Bulldog Drummond| Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Mystery Dramas
Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond was a British World War I veteran turned adventurer introduced in his eponymous novel in 1920. He quickly leaped to the stage and silent film, and then to a series of talking pictures released on both sides on the Atlantic.In the 1940s, Bulldog Drummond leaped radio in a series dedicated to telling the Drummond's American adventures. For eight years, listeners heard the distinctive sound of the foghorn announcing a new adventure with Bulldog Drummond as he battled the forces of evil with his friend and sidekick, Denny.
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Bulldog Drummond: Porcelain Ming Cat
Today's Mystery: A woman says her brother's life depends on her delivering a porcelain Ming cat, and asks Captain Drummond for protection.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: Unknown
Originating in New YorkStarring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny
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Bulldog Drummond: Death Under the Big Top
Today's Mystery: A beautiful woman at the circus asks Captain Drummond to embrace her, and gives him a gun that leads him to investigate a murder in a high-wire act.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 7, 1948
Originating in New York
Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny
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Bulldog Drummond: The Case of the Dead Beat
Today's Mystery: A ex-con trying to go straight claims that someone's trying to kill him and asks Captain Drummond for help.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 30, 1948
Originating in New York
Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny
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Bulldog Drummond: Death Has a New Look
Today's Mystery: Captain Drummond and Denny are summoned to a Carribean island to take on a devil-worshipping cult.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 23, 1948
Originating in New YorkStarring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny
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Bulldog Drummond: Death in the Deep
Today's Mystery:While deep-sea fishing, Captain Drummond and Denny find a man who was shot to death more than 60 miles from land.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 16, 1948
Originating in New York
Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny
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Bulldog Drummond: Death Uses Disappearing Ink
Today's Mystery: Captain Drummond tries to remember how he got into a dangerous situation with a life on the line. It all started with a mysterious woman showing up in his compartment on an East-bound train.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 9, 1948
Originating in New York
Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond, Luis Van Rooten as Denny
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Bulldog Drummond: The Island of Death
Today's Mystery:Captain Drummond and Denny pursue an escapee from a mental asylum with homicidal intentions across an isolated island.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 12, 1948
Originating in New York
Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny
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Bulldog Drummond: Murder Has an Open Mind
Today's Mystery: A woman feigns a horseriding accident to get Bulldog Drummond's help and tells him to go to a Penny Arcade and speak to a mentalist.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 28, 1948
Originating in New York
Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond, Luis Van Rooten as Denny
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Bulldog Drummond: Devil Flats
Today's Mystery: Captain Drummond goes to a ghost town rumored to be haunted, in order to investigate the disappearance of an Eastern reporter.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 21, 1948
Originating in New York
Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny
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Bulldog Drummond: Death Loops the Loop
Today's Mystery:The owner of a small amusement park dies of heart failure on a roller coaster. His daughter suspects murder and turns to Captain Drummond for help.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 10, 1948
Originating in New York
Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny; Mercedes McCambridge
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Bulldog Drummond: Death Rides a Racehorse
Today's Mystery: A horse-racing jockey calls Captain Drummond for help but is murdered before Drummond can speak to him.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 3, 1948
Originating in New York
Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny
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Bulldog Drummond: Murder Leaves a Lonely Trail
Today's Mystery:A beautiful woman accosts Captain Drummond and demands she kiss him to protect him from someone who's following her and then she pulls a gun on a him and ors him to check out a book for her.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 24 1947
Originating in New York
Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny; Mercedes McCambridge
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Bulldog Drummond: Claim Check on Death
Today's Mystery:In a case of mistaken identity, Captain Drummond is given a claim check and a $1,000 bill, but what for?
Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 17, 1947
Originating in New York
Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny; Mercedes McCambridge
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Bulldog Drummond: The Case of the Fatal Right
Today's Mystery:A prize fighter is killed by cyanide poisoning.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 14, 1946
Originating in New Yor
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Bulldog Drummond: Appointment with Murder
Today's Mystery: A man in a hotel room calls Captain Drummond for help and is murdered while on the phone.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 29, 1945
Original Release Date: August 13, 2024
Originating in New York
Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny
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Bulldog Drummond: Escape Into Death
Today's Mystery: A man in a speeding car is stopped by a phony barricade and then murdered.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 24, 1945
Originating in New YorkStarring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny
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Bulldog Drummond: Death on the Diamond
Today's Mystery: A pitcher is shot and killed during a critical game with thousands of fans looking on.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 17, 1945
Originating in New York
Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny
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Bulldog Drummond: Murder in the Death House
Today's Mystery: Bulldog Drummond goes to visit a man he sent to death row, who has information he wants to trade for clemency. Drummond finds him dead in his cell.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 10, 1945
Originating in New York
Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny
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Bulldog Drummond: Help Wanted
Today's Mystery:Captain Drummond leaves town on a train. A man dies while asking him to be paged at the train station. Denny hires his own valet and sets out to solve the case himself.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 13, 1945
Originating in New York
Starring: Luis Van Rooten as Denny
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Bulldog Drummond: The Dinner of Death
Today's Mystery:The District Attorney is poisoned with a cocktail before a banquet honoring a crusading reporter.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 23, 1945
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Originating in New YorkStarring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny; Larry Haines
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Bulldog Drummond: The Case of the Double Death
Today's Mystery: While Drummond and Denny are dining at a restaurant, Denny's hat and umbrella disappear. Then Denny is arrested for murder based on the hat and umbrella being found at the murder scene.
Original Radio Broadcast Date:April 16, 1945
Originating in New York:Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond, Luis Van Rooten as Denny
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Bulldog Drummond: Murder Vivits Venus
Today's Mystery: Denny spots a woman in a Crinoline dress hanging from the flagpole of an office building.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 19, 1945
Originating in New York:Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond, Luis Van Rooten as Denny
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Bulldog Drummond: The Subway Murder Case
Today's Mystery: A mysterious man with amnesia asks Captain Drummond to meet him on a subway, alleges someone's try to kill him and is then murdered.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 12, 1943
Originating in New York
Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond, Luis Van Rooten as Denny, Jackson Beck
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Bulldog Drummond: The Case of the Axis Submarine
Today's Mystery: Captain Drummond investigates the murder of a watchman on a ship who used to be his gardener.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 22, 1942
Originating in New York:Starring: Santos Ortega as Bulldog Drummond, Luis Van Rooten as Denny
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Bulldog Drummond: Blind Man's Bluff
Today's Mystery:Bulldog Drummond investigates a series of murders of blind men situated outside government buildings.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 14, 1942
Originating in New York
Starring: Santos Ortega as Bulldog Drummond; Luis van Rooten as Denny
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Bulldog Drummond: Hijackers
Today's Mystery: Bulldog Drummond takes on a gang of hijackers who are robbing trucks.
Audition Date: September 28, 1941
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Originating in New York
Starring: George Colouris as Bulldog Drummond, Everett Sloan as Denny
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