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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:
  • 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 to even more obscure series such as Homicide O'Kane, Here Comes McBride, Miss Pinkerton Incorporated, A Johnny Fletcher Mystery, Police Blotter, Call the Police, The Big Guy, The Man from Homicide, and Hearthstone of the Death Squad.

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.

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Average duration
33 minutes
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968
Years Active
2023 - 2025
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Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the East End Strangler (EP0799)

Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the East End Strangler (EP0799)

Release Date: November 15, 2012

Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of mysterious stranglings of wealthy women.

Original Air Date: February 28, 1949

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00:26:04  |   Thu 05 Dec 2024
Let George Do It: Three Times and Out (EP0798)

Let George Do It: Three Times and Out (EP0798)

Release Date: November 14, 2012

George is hired by a wealthy man who fears being murdered.

Original Air Date: March 17, 1952

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00:32:20  |   Wed 04 Dec 2024
Call the Police: The Porter Case (EP0797)

Call the Police: The Porter Case (EP0797)

Release Date: November 13, 2012

New Police Commissioner Bill Grant investigates the murder of a blackmailer where a husband and his wife confess.

Original Air Date: June 3, 1947

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00:33:14  |   Tue 03 Dec 2024
Frank Race: The Adventure of the Fat Man’s Loot (EP0796)

Frank Race: The Adventure of the Fat Man’s Loot (EP0796)

Release Date: November 12, 2012

Frank Race searches for a Nazi collaborator who stole millions.

Original Air Date: June 25, 1949

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00:34:48  |   Mon 02 Dec 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Road Test Matter (EP0795)

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Road Test Matter (EP0795)

Release Date: November 09, 2012

Johnny investigates a series of sabotaged test on a new car design.

Original Air Date: March 2, 1954

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00:32:04  |   Fri 29 Nov 2024
Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Hangman and the Book (EP0794)

Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Hangman and the Book (EP0794)

Release Date: November 08, 2012

Sherlock Holmes investigates the death of a cheating wife.

Original Air Date: February 21, 1949

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00:28:25  |   Thu 28 Nov 2024
Let George Do It: The Darkest Shadow (EP0793)

Let George Do It: The Darkest Shadow (EP0793)

Release Date: November 07, 2012

A lawyer becomes concerned when a 20 year-old woman wants to make out a will. George finds she’s going insane and wants to find out why.

Original Air Date: March 10, 195…
00:34:21  |   Wed 27 Nov 2024
The Fat Man: Order for Murder (EP0792)

The Fat Man: Order for Murder (EP0792)

Release Date: November 06, 2012

Brad becomes concerned that a war veteran may murder a retired Major with many enemies.

Original Air Date: May 23, 1951

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00:27:59  |   Tue 26 Nov 2024
Frank Race: The Adventure of the Talking Bullet (EP0791)

Frank Race: The Adventure of the Talking Bullet (EP0791)

Release Date: November 05, 2012

A man Frank Race sent to death row is out and gunning for those who sent him up.

Original Air Date: June 18, 1949

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00:28:54  |   Mon 25 Nov 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Uncut Canary Matter (EP0790)

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Uncut Canary Matter (EP0790)

Release Date: November 02, 2012

Johnny searches for a difficult to cut diamond.

Original Air Date: February 16, 1954

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00:33:44  |   Fri 22 Nov 2024
Sherlock Holmes: The Guest in the Coffin (EP0789)

Sherlock Holmes: The Guest in the Coffin (EP0789)

Release Date: November 01, 2012

Someone has declared open war on London’s policemen and ordered a coffin for Sherlock

Holmes.Original Air Date: February 14, 1949

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00:30:24  |   Thu 21 Nov 2024
Let George Do It: The Deadly Pines (EP0788)

Let George Do It: The Deadly Pines (EP0788)

Release Date: October 31, 2012

George tries to find out who is behind a series of unexplained arsons in timber country.

Original Air Date: March 3, 1952

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00:33:11  |   Wed 20 Nov 2024
The Fat Man: The NIghtmare Murder (EP0787)

The Fat Man: The NIghtmare Murder (EP0787)

Release Date: October 30, 2012

A troubled hired hires Brad to prove he killed a young woman obsessed with death.

Original Air Date: January 17, 1951

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00:31:18  |   Tue 19 Nov 2024
Frank Race: The Adventure of the Embittered Secretary (EP0786)

Frank Race: The Adventure of the Embittered Secretary (EP0786)

Release Date: October 29, 2012

Frank Race is asked to investigating a missing item for a highly insured man but finds the guy so distasteful he begs off the case until the man’s secretary is murdered.

00:29:04  |   Mon 18 Nov 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Harpooned Angler Matter (EP0785)

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Harpooned Angler Matter (EP0785)

Release Date: October 26, 2012

Johnny investigates the death of a fisherman by harpoon.

Original Air Date: February 9, 1954

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00:35:37  |   Fri 15 Nov 2024
Sherlock Holmes: The Bloodstained Goddess (EP0784)

Sherlock Holmes: The Bloodstained Goddess (EP0784)

Release Date: October 25, 2013

Sherlock Holmes is asked to find a woman who is inciting a revolt in a Chinese province. But is she really the villain?

Original Air Date: February 7, 1949

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00:27:19  |   Thu 14 Nov 2024
Let George Do It: The Starlight Pier (EP0783)

Let George Do It: The Starlight Pier (EP0783)

Release Date: October 24, 2012

George investigates a series of suspicious accidents at an amusement park

.Original Air Date: February 25, 1952

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00:33:52  |   Wed 13 Nov 2024
The Fat Man: Murder is the Medium (EP0782)

The Fat Man: Murder is the Medium (EP0782)

Original Release Date: October 23, 2012

The Fat Man is hired a medium that appears to know too much to be an ordinary faker.

Original Air Date: July 22, 1949

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00:31:28  |   Tue 12 Nov 2024
Frank Race: The Adventure of the Vanishing Favorite (EP0781)

Frank Race: The Adventure of the Vanishing Favorite (EP0781)

Original Release Date: October 22, 2012

Frank is hired to protect a Greek horse who is a favorite in a horse race.

Original Air Date: June 4, 1949

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00:32:17  |   Mon 11 Nov 2024
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Season 4 Commentary

The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Season 4 Commentary

Adam Graham talks about the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Season 4, a pivotal season that saw the series move from five days a week to six. Graham discusses this along with talking about news se…
00:50:30  |   Sun 10 Nov 2024
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