I Love a Mystery
Adventure drama serial follows Jack Packard, Doc Long, and Reggie York through global cases and supernatural plots.
I Love a Mystery is an American radio drama series that aired 1939–44 and 1949–52, and was written and directed by Carlton E. Morse, about three friends who ran a detective agency and traveled the world in search of adventure. The adventure-mystery series stood in stark contrast to Morse's other major radio success, the drama series One Man's Family.
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Original schedule
- 19396:15 PM ETNBC West Coast Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19396:15 PM ETNBC West Coast Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19396:15 PM ETNBC West Coast Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19396:15 PM ETNBC West Coast Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19396:15 PM ETNBC West Coast Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1939–19407:15 PM ETNBC Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1939–19407:15 PM ETNBC Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1939–19407:15 PM ETNBC Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1939–19407:15 PM ETNBC Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1939–19407:15 PM ETNBC Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 19408:30 PM ETNBC Radio Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1940–19418:00 PM ETNBC Blue Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1941–19428:00 PM ETNBC Blue Network · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1943–19447:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1943–19447:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1943–19447:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1943–19447:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1943–19447:00 PM ETCBS Radio Network · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1949–19507:45 PM ETMutual Broadcasting System · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1949–19507:45 PM ETMutual Broadcasting System · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1949–19507:45 PM ETMutual Broadcasting System · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1949–19507:45 PM ETMutual Broadcasting System · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 1949–19507:45 PM ETMutual Broadcasting System · eveningSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 195010:15 PM ETMutual Broadcasting System · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 195010:15 PM ETMutual Broadcasting System · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 195010:15 PM ETMutual Broadcasting System · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 195010:15 PM ETMutual Broadcasting System · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 195010:15 PM ETMutual Broadcasting System · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 195210:15 PM ETMutual Broadcasting System · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 195210:15 PM ETMutual Broadcasting System · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 195210:15 PM ETMutual Broadcasting System · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 195210:15 PM ETMutual Broadcasting System · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 195210:15 PM ETMutual Broadcasting System · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 195210:15 PM ETMutual Broadcasting System · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 195210:15 PM ETMutual Broadcasting System · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 195210:15 PM ETMutual Broadcasting System · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 195210:15 PM ETMutual Broadcasting System · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
- 195210:15 PM ETMutual Broadcasting System · nightSuMoTuWeThFrSa
D
FDresser Dahlstead
Announcer
Frank Martin
Announcer
F
JFrank McCarthy
Announcer
Jim Bannon
Announcer
TTed Mallie
Announcer

Agnes Young
Cast

Alice Reinheart
Cast
AAnne Stone
Cast
AAthena Lord
Cast
BBarbara Jean Wong
Cast

Barton Yarborough
Cast

Ben Alexander
Cast

Ben Wright
Cast
BBob Dryden
Cast
CCarleton E. Morse
Cast

Cathy Lewis
Cast

Cliff Arquette
Cast

Don Douglas
Cast
EEarl Lee
Cast

Earle Ross
Cast
E
Edgar Norton
Cast

Forrest Lewis
Cast

Gloria Blondell
Cast
H
Harold 'Hal' Peary
Cast
J
J. Anthony Smythe
Cast

Jay Novello
Cast
JJim Boles
Cast
JJim Widner
Cast
JJohn Gibson
Cast
JJohn Lake
Cast

John McIntire
Cast
K
Kathleen Wilson
Cast
L
Lal Chand Mehra
Cast

Les Tremayne
Cast
LLouis V. Genco
Cast

Lurene Tuttle
Cast

Michael Raffetto
Cast
M
NMinetta Ellen
Cast
Naomi Stevens
Cast
P
Page Gilman
Cast

Parley Baer
Cast

Richard LeGrand
Cast
RRussell Thorson
Cast
R
Ruth Sprague
Cast

Tom Collins
Cast
TTony Randall
Cast

Wally Maher
Cast
WWalter Paterson
Cast
WWalter Patterson
Cast
M
Mel Bailey
Director
A
AAl Span
Sound Effects
Athena Lorde
Jerri Booker
BBarney Beck
Sound Effects

Barton Yarborough
Doc Long

Ben Wright
Reggie York
C
Carlton E. Morse
Creator

Elliott Lewis
Jack Packard

Forrest Lewis
Michael
GGeorge Cooney
Sound Effects

Gloria Blondell
Jerri Booker
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