXIST):
"The Marie Meadows Matter"
By: ?????
"The Jane Doe Matter"
By: ?????
"The Lillis Bond Matter"
"with music by Wilbur Watch"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTVS6o1o1wQ
NOTE: Unedited episode, so mistakes are made and lines have to be said again, for example. There is no music, even though Hatch is named in the end.
Five-star episode.
"The Soderbury, Maine Matter"
"with music by Wilbur Watch"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zwCR6Z0t9A
NOTE: Unedited episode, so mistakes are made and lines have to be said again, for example. There is no music, even though Hatch is named in the end.
Five-star episode.
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CONTINUED: EDMOND O'BRIEN (February 3, 1950 to June 5, 1952):
"The George Farmer Matter"
"with music by Wilbur Watch"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw5_t-jMQY8
Highlights:
1:05 in.
2:23 in.
3:28 in.
5:27 in.
10:13 in.
12:50 in.
18:18 in.
19:10 in. That stinging brass opening is pretty powerful.
22:42 in.
Five-star episode.
(Note to Me: correct episode for highlights?)
"The Arthur Boldrick Matter"
"with music by Wilbur Watch"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mD2jDdghjFg
This is presumably the final effort by Hatch for the radio program.
Highlights:
9:09 in.
11:39 in.
18:50 in.
22:11 in.
"The Malcolm Wish, M.D. Matter"
NO COMPOSER CREDITED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5dw7NwE0zI
Highlights:
3:56 in.
6:22 in.
7:09 in.
9:12 in.
12:08 in. The original episode first-half break music (not heard in a number of episodes now) is back and also re-done.
13:10 in.
Boring five-star episode.
The opening theme has been re-done.
The sounds like it's on the cheap with maybe just some string, organ, and possibly some brass.
Dollar: "Anybody with hair like that never should have tried being a criminal."
"The Hatchet House Theft Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paSNogO_ssA
Highlights:
21:27 in.
Dollar goes to Scotland.
Boring five-star episode.
Even though no composer is credited, it's clear as day the previous episode score was also by Eddie Dunstedter.
These on-the-cheap organ scores have really brought the show down. IT was already boring as it is with the mediocre scripts and O'Brien as the lead. This did not help.
"The Alonzo Chapman Matter"
"with music by Wilbur Watch"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxpyZgXLlAA
Highlights:
2:51 in.
22:33 in.
Boring five-star episode.
Out-of-context quote...
Dollar: "... I went back to satisfy myself ..."
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CONTINUED: EDMOND O'BRIEN (February 3, 1950 to June 5, 1952):
"The Fairway Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6XNF7TQ_WI
Highlights:
12:47 in.
17:54 in.
Boring five-star episode.
"The Neal Breer Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CH7_8mLGuQ
Highlights:
Nothing.
Boring five-star episode.
MISSING EPISODES (NO KNOWN COPIES CURRENTLY KNOWN TO EXIST):
"The Blind Item Matter"
By: ?????
"The Horace Lockhart Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivr133_JdQ4
Highlights:
Nothing.
Boring five-star episode.
MISSING EPISODES (NO KNOWN COPIES CURRENTLY KNOWN TO EXIST):
"The Morgan Fry Matter"
By: ?????
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CONTINUED: EDMOND O'BRIEN (February 3, 1950 to June 5, 1952):
"The Lucky Costa Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y4NjDmHSGk
Highlights:
10:55 in.
Boring five-star episode.
MISSING EPISODES (NO KNOWN COPIES CURRENTLY KNOWN TO EXIST):
"The Cumberland Theft Matter"
By: ?????
"The Leland Case Matter"
?????
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMR5c0IP9WE
NOTE: Unedited episode, so mistakes are made and lines have to be said again, for example. There is no music. End credits are not present.
Boring five-star episode.
"The Cuban Jewel Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6A2O0UEeUI
Highlights:
2:32 in.
10:35 in.
Some of the writing is morphing into Bob Bailey-era writing. Still didn't save it from being another five-star episode.
Dollar: "... south of the border, north of the border, anyway you look at it -- the geography was lovely." (in reference to a woman)
Dollar: "I forget my manners when I'm in a hurry."
Dollar: "You could tell me Stalin and McCarthy just got married and I'd still look bored."
"The Protection Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwepTnQOWzE
Note: The audio is rough.
Highlights:
Nothing.
Five-star episode.
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CONTINUED: EDMOND O'BRIEN (February 3, 1950 to June 5, 1952):
"The Douglas Taylor Matter"
"with music by Wilbur Hatch"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Sf-iPkZW8o
Highlights:
3:55 in.
9:09 in.
13:10 in.
