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Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas - Podcast

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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Philip Marlowe: The House that Jacqueline Built (EP1577)

Philip Marlowe: The House that Jacqueline Built (EP1577)

Release Date: May 20, 2015 

Marlowe is hired to find a missing house on New Year’s Eve.

Original Air Date: December 31, 1949


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00:33:28  |   Fri 05 Jul 2024
Police Headquarters: $80,000 Robbery and Two Officers Disappear (EP1576)

Police Headquarters: $80,000 Robbery and Two Officers Disappear (EP1576)

Release Date: May 19, 2015 

A fur robbery occurs but the criminals get away far too quickly in $80,000 Robbery. 

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00:28:22  |   Fri 05 Jul 2024
The Saint: The Bride Who Lost Her Groom (EP1575)

The Saint: The Bride Who Lost Her Groom (EP1575)

Release Date: May 18, 2015 

Louie brings a bride whose groom didn’t show up for the wedding.

Original Air Date: February 11, 1951

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00:32:31  |   Thu 04 Jul 2024
Dragnet: The Big Badge (EP1574)

Dragnet: The Big Badge (EP1574)

Release Date: May 16, 2015 

Joe Friday and Ben Romero hunt a man who holds up parked cars while pretending to be a police officer.

Original Air Date: May 4, 1950


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00:33:28  |   Thu 04 Jul 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Price of Fame Matter (EP1573)

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Price of Fame Matter (EP1573)

Release Date: May 15, 2015 

Vincent Price calls for Johnny’s help to locate a priceless stolen painting.

Original Air Date: February 2, 1958


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00:27:17  |   Wed 03 Jul 2024
Nick Carter: The Man Who Died Twice (EP1572)

Nick Carter: The Man Who Died Twice (EP1572)

Release Date: May 14, 2015 

Nick Carter finds a man killed in an auto accident in Florida was also killed in Ohio.

Original Air Date: January 18, 1948

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00:31:16  |   Wed 03 Jul 2024
Philip Marlowe: The Little Wishbone (EP1571)

Philip Marlowe: The Little Wishbone (EP1571)

Release Date: May 13, 2015 

Marlowe falls in love, but the woman he’s in love with has a secret.

Original Air Date: December 10, 1949

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00:35:31  |   Tue 02 Jul 2024
The Line-Up: The Aching Arthritic’s Anxious Antic (EP1570)

The Line-Up: The Aching Arthritic’s Anxious Antic (EP1570)

Release Date: May 12, 2015 

A parolee is fingered for being behind a bank robbery.

Original Air Date: June 3, 1952

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00:36:57  |   Tue 02 Jul 2024
The Saint: The Carnival Murder (EP1569)

The Saint: The Carnival Murder (EP1569)

Release Date: May 11, 2015 

A Carnival performer whose act is being buried alive pleads for help and Simon sets out to help her, but will have to work around several characters in the Carnival.

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00:33:33  |   Mon 01 Jul 2024
Dragnet: The Big Job (EP1568)

Dragnet: The Big Job (EP1568)

Release Date: May 09, 2015 

Joe Friday and Ben Romero searches for a fugitive who has killed a police officer.

Original Air Date: April 27, 1950

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00:32:49  |   Mon 01 Jul 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Eleven O’Clock Matter (EP1567)

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Eleven O’Clock Matter (EP1567)

Release Date: May 08, 2015 

Johnny is called to protect a wealthy elderly businessman who fears he’ll be killed.

Original Air Date: January 19, 1958

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00:27:41  |   Sun 30 Jun 2024
Nick Carter: The Case of the Graveyard Gunman (EP1566)

Nick Carter: The Case of the Graveyard Gunman (EP1566)

Release Date: May 07, 2015 

Nick is on the trail of missing jewels, but quickly the case involves an escaped con Nick captured, and a dead body in Nick’s office.

Original Air Date: January 11, 1948

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00:30:31  |   Sun 30 Jun 2024
Philip Marlowe: Kid on the Corner (EP1565)

Philip Marlowe: Kid on the Corner (EP1565)

Release Date: May 06, 2015 

A teenage newsboy asks Marlowe to find his uncle and Marlowe stumbles into the middle of a case of murder and suicide.

Original Air Date: December 3, 1949

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00:33:18  |   Sat 29 Jun 2024
The Line Up: The Big Boy’s Brutish Back-Bending Case (EP1564)

The Line Up: The Big Boy’s Brutish Back-Bending Case (EP1564)

Release Date: May 05, 2015 

A witness sees a body being dumped, starting a police investigation.

Original Air Date: April 29, 1952

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00:26:33  |   Sat 29 Jun 2024
The Saint: Tuba or Not Tuba, That is the Question (EP1563)

The Saint: Tuba or Not Tuba, That is the Question (EP1563)

Release Date: May 04, 2015 

A friend who is a bad tuba player is hired in a night club, but when Simon arrives, he finds his friend missing.

Original Air Date: January 21, 1951

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00:32:45  |   Sat 29 Jun 2024
Dragnet: The Big Trial (EP1562)

Dragnet: The Big Trial (EP1562)

Release Date: May 02, 2015 

Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for a hit and run driver.

Original Air Date: April 20, 1950

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00:34:35  |   Sat 29 Jun 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Boron 112 Matter (EP1561)

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Boron 112 Matter (EP1561)

Release Date: May 01, 2015 

An insurance agent calls Johnny when he feels that an inventor whose work they’ve ensured is a political radical hostile to the United States.

Original Air Date: January 12,…
00:21:42  |   Fri 28 Jun 2024
Nick Carter: The Case of the Invisible Treasure (EP1560)

Nick Carter: The Case of the Invisible Treasure (EP1560)

Release Date: April 30, 2015 

Nick investigates why everybody wants Heavenly sin perfume.

Original Air Date: January 25, 1948

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00:29:22  |   Fri 28 Jun 2024
Philip Marlowe: Birds on the Wing (EP1559)

Philip Marlowe: Birds on the Wing (EP1559)

Release Date: April 29, 2015 

When a wealthy playboy falls in with some aerialists and gets a threatening letter, Marlowe is hired by the boy’s aunt to get him out of trouble.

Original Air Date: Novemb…
00:37:39  |   Fri 28 Jun 2024
Line Up: The Hiccuping Hamster Hemostatic Case (EP1558)

Line Up: The Hiccuping Hamster Hemostatic Case (EP1558)

Release Date: April 28, 2015 

Guthrie and Groeb try to bring down a local racketeer and find themselves in the crossfire

Original Air Date: May 29, 1951

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00:28:35  |   Fri 28 Jun 2024
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