Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

This week on "Down These Mean Streets," Bob Bailey stars as Johnny Dollar in a five-part mystery: "The Plantagenet Matter" (3/5/56 - 3/9/56). Plus, we'll hear a two-part story: "The Mason-Dixon Mismatch Matter" (6/9/57) and "The Dixon Murder Matter" (6/16/57).

This week on "Down These Mean Streets," Dana Andrews goes undercover in three radio adventures from "I Was a Communist for the FBI" - "A Riot Made to Order," "Hate Song," and "Fifteen Minutes to Murder."

This week on "Down These Mean Streets," Sgt. Joe Friday is back on the case in two police dramas from "Dragnet" - "The Big Bomb" (7/13/50) and "The Big Couple" (2/22/51).

This week on "Down These Mean Streets," Joel McCrea saddles up to solve crimes in "Tales of the Texas Rangers." We'll hear "Soft Touch (10/15/50) and "Dead Head Freight" (1/7/51).

This week on "Down These Mean Streets," Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce face Irene Adler, one of Sherlock Holmes' most celebrated foes, in "A Scandal in Bohemia" (12/10/45). Plus, a radio sequel to that classic tale - "The Second Generation" (12/17/45).

This week on "Down These Mean Streets," we're on the road for excitement and intrigue with international man of mystery Frank Race in three syndicated radio mysteries: "The Istanbul Adventure," "The Adventure of the Garrulous Bartender," and "The Adventure of the House Divided."

This week on "Down These Mean Streets," George Valentine helps us celebrate February 14th with two old time radio mysteries from "Let George Do It" - "The Seven Dead Years" (9/25/48) and "Mayhem by Experts" (1/31/49).

Today in a bonus episode of "Down These Mean Streets," we'll hear from three radio detective stars who took home Oscars: Rex Harrison as Rex Saunders in "Worth More Than Its Weight in Murder" (7/25/51); Frank Sinatra as Rocky Fortune in "The Catskills Cover-up" (2/9/54); and Edmond O'Brien as Johnny Dollar in "The Jackie Cleaver Matter" (3/31/51).

This week on "Down These Mean Streets," Frank Lovejoy stars as intrepid reporter Randy Stone in "Night Beat." We'll hear "The Night is a Weapon" (2/13/50) and "Marty" (7/3/50).

This week on "Down These Mean Streets," we'll hear three exciting police dramas from "The Line-Up" starring Bill Johnstone as Lt. Ben Guthrie: "Yudo in Ypsilanti" (1/18/51); "The Senile Slugging Case" (2/8/51); and "The Fresno Break Case" (9/17/52).

This week on "Down These Mean Streets," we're celebrating Edgar Allan Poe's birthday with old time radio adaptations of three of his mysteries: "Murders in the Rue Morgue" from "The Weird Circle;" "The Mystery of Marie Roget" from "Suspense" (12/14/53); and "The Purloined Letter" from "The NBC University Theatre" (9/17/48).

This week on "Down These Mean Streets," Vincent Price stars as the Robin Hood of modern crime - "The Saint" - in two radio mysteries: "The Frightened Author" (7/23/50) and "Simon Carries the Ivy" (4/1/51).

This week on "Down These Mean Streets," super sleuth Ellery Queen solves a sixty-minute mystery in an installment of "The Ford Theatre" (1/4/48).

This week on "Down These Mean Streets," we bid goodbye to 2019 and ring in 2020 with a pair of New Year's Eve radio mysteries. We'll hear "Casey, Crime Photographer" in "Hot New Year's Party" (1/1/48) and "The First Year" from "The Whistler" (12/31/47).

Enjoy a pair of Christmas comedies as we celebrate the holiday season! We'll hear Lucille Ball in "My Favorite Husband" (12/16/49) and Eve Arden as "Our Miss Brooks" (12/18/49).