Well, I was wrong -- Hatch is still going. The tyranny of Eddie Dunstedter and his organ appears to be gone at least temporarily -- somebody came to their senses back then.
Five-star episode.
"The Millard Ward Matter"
"with music by Wilbur Hatch"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3poJb8VElrc
Highlights:
4:17 in.
10:14 in.
13:33 in.
22:23 in.
25:50 in.
Five-star episode.
MISSING EPISODE (NO KNOWN COPIES CURRENTLY KNOWN TO EXIST):
"The Janet Abbe Matter"
By: ?????
"The Tolhurst Theft Matter"
"with music by Wilbur Hatch"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KwFzyWpen0
Highlights:
13:23 in.
15:49 in.
Five-star episode.
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CONTINUED: EDMOND O'BRIEN (February 3, 1950 to June 5, 1952):
"The Hannibal Murphy Matter"
"with music by Wilbur Hatch"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSZsHzYQMao
Highlights:
2:42 in.
4:42 in.
14:01 in.
18:07 in.
24:55 in.
Five-star episode.
Dollar: "If it hadn't been Mr. Murphy, I probably would have been invited to a murder some place else; it's a popular past time."
"The Birdy Baskerville Matter"
"with music by Wilbur Hatch"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swf7oXF_ffs
Highlights:
9:21 in.
10:53 in.
20:41 in.
24:38 in.
Five-star episode. There are a few more Bob Bailey-era-like dramatic turns, but it's al not handled well enough to rise to a sixth star; one felt so lazy it's like they got bored and tossed it in to break up writer's block.
"The Merrill Kent Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sgA8iNvFDdg
Note: The second half of the episode has rough audio. It's listenable though.
Highlights:
9:14 in.
13:59 in.
14:45 in.
25:54 in.
Five-star episode.
This may be the first episode I listened to where not only did every one tell the truth (as noted by Dollar in the end), but there was no murderer. I feel like I was jerked around for half an hour.
Dollar: "Sorry I have to stir things up; I'll do it quietly as I can."
"The Youngstown Credit Group Matter"
"with music by Wilbur Hatch"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq0jQ3OW8Ac
Highlights:
2:05 in.
8:06 in.
23:12 in.
Five-star episode.
MISSING EPISODES (NO KNOWN COPIES CURRENTLY KNOWN TO EXIST):
"The Paul Barberis Matter"
By: ?????
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FINISHING: EDMOND O'BRIEN (February 3, 1950 to June 5, 1952):
"The Maynard Collins Matter"
"with music by Wilbur Hatch"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnrFDsU9vpA
NOTE: Opening of the episode is M.I.A..
Highlights:
21:13 in.
Boring five-star episode.
"The Alma Scott Matter"
"with music by Wil Bur Hatch"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP9OioguhBg
Highlights:
Nothing.
Five-star episode.
Dollar says he was a private cop in either 1949 or for forty-nine years. I'm going with "'49" since I have a hard time buying an insurance investigator that attracts all kinds of women, runs, gets into fight, and still appears to be healthy when he should be in his 70's. I think it was a mis-speak and he meant the year 1949.
"The Glen English Matter"
"with music by Wilbur Hatch"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmZU-BXT4Vc
Highlights:
4:33 in.
8:20 in.
24:02 in.
Five-star episode.
MISSING EPISODES (NO KNOWN COPIES CURRENTLY KNOWN TO EXIST):
"The Baxter Matter"
By: ?????
"The Amelia Harwell Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4T-Ph8tjM0
Highlights:
13:41 in.
23:10 in.
Five-star episode.
The tyranny of Eddie and his organ has returned.
MISSING EPISODES (NO KNOWN COPIES CURRENTLY KNOWN TO EXIST):
"The Henry Page Matter"
By: ?????
"The Montevideo Matter"
By: ?????
"The New Bedford Morgue Matter"
By: ?????
"The Sidney Mann Matter"
By: ?????
"The Tom Hickman Matter"
By: ?????
"The Edith Maxwell Matter"
By: ?????
Thank goodness -- this is the final Edmund O'Brien episode!
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STARTING: JOHN LUND (November 24, 1952 to September 19, 1954):
Well, I hope the writing gets better. I've not listened to an episode by Lund before, so I don't know what to expect. Got to be better than Edmund O'Brien.
"The Singapore Arson Matter"
By: ?????
"The James Clayton Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUIfyKDX770
NOTE: There were two audition episodes for Lund, but I am saving audition episodes for a separate post after I finish the radio program.
Highlights:
9:37 in.
24:08 in.
26:55 in.
Boring five-star episode.
Dollar: "Ah, by the way, what does your girl look like?"
"Even your best dream was never that good."
