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Mr. and Mrs. North

68 episodes · 1943–1955 · Armed Forces Radio Service, CBS, NBC · Detective

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Jerry North, a book publisher, and his wife Pam, who has a talent for finding bodies, were created by Frances and Richard Lockridge. On radio Joseph Curtin and Alice Frost played the Norths from December 1942, on NBC and then CBS; Richard Denning and Barbara Britton took over in June 1953. Many surviving copies are Armed Forces rebroadcasts.

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19435 episodes
  • February 3, 1943 · NBC · 29 min
    The hat-check girl at a Russian restaurant is found with a stiletto in her back.
  • Murder by the Book epaka-Gordon Gilroy March 3, 1943 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this date as “A Manuscript, a Blackmailer and Two Murders.”
  • Missing Sparkler (Frontline Theater) August 25, 1943 · 30 min
    The Archive copy has no date; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this title on August 25, 1943, the date used here.
  • The Contagious Confession September 22, 1943 · NBC · 29 min
    Two people confess to the murder of Walter Middleton.
  • The Norths Buy a Letter (aka-The Letter) October 6, 1943 · 30 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
19447 episodes
  • Literary Murder January 26, 1944 · NBC · 30 min
    Pam takes a message.
  • The Norths Go the Dogs February 2, 1944 · NBC · 29 min
    At a dog show, Pam and Jerry are mistaken for European royalty and kidnapped at gunpoint.
  • The Little Man Who Wasn't There April 12, 1944 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 30 min
    A little man dies on the Norths' doorstep warning of a plot against Pam, and the trail leads to a body in Long Island Sound.
  • The North's Get Wired for Sound July 19, 1944 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 24 min
    Pam and Jerry record a love scene, leave the studio with the wrong record, and are shot at from a following car.
  • Pamela Goes It Alone August 2, 1944 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 30 min
    With Jerry out of town, a woman faints at Pam's door after telling her that her fiancé is about to be executed for murder.
  • Pam Keeps Out of Trouble August 9, 1944 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 30 min
    With Jerry out of town, a gambler vanishes from a hat-check room and the club manager is found dead.
  • The Norths Discover Christopher Columbus October 11, 1944 · NBC · 28 min
    Christopher Columbus has been murdered, and it leads the Norths to a jewel robbery.
19451 episode
  • Frizby Klizby January 17, 1945 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 31 min
    Frizby sets out to prove a man can commit murder on a crowded street, and the confessions pile up.
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  • The Filed Skate January 3, 1950 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 24 min
    Pam and Jerry investigate a murder at a skating rink.
  • The North's Probe a Dime-A-Dance March 7, 1950 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 25 min
    A taxi dancer's jealous husband punches Jerry, the dancer pulls a gun on Pam, and then she's found shot dead.
  • Million Dollar Murder epaka-Woman in a Red Dress AFRS September 5, 1950 · 27 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Who Killed Mr. Stefano? December 5, 1950 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 25 min
    A pop singer asks the Norths to solve his murder, though he's very much alive.
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19529 episodes
  • The Premature Corpse February 12, 1952 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 26 min
    Who inherits the Hathaway money? There's no love lost in this family.
  • Dead Givaway February 19, 1952 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 25 min
  • The Death Trap February 26, 1952 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 25 min
  • The Heavenly Body March 4, 1952 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 26 min
    A columnist who knows who killed a man two years ago is blackmailing a woman who loves the bartender.
  • Don't Cry Wolf March 11, 1952 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 26 min
    Harold Vance accuses his war buddy, his stockbroker and even Jerry, and there's the matter of a missing mink.
  • Murder Mismanaged March 18, 1952 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 25 min
    Arnold wakes up with a hangover and the news that he's been fired from his father-in-law's jewelry store.
  • Death in the Dark March 25, 1952 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 25 min
  • The Last Escape April 1, 1952 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 25 min
  • Fool's Gold October 14, 1952 · CBS · 30 min
    A gambler is acquitted of taking a bribe, and a juror's wife is murdered on her way to tell the Norths the truth.
195323 episodes
  • Wheel of Chance June 9, 1953 · CBS · 29 min
    Home from Mexico, Pam and Jerry have unknowingly brought back microfilm hidden in a hubcap.
  • Coat of Arms June 30, 1953 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 25 min
    The first show with Barbara Britton and Richard Denning as the Norths.
  • The Comic July 7, 1953 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 25 min
  • Bet on Murder July 14, 1953 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 24 min
