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
Ellery Queen: One Diamond (EP1672)
Release Date: September 08, 2015
The owner of a large diamond invites Ellery to his home under false pretenses.
Original Air Date: May 6, 1948
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The owner of a large diamond invites Ellery to his home under false pretenses.
Original Air Date: May 6, 1948
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00:34:58 |
Fri 30 Aug 2024
The Saint: Death of a Cowboy (EP1671)
Release Date: September 06, 2015
The Saint is hired with steaks to guard a cattleman and then his charge is murdered.
Original Air Date: July 1, 1951
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The Saint is hired with steaks to guard a cattleman and then his charge is murdered.
Original Air Date: July 1, 1951
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00:36:53 |
Fri 30 Aug 2024
Lux Radio Theater: Captain Carey USA (EP1670s)
Release Date: September 05, 2015
A former O.S.S. officer returns to Italy to locate the person who betrayed him and his compatriots to the Nazis.
Original Air Date: February 2, 1953
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A former O.S.S. officer returns to Italy to locate the person who betrayed him and his compatriots to the Nazis.
Original Air Date: February 2, 1953
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01:06:06 |
Thu 29 Aug 2024
Dragnet: The Big Chance (EP1670)
Release Date: September 04, 2015
Friday and Romero search for a missing police officer.
Original Air Date: August 24, 1950
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Friday and Romero search for a missing police officer.
Original Air Date: August 24, 1950
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00:35:41 |
Thu 29 Aug 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Midnite Sun Matter (EP1669)
Release Date: September 04, 2015
Johnny goes to Alaska to investigate a mine endangered by a moving glacier and finds himself piloting a plane full of TNT.
Original Air Date: May 25, 1958
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Johnny goes to Alaska to investigate a mine endangered by a moving glacier and finds himself piloting a plane full of TNT.
Original Air Date: May 25, 1958
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00:35:25 |
Wed 28 Aug 2024
Nick Carter: The Case of the Unexpected Corpse (EP1668)
Release Date: September 03, 2015
Nick Carter stops over in a Texas town where he’s drawn into an investigation of the death of a wealthy man with a transient as the prime suspect.
Original Air Date: J…
Nick Carter stops over in a Texas town where he’s drawn into an investigation of the death of a wealthy man with a transient as the prime suspect.
Original Air Date: J…
00:31:04 |
Wed 28 Aug 2024
Philip Marlowe: The Angry Eagle (EP1667)
Release Date: September 02, 2015
Marlowe is called by a fight manager to keep his fighter from getting into trouble.
Original Air Date:April 18, 1950
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Marlowe is called by a fight manager to keep his fighter from getting into trouble.
Original Air Date:April 18, 1950
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00:33:25 |
Tue 27 Aug 2024
Ellery Queen: The Three Frogs (EP1666)
Release Date: September 01, 2015
Nikki hides a young gang member, trying to help him.
Original Air Date: April 29, 1948
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Nikki hides a young gang member, trying to help him.
Original Air Date: April 29, 1948
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00:36:43 |
Tue 27 Aug 2024
The Saint: Peter the Great (EP1665)
Release Date: August 31, 2015
The Saint is called in by a fifteen-year-old girl who needs his help with her father’s horse.
Original Air Date: June 24, 1951
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The Saint is called in by a fifteen-year-old girl who needs his help with her father’s horse.
Original Air Date: June 24, 1951
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00:39:14 |
Mon 26 Aug 2024
Lux Radio Theater: To the Ends of the Earth (EP1664s)
Release Date: August 30, 2015
Narcotics Commissioner Michael Barrows (Dick Powell) witnesses a Japanese sea captain throwing 100 slaves overboard to cover up a narcotics ring. Barrows is determined t…
Narcotics Commissioner Michael Barrows (Dick Powell) witnesses a Japanese sea captain throwing 100 slaves overboard to cover up a narcotics ring. Barrows is determined t…
01:04:31 |
Mon 26 Aug 2024
Dragnet: The Big Youngster (EP1664)
Release Date: August 29, 2015
Friday and Smith investigate a case of vandalism against a young lawyer.
