Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Adam Graham continues his journey through Old Time Radio Detective programs from their first available adventure to their final bow in Seasons 4-6 which were released between 2012 and 2015, featuring nearly 1,000 Old Time Radio episodes. You can listen to the current podcast feed of The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio here.
Picking up where we left off at the end of Volume 1, Volume 2 begins by continuing the Adventures of Frank Race, The Fat Man, Let George Do It, Sherlock Holmes (with John Stanley and later John Gielgud) and Yours Truly Johnny Dollar with John Lund.
In this volume, we'll hear these Golden Age Radio Classics:
Also listen for specials starring Orson Welles, Adolph Menjous, Gregory Peck, Dick Powell, Robert Montgomery, and William Bendix as we feature adaptations of Philip Marlowe Movies, Raymond Chandler short stories, and Edgar Allen Poe's Detective Auguste Dupin.
Picking up where we left off at the end of Volume 1, Volume 2 begins by continuing the Adventures of Frank Race, The Fat Man, Let George Do It, Sherlock Holmes (with John Stanley and later John Gielgud) and Yours Truly Johnny Dollar with John Lund.
In this volume, we'll hear these Golden Age Radio Classics:
- Bob Bailey taking over as Yours Truly Johnny Dollar in exciting serials and then in thrilling half hour episodes.
- The legal mystery series from the mind of Erle Stanley Gardener A Life in Your Hands
- Cases of Mr. Ace Starring George Raft
- The International Mystery series Mr. I.A. Moto
- The adventures of crime-solving lawyer John J. Malone in The Amazing Mr. Malone and Murder and Mr. Malone
- The greatest of all manhunters Nick Carter, Master Detective
- The police procedural classic The Line-Up
- An antiques dealer and amateur detectives opens The Casebook of Gregory Hood
- 1930s Crimefightint Action with Police Headquarters
- The Adventures of Philip Marlowe starring both Van Heflin and Gerald Mohr
- 1930s Crime-solving Action with Police Headquarters
- Manhunt featuring a police criminologist who is smarter than the detectives and doesn't mind showing it every chance he gets!
- Half-doctor, Half Detective, all lovable responsible adult. Dr, Tim, Detective is assisted in solving crimes by a couple of kids who he instructs in important lessons in science and medicine.
- Tales of Scotland Yard Inspector Peter Black and his Pursuit of Justice
- Pat Novak for Hire is back for a second run through his hard-boiled adventures to contrast with the other Jack Webb show that ran concurrently for a weeks.
- We begin our journey through the landmark radio program Dragnet starring Webb as the rules for police dramas are rewritten.
- Vincent Price stars as the Saint, the modern Robin Hood of Crime
- Easy Money tells of a magician-turned-detective who exposes con games.
- Dane Clark stars as a New York Private Eye in Crime and Peter Chambers
- Ellery Queen challenges you to match wits with him in amazing puzzle mysteries.
- The first radio incarnation of Michael Shayne starring Wally Maher as a Bay Area Private Detective
- A Chicago-based Criminologist uses psychology to solve crimes in The Crime Files of Flammond
Also listen for specials starring Orson Welles, Adolph Menjous, Gregory Peck, Dick Powell, Robert Montgomery, and William Bendix as we feature adaptations of Philip Marlowe Movies, Raymond Chandler short stories, and Edgar Allen Poe's Detective Auguste Dupin.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 33 minutes
- Episodes
- 968
- Years Active
- 2023 - 2025
Frank Race: The Adventure of the Six Week Cure (EP0855)
Release Date: January 28, 2013
Frank Race is in Nevada where divorcees are waiting for their divorces to come through including an old friend. When one is murdered, Race investigates.
Original Air Date…
Frank Race is in Nevada where divorcees are waiting for their divorces to come through including an old friend. When one is murdered, Race investigates.
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00:31:49 |
Mon 17 Feb 2025
Murder Clinic: The Holloway Flat Tragedy (EP0854s)
Release Date: January 27, 2013
Max Carrados doesn’t buy an obvious explanation that a man was murdered by the boyfriend of his lover.
Original Air Date: August 18, 1942
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Max Carrados doesn’t buy an obvious explanation that a man was murdered by the boyfriend of his lover.
Original Air Date: August 18, 1942
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00:35:18 |
Sun 16 Feb 2025
The Line Up: The Supermarket Murders (EP0854)
Release Date: January 26, 2013
Guthrie and Groebs try to catch a gang that’s been holding up local all-night stores and gas stations. The chase intensifies when they commit a murder.
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Guthrie and Groebs try to catch a gang that’s been holding up local all-night stores and gas stations. The chase intensifies when they commit a murder.
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00:32:16 |
Sat 15 Feb 2025
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Punctilious Firebug Matter (EP0853)
Release Date: January 25, 2013
Johnny is dispatched to look into a series of arsons and suspicion begins to fall on head of the local insurance company office.
Original Air Date: May 25, 1954
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Johnny is dispatched to look into a series of arsons and suspicion begins to fall on head of the local insurance company office.
Original Air Date: May 25, 1954
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00:37:07 |
Fri 14 Feb 2025
Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Blood-Soaked Wagon (EP0852)
Release Date: January 24, 2013
Holmes and Watson pursue a murderer who has made off with a fortune in invalid currency.
Original Air Date: May 2, 1949
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Holmes and Watson pursue a murderer who has made off with a fortune in invalid currency.
Original Air Date: May 2, 1949
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00:26:27 |
Thu 13 Feb 2025
Let George Do It: The Mystic (EP0851)
Release Date: January 21, 2013
George is hired to expose a mystic “advising an elderly woman” as a fraud, but this isn’t any ordinary phony.
