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
The Saint: Simon Takes a Curtain Call (EP1557)
Release Date: April 27, 2015
Simon is called in by an actor who fears he’s acting out his on-stage roles and in his latest play he plays a murderer.
Original Air Date: January 14, 1951
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Simon is called in by an actor who fears he’s acting out his on-stage roles and in his latest play he plays a murderer.
Original Air Date: January 14, 1951
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00:39:00 |
Thu 27 Jun 2024
That’s Rich: Income Tax (EP1556s)
Release Date: April 26, 2015
Rich (Stan Freberg) loses his glasses and accidentally throws away Cousin Howie’s income tax receipts.
Original Air Date: March 1954
Dedicated to Stan Freberg (1926-2015)
Su…
Rich (Stan Freberg) loses his glasses and accidentally throws away Cousin Howie’s income tax receipts.
Original Air Date: March 1954
Dedicated to Stan Freberg (1926-2015)
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00:32:33 |
Thu 27 Jun 2024
Dragnet: The Big Watch (EP1556)
Release Date: April 25, 2015
Friday and Romero search for a gang that’s robbing and beating army officers.
Original Air Date: April 13, 1950
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Friday and Romero search for a gang that’s robbing and beating army officers.
Original Air Date: April 13, 1950
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00:32:40 |
Thu 27 Jun 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Ingenuous Jeweler (EP1555)
Release Date: April 24, 2015
Johnny is called in to investigate a case of a shady jeweler who was robbed. Johnny suspects him, but he seems to have a perfect alibi … or does he?
Original Air Date: Jan…
Johnny is called in to investigate a case of a shady jeweler who was robbed. Johnny suspects him, but he seems to have a perfect alibi … or does he?
Original Air Date: Jan…
00:26:02 |
Thu 27 Jun 2024
Nick Carter: The Case of the Devil’s Left Eye (EP1554)
Release Date: April 23, 2015
Nick Carter investigates the strange death of a rich, elderly man with a nephew who owed plenty in gambling debts.
Original Air Date: January 4, 1948
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Nick Carter investigates the strange death of a rich, elderly man with a nephew who owed plenty in gambling debts.
Original Air Date: January 4, 1948
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00:32:37 |
Wed 26 Jun 2024
Philip Marlowe: The Fine Italian Hand (EP1553)
Release Date: April 22, 2015
An old man who runs a carousel hires Marlowe to find out if his son is really loved by the woman his son is confronting a mobster over.
Original Air Date: November 5, 1949
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An old man who runs a carousel hires Marlowe to find out if his son is really loved by the woman his son is confronting a mobster over.
Original Air Date: November 5, 1949
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00:33:21 |
Wed 26 Jun 2024
Police Line-up: The Anita Cameron Case (EP1552)
Release Date: April 21, 2015
A young man is picked out of a line-up leading Guthrie to reopen the case of a young man about to be executed.
Audition Date: May 27, 1950
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A young man is picked out of a line-up leading Guthrie to reopen the case of a young man about to be executed.
Audition Date: May 27, 1950
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00:40:12 |
Wed 26 Jun 2024
The Saint: Ladies Never Lie…Much (EP1551)
Release Date: April 20, 2015
A woman confesses to murdering her husband and then he’s murdered on Simon’s doorstep.
Original Air Date: January 7, 1951
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A woman confesses to murdering her husband and then he’s murdered on Simon’s doorstep.
Original Air Date: January 7, 1951
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00:35:33 |
Wed 26 Jun 2024
WOR Summer Theater: The Mystery Of The Perfect Throw From Left Field And The Conga Dancer's Aunt (EP1550s)
Release Date: April 19, 2015
A “clownpire” makes a controversial baseball call and finds himself investigating a burglary and maybe a murder.
Original Air Date: August 13, 1942
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A “clownpire” makes a controversial baseball call and finds himself investigating a burglary and maybe a murder.
Original Air Date: August 13, 1942
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00:32:29 |
Tue 25 Jun 2024
Dragnet: The Big Book (EP1550)
Release Date: April 18, 2015
Friday and Romero investigate the distribution and sale of pornography in public schools.
Original Air Date: April 6, 1950
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Friday and Romero investigate the distribution and sale of pornography in public schools.
