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 Diamond Dilemma Matter (EP1597)
Release Date: June 12, 2015
Johnny is called in to prove that diamonds weren’t stolen by extraterrestrials.
Original Air Date: March 2, 1958
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Johnny is called in to prove that diamonds weren’t stolen by extraterrestrials.
Original Air Date: March 2, 1958
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00:26:46 |
Wed 17 Jul 2024
Nick Carter: The Case of the Absent Clue (EP1596)
Release Date: June 11, 2015
A shopkeeper is killed and suspicion falls on a racketeer who beat him up for not going along with his number’s racket.
Original Air Date: March 7, 1948
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A shopkeeper is killed and suspicion falls on a racketeer who beat him up for not going along with his number’s racket.
Original Air Date: March 7, 1948
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00:28:28 |
Wed 17 Jul 2024
Philip Marlowe: The Bid for Freedom (EP1595)
Release Date: June 10, 2015
A mentally imbalanced woman escapes from a sanitarium and Marlowe fears her husband will be a target.
Original Air Date: January 21, 1950
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A mentally imbalanced woman escapes from a sanitarium and Marlowe fears her husband will be a target.
Original Air Date: January 21, 1950
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00:34:45 |
Tue 16 Jul 2024
Ellery Queen: The World Series Crime (EP1594)
Release Date: June 09, 2015
Ellery is called in to find a baseball star’s lucky bat.
Original Air Date: October 2, 1943
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Ellery is called in to find a baseball star’s lucky bat.
Original Air Date: October 2, 1943
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00:35:14 |
Tue 16 Jul 2024
The Saint: The What-Not that Got Hot (EP1593)
Release Date: June 08, 2015
The Saint and Louie witness the Saint’s house being robbed and the Saint is set on to a series of deaths.
Original Air Date: March 4, 1951
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The Saint and Louie witness the Saint’s house being robbed and the Saint is set on to a series of deaths.
Original Air Date: March 4, 1951
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00:31:40 |
Mon 15 Jul 2024
Dragnet: The Big Key (EP1592)
Release Date: June 06, 2015
Friday and Romero investigate a brutal Christmas eve murder where the only clue is a single.
Original Air Date: May 25, 1950
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Friday and Romero investigate a brutal Christmas eve murder where the only clue is a single.
Original Air Date: May 25, 1950
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00:32:20 |
Sun 14 Jul 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Durango Laramie Matter (EP1591)
Release Date: June 05, 2015
Johnny is called in when an eccentric oil millionaire disappears on his way to Hartford to pay his insurance policy.
Original Air Date: February 23, 1958
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Johnny is called in when an eccentric oil millionaire disappears on his way to Hartford to pay his insurance policy.
Original Air Date: February 23, 1958
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00:33:09 |
Sat 13 Jul 2024
Nick Carter: The Case of the Boy Who Got Lost (EP1590)
Release Date: June 04, 2015
The older brother of a sixteen year old boy calls Nick in to investigate when his brother appears to be mixed up in a murder.
Original Air Date: February 29, 1948
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The older brother of a sixteen year old boy calls Nick in to investigate when his brother appears to be mixed up in a murder.
Original Air Date: February 29, 1948
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00:29:22 |
Sat 13 Jul 2024
Philip Marlowe: The Covered Bridge (EP1589)
Release Date: June 03, 2015
Marlowe is taken by gunpoint to drive three people to Mexico and he’s determined to find out what the score is.
Original Air Date: January 14, 1950
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Marlowe is taken by gunpoint to drive three people to Mexico and he’s determined to find out what the score is.
Original Air Date: January 14, 1950
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00:35:11 |
Fri 12 Jul 2024
Ellery Queen: Adventure of the Circus Train (EP1588)
Release Date: June 02, 2015
A long-time circus owner is murdered on a train.
Original Air Date: March 27, 1943
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A long-time circus owner is murdered on a train.
