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
Nick Carter: The Case of the Missing Piano Player (EP1482)
Release Date: January 29, 2015
Nick is called in to investigate a crooked roulette wheel and discovers a mystery surrounding a missing piano player.
Original Air Date: July 13, 1947
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Nick is called in to investigate a crooked roulette wheel and discovers a mystery surrounding a missing piano player.
Original Air Date: July 13, 1947
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00:30:25 |
Wed 05 Jun 2024
Philip Marlowe: The Indian Giver (EP1481)
Release Date: January 28, 2015
Marlowe investigates a case of stolen pottery and as usual someone gets killed.
Original Air Date: August 13, 1949
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Marlowe investigates a case of stolen pottery and as usual someone gets killed.
Original Air Date: August 13, 1949
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00:32:05 |
Wed 05 Jun 2024
Crime and Peter Chambers: Murder at the Masquerade Party (EP1480)
Release Date: January 27, 2015
Peter Chambers is hired to go to a masquerade party to protect to a man who’s planning to buy an expensive. Murder ruins a wonderful evening.
Original Air Date: July 13, …
Peter Chambers is hired to go to a masquerade party to protect to a man who’s planning to buy an expensive. Murder ruins a wonderful evening.
Original Air Date: July 13, …
00:28:02 |
Wed 05 Jun 2024
The Saint: The Baseball Murder (EP1479)
Release Date: January 26, 2015
The father of a hot pitching prospect calls the Saint in to protect his son from gamblers.
Original Air Date: September 3, 1950
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The father of a hot pitching prospect calls the Saint in to protect his son from gamblers.
Original Air Date: September 3, 1950
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00:31:37 |
Tue 04 Jun 2024
Dragnet: The Roseland Roof Murders (EP1478)
Release Date: January 24, 2015
Friday and Romero investigate a series of robberies and killings.
Original Air Date: December 29, 1949
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Friday and Romero investigate a series of robberies and killings.
Original Air Date: December 29, 1949
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00:33:12 |
Tue 04 Jun 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Doubtful Dairy Matter (EP1477)
Release Date: January 23, 2015
Johnny is hired to investigate a rich farmer whose had yet another silo destroyed by fire.
Original Air Date: September 29, 1957
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Johnny is hired to investigate a rich farmer whose had yet another silo destroyed by fire.
Original Air Date: September 29, 1957
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00:31:58 |
Tue 04 Jun 2024
Nick Carter: The Case of the Sunken Dollar (EP1476)
Release Date: January 22, 2015
Nick investigates a case of murder and the theft of rare coins.
Original Air Date: June 29, 1947
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Nick investigates a case of murder and the theft of rare coins.
Original Air Date: June 29, 1947
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00:31:28 |
Tue 04 Jun 2024
Philip Marlowe: The August Lion (EP1475)
Release Date: January 21, 2015
A friend of Phil’s who hasn’t seen in six months come to Marlowe’s apartment with the body of a dead woman and pleads with Marlowe to get him off for her murder.
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A friend of Phil’s who hasn’t seen in six months come to Marlowe’s apartment with the body of a dead woman and pleads with Marlowe to get him off for her murder.
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00:35:05 |
Mon 03 Jun 2024
Crime and Peter Chambers: The Double Indemnity Murder (EP1474)
Release Date: January 20, 2015
Peter Chambers investigates the murder of a doll manufacturer.
Original Air Date: July 6, 1954
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Peter Chambers investigates the murder of a doll manufacturer.
Original Air Date: July 6, 1954
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00:29:18 |
Mon 03 Jun 2024
The Saint: Cupid and the Corpse (EP1473)
Release Date: January 19, 2015
When going to buy scalped tickets from a bookie, Simon finds a dead body.
Original Air Date: August 27, 1950
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When going to buy scalped tickets from a bookie, Simon finds a dead body.