Original Air Date: August 17, 1950
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Friday and Smith investigate a case of vandalism against a young lawyer.
Original Air Date: August 17, 1950
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00:31:58 |
Sun 25 Aug 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Ghost to Ghost Matter (EP1663)
Release Date: August 28, 2015
Johnny investigates a case of the ghost of a dead insured.
Original Air Date: May 18, 1958
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Johnny investigates a case of the ghost of a dead insured.
Original Air Date: May 18, 1958
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00:29:35 |
Sun 25 Aug 2024
Nick Carter: The Case of the Littlest Gangster (EP1662)
Release Date: August 27, 2015
Nick tries to keep a twelve-year-old boy in a gang out of trouble but the boy becomes involved the murder of a retired police officer.
Original Air Date: May 30, 1948
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Nick tries to keep a twelve-year-old boy in a gang out of trouble but the boy becomes involved the murder of a retired police officer.
Original Air Date: May 30, 1948
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00:32:54 |
Sat 24 Aug 2024
Philip Marlowe: The Anniversary Gift (EP1661)
Release Date: August 26, 2015
Marlowe is sent by widower in search of his late wife’s watch and finds it’s tied up in a murder case and his client may be as well.
Original Air Date: April 11, 1950
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Marlowe is sent by widower in search of his late wife’s watch and finds it’s tied up in a murder case and his client may be as well.
Original Air Date: April 11, 1950
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00:35:58 |
Sat 24 Aug 2024
Ellery Queen: The Armchair Detective (EP1660)
Release Date: August 25, 2015
When an armchair detective is murdered on Ellery’s radio show, he has to find out who did it.
Original Air Date: March 18, 1948
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When an armchair detective is murdered on Ellery’s radio show, he has to find out who did it.
Original Air Date: March 18, 1948
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00:39:22 |
Fri 23 Aug 2024
The Saint: The Girl in the Lower Berth (EP1659)
Release Date: August 24, 2015
The Saint agrees to meet a woman’s husband on the train and ends up investigating the husband’s murder.
Original Air Date: June 3, 1951
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The Saint agrees to meet a woman’s husband on the train and ends up investigating the husband’s murder.
Original Air Date: June 3, 1951
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00:40:10 |
Fri 23 Aug 2024
The Mercury Theatre: The Immortal Sherlock Holmes (EP1658s)
Release Date: August 23, 2015
Sherlock Holmes seeks to reclaim letters being used as blackmail and foil the plans of Professor Moriarty.
Original Air Date: September 25, 1938
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Sherlock Holmes seeks to reclaim letters being used as blackmail and foil the plans of Professor Moriarty.
Original Air Date: September 25, 1938
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01:02:33 |
Thu 22 Aug 2024
Dragnet: The Big Actor (EP1658)
Release Date: August 22, 2015
Friday and Romero investigate the theft of Narcotics from a Catholic hospital.
Original Air Date: August 10, 1950
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Friday and Romero investigate the theft of Narcotics from a Catholic hospital.
Original Air Date: August 10, 1950
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00:36:25 |
Thu 22 Aug 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Rolling Stone Matter (EP1657)
Release Date: August 21, 2015
Johnny investigates a missing, underinsured jewel.
Original Air Date: May 11, 1958
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Johnny investigates a missing, underinsured jewel.
Original Air Date: May 11, 1958
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00:30:52 |
Wed 21 Aug 2024
Nick Carter: The Case of the Tatooed Cobra (EP1656)
Release Date: August 20, 2015
A young, wealthy heir is found murdered, but another man claiming to be the heir shows up.
Original Air Date: May 23, 1948
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A young, wealthy heir is found murdered, but another man claiming to be the heir shows up.
Original Air Date: May 23, 1948
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00:28:20 |
Wed 21 Aug 2024
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