The show first aired in 1934 for the NBC Radio New England region. Himan Brown, then still at college, arranged the radio rights for the comic strip. On February 4, 1935, it was picked up by CBS Radio, airing in 15 minute episodes four times a week. Retu
Vernon Kyle continues to terrorize the Yukon town of Pitchblende. What was the weird cry in the night? "The Purple Rider" offers to help Dick Tracy and the Mounties. As the dog teams pass through "Dead Man's Pass," Vernon Kyle causes an avalanche.
Junior has been kidnapped by "The Mogul" to force him to reveal the location of the black pearl. Help comes from a stranger all dressed in black: he's "The Unknown." After the story, there's a secret code message for members of "The Dick Tracy Secret Service Patrol." The system cue has been deleted.
The announcer mentions that the program is "electrically transcribed." It is therefore possible that even though the series was being broadcast on NBC at this time, these might be syndicated versions, as no system cues are heard. Vernon Kyle is terrorizing the citizens of the Yukon to getting their radium ore (pitchblende).
Dick Tracy tries to track down "The Unknown" and discovers a gang of art thieves and forgers. Who is Number One? A membership meeting of the "Dick Tracy Secret Service Patrol" is held. The system cue has been deleted.
An announcement is made that the program is transcribed. Junior is being held in a mountain cabin, a prisoner of Vernon Kyle. Junior threatens to jump off the roof, after using a secret code to alert Dick. A coded message is decoded after the story. The system cue has been deleted.
Dick Tracy: Premiere - Tess Disappears
"The Purple Rider" shows up and gets the drop on Tracy. Junior is kidnapped by Vernon Kyle and his gang. A meeting of "The Dick Tracy Secret Patrol" ends the program.
Junior is rescued by, "The Purple Rider." Junior gets the drop on the "Rider," then chairs a meeting of, "The Dick Tracy Secret Service Patrol." April 20 will be, "The Dick Tracy Patrol Badge Day." The system cue has been deleted.
Dic Tracy: The Purple Rider Exposed
Dick is determined to keep Vernon Kyle from controlling the world's radium supply. Junior captures "The Purple Rider" and two of Vernon Kyle's henchmen. "The Purple Rider" escapes by jumping over a chasm on horseback. Dick Tracy proves himself quite a cowboy by following right after him and lassoing him out of the saddle. A meeting of "The Dick Tracy Secret Service Patrol" is held. Tomorrow will be, "The Dick Tracy Patrol Badge Day."
The identity of "The Purple Rider" is revealed. Professor Shelby asks Tess Trueheart for help from Dick Tracy. After he'd invented something valuable, Prof. Shelby's life has been threatened by, "The Brain." Tracy shames the citizens of Pitchblende in the Yukon, to testify against Vernon Kyle. Kyle intercepts a letter from Tess to Tracy. A meeting of "The Dick Tracy Secret Service Patrol" is held. Today is "Badge Day."
Dick Tracy finds "The Black Pearl Of Osiris" inside the bullet in Tracy's leg! A Madagascan plans "The Silken Rope Of Death" for Tracy. Another meeting of the "Dick Tracy Secret Service Patrol." Tracy will have a surprise for members on Friday! The system cue has been deleted. Hummi Batique a member of the cult gave Dick Tracy in search of a black pearl belonging to the Egyptian cult of Osiris a ring containing a secret compartment. Batique whom Tracy had captured told him that if he found the Black pearl to conceal it in the ring. In the last episode Dick received a call from Cooper of the Ballistics bureau. They'd been examining a bullet, which the Doctor had taken from Tracy's leg. It seems that the bullet was peculiar in more ways than one. Will Tracy find the black pearl of Osiris and what has Cooper discovered about the bullet that makes it so interesting?
"The Mogul" gets the drop on Tracy and Pat Patton! The system cue has been deleted. Dick Tracy has been guarding a mysterious pearl, the Black Pearl of Osiris from the Mogul and his society of thieves who make their living by selling valuable works of art and other precious objects. In the last episode we heard how a board of enquiry cleared Hummi Battique an Egyptian worshipper of the Black Pearl. And condemned Dryden Small a collector of Egyptian relics and member of Moguls gang. Small is now in hospital recuperating from certain injuries. While Tracy and Junior went to tell Hummi Battique the good news, the Mogul surprised Pat in his apartment and placed him under a hypnotic spell. It was through this method the Mogul hoped to gain possession of the Black Pearl of Osiris. Will he succeed? We'll know in a moment.
Surrounded in a restaurant, Tracy foils an attempt to steal the ring, and then uses scientific detective work to get a clue: a mattress factory! A secret code message is given to members of the "Dick Tracy Secret Service Patrol." The system cue has been deleted. The Black Pearl of Osiris belong to an Egyptian society dedicated to the ancient worship of the god of Osiris is desired by a gang of thieves and murderers. Dick Tracy has concealed the pearl in the compartment of a mysterious ring given to him by Hummi Battique of the cult of we heard how Dick Pat and Junior while dining in a restaurant suddenly realized they were surrounded by henchmen of the murderous band.
"The Mogul" puts himself into a cataleptic trance and escapes from prison after he's declared dead. The Mogul hypnotizes Pat Patton to get him to help obtain "The Black Pearl Of Osiris." The system cue has been deleted. With the capture of the Mogul and head of the society of art and treasure thieves it seems that Dick Tracy had brought to a close another interesting case. The Mogul was behind bars and Tracy still had in his possession the Black Pearl of Osiris sacred gem of an Egyptian cult dedicated to the worship of Osiris. But then the Mogul died in his cell; at least an examination showed that he was dead. But while he was being taken to the office of the medical examiner a strange thing happened.
