Dangerously Yours OTR 1944-07-09 "The Pirate of Orleans" Old Time Radio
Dangerously Yours began its radio run in 1944. The show starred Victor Jory in the leading role. The show featured adventures about espionage, pirates, and romance. The show was sponsored by Vicks no…
Nightwatch OTR 1954-04-05 "Nude Prowler" Old Time Radio
Nightwatch took the listeners for a prowl car ride along with the Culver City, California Police Department. The show was created and hosted by Donn Reid. The host narrated while he rode along with t…
Richard Diamond, Private Detective OTR 1949-07-23 "The Martin Hyer Case" Old Time Radio
Richard Diamond, Private Detective premiered on NBC in 1949. The roll of Richard Diamond, a wise cracking private eye, was played by Dick Powell with his best girl being Helen Asher, played by Virgin…
Strange OTR 1955 "Ghost Train" Old Time Radio
Strange was a radio show that appeared in the mid 1950's. As the title suggests, the show featured stories that are strange, spooky, and paranormal. Veteran radio actor Lawson Zerbe frequently appear…
Casey, Crime Photographer OTR 1946-06-03 "The Reunion" Old Time Radio
The character, Jack Casey, AKA “Casey, Crime Photographer,” was created by George Harmon Coxe. The radio show aired from 1943 to 1955 with various incarnations on CBS. In Casey's capacity as a crime …
A Man Called X OTR 1947-10-09 "All That Glitters" Old Time Radio
A Man Called X was an espionage radio drama which aired on CBS and NBC from July 10, 1944 to May 20, 1952. Herbert Marshall had played agent Ken Thurston who was called to take on dangerous cases in …
Richard Diamond, Private Detective OTR 1949-07-16 OTR "The Man Who Hated Women" Old Time Radio
Richard Diamond, Private Detective premiered on NBC in 1949. The roll of Richard Diamond, a wise cracking private eye, was played by Dick Powell with his best girl being Helen Asher, played by Virgin…
Destination Freedom OTR 1948-07-04 "Railway to Freedom" Old Time Radio
Destination Freedom was created by journalist Richard Durham and originally aired on June 27 1948 on Chicago's WMAQ. The show was unique in that it showcased the African American experience. Durham w…
Adventure Ahead OTR 1944-08-05 "Two Years Before the Mast" Old Time Radio
Adventure Ahead was a 1944 radio show that featured, as the title suggests, adventure stories from great fiction writers. The show was intended to appeal to a juvenile audience, primarily boys. The w…
This is Your FBI OTR 1945-09-21 "Fugitive Killer" Old Time Radio
This is Your FBI aired from 1945 to 1953. The show got the endorsement of J. Edgar Hoover and many times featured crimes that were well known at the time, told from the perspective of the agent worki…
Pursuit OTR 1948-11-29 "The Hunters" Old Time Radio
Pursuit was a suspense/detective drama that ran from 1949 to 1952. The show, which ran on CBS, featured Peter Black, a detective with Scotland Yard who relentlessly pursued criminals who faded into t…
The Saint OTR 1951-07-15 "No My Darling Daughter" Old Time Radio
The Saint began on NBC Radio from 1945 and ended its run in 1950 on Mutual. Vincent Price starred as Simon Templar who righted wrongs and thwarted crime using whatever means necessary. Mr. Price was …
Crime Club OTR 1947-04-03 "The Sun is a Witnesses" Old Time Radio
The Crime Club began on Mutual Broadcasting in 1946. The show featured tales of murder and mystery. Many of the episodes were adapted from the publication, “Crime Club,” which was published by Double…
Jeff Regan, Investigator OTR 1948-07-17 "Prodigal Daughter" Old Time Radio
Jeff Regan, Investigator was a detective drama starring Jack Webb for the first 24 episodes, then Frank Graham, with Paul Dubov filling in for several episodes. The show ran on CBS from 1948 until 19…
The Falcon OTR 1951-04-22 "Missing Miss" Old Time Radio
The Falcon was a hard boiled drama that featured an American agent code named “Falcon,” though later episodes depict the Falcon as an insurance investigator. The show aired on the various networks fr…
Richard Diamond, Private Detective OTR 1949-05-22 "The Stolen Purse" Old Time Radio
Richard Diamond, Private Detective premiered on NBC in 1949. The roll of Richard Diamond, a wise cracking private eye, was played by Dick Powell with his best girl being Helen Asher, played by Virgin…
Night Editor OTR 1940's "Boomerangs Do Come Back" Old Time Radio
Night Editor premiered on station KPO on September 12, 1934 and ran until 1948 and was sponsored by Edwards Coffee. All characters in Night Editor were played by Hal Burdick. The show didn't follow a…
Philo Vance OTR 1948-11-23 "The Tree Trunk Murder Case" Old Time Radio
Philo Vance was the fictitious detective created by S. S. Van Dine, which was first published in the mid 1920s. The Radio show starred Jose Ferrer, in the 1945 run, John Emery in the 1946 run, and th…
Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons OTR 1944-01-06 "The Case of the Moonless Night" Old Time Radio
Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons was a show about a private detective, Mr. Keen, who, along with his sidekick, Mike Clancy, tracked down people who had disappeared. It began on the Blue Network in 19…
Richard Diamond, Private Detective OTR 1949-05-15 "Ralph Chase Case" Old Time Radio
Richard Diamond, Private Detective premiered on NBC in 1949. The roll of Richard Diamond, a wise cracking private eye, was played by Dick Powell with his best girl being Helen Asher, played by Virgin…