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
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Duke Red Matter, Part Five and High Sky Hoodoo (EP1009)
Release Date: July 26, 2013
Johnny nears the solution to the mystery of the missing trainer and what really happened to Duke Red.
Original Air Date: January 27, 1956
Whitney Kent takes a test flight—and…
Johnny nears the solution to the mystery of the missing trainer and what really happened to Duke Red.
Original Air Date: January 27, 1956
Whitney Kent takes a test flight—and…
00:33:14 |
Fri 15 Aug 2025
NBC University Theater: The Purloined Letter (EP1008)
Release Date: July 25, 2013
A blackmailing count steals a compromising letter from a noble lady.
Original Air Date: September 17, 1948
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A blackmailing count steals a compromising letter from a noble lady.
Original Air Date: September 17, 1948
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00:35:51 |
Thu 14 Aug 2025
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Duke Red Matter, Parts Three and Four (EP1007)
Release Date: July 24, 2013
Johnny’s search for the truth behind the death of a race horse leads to an investigation of a missing horse trainer.
Original Air Date: January 25 and 26, 1956
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Johnny’s search for the truth behind the death of a race horse leads to an investigation of a missing horse trainer.
Original Air Date: January 25 and 26, 1956
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00:30:32 |
Wed 13 Aug 2025
Mr. Moto: Sabotage (EP1006)
Release Date: July 23, 2013
Mr. Moto matches wits against Communist saboteurs.
Original Air Date: July 15, 1951
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Mr. Moto matches wits against Communist saboteurs.
Original Air Date: July 15, 1951
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00:33:05 |
Tue 12 Aug 2025
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Duke Red Matter, Parts One and Two (EP1005)
Release Date: July 22, 2013
Johnny Dollar is called in to investigate the destruction of a race horse and begins to run into resistance.
Original Air Days: January 23 and 24, 1956
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Johnny Dollar is called in to investigate the destruction of a race horse and begins to run into resistance.
Original Air Days: January 23 and 24, 1956
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00:29:59 |
Mon 11 Aug 2025
The Line Up: The Holstedter Case (EP1004)
Release Date: July 20, 2013
Guthrie and Grebb search for a gang who committed a $100,000 bank robbery and shot a guard.
Original Air Date: December 20, 1951
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Guthrie and Grebb search for a gang who committed a $100,000 bank robbery and shot a guard.
Original Air Date: December 20, 1951
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00:35:39 |
Sun 10 Aug 2025
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Ricardo Amerigo Matter, Part Five and High Sky Hoodoo (EP1003)
Release Date: July 19, 2013
A second fiddle leads Johnny Dollar to the truth.
Original Air Date: January 20, 1956
Whitney plans to test pilot the next flight to rend himself of the “jinx” label.
Original…
A second fiddle leads Johnny Dollar to the truth.
Original Air Date: January 20, 1956
Whitney plans to test pilot the next flight to rend himself of the “jinx” label.
Original…
00:32:30 |
Sat 09 Aug 2025
Suspense: The Mystery of Marie Roget (EP1002)
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Auguste Dupin investigates the murder of a young woman found floating in a Paris river.
Original Air Date: December 14, 1953
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Auguste Dupin investigates the murder of a young woman found floating in a Paris river.
Original Air Date: December 14, 1953
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00:37:25 |
Fri 08 Aug 2025
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Ricardo Amerigo Matter, Parts Three and Four (EP1001)
Release Date: July 17, 2013
Is the violin Johnny found in the swamp real or a fake?
Original Air Date: January 18 and 19, 1956
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Is the violin Johnny found in the swamp real or a fake?
Original Air Date: January 18 and 19, 1956
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00:33:39 |
Thu 07 Aug 2025
Screen Guild Theatre: Call Northside 777 (EP1000s)
Release Date: July 16, 2013
Jimmy Stewart plays a cynical reporter turned crusader who seeks to clear a man wrongly convicted of murdering a police officer. This episode was based on the 1949 Edgar Aw…
Jimmy Stewart plays a cynical reporter turned crusader who seeks to clear a man wrongly convicted of murdering a police officer. This episode was based on the 1949 Edgar Aw…
00:27:45 |
Wed 06 Aug 2025
Mr. Moto: Project 77 (EP1000)
Release Date: July 16, 2013
Mr. Moto investigates the case of a missing man who possesses a dangerous military secret.
