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 Emily Braddock Matter (EP1366)
Release Date: September 16, 2014
Johnny searches for a charming woman who is writing thousands in bad checks to ensured hotels.
Original Air Date: May 19, 1953
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Johnny searches for a charming woman who is writing thousands in bad checks to ensured hotels.
Original Air Date: May 19, 1953
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00:39:00 |
Fri 22 Mar 2024
The Saint: The Miracle Tea Party (EP1365)
Release Date: September 15, 2014
When the Saint discovers that there were several thousand dollar bill in a box of tea purchased by Inspector Fernack.
Audition Date: December 1944
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When the Saint discovers that there were several thousand dollar bill in a box of tea purchased by Inspector Fernack.
Audition Date: December 1944
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00:38:04 |
Thu 21 Mar 2024
Dragnet: Production 7: Attempted City Hall Bombing (EP1364)
Release Date: September 13, 2014
A mad man threatens to blow up city hall if the police don’t release his brother. Friday and Romero have to get the bomb away before it is too late.
Original Air Date: …
A mad man threatens to blow up city hall if the police don’t release his brother. Friday and Romero have to get the bomb away before it is too late.
Original Air Date: …
00:35:50 |
Thu 21 Mar 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wayward Truck Matter (EP1363)
Release Date: September 12, 2014
Johnny Investigates the disappearance of $10,000 of cargo and the truck that hauled it.
Original Air Date: May 26, 1957
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Johnny Investigates the disappearance of $10,000 of cargo and the truck that hauled it.
Original Air Date: May 26, 1957
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00:35:34 |
Wed 20 Mar 2024
Nick Carter: Eight Records of Death (EP1362)
Release Date: September 11, 2014
A man who bought ten records that chronicled a murder contacts Nick to find out who was killed and who committed the murder.
Original Air Date: April 2, 1946
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A man who bought ten records that chronicled a murder contacts Nick to find out who was killed and who committed the murder.
Original Air Date: April 2, 1946
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00:38:24 |
Wed 20 Mar 2024
Philip Marlowe: The Grim Hunters (EP1361)
Release Date: September 10, 2014
Marlowe is lured to a party as a human item in a scavenger hunt. Things take a serious turn when he finds the woman who called him was murdered.
Original Air Date: Marc…
Marlowe is lured to a party as a human item in a scavenger hunt. Things take a serious turn when he finds the woman who called him was murdered.
Original Air Date: Marc…
00:40:15 |
Tue 19 Mar 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The San Antonio Matter (EP1360)
Release Date: September 09, 2014
Johnny investigates the death of a mobster and meets his enchanting daughter who only learned who her father was when she learned he died.
Original Air Date: April 28, …
Johnny investigates the death of a mobster and meets his enchanting daughter who only learned who her father was when she learned he died.
Original Air Date: April 28, …
00:39:30 |
Tue 19 Mar 2024
Pursuit: Pursuit of the Asiatic Killer (EP1359)
Release Date: September 08, 2014
When a dying man declares he was poisoned, an autopsy reveled he died of Asiatic cholera.
Original Air Date: March 11, 1952
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When a dying man declares he was poisoned, an autopsy reveled he died of Asiatic cholera.
Original Air Date: March 11, 1952
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00:33:54 |
Mon 18 Mar 2024
Your Truly Johnny Dollar: The Chesapeake Fraud Matter Omnibus Edition (EP1358s)
Release Date: September 07, 2014
Original Air Dates: October 3-7, 1955
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Original Air Dates: October 3-7, 1955
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01:09:09 |
Mon 18 Mar 2024
Dranget: Production 6 (aka: The Red Light Bandit) (EP1358)
Release Date: September 06, 2014
Friday and Romero search for a brutal man who impersonates a police officer to beat and rob innocent citizens.
Original Air Date: July 14, 1949
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Friday and Romero search for a brutal man who impersonates a police officer to beat and rob innocent citizens.