Original Air Date: March 27, 1943
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00:37:36 |
Fri 12 Jul 2024
The Saint: The Big Swindle (EP1587)
Release Date: June 01, 2015
A man shows up with a bag of money and claims to have amnesia.
Original Air Date: February 25, 1951
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A man shows up with a bag of money and claims to have amnesia.
Original Air Date: February 25, 1951
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00:36:01 |
Thu 11 Jul 2024
Dragnet: The Big Pug (EP1586)
Release Date: May 30, 2015
Friday and Romero look for a duo who robbed a grocery store and assaulted its elderly owner.
Original Air Date: May 18, 1950
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Friday and Romero look for a duo who robbed a grocery store and assaulted its elderly owner.
Original Air Date: May 18, 1950
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00:33:11 |
Thu 11 Jul 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Time and Tide Matter (EP1585)
Release Date: May 29, 2015
Johnny goes to the Caribbean after a wealthy insured person fails to make a key appointment and Johnny finds the man’s life is in danger, but from who?
Original Air Date: Fe…
Johnny goes to the Caribbean after a wealthy insured person fails to make a key appointment and Johnny finds the man’s life is in danger, but from who?
Original Air Date: Fe…
00:33:00 |
Wed 10 Jul 2024
Nick Carter: The Case of the Wandering Corpse (EP1584)
Release Date: May 28, 2015
Nick is called in by a mother whose son is accused of murdering a police officer.
Original Air Date: February 15, 1947
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Nick is called in by a mother whose son is accused of murdering a police officer.
Original Air Date: February 15, 1947
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00:29:28 |
Wed 10 Jul 2024
Philip Marlowe: The Torch Carriers (EP1583)
Release Date: May 27, 2015
Marlowe finds himself investigating the death of a racketeer’s girlfriend.
Original Air Date: January 7, 1950
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Marlowe finds himself investigating the death of a racketeer’s girlfriend.
Original Air Date: January 7, 1950
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00:34:14 |
Tue 09 Jul 2024
Ellery Queen: Adventure of the Singing Rat (EP1582)
Release Date: May 26, 2015
An informant reveals a scandal involving a crooked politician and a gangster and the gangster is murdered.
Original Air Date: January 9, 1943
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An informant reveals a scandal involving a crooked politician and a gangster and the gangster is murdered.
Original Air Date: January 9, 1943
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00:35:44 |
Tue 09 Jul 2024
The Saint: The Next of Kin (EP1581)
Release Date: May 25, 2015
A mobster is shot and killed when clueing the Saint in that a notorious dead mobster isn’t dead.
Original Air Date: February 18, 1951
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A mobster is shot and killed when clueing the Saint in that a notorious dead mobster isn’t dead.
Original Air Date: February 18, 1951
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00:34:51 |
Mon 08 Jul 2024
Dragnet: The Big Knife (EP1580)
Release Date: May 23, 2015
Twenty-one girls have been knifed at a local high school. Joe Friday and Ben Romero must catch the perpetrator before he kills one of his victims.
Original Air Date: May 11,…
Twenty-one girls have been knifed at a local high school. Joe Friday and Ben Romero must catch the perpetrator before he kills one of his victims.
Original Air Date: May 11,…
00:33:11 |
Sun 07 Jul 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Sick Chick Matter (EP1579)
Release Date: May 22, 2015
A friend of Johnny’s call him in to investigate when his chickens are becoming ill.
Original Air Date: February 9, 1958
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A friend of Johnny’s call him in to investigate when his chickens are becoming ill.
Original Air Date: February 9, 1958
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00:29:05 |
Sat 06 Jul 2024
Nick Carter: The Case of the Classical Clue (EP1578)
Release Date: May 21, 2015
Nick is contacted by a wealthy man to investigate his ward’s fiancé but the man is murdered before Nick can speak to him.
Original Air Date: February 1, 1947
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Nick is contacted by a wealthy man to investigate his ward’s fiancé but the man is murdered before Nick can speak to him.
Original Air Date: February 1, 1947
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00:28:52 |
Sat 06 Jul 2024
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