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
Pursuit: Pursuit of the Woman in Grey (EP1347)
Release Date: August 25, 2014
Inspector Black goes undercover as a social worker to investigate violence in a women’s prison.
Original Air Date: February 26, 1952
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Inspector Black goes undercover as a social worker to investigate violence in a women’s prison.
Original Air Date: February 26, 1952
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00:33:48 |
Mon 11 Mar 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The McCormack Matter Omnibus Edition (EP1346s)
Release Date: August 24, 2014
A dying prisoner sends Johnny searching for $100,000 in stolen jewels that were never recovered and murder follows.
Original Air Dates: October 3-7, 1955
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A dying prisoner sends Johnny searching for $100,000 in stolen jewels that were never recovered and murder follows.
Original Air Dates: October 3-7, 1955
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01:11:53 |
Mon 11 Mar 2024
Dragnet: Production #4 Homicide (aka: Quick Trigger Gun Men) (EP1346)
Release Date: August 23, 2014
Friday and Romero are on the trailer of three robbers who murdered a police officer.
Original Air Date: June 24, 1949
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Friday and Romero are on the trailer of three robbers who murdered a police officer.
Original Air Date: June 24, 1949
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00:45:40 |
Sun 10 Mar 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Melancholy Memory Matter (EP1345)
Release Date: August 22, 2014
Johnny searches for a pitcher who disappeared during Spring Training and whose sister is accusing his new bride of murdering him.
Original Air Date: April 28, 1957
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Johnny searches for a pitcher who disappeared during Spring Training and whose sister is accusing his new bride of murdering him.
Original Air Date: April 28, 1957
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00:35:38 |
Sat 09 Mar 2024
Nick Carter: Shakespeare’s Ghost (EP1344)
Release Date: August 21, 2014
A grifter cons a collector out of a copy of the Shakespeare folio that’s rumored to be haunted by Shakespeare’s ghost and is founded beheaded with an Elizabethan sword.
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A grifter cons a collector out of a copy of the Shakespeare folio that’s rumored to be haunted by Shakespeare’s ghost and is founded beheaded with an Elizabethan sword.
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00:32:55 |
Sat 09 Mar 2024
Philip Marlowe: The Long Rope (EP1343)
Release Date: August 20, 2014
Marlowe is hired by an elderly man to transport a string of pearls to Chicago but arrives to find the man who hired him dead and the pearls missing.
Original Air Date: Feb…
Marlowe is hired by an elderly man to transport a string of pearls to Chicago but arrives to find the man who hired him dead and the pearls missing.
Original Air Date: Feb…
00:34:08 |
Fri 08 Mar 2024
Pat Novak: Joe Dineen (EP1342)
Release Date: August 19, 2014
Two men kidnap Pat Novak from a wrestling match and demand he take them to a man Novak doesn’t know by the name of Joe Dineen.
Original Air Date: June 19, 1949
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Two men kidnap Pat Novak from a wrestling match and demand he take them to a man Novak doesn’t know by the name of Joe Dineen.
Original Air Date: June 19, 1949
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00:33:38 |
Fri 08 Mar 2024
Pursuit: Pursuit of the Thames Pirates (EP1341)
Release Date: August 18, 2014
Peter Black joins the pursuit of thieves down the Thames River.
Original Air Date: February 12, 1952
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Peter Black joins the pursuit of thieves down the Thames River.
Original Air Date: February 12, 1952
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00:34:20 |
Thu 07 Mar 2024
Dragnet: Production #3 Robbery Aka: The Werewolf (EP1340)
Release Date: August 16, 2014
Joe and Ben go searching for a criminal nicknamed the “werewolf” who is terrorizing young women in LA’s Central district
Original Air Date: June 17, 1949
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Joe and Ben go searching for a criminal nicknamed the “werewolf” who is terrorizing young women in LA’s Central district
Original Air Date: June 17, 1949
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00:33:56 |
Thu 07 Mar 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Ming Toy Murphy Matter (EP1339)
Release Date: August 15, 2014
Johnny has to find a dog–a talking dog.
Original Air Date: April 14, 1957
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Johnny has to find a dog–a talking dog.
Original Air Date: April 14, 1957
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00:35:19 |
Wed 06 Mar 2024
Nick Carter: The Case of the Howling Horse (EP1338)
Release Date: August 14, 2014
Nick goes upstate to investigate the case of a horse that hunt and kill men.
Original Air Date: September 30, 1945
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Nick goes upstate to investigate the case of a horse that hunt and kill men.
Original Air Date: September 30, 1945
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00:33:11 |
Wed 06 Mar 2024
Philip