Dollar: "Just leave her phone number on your desk."
"The Elliott Champion Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KidVzPxt2Fc
NOTE: The audio is fuzzy and a little rough.
Highlights:
Nothing.
Five-star episode.
"The New Cambridge Matter"
By: ?????
"The Walter Patterson Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrtXKn6NH5g
Highlights:
Nothing.
A borderline six-star episode. It's not really that boring, a little engaging, and the writing for the first half works. And its keeps a little guessing going through most of the episode.
The end credits are cut off, but it's clear this is the unmistakable organ tyranny of Eddie Dunstedter. I kept the quote credits since they've never said his credit any other way, so it just goes without saying/changing...
Out-of-context quote...
Dollar: "Maybe this will help; take a look at this..."
Well, so far the writing isn't any better and the voicing is only a smidge better under Lund.
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CONTINUED: JOHN LUND (November 24, 1952 to September 19, 1954):
"The Baltimore Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsXKDGHyPUA
Highlights:
10:47 in.
25:52 in.
Boring six-star episode. I swear this is just an update of an older episode.
No end credits, but it's the unmistakable tyranny of Dunstedter.
"The Thelma Ibsen Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSdWTgJcgh4
NOTE: The audio is fuzzy.
Highlights:
Nothing.
Boring five-star episode.
Jeanette Nolan was on it, but I'll de damned if I knew it while listening.
Dollar: "We all look foolish at one time or another; it passes."
"The Starlet Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0hUMilQGts
Highlights:
About 25:48 in.
A boring five-star episode.
"The Marigold Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqqZlhjxfQ8
Highlights:
15:46 in.
17:05 in.
25:41 in.
A boring five-star episode.
Another one of Johnny's old friends is murdered. I'm surprised he actually has any left this far into the radio program -- they all keep getting murdered.
"Kay Bellamy Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsUw9tfzBo4
Highlights:
Nothing.
Boring five-star episode.
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CONTINUED: JOHN LUND (November 24, 1952 to September 19, 1954):
"The Chicago Fraud Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=em0xuc7d8JI
Highlights:
12:16 in.
Standard six-star episode.
MISSING EPISODES (NO KNOWN COPIES CURRENTLY KNOWN TO EXIST):
"The Lancer Jewelry Matter"
By: ?????
"The Latourette Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwlsLNVgRSQ
Highlights:
15:37 in.
22:49 in.
Five-star episode.
"The Underwood Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3H8xFsrY0M
Highlights:
26:42 in.
Five-star episode.
No end credits. Unmistakably Dunstedter.
Dollar: "Nobody's a suicide type until they come to the end of the line."
"The Jeanne Maxwell Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HE_AZ5Rs84Y
Highlights:
Nothing.
Once again Jeanette Nolan is in an episode, but I'll once again be damned if I recognized her.
Boring five-star episode.
MISSING EPISODES (NO KNOWN COPIES CURRENTLY KNOWN TO EXIST):
"The Birdy Baskerville Matter"
By: ?????
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CONTINUED: JOHN LUND (November 24, 1952 to September 19, 1954):
"The King's Necklace Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0OUXtWlyhw
Highlights:
Nothing.
Rather boring borderline six-star episode. Same of the banter between Dollar and the elderly husband knocked the episode up a notch.
Dollar: "Remarks: with all due deference to my profession -- sometimes this is a lousy business."
"The Syndicate Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpSDaUOR1_E
NOTE: Ending is missing.
Highlights:
14:38 in.
Standard six-star episode.
The unmistakable organ tyranny of Dunstedter. For some needless reason a new cue has been added after Dollar hangs up from phone calls after the opening of episodes. I say "needless" because just cutting to the opening theme works just the same, and it does that immediately after this short new cue ends anyway. The Needless Cue Matter,
"The Lester James Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO8o-Nl1g1U
NOTE: Ending is missing.
Highlights:
10:02 in.
In a later comparison: the gas poisoning scene here is boring, but the one heard in a Bob Bailey-era episode, is dramatic and moving. I'll make sure to note that episode when I come to it probably next year. In fact, I might say it's a remake of this episode, because two later plot points are identical; I'll also note if this is correct, next year.
"The Enoch Arden Matter"
"with music by Milton Charles"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiVGU4runwo
This is presumably the first effort by Charles for the series (given some previous episodes had the credits cut off, and his also employed the organ tyranny that Dunstedter had).
Highlights:
13:45 in.
Boring five-star episode.
"The Madison Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9YFmXWD3ak
Highlights:
26:43 in.
Standard six-star episode. The ending was a little Bob Baile-era-ish.
"The Dameron Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpBlFF7R2mY
Highlights:
Nothing.
Borderline six-star episode.