Original Air Date: April 6, 1950
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00:32:10 |
Tue 25 Jun 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Latin Lovely Matter (EP1549)
Release Date: April 17, 2015
Johnny is called to investigate the case of an untalented but seductive dancer who keeps changing her beneficiary every time she changes partners.
Original Air Date: Decem…
Johnny is called to investigate the case of an untalented but seductive dancer who keeps changing her beneficiary every time she changes partners.
Original Air Date: Decem…
00:30:18 |
Tue 25 Jun 2024
Nick Carter: The Case of the Missing Street (EP1548)
Release Date: April 16, 2015
Nick investigates a scam involving a street that doesn’t exist at the request of a war veteran turned contractor.
Original Air Date: December 28, 1947
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Nick investigates a scam involving a street that doesn’t exist at the request of a war veteran turned contractor.
Original Air Date: December 28, 1947
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00:34:05 |
Tue 25 Jun 2024
Philip Marlowe: The Green Witch (EP1547)
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Marlowe is hired to guard a wealthy businessman at a Halloween masquerade party.
Original Air Date: October 29, 1949
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Marlowe is hired to guard a wealthy businessman at a Halloween masquerade party.
Original Air Date: October 29, 1949
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00:35:53 |
Mon 24 Jun 2024
Man from Homicide: Old Man Kelso (EP1546)
Release Date: April 14, 2015
A millionaire calls the police when he fears his brother-in-law will murder him.
Original Air Date: July 16, 1951
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A millionaire calls the police when he fears his brother-in-law will murder him.
Original Air Date: July 16, 1951
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00:36:17 |
Mon 24 Jun 2024
The Saint: Simon Minds the Baby (EP1545)
Release Date: April 13, 2015
A baby is left on Simon Templar’s door and a boxer asks for help and then changes his mind.
Original Air Date: December 17, 1950
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A baby is left on Simon Templar’s door and a boxer asks for help and then changes his mind.
Original Air Date: December 17, 1950
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00:35:35 |
Mon 24 Jun 2024
Dragnet: The Big Gangster, Part Two (EP1544)
Release Date: April 11, 2015
A local gangster is murder, Friday and Romero have to find the killer before the murdered man’s loyalist do in order to prevent a gang war.
Original Air Date: March 30, 19…
A local gangster is murder, Friday and Romero have to find the killer before the murdered man’s loyalist do in order to prevent a gang war.
Original Air Date: March 30, 19…
00:31:32 |
Mon 24 Jun 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Happy Family Matter (EP1543)
Release Date: April 10, 2015
Johnny is called in by a wealthy man who wants him to pick who will receive his insurance money and Johnny has to get to the bottom of issues that have driven the family …
Johnny is called in by a wealthy man who wants him to pick who will receive his insurance money and Johnny has to get to the bottom of issues that have driven the family …
00:27:38 |
Sun 23 Jun 2024
Nick Carter: The Case of the Policymakers (EP1542)
Release Date: April 09, 2015
When an aspiring politician is caught in a web of blackmail, Nick and Patsy go undercover in search of a murder racket targeting homeless people.
Original Air Date: Decemb…
When an aspiring politician is caught in a web of blackmail, Nick and Patsy go undercover in search of a murder racket targeting homeless people.
Original Air Date: Decemb…
00:30:36 |
Sun 23 Jun 2024
Philip Marlowe: The Smokeout (EP1541)
Release Date: April 08, 2015
Marlowe investigates the murder of a woman who tried to hire him and tries to find “the woman in a black,” a mystery woman who claimed to see her murder.
Original Air Date…
Marlowe investigates the murder of a woman who tried to hire him and tries to find “the woman in a black,” a mystery woman who claimed to see her murder.
Original Air Date…
00:32:32 |
Sat 22 Jun 2024
Man from Homicide: The Donald Shellbarger Murder (EP1540)
Release Date: April 07, 2015
Lou Dana investigates the murder of eighteen year old drug dealer.
Original Air Date: July 9, 1951
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Lou Dana investigates the murder of eighteen year old drug dealer.
Original Air Date: July 9, 1951
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00:37:17 |
Sat 22 Jun 2024
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