The run
- Network
- Mutual
- Years active
- 1940–1950
- Surviving broadcasts
- 82
- Genre
- mystery
(82 Episodes) UPDATE 2011-03-14: 14 additional episodes UPDATE 2010-07-13: 19 additional episodes "Five Minute Mysteries" was broadcast on the MBS (Mutual Broadcasting System) from 1947-08-10 thru to 1950-03-27. Listening carefully to every word spoken about these terrific (but brief) mysteries was essential, as each mystery was very well written. Digitised by the Old Time Radio Researchers and streamed from the Internet Archive item “FiveMinuteMysteries”; these recordings are in the public domain.
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
0 dated broadcasts across 11 years on the air, with 11 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from NaN, in original transmission order.
- 1. 5 Min #025 Signal Block · Date unknown
- 2. 5 Min #052 Misfit Clue · Date unknown
- 3. 5 Min #017 (Update New) Blind Confession (aka #282 Prison Murder) · Date unknown
5 Min #025 Signal Block
Date unknown · 5 min
Broadcast on Mutual. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
5 Min #052 Misfit Clue
Date unknown · 5 min
Broadcast on Mutual. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
5 Min #017 (Update New) Blind Confession (aka #282 Prison Murder)
Date unknown · 4 min
Broadcast on Mutual. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
5 Min #108 Blood On My Hands
Date unknown · 4 min
Broadcast on Mutual. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
5 Min #124 Fisherman's Clue
Date unknown · 5 min
Broadcast on Mutual. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
5 Min #295 (Update) Thomas Murders Partner (aka Death on a Train)
Date unknown · 6 min
Broadcast on Mutual. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
5 Min #048 (Update) Man in Back Seat (aka Highway Death)
Date unknown · 5 min
Broadcast on Mutual. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
5 Min #016 (Update New) Home Stretch Homicide (aka Mary Murdered by Brother)
Date unknown · 4 min
Broadcast on Mutual. Transferred from the Internet Archive's Old Time Radio Researchers collection (public domain).
Also on Mutual
Mutual in 1940–1950
Other series the network carried while Five Minute Mysteries was on the air.
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mystery on the air then
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