After listening to these Wrigley Spearmint chewing gum commercials, you'd think it could cure cancer and death, too. Why go to a doctor when you can just chew Wrigley Spearmint gum?
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CONTINUED: JOHN LUND (November 24, 1952 to September 19, 1954):
"The San Antonio Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTu3nVd272Q
Highlights:
Nothing.
Standard six-star episode.
"The Blackmail Matter"
"with music by Milton Charles"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LG-jrhIjMA
Highlights:
Nothing.
A six-and-a-half star episode. Bumped up because of the peaceful, although kind of tense, ending. I wasn't expecting one of those Bob Bailey-era-like endings that aren't action packed, but quiet and talkative.
Out-of-context quotes...
Dollar: "I want Olsen working on me during the whole work out, especially when I'm on the rubbing table."
"Let's go back to the rub table before you cool off."
b]Dollar: "You don't mind going back in there, do you?"
"No."
"The Rochester Theft Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peCk25hREgo
Highlights:
11:30 in.
17:52 in.
23:24 in.
Standard six-star episode.
"The Emily Braddock Matter"
"with music by Milton Charles"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=io_avE7orek
Highlights:
Nothing.
Boring five-star episode.
"The Brisbane Fraud Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6e8eabQ0rc
Note: The load is a little screwed up. At one point some piano piece not from the episode, cuts into the episode and then abruptly stops.
Highlights:
Nothing.
Boring five-star episode.
"The Costain Matter"
"with music by Milton Charles"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfwhOkzO8-8
Highlights:
25:10 in.
here must be at least three episodes throughout the run of the series where a stolen coat turns up on a woman. A woman who never wants to answer.
Boring five-star episode.
"The Oklahoma Red Matter"
?????
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TecWCdT1x5w
Note: The audio quality is rather poor. You practically have to stop whatever you are doing to focus on the episode to make out the dialogue. The end credits is also cut off, so I don't know if it's music by Dunstedter or Charles.
Highlights:
25:53 in.
Boring five-star episode. I admit the episode was so relentlessly boring that about 75% into it, I bailed skipped to the end.
"The Emil Carter Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=628ytQa1RlU
Note: For a little over the first fourteen minutes, there is a slow static flutter.
Highlights:
Nothing.
Boring five-star episode.
"The Jonathan Bellows Matter"
?????
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOsWXMoZZ2Y
Note: The end credits are cut off.
Highlights:
Nothing.
"Murder?"
Dollar: "You know, when somebody dies the hard way and society frowns."
"The Jones Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HgRSCGd4Y8
Highlights:
4:54 in.
18:21 in.
22:06 in.
25:47 in.
Five and-a-half stars.
MISSING EPISODE (NO KNOWN COPIES CURRENTLY KNOWN TO EXIST):
"The Bishop Blackmail Matter"
By: ?????
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CONTINUED: JOHN LUND (November 24, 1952 to September 19, 1954):
"The Shayne Bombing Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2HYC_zwGXs
Highlights:
Nothing.
Boring four-and-a-half-star episode. I took half a star off just for how boring and predictable it is.
"The Black Doll Matter"
????? (end credits cast/crew read is cut off)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8DeshIaww4
Note: Awful sound quality.
Highlights:
Nothing.
Boring five-star episode.
"The James Forbes Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ui7TNXHmRW0
https://archive.md/BfsVp
Highlights:
Nothing.
Boring five-star episode.
"The Voodoo Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92k22MalHTY
Highlights:
26:19 in.^
Boring five-star episode. Another one of those "Voodoo is real" garbage plots.
Dollar: "I get paid to persist."
"The Nancy Shaw Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ivIFuw_n88
Highlights:
Nothing.
Boring five-star episode.
Wrigley's chewing gun: it slices, it dices, it cures cancer!
"I don't like you!"
Dollar: "Great; I'd hate to be your first friend."
"The Isabelle James Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqex8aInQzE
Highlights:
7:44 in.^
23:25 in.
Five-star episode.
"The Nelson Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T06KwqgBjEQ
Highlights:
Nothing.
Boring five-star episode.
"The Stanley Price Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSF1yD9KQL8
Highlights:
26:18 in.^
Boring five-star episode.
"The Lester Matson Matter"
"with music by Eddie Dunstedter"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI9goZ0RGp0
Highlights:
Nothing.
Boring five-star episode.
MISSING EPISODE (NO KNOWN COPY CURRENTLY KNOWN TO EXIST):
"The Oscar Clark Matter"
By: ?????
Can you believe it? I'm only five more batch days (doing ten episodes a day) away from starting the Bob Baily episodes! Feels like it's been forever. Hopefully I'll finish Lund's run by Friday, then sometime late November, start Baily.
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