Original Air Date: June 16, 1952
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George is hired to expose a mystic “advising an elderly woman” as a fraud, but this isn’t any ordinary phony.
Original Air Date: June 16, 1952
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00:34:00 |
Wed 12 Feb 2025
A Life in Your Hands: Judge Cook Murdered (EP0850)
Release Date: January 22, 2013
Jonathan Kegg acts as amicus curiae to solve the murder of an old friend
Original Air Date: August 29, 1950
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Jonathan Kegg acts as amicus curiae to solve the murder of an old friend
Original Air Date: August 29, 1950
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00:32:28 |
Tue 11 Feb 2025
Frank Race: The Adventure of the Brooklyn Accent (EP0849)
Release Date: January 21, 2013
Frank Race tries to deliver an insurance payment to a man in Georgia but finds himself the target of a lynch mob.
Original Air Date: September 3, 1949
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Frank Race tries to deliver an insurance payment to a man in Georgia but finds himself the target of a lynch mob.
Original Air Date: September 3, 1949
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00:30:26 |
Mon 10 Feb 2025
Line Up: Gas Station of Robbery and Murder (EP0848)
Release Date: January 19, 2013
Guthrie searches for a man who committed a murderer while robbing a gas station.
Original Air Date: September 16, 1950
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Guthrie searches for a man who committed a murderer while robbing a gas station.
Original Air Date: September 16, 1950
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00:28:45 |
Sat 08 Feb 2025
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Bilked Baroness Matter (EP0847)
Release Date: January 18, 2013
Johnny looks for jewels stolen from a wealthy woman.
Original Air Date: May 18, 1954
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Johnny looks for jewels stolen from a wealthy woman.
Original Air Date: May 18, 1954
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00:27:23 |
Fri 07 Feb 2025
Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez (EP0846)
Release Date: January 17, 2013
Sherlock Holmes’ investigates the mysterious death of a scholar’s assistant.
Original Air Date: April 25, 1949
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Sherlock Holmes’ investigates the mysterious death of a scholar’s assistant.
Original Air Date: April 25, 1949
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00:29:08 |
Thu 06 Feb 2025
Let George Do It: The Violent Van Pattons (EP0845)
Release Date: January 16, 2013
A young woman fearing a violent reaction from her controlling uncle hires George to break the news of her marriage. George finds himself investigating a murder instead.
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A young woman fearing a violent reaction from her controlling uncle hires George to break the news of her marriage. George finds himself investigating a murder instead.
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00:33:03 |
Wed 05 Feb 2025
A Life in Your Hands: Carl Fortune (EP0844)
Release Date: January 15, 2013
Carl Fortune was found dead in his car from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, indicating suicide. But was it really suicide?
Original: July 25, 1950
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Carl Fortune was found dead in his car from Carbon Monoxide Poisoning, indicating suicide. But was it really suicide?
Original: July 25, 1950
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00:33:18 |
Tue 04 Feb 2025
Frank Race: The Adventure of the Mormon Country (EP0843)
Release Date: January 14, 2013
Race tracks a gang of kidnappers to Utah.
Original Air Date: August 27, 1949
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Race tracks a gang of kidnappers to Utah.
Original Air Date: August 27, 1949
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00:29:46 |
Mon 03 Feb 2025
The Line Up: Hit and Run Murder (EP0842)
Release Date: January 12, 2013
On the surface, the death of two young women appear to be hit and runs, but Guthrie suspects murder.
Original Air Date: August 3, 1950
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On the surface, the death of two young women appear to be hit and runs, but Guthrie suspects murder.
Original Air Date: August 3, 1950
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00:31:16 |
Sat 01 Feb 2025
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Dan Frank Matter (EP0841)
Release Date: January 11, 2013
Johnny investigates the murder of a police chief and finds his ice cold Widow and an open town full of corruption.
Original Air Date: May 4, 1954
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Johnny investigates the murder of a police chief and finds his ice cold Widow and an open town full of corruption.
Original Air Date: May 4, 1954
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00:31:46 |
Fri 31 Jan 2025
Sherlock Holmes: The Elusive Agent, Part Three (EP0840)
Release Date: January 10, 2013
The German Agents have captured Holmes and Watson to get information on the secret plans. Will Holmes and Watson survive and will they keep the plans out of the hands of…
The German Agents have captured Holmes and Watson to get information on the secret plans. Will Holmes and Watson survive and will they keep the plans out of the hands of…
00:28:15 |
Thu 30 Jan 2025
Let George Do It: It Happened on Friday (EP0839)
Release Date: January 09, 2013
George heads to the Friday Islands to help a wife concerned about her husband who has joined a Communist group there.
Original Air Date: May 19, 1952
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George heads to the Friday Islands to help a wife concerned about her husband who has joined a Communist group there.
Original Air Date: May 19, 1952
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00:33:22 |
Wed 29 Jan 2025
A Life In Your Hands: The Arson Case (EP0838)
Release Date: January 08, 2013
Jonathan Kegg tries to get to the bottom of the arson of a candy store in which a teenage boy is accused.
Original Air Date: July 18, 1950
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Jonathan Kegg tries to get to the bottom of the arson of a candy store in which a teenage boy is accused.
Original Air Date: July 18, 1950
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00:34:03 |
Tue 28 Jan 2025
Frank Race: The Adventure of the Diver’s Treasure (EP0837)
Release Date: January 07, 2013
Frank Race investigates the death of a boy aboard a ship.
Original Air Date: August 20, 1949
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Frank Race investigates the death of a boy aboard a ship.
Original Air Date: August 20, 1949
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00:33:22 |
Mon 27 Jan 2025
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