Original Air Date: July 14, 1949
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00:40:01 |
Sun 17 Mar 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Michael Meany Mirage Matter (EP1357)
Release Date: September 05, 2014
Johnny investigates the disappearance of $20,000 in ambergris.
Original Air Date: May 19, 1957
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Johnny investigates the disappearance of $20,000 in ambergris.
Original Air Date: May 19, 1957
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00:38:08 |
Sun 17 Mar 2024
Nick Carter: The Witness Saw Nothing (EP1356)
Release Date: September 04, 2014
Two killers target a door to door salesman who could provide evidence against them in a murder case-though he doesn’t know it
Original Air Date: February 24, 1946
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Two killers target a door to door salesman who could provide evidence against them in a murder case-though he doesn’t know it
Original Air Date: February 24, 1946
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00:33:20 |
Sat 16 Mar 2024
Philip Marlowe: Friend from Detroit (EP1355)
Release Date: September 03, 2014
Marlowe is awakened in the middle of the night by a call from a man who runs a lunch counter, begging Marlowe’s help to find his missing wife. Marlowe’s investigations…
Marlowe is awakened in the middle of the night by a call from a man who runs a lunch counter, begging Marlowe’s help to find his missing wife. Marlowe’s investigations…
00:35:55 |
Sat 16 Mar 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Neal Breer Matter (EP1354)
Release Date: September 02, 2014
Johnny is called in when the insurance company receives a letter from an insured’s doctor suggesting that a twenty-six year old businessman was poisoned.
Original Air D…
Johnny is called in when the insurance company receives a letter from an insured’s doctor suggesting that a twenty-six year old businessman was poisoned.
Original Air D…
00:36:10 |
Fri 15 Mar 2024
Pursuit: Pursuit In Clynewydd Mine (EP1353)
Release Date: September 01, 2014
A man is found murdered in a mine disaster.
Original Air Date: March 4, 1952
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A man is found murdered in a mine disaster.
Original Air Date: March 4, 1952
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00:30:38 |
Fri 15 Mar 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Molly K Matter Omnibus Edition (EP1352s)
Release Date: August 31, 2014
Johnny investigates the sinking of a boat with a $500,000 insurance policy and a captain who tries to stop him from getting to the truth.
Original Air Date: October 10-14,…
Johnny investigates the sinking of a boat with a $500,000 insurance policy and a captain who tries to stop him from getting to the truth.
Original Air Date: October 10-14,…
01:09:10 |
Thu 14 Mar 2024
Dragnet: Production 5 aka The Helen Corday Murder (EP1352)
Release Date: August 30, 2014
Friday and Romero search for a man who killed a waitress.
Original Air Date: July 7, 1949
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Friday and Romero search for a man who killed a waitress.
Original Air Date: July 7, 1949
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00:39:37 |
Thu 14 Mar 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Peerless Fire Matter (EP1351)
Release Date: August 29, 2014
Johnny looks into the arson of a small junkyard.
Original Air Date: May 5, 1957
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Johnny looks into the arson of a small junkyard.
Original Air Date: May 5, 1957
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00:36:55 |
Wed 13 Mar 2024
Nick Carter: The Body in the Ice (EP1350)
Release Date: August 28, 2014
A body is found frozen in the ice.
Original Air Date: January 27, 1946
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A body is found frozen in the ice.
Original Air Date: January 27, 1946
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00:34:56 |
Wed 13 Mar 2024
Philip Marlowe: The Lonesome Reunion (EP1349)
Release Date: August 27, 2014
Marlowe goes to Phoenix to carry simple papers but finds himself in the midst of robbers fighting and kill over the proceeds of an old robbery.
Original Air Date: February…
Marlowe goes to Phoenix to carry simple papers but finds himself in the midst of robbers fighting and kill over the proceeds of an old robbery.
Original Air Date: February…
00:33:15 |
Tue 12 Mar 2024
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