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
Philip Marlowe: The Man on the Roof (EP1655)
Release Date: August 19, 2015
Marlowe is hired by a woman to save her son from a dangerous set-up.
Original Air Date: April 4, 1950
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Marlowe is hired by a woman to save her son from a dangerous set-up.
Original Air Date: April 4, 1950
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00:33:18 |
Tue 20 Aug 2024
Ellery Queen: The Man in the Street (EP1654)
Release Date: August 18, 2015
Ellery sets out to capture two conmen who have swindled 10,000 people and ensure they’re captured before they’re murdered.
Original Air Date: December 11, 1947
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Ellery sets out to capture two conmen who have swindled 10,000 people and ensure they’re captured before they’re murdered.
Original Air Date: December 11, 1947
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00:34:11 |
Tue 20 Aug 2024
The Saint: The Children’s Crusade (EP1653)
Release Date: August 17, 2015
The Saint investigates a threatening note sent to a teach at a military academy.
Original Air Date: May 27, 1951
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The Saint investigates a threatening note sent to a teach at a military academy.
Original Air Date: May 27, 1951
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00:35:26 |
Mon 19 Aug 2024
Theater 5: The Button Stealers (EP1652s)
Release Date: August 16, 2015
A former spy is drawn into a web of an intrigue when a colleague turns to him for help in preventing American intelligence from falling into the wrong hands.
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A former spy is drawn into a web of an intrigue when a colleague turns to him for help in preventing American intelligence from falling into the wrong hands.
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00:26:49 |
Sun 18 Aug 2024
Dragnet: The Big Dare (EP1652)
Release Date: August 15, 2015
Friday and Romero investigate the death of a single mother.
Original Air Date: August 3, 1950
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Friday and Romero investigate the death of a single mother.
Original Air Date: August 3, 1950
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00:30:46 |
Sun 18 Aug 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Carson Arson Matter (EP1651)
Release Date: August 14, 2015
Johnny investigates a series of market arsons.
Original Air Date: May 4, 1958
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Johnny investigates a series of market arsons.
Original Air Date: May 4, 1958
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00:33:14 |
Sat 17 Aug 2024
Nick Carter: The Accidental Bullet, Parts Three and Six (EP1650)
Release Date: August 13, 2015
Nick and Scubby are trapped by the killers as they try to close in on the killers.
Original Air Dates: June 14 and June 19, 1944
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Nick and Scubby are trapped by the killers as they try to close in on the killers.
Original Air Dates: June 14 and June 19, 1944
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00:29:52 |
Sat 17 Aug 2024
Philip Marlowe: The Sword of Cebu (EP1649)
Release Date: August 12, 2015
Marlowe is hired to find a sword over which his client’s partner was killed.
Original Air Date: March 28, 1950
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Marlowe is hired to find a sword over which his client’s partner was killed.
Original Air Date: March 28, 1950
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00:32:46 |
Fri 16 Aug 2024
Ellery Queen: The Saga of Ruffy Rux (EP1648)
Release Date: August 11, 2015
Ruffy Rux, a gangster, kills a friend of Ellery’s.
Original Air Date: November 27, 1947
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Ruffy Rux, a gangster, kills a friend of Ellery’s.
Original Air Date: November 27, 1947
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00:36:13 |
Fri 16 Aug 2024
The Saint: Pin No Roses on My Corpse (EP1647)
Release Date: August 10, 2015
A woman turns to Simon, scared because of a red rose she’s receiving with a sinister meaning.
Original Air Date: May 20, 1951
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A woman turns to Simon, scared because of a red rose she’s receiving with a sinister meaning.
Original Air Date: May 20, 1951
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00:33:46 |
Thu 15 Aug 2024
Dragnet: The Big Gent, Part Two (EP1646)
Release Date: August 08, 2015
The hunt for the gentleman bandit continues.
Original Air Date: July 27, 1950
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The hunt for the gentleman bandit continues.
Original Air Date: July 27, 1950
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00:31:37 |
Thu 15 Aug 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Village of Virtue Matter (EP1645)
Release Date: August 07, 2015
Johnny investigates a series of thefts that threaten to create a war between the native inhabitants of a South Carolina town and the gangsters who have moved there.
Origi…
Johnny investigates a series of thefts that threaten to create a war between the native inhabitants of a South Carolina town and the gangsters who have moved there.
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00:28:50 |
Wed 14 Aug 2024
Nick Carter: The Accidental Bullet, Parts One and Two (EP1644)
Release Date: August 06, 2015
An inventor asks Nick to investigate the death of his dog, but Nick finds proof of a more serious crime.
Original Air Dates: June 12 and 13, 1944
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An inventor asks Nick to investigate the death of his dog, but Nick finds proof of a more serious crime.
Original Air Dates: June 12 and 13, 1944
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00:29:04 |
Wed 14 Aug 2024
Philip Marlowe: The Deep Shadow (EP1643)
Release Date: August 05, 2015
Philip Marlowe searches for a man’s missing fiancée.
Original Air Date: March 21, 1950
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Philip Marlowe searches for a man’s missing fiancée.
Original Air Date: March 21, 1950
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00:35:12 |
Tue 13 Aug 2024
Ellery Queen: The Case of the Number Thirty-One (EP1642)
Release Date: August 04, 2015
Ellery Queen looks into the death of a butler whose death appears tied into a diamond smuggling matter.
Original Air Date: September 7, 1947
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Ellery Queen looks into the death of a butler whose death appears tied into a diamond smuggling matter.
Original Air Date: September 7, 1947
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00:35:11 |
Tue 13 Aug 2024
The Saint: Fishes Gotta Eat (EP1641)
Release Date: August 03, 2015
Simon is called in by a woman who claims her husband is missing, and the Saint quickly finds him dead on the ship he came in on.
Original Air Date: April 29, 1951
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Simon is called in by a woman who claims her husband is missing, and the Saint quickly finds him dead on the ship he came in on.
Original Air Date: April 29, 1951
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00:33:15 |
Mon 12 Aug 2024
Dragnet: The Big Gent, Part One (EP1640)
Release Date: August 01, 2015
Joe Friday and Ben Romero try and track down two hold up men responsible for a robbery and killing in San Diego.
Original Air Date: July 20, 1950
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Joe Friday and Ben Romero try and track down two hold up men responsible for a robbery and killing in San Diego.
Original Air Date: July 20, 1950
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00:30:28 |
Sun 11 Aug 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wayward Trout Matter (EP1639)
Release Date: July 31, 2015
Johnny goes to Lake Mojave for some rest and to look up on a jewel robber who claims to have reformed.
Original Air Date: April 20, 1958
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Johnny goes to Lake Mojave for some rest and to look up on a jewel robber who claims to have reformed.
Original Air Date: April 20, 1958
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00:28:59 |
Sat 10 Aug 2024
Nick Carter: The Case of the Salesman of Death (EP1638)
Release Date: July 30, 2015
Nick is a called in when the benefactor of his boy’s club receives a threatening letter, Nick run into a man who claims to be able to pray others to death.
Original Air Dat…
Nick is a called in when the benefactor of his boy’s club receives a threatening letter, Nick run into a man who claims to be able to pray others to death.
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00:29:35 |
Sat 10 Aug 2024
Philip Marlowe: The Vital Statistic (EP1637)
Release Date: July 29, 2015
Marlowe is hired to protect a woman from a rival in a pair of slacks.
Original Air Date: March 14, 1950
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Marlowe is hired to protect a woman from a rival in a pair of slacks.
Original Air Date: March 14, 1950
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00:32:57 |
Fri 09 Aug 2024
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