The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
Summary: Are you ready for a mystery? Get ready to unleash your inner sleuth. Every day Monday-Saturday, we feature a different detective audio drama from the Golden Age of Radio. Our current mystery-solving line-up of radio detectives includes The Adventures of the Falcon, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, Dangerous Assignment, Mr. Chameleon, and Dragnet.Whether you want to listen to a mystery before going to sleep or enjoy some drama while driving, or just feel nostalgia for old-school radio fiction, we have you covered with six audio dramas every week.Podcast Award finalist Host Adam Graham has been your guide through dozens of old-time radio detective series since 2009. He provides insightful commentary and humor after each episode and responds to listener questions and feedback. You can subscribe to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from your favorite podcast app or by visiting our website at http://www.greatdetectives.net.We are currently in our fifteenth season of provided suspenseful mystery dramas. Our podcast feed captures the last 1,000 episodes we've released including all of seasons thirteen and fourteen, and part of season twelve. We have created two archive feeds: Volume 1, which features our first three seasons and Volume 2, which will feature seasons four through six.Our feed includes old time radio recorded in Los Angeles, New York, and also Australia. The current actors featured in the our old time radio detective podcast include Stephen Dunne, Bob Bailey, Brian Donlevy, Karl Swenson, and Jack Web. Other actors featured within the past 1,000 include Howard Duff, Glenn Langan, Herbert Marshall, Santos Ortega, Gerald Mohr, Joel McCrea, Jackson Beck, and more.
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Today's Mystery:Sam is hired to look into the disappearance and likely death of a crab fisherman.Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 2, 1951Originated from HollywoodStarred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as EffieSupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectivesJoin us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.
Today's First Episode:Ken travels to Italy to follow a composer, to find why that composer's friend was murdered in New York City.Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 10, 1944Today's Second Episode:Christopher London travels to Monaco, to find out why a composer's friend was murdered in New York City.Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 29, 1950Both Originated from Hollywood.The Man Called X starred Herbert Marshall as Ken Thurston and Hans Conreid as Egon ZellschmidtChristopher London starred Glenn Ford as Christopher London, Ben Wright, Eleanor Audley, Ramsey Hill, Jeanette Nolan, Ted de Corsia, Georgia Ellis, Rick VallinSupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectivesJoin us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.
Todays Mystery:A police officer is shot and killed in a bar robbery gone wrong.Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 24, 1949Originated from HollywoodStarred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben RomeroSupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783ollow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectivesJoin us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.
Today's Mystery:The autopsy indicates a deceased insured man was murdered and the evidence points to his widow.Original Radio Broadcast Dates: April 25 and 27, 1956Originated from HollywoodStars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Lucille Meredith, Mary Jane Croft, Virginia Gregg, Herb Ellis, Howard McNear, Stacy HarrisWhen making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.comTake the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectivesJoin us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.
Today's Mystery:A woman's sister is murdered after she hears the voice of her dead seven-year-old son.Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 20, 1948Originated in: New York CityStarred: Karl Swenson as Mister ChameleonSupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectivesJoin us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.
Today's Mystery:Steve goes to a South American country where an American is wanted for killing the leader of the Fascist Party in order to prevent the election of an anti-US Government.Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 3, 1951Originated in HollywoodStars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, William Conrad, Betty Lou Gerson, Tony Barrett, Paul Frees, William Johnstone.Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715ake the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectivesJoin us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.
Today's Mystery: A young woman claims her insured father was murdered by a woman he met and married through a lonely hearts club.Original Radio Broadcast Dates: April 23 and 24, 1956Originated from HollywoodStars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar. Lucille Meredith, Mary Jane Croft, Virginia Gregg, Herb Ellis, Howard McNear, Stacy HarrisWhen making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.comTake the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Become one of our friends on Facebook.Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectives
Today's Mystery:A newspaper editor hires Spade to go undercover as a tenant at an apartment building where someone appears to have captured a shooting on their camera.Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 23, 1951Originated from HollywoodStarred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as Effie, Wally MaherSupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectivesJoin us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.
Today's Mystery:A man wakes up in an insane asylum with no idea how he got there.Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 6, 1946Originated from HollywoodStarred: Robbert Young, George Zucco, Cathy Lewis, Wally MaherSupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectivesJoin us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.
Todays Mystery:A man described as having a face like a werewolf is robbing and mutilating women in the wee hours on the streets of Los Angeles.Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 17, 1949Originated from HollywoodStarred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, Charlie McGraw as Captain Ed BackstrandSupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectivesJoin us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.
Today's Mystery:Johnny is still doubting a doctor's story even after being pistol-whipped by the man the doctor alleged threatened to kill him.Original Radio Broadcast Dates: April 18, 19, and 20, 1956Originated from HollywoodStars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Jeanne Bates, Virginia Gregg, Russell Thorson, Parley Baer, Herb Ellis, Barney Phillips, Lawrence DobkinWhen making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.comTake the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectivesJoin us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.
Today's Mystery:A blind derelict is found murdered near a strange house that feeds the homeless. Mr. Chameleon finds that he was neither blind nor a derelict, and that's just the start of the mystery.Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 13, 1948Originated in: New York CityStarred: Karl Swenson as Mister ChameleonSupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectivesJoin us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.
Today's Mystery:Steve goes to Rome to find out why someone tried to bribe a student into smuggling a recording cylinder to Europe that contained a routine report on the prevalence of the common cold.Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 26, 1951Originated in HollywoodStars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, Raymond Burr, Tony Barrett, Lou Krugman, Betty Lou Gerson, Don Diamond, Stacy KeachSupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectives
Today's Mystery: Johnny's called to Providence to investigate when a local insurance agent reports a suspicious application. A doctor with few responsibilities has applied for $80,000 in additional life insurance, and if he's telling the truth, he has a good reason.Original Radio Broadcast Dates: April 16 and 17, 1956Originated from Hollywood stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar. Jeanne Bates, Virginia Gregg, Russell Thorson, Parley Baer, Herb Ellis, Barney Phillips, Lawrence Dobkin When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.comTake the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Become one of our friends on Facebook.Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectivesJoin us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.
Today's Mystery:Sam is hired by a soap opera queen to find her husband, and discover why he's so distraught over a telegram from Mexico City.Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 16, 1951Originated from HollywoodStarred Steven Dunne as Sam Spade, Lurene Tuttle as EffieSupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectivesJoin us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.