Original Air Date: July 8, 1951
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Mr. Moto investigates the case of a missing man who possesses a dangerous military secret.
Original Air Date: July 8, 1951
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00:35:25 |
Tue 05 Aug 2025
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Ricardo Amerigo Matter, Parts One and Two (EP0999)
Release Date: July 15, 2013
Johnny investigates the disappearance of an insured musician and his $40,000 violin.
Original Air Date: January 16 and 17, 1956
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Johnny investigates the disappearance of an insured musician and his $40,000 violin.
Original Air Date: January 16 and 17, 1956
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00:31:08 |
Mon 04 Aug 2025
The Line Up: The Railroad Roundhouse Round-Up Case (EP0998)
Release Date: July 13, 2013
Guthrie investigates the death of a woman found dead in a car trunk.
Original Air Date: November 29, 1951
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Guthrie investigates the death of a woman found dead in a car trunk.
Original Air Date: November 29, 1951
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00:35:58 |
Sat 02 Aug 2025
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Todd Matter, Part Five and High Sky Hoodoo (EP0997)
Release Date: July 12, 2013
Johnny is shot and the the thief is caught but where is the loot from the Todd burglary?
riginal Air Date: January 13, 1956
A Korean war hero is suspsected of being a jinx on…
Johnny is shot and the the thief is caught but where is the loot from the Todd burglary?
riginal Air Date: January 13, 1956
A Korean war hero is suspsected of being a jinx on…
00:32:16 |
Fri 01 Aug 2025
The Weird Circle: Murders in the Rue Morgue (EP0996)
Release Date: July 11, 2013
The episode begins with a look at a story of the Prophet Daniel that many think is the first detective story. From Can You Imagine That?
Original Air Date: 1940
A woman and h…
The episode begins with a look at a story of the Prophet Daniel that many think is the first detective story. From Can You Imagine That?
Original Air Date: 1940
A woman and h…
00:40:41 |
Thu 31 Jul 2025
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Todd Matter, Parts Three and Four (EP0995)
Release Date: July 10, 2013
The death of a woman with a stolen fur coat leads to an escalation of the Todd investigation.
Original Air Date: January 11 and 12, 1956
NOTE: There was an error on the first…
The death of a woman with a stolen fur coat leads to an escalation of the Todd investigation.
Original Air Date: January 11 and 12, 1956
NOTE: There was an error on the first…
00:30:46 |
Wed 30 Jul 2025
Mr. Moto: The Victim (EP0994)
Release Date: July 09, 2013
Mr. Moto comes in on a case of an American businessman held hostage in Communist China.
Original Air Date July 1, 1951
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Mr. Moto comes in on a case of an American businessman held hostage in Communist China.
Original Air Date July 1, 1951
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00:31:25 |
Tue 29 Jul 2025
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Todd Matter, Parts One and Two (EP0993)
Release Date: July 08, 2013
On a lead from an ex-con, Johnny investigates an unsolved jewelry burglary from several years back.
Original Air Date: January 9 and 10, 1956
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On a lead from an ex-con, Johnny investigates an unsolved jewelry burglary from several years back.
Original Air Date: January 9 and 10, 1956
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00:31:26 |
Mon 28 Jul 2025
The Line Up: The Keenly Clipped Kenovak Case (EP0992)
Release Date: July 06, 2013
Guthrie is called in by the boyfriend of a missing woman and all the evidence points to foul play.
Original Air Date: November 22, 1951
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Guthrie is called in by the boyfriend of a missing woman and all the evidence points to foul play.
Original Air Date: November 22, 1951
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00:32:14 |
Sat 26 Jul 2025
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Caylin Matter, Part Five and the Widow is Willing (EP0991)
Release Date: July 05, 2013
The black haired mistress of Eddie Caylin is caught but did she really kill Caylin?
Original Air Date: January 6, 1956
A daring bluff is attempted to wrap up the murder case.
…
The black haired mistress of Eddie Caylin is caught but did she really kill Caylin?
Original Air Date: January 6, 1956
A daring bluff is attempted to wrap up the murder case.
…
00:31:52 |
Fri 25 Jul 2025
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