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101 episodes
Language
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Adam Graham Radio Detective PodcastsExplicit
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Date created
2022/06/15
Latest episode
2026/10/21
Average duration
41 min.
Release period
7 days
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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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Dangerous Assignment: Solve Kent Jackson's Murder
2026/10/21
Original Release Date: November 2, 2022
Today's Mystery: Steve goes to Rangoon to investigate the murder of an American correspondent who was reporting on a racket involving political refugees.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 24, 1950
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Dangerous Assignment: Find 100,000 Barrels of Missing Oil
2026/10/14
Original Rlease Date: October 26, 2022
Today'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.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 17, 1950
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Join us back here tomorrow for another old time radio detective audio drama.
Dangerous Assignment: Smash Lecture Circuit Spy Ring
2026/10/07
Original Release Date: October 21 2022
Today'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 Radio Broadcast Date: May 10, 1950
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Dangerous Assignment: Find Szabo and the Briefcase
2026/09/30
Original Release Date: October 12, 2022
Today's Mystery: Steve travels to Paris to save International talks from breaking down by finding a missing delegate representing countries in the Baltic as well as briefcase full of military secrets he's carrying.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 3, 1950
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Dangerous Assignment: The Nazi and the Physicist
2026/09/23
Original Release Date
Today's Mystery: October 5, 2022
Steve goes to Alaska to find two missing scientists, one of whom is an ex-Nazi.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 24, 1950
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Dangerous Assignment: Investigate Flying Saucers
2026/09/16
Original Release Date: September 28, 2022
Today's Mystery: Steve goes to Ecuador to look into crashes by a small cargo airline that are apparently caused by UFOs.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 17, 1950
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Dangerous Assignment: Recover Underwater Demolition Secrets
2026/09/09
Original Release Date: September 21, 2022
Today's Mystery:
Steve goes to Trinidad to help another agent recover some sunken military secrets.
Original Air Date: April 10, 1950
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Dangerous Assignment: Renew Sheik Haroun's Uranium Deal
2026/09/02
Original Release Date: September 14, 2022
Steve 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 U.S. and its allies.
Original Air Date: March 27, 1950
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Dangerous Assignment: International Blackmail
2026/08/26
Original Release Date: September 7, 2022
Steve goes to Switzerland to reclaim a forced confession that could destabilize a Central European government.
Original Air Date: March 20, 1950
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Dangerous Assignment: Recover Wire Recorder Spool
2026/08/19
Original Release Date: August 31, 2022
Steve goes to San Diego to recover a stolen recorded wire of an international conference.
Original Air Date: March 6, 1950
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Dangerous Assignment: White Jade
2026/08/12
Original Release Date: August 24, 2022
Steve 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 wanted for murder.
Original Air Date: February 27, 1950
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Dangerous Assignment: Recover Stolen Radar Plans
2026/08/05
Original Release Date: August 17, 2022
Steve goes to Athens to retrieve radar plans stolen from the U.S. but finds himself dealing with multiple groups trying to profit from them.
Original Air Date: February 20, 1950
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Dangerous Assignment: Who Killed Captain Rocq?
2026/07/29
Original Release Date: August 10, 2022
Steve goes to Tangiers undercover as a soldier of fortune who bore an uncanny resemblance to Steve. Steve has to find out who killed his doppleganger without being murdered himself.
Original Air Date: February 13, 1950
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Dangerous Assignment: Find Missing Japanese Weapons
2026/07/22
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, 1950
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Dangerous Assignment: File No. 307
2026/07/15
Original Release Date: July 27, 2022
Steve goes to Zurich in search of a stolen Defense Department file.
Original Air Date: August 20, 1949
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Wayback machine
These are great. A cool look back in time with the issues of the day and old ads. Some things never change. I enjoy these adventures as cheesy as they...
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