Original Air Date: August 27, 1950
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00:33:23 |
Mon 03 Jun 2024
Dragnet: A .22 Rifle for Christmas (EP1472)
Release Date: January 17, 2015
Sergeant Friday leads a search for a missing boy whose Christmas President (a .22 rifle) is missing
Original Air Date: December 22, 1949
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Sergeant Friday leads a search for a missing boy whose Christmas President (a .22 rifle) is missing
Original Air Date: December 22, 1949
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00:40:29 |
Sun 02 Jun 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Ideal Vacation Matter (EP1471)
Release Date: January 16, 2015
Johnny has to guard a famous columnist from an escaped hoodlum, but first has to find the vacationing journalist before his would-be killer.
Original Air Date: September …
Johnny has to guard a famous columnist from an escaped hoodlum, but first has to find the vacationing journalist before his would-be killer.
Original Air Date: September …
00:24:17 |
Sun 02 Jun 2024
Nick Carter: The Case of the Missing Thumb (EP1470)
Release Date: January 15, 2015
Nick Carter gets a new wannabe assistant whose father turns up murdered after robbing a safe.
Original Air Date: May 4, 1947
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Nick Carter gets a new wannabe assistant whose father turns up murdered after robbing a safe.
Original Air Date: May 4, 1947
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00:25:13 |
Sun 02 Jun 2024
Philip Marlowe: Mexican Boat Ride (EP1469)
Release Date: January 14, 2015
Marlowe goes South of the Border when a rich man hires him to find out why his wife took a boat ride despite being deathly afraid of boats.
Original Air Date: July 30, 19…
Marlowe goes South of the Border when a rich man hires him to find out why his wife took a boat ride despite being deathly afraid of boats.
Original Air Date: July 30, 19…
00:32:05 |
Sun 02 Jun 2024
Crime and Peter Chambers: Murder at The Cafe Tropicale (EP1468)
Release Date: January 13, 2015
Pete investigates a murder at the night club.
Original Air Date: June 29, 1954
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Pete investigates a murder at the night club.
Original Air Date: June 29, 1954
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00:27:56 |
Sat 01 Jun 2024
The Saint: Dossier on a Damsel in Distress (EP1467)
Release Date: January 12, 2015
A woman jumps into Simon’s cab after witnessing the murder of a publisher she knew.
Original Air Date: August 13, 1950
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A woman jumps into Simon’s cab after witnessing the murder of a publisher she knew.
Original Air Date: August 13, 1950
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00:31:40 |
Sat 01 Jun 2024
Dragnet: The Garbage Chute Murders (EP1466)
Release Date: January 10, 2015
Friday investigates the murder of a professional organist who was killed by a man who entered the garbage chute.
Original Air Date: December 15, 1949
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Friday investigates the murder of a professional organist who was killed by a man who entered the garbage chute.
Original Air Date: December 15, 1949
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00:35:48 |
Fri 31 May 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The J.P.D. Matter (EP1465)
Release Date: January 09, 2015
Johnny is called in the by owner of an old fashioned brewery who claims a new brewery’s plans will destroy her’s.
Original Air Date: September 15, 1957
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Johnny is called in the by owner of an old fashioned brewery who claims a new brewery’s plans will destroy her’s.
Original Air Date: September 15, 1957
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00:30:11 |
Fri 31 May 2024
Nick Carter: The Case of the Luminous Spots (EP1464)
Release Date: January 08, 2015
A burglary and the murder of a janitor are tied to Nick Carter’s boys club.
Original Air Date: April 27, 1947
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A burglary and the murder of a janitor are tied to Nick Carter’s boys club.
Original Air Date: April 27, 1947
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00:29:52 |
Fri 31 May 2024
Philip Marlowe: The Headless Peacock (EP1463)
Release Date: January 07, 2015
A woman hires Marlowe to help her fiancé who has a gambling problem.
Original Air Date: July 16, 1949
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A woman hires Marlowe to help her fiancé who has a gambling problem.
Original Air Date: July 16, 1949
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00:33:13 |
Fri 31 May 2024
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