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
Dragnet: The Brick Bat Slayer (EP1424)
Release Date: November 22, 2014
Friday and Romero investigate a series of brutal murders of women.
Original Air Date: September 24, 1949
Starring Jack Webb as Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Ben Romero
…
Friday and Romero investigate a series of brutal murders of women.
Original Air Date: September 24, 1949
Starring Jack Webb as Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Ben Romero
…
00:32:57 |
Sat 18 May 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Markham Matter (EP1423)
Release Date: November 21, 2014
Johnny is called in when a wealthy insured woman disappears and her husband begins taking control of her finances.
Original Air Date: November 18, 1956'
Starring Bob Bail…
Johnny is called in when a wealthy insured woman disappears and her husband begins taking control of her finances.
Original Air Date: November 18, 1956'
Starring Bob Bail…
00:33:58 |
Fri 17 May 2024
Nick Carter: The Case of the Gold Headed Cane (EP1422)
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Nick Carter is hired to recover jewels stolen from a foreign mine.
Original Air Date: January 19, 1947
Originating in New York
Starring Lon Clark as Nick Carter
Support th…
Nick Carter is hired to recover jewels stolen from a foreign mine.
Original Air Date: January 19, 1947
Originating in New York
Starring Lon Clark as Nick Carter
Support th…
00:29:02 |
Thu 16 May 2024
Philip Marlowe: Night Tide (EP1421)
Original Release Date: November 19, 2014
Marlowe is hired by a businessman who is concerned that a dock worker he sent to prison is out for vengeance.
Original Air Date: May 21, 1949
Originated in Holly…
Marlowe is hired by a businessman who is concerned that a dock worker he sent to prison is out for vengeance.
Original Air Date: May 21, 1949
Originated in Holly…
00:32:06 |
Wed 15 May 2024
Crime and Peter Chambers: The Sandra Mantel Murder (EP1420)
Original Release Date: November 17, 2014
Peter Chambers delivers ransom money and becomes a target for murder.
Original Air Date: April 20, 1954
Originated in New York
Starring Dane Clark as Peter Chambe…
Peter Chambers delivers ransom money and becomes a target for murder.
Original Air Date: April 20, 1954
Originated in New York
Starring Dane Clark as Peter Chambe…
00:26:57 |
Tue 14 May 2024
The Saint: Sonata for a Slayer (EP1419)
Original Release Date: November 17, 2014
The Saint investigates the murder of a composer and the named suspect is Beethoven.
Original Air Date: June 18, 1950
Originated in Hollywood
Starring: Vincent Pri…
The Saint investigates the murder of a composer and the named suspect is Beethoven.
Original Air Date: June 18, 1950
Originated in Hollywood
Starring: Vincent Pri…
00:31:24 |
Mon 13 May 2024
Dragnet: James Vickers (EP1418)
Release Date: November 15, 2014
Friday and Romero investigate a seemingly random killing of a police officer.
Original Air Date: September 17, 1949
Originated in Hollywood
Starred Jack Webb as Joe Friday…
Friday and Romero investigate a seemingly random killing of a police officer.
Original Air Date: September 17, 1949
Originated in Hollywood
Starred Jack Webb as Joe Friday…
00:33:51 |
Sat 11 May 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Confederate Coinage Matter (EP1417)
Release Date: November 14, 2014
Johnny heads down South to investigate the theft of a valuable Confederate half dollar.
Original Air Date: July 28, 1957
When making your travel plans, remember http://jo…
Johnny heads down South to investigate the theft of a valuable Confederate half dollar.
Original Air Date: July 28, 1957
When making your travel plans, remember http://jo…
00:33:02 |
Fri 10 May 2024
Nick Carter: The Case of the Imitation Robbery (EP1416)
Release Date: November 13, 2014
Nick Carter is called in to investigate a series of thefts from a jewelry story where expensive diamonds are substituted for imitations.
Original Air Date: December 22, …
Nick Carter is called in to investigate a series of thefts from a jewelry story where expensive diamonds are substituted for imitations.
Original Air Date: December 22, …
00:31:08 |
Thu 09 May 2024
Philip Marlowe: The Promise to Pay (EP1415)
Release Date: November 12, 2014
A young businessman hires Marlowe after he’s blackmailed over a marker he gave to a gambler that could ruin his career.
Original Air Date: May 14, 1949
Originated in Holl…
A young businessman hires Marlowe after he’s blackmailed over a marker he gave to a gambler that could ruin his career.