Tracy's Egyptian friend Batik leaves for his home country with "The Pearl Of Osiris." Junior has disappeared! Perhaps he was a victim of "The Mogul." Dick Tracy himself conducts the meeting of the "Dick Tracy Secret Service Patrol." The system cue has been deleted.
Tracy is shot by the evil yellow-faced Egyptian! "The Dick Tracy Secret Service Patrol" delivers a secret code message. The system cue has been deleted. Aboard the ocean liner Marvania Dick Tracy and Pat had been trying to protect the famous Egyptologist Dryden Small from an unknown enemy called the man with the yellow face. Yesterday we heard how a strange apparition had frightened one of the crew in the hold of the ship. Returning from investigating Dick overheard the man with the yellow face threatening to kill Pat who he'd left with Dryden Small. Tracy had no gun with him so he was forced to try to bluff the man with the yellow face into believing he had one.
The man with the yellow face strikes again, and Pat goes overboard! The twentieth meeting of "The Dick Tracy Secret Service Patrol." A secret code message is given. The system cue has been deleted. Dick Tracy has been trying to protect Dryden Small a well-known Egyptologist from dark forces, which seek his death. Small has received strange warnings and several times his life has bee attempted unsuccessfully due to the daring efforts of Dick Tracy. Both Dick and Pat are convinced that Small has been keeping the real reason for his attacks from them. In the last episode we heard how an invisible hand above Smalls bed had written a strange message seemingly.
Dick Tracy: The Case of the Firebug Murders
The reappearance of "The Man With The Yellow Face." A message from an invisible hand. "The Black Pearl Of Osiris" must shine again! At the nineteenth meeting of "The Dick Tracy Secret Service Patrol," a secret code message is delivered. The system cue has been deleted. When Dick Tracy closed the case involving the baron and the sub-stratosphere airplane plans he paid a visit to Scotland Yard and here the great detective found a new mystery. Dryden Small the well-known Egyptologist was returning to America with certain treasures he'd discovered in the ancient tomb of Tutanimal. Small had reason to believe that someone was trying to kill him and Tracy was asked to protect him on the voyage to America. Sitting in Smalls' cabin the first night out Dick and Pat were startled to see a strange face peering in at their window.
The plot of "The Silken Rope Of Death" fails, as does a plan to trick Dick into giving up the pearl. A meeting of the "Dick Tracy Secret Service Patrol" is held: a big surprise is coming! The system cue has been deleted. The Black Pearl of Osiris, its theft is Dick Tracy's latest case, was found concealed in a bullet which was fired in to the leg of the great detective. Tracy now carries that pearl in his secret compartment ring which was given to him by Hummi Batique a member of the Osiris cult. Yesterday Remo a member of the society trying to get the black pearl lay hidden in the back of Tracy's car while he drove to Tess Truehearts apartment. Will Remo succeed in his plan to overpower Dick Tracy? Tracy is just pulling up outside the apartment of Tess Trueheart.
What is the secret of the man with the yellow face? Tracy tries a bluff! The twenty-first meeting of the "Dick Tracy Secret Service Patrol" is held with a secret code message. The system cue has been deleted. An unknown assailant called the man with the yellow face has threatened the life of the well-known Egyptologist Dryden Small. Yesterday we heard how Dick had received a coded message from Pat who was walking on Deck A with Dryden Small. As Dick and the ships captain hurried to Deck A someone cried "man overboard" It seems Pat fighting hand to hand with the man with the yellow face had been thrown overboard. Brave and courageous detective Tracy leaped over the side after his friend. Will he save him or will he too meet death in the black waters of the ocean?
The Egyptian from the Cult of Osiris describes his "Good Luck Ring Of Osiris" with a secret compartment! Junior says he'd sure like to have one just like it! Another meeting of the "Dick Tracy Secret Service Patrol." An explanation of how to be promoted to sergeant and get a special badge (the badge is offered as a premium). The system cue has been deleted. In the last episode we heard how Hummi Batique the man with the yellow face had seriously wounded Dryden Small whom Dick Tracy had been trying to protect. Batique claimed that Small had stolen from Osiris a black pearl said to be the heart of the guard of Osiris. Tracy who'd been shot in the leg while Batique was escaping was trying to solve two problems; where is Hummi Batique and where is the black pearl of Osiris? As the story continues we find ourselves at the pier. The SS Marvania has just docked and Tracy, Pat and Junior are watching the passengers disembark trying to find Hummi Batique when suddenly….
Junior is presented with a "Dick Tracy Secret Compartment Ring." At last, the secret compartment Dick Tracy rings are being made available to members of the "Dick Tracy Secret Service Patrol." The system cue has been deleted. The Black Pearl of Osiris, which Dick Tracy wants safely returned to Egypt is concealed in the secret compartment of a special ring, given to Tracy by Hummi Battique a member of the cult. In a hand-to-hand encounter with members of a secret gang who are trying to get the pearl Dick ripped the coat from the back of one of his assailants. In the last episode Dick examined the dust taken from the coat through a vacuum cleaner thereby narrowing the search for the gangs headquarters. Pat heading the searching party telephoned and gave Dick a message in code. What was in that message?