    A man who owes a gambler $5,000 is found dead, and the bookie insists he didn't kill him.
  • The Saint of George Street July 21, 1953 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 24 min
  • Family Affair July 28, 1953 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 25 min
    A wealthy widower of sixty-two plans to marry a woman of twenty-seven, his daughter objects, and then he's murdered.
  • The Diamond Noose August 4, 1953 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 26 min
    Pam's diamond necklace from Aunt Harriet is missing, and the janitor is the prime suspect.
  • The Crooked Ring AFRS August 25, 1953 · 26 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • No Vacation from Murder September 1, 1953 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 26 min
    On vacation at a remote lake, the Norths look into the murder of a rich young bachelor.
  • Die Hard AFRS September 8, 1953 · 25 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this date as “Murder in a College Town.”
  • House of Hate September 29, 1953 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 25 min
    Old Mrs. Lansing dies in a fall, her son keeps his wife a prisoner, and then the son is found dead.
  • Brother Danny October 6, 1953 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 26 min
    A detective is killed trying to stop a garage robbery.
  • Masquerade October 20, 1953 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 25 min
    Pam is sure a man in a restaurant is an old college friend who died four years ago, and then he's thrown from a tenth-floor window.
  • Runaway from Murder October 27, 1953 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 25 min
    A man in a financial bind, tired of his grasping relatives, considers suicide.
  • Hostage November 3, 1953 · CBS · 25 min
  • Death Comes in Cans November 10, 1953 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 25 min
  • Dance of Death November 17, 1953 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 25 min
  • Shoot to Kill November 24, 1953 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 25 min
    A family man falls in with his old crooked pals and is there when an antiques dealer is robbed and killed.
  • Death Is Forever December 1, 1953 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 26 min
    A doctor's wife asks him to make a fatal mistake while operating on her lover.
  • The Man with the Rifle December 8, 1953 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 25 min
  • Too Late to Die December 15, 1953 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 26 min
    A radio commentator urges a man to give himself up while a hired killer arrives from Chicago.
  • Background for Murder December 22, 1953 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 26 min
    A missing author expects Jerry to publish her book, but he has no idea who she is.
  • The Witness December 29, 1953 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 25 min
    The eleventh-anniversary show: mayhem in a grocery store gets the Norths out into a cold night.
195414 episodes
  • Snowbound January 26, 1954 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 25 min
    Snowbound at an isolated hotel after a $25,000 robbery in Syracuse, the Norths find a pool of blood in an abandoned car.
  • Cry Foul February 2, 1954 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 24 min
    A former boxing champion selling flowers in a Greenwich Village café swears to get even with a fight promoter.
  • Collector's Item February 9, 1954 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 25 min
    A famous writer has paid her art dealer $40,000 for a painting that turns out to be a fake.
  • Winter Honeymoon February 23, 1954 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 26 min
    A vacation cruise, and the murder of a lawyer's wife.
  • Cross My Heart March 2, 1954 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 26 min
    The Norths' housekeeper inherits $50,000, quits, and goes to a matrimonial agency run by a con man.
  • The Fallen Star AFRS March 16, 1954 · 26 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.
  • Denning & Britton) - Touch of Death March 30, 1954 · 26 min
    The Archive copy has no date; Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists this title on March 30, 1954, the date used here.
  • Two Deaths for a Hero May 25, 1954 · Armed Forces Radio Service · 23 min
    An author sets out to learn the secret of a well-known doctor who has just died.
  • Operation Murder September 19, 1954 · CBS · 30 min
    A doctor is bribed to let a patient die on the operating table.
  • Nightwalk, Part 1 October 4, 1954 · CBS · 14 min
    Part 1 of a serial: Pam and Jerry find a half-dressed woman walking in the rain, and a dropped postcard leads them to a body.
  • Nightwalk, Part 2 October 5, 1954 · CBS · 15 min
    Part 2: it looks as if Laura, the sleepwalker, killed Evelyn, and as if her husband tried to kill her.
  • Nightwalk, Part 3 October 6, 1954 · CBS · 16 min
    Part 3: Wade plans to blackmail Frank for $25,000 and leave town with Laura.
  • Nightwalk, Part 4 October 7, 1954 · CBS · 15 min
    Part 4: Wade is caught lying about when he arrived, and Pam finds a clue in a coffee cup.
  • Nightwalk, Part 5 October 8, 1954 · CBS · 15 min
    Part 5: Laura tries to kill herself, and Wade admits he drove his car that night. Part 6 is not on the Archive.
19551 episode
  • Deadly Doll AFRS March 21, 1955 · 22 min
    Jerry Haendiges' Vintage Radio Logs lists the same title on this date.