Original Air Date: May 14, 1949
Originated in Holl…
00:34:09 |
Wed 08 May 2024
Crime and Peter Chambers: The Alan Lewis Murder (EP1414)
Original Air Date: November 11, 2014
Peter Chambers investigates an unsolved murder that has the police baffled.
Original Air Date: April 13, 1954
Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetect…
Peter Chambers investigates an unsolved murder that has the police baffled.
Original Air Date: April 13, 1954
Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetect…
00:27:09 |
Tue 07 May 2024
The Saint: The Sinister Sneeze (EP1413)
Release Date: November 10, 2014
The Saint is called in by the girlfriend of a fight manager who is afraid a big gambler will murder him
Original Air Date: June 11, 1950
Support the show monthly at https…
The Saint is called in by the girlfriend of a fight manager who is afraid a big gambler will murder him
Original Air Date: June 11, 1950
Support the show monthly at https…
00:33:22 |
Mon 06 May 2024
Dragnet: The Sullivan Kidnapping (EP1412)
Original Release Date: November 8, 2014
Friday and Romero are called in when a twenty-two year old woman is kidnapped.
Original Air Date: September 10, 1949
Originated in Hollywood
Starred Jack Webb as J…
Friday and Romero are called in when a twenty-two year old woman is kidnapped.
Original Air Date: September 10, 1949
Originated in Hollywood
Starred Jack Webb as J…
00:34:16 |
Sat 04 May 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Yours Truly Matter (EP1411)
Original Release Date: November 7, 2014
Johnny and his friend Buster are carjacked.
Original Air Date: July 21, 1957
Starring Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar
Support the show monthly at https://patreon.great…
Johnny and his friend Buster are carjacked.
Original Air Date: July 21, 1957
Starring Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar
Support the show monthly at https://patreon.great…
00:32:58 |
Fri 03 May 2024
Nick Carter: The Case of the Blue Mink (EP1410)
Original Release Date: November 5, 2014
Nick and Patsi investigate a series of fur thefts from department stores.Original Air Date: September 15, 1946
Originated in New York
Starring Lon Clark as Nick C…
Nick and Patsi investigate a series of fur thefts from department stores.Original Air Date: September 15, 1946
Originated in New York
Starring Lon Clark as Nick C…
00:26:12 |
Thu 02 May 2024
Philip Marlowe: The Feminine Touch (EP1409)
Original Release Date: November 5, 2014
Marlowe is hired by the father of a wild daughter who has fallen for a motorcycle stunt rider and whose partners have sent the father a threatening note.
Origina…
Marlowe is hired by the father of a wild daughter who has fallen for a motorcycle stunt rider and whose partners have sent the father a threatening note.
Origina…
00:33:13 |
Wed 01 May 2024
Crime and Peter Chambers: The Burke Murder Frame (EP1408)
Original Release Date: November 4, 2014
Peter Chambers disarms a woman with a gun and then finds himself trying to escape a frame for murder.
Original Air Date: April 6. 1954
Originating in New York Ci…
Peter Chambers disarms a woman with a gun and then finds himself trying to escape a frame for murder.
Original Air Date: April 6. 1954
Originating in New York Ci…
00:30:01 |
Tue 30 Apr 2024
The Saint: The Cake that Killed (EP1407)
Original Release Date: November 3, 2014
The Saint walks into a bakery for a loaf of bread and is given a cake and shoved in a cab and sent to the Ocean.
Original Air Date: January 8, 1950
Originated in …
The Saint walks into a bakery for a loaf of bread and is given a cake and shoved in a cab and sent to the Ocean.
Original Air Date: January 8, 1950
Originated in …
00:27:44 |
Mon 29 Apr 2024
Dragnet: Eric Kelby (EP1406)
Original Release Date: November 1, 201
A woman disappears and her husband is behaving suspiciously.
Original Air Date: September 3, 1949
Originated in Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Joe Friday, Barton …
A woman disappears and her husband is behaving suspiciously.
Original Air Date: September 3, 1949
Originated in Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Joe Friday, Barton …
00:35:31 |
Sun 28 Apr 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Heatherstone Players Matter (EP1405)
Original Release Date: October 31, 2014
Johnny is hired as a bodyguard for a hated Shakespearean actor and producer.
Original Air Date: July 14, 1957
Originated in Hollywood
Starred: Bob Bailey as Johnny…
Johnny is hired as a bodyguard for a hated Shakespearean actor and producer.
Original Air Date: July 14, 1957
Originated in Hollywood
Starred: Bob Bailey as Johnny…
00:36:10 |
Sat 27 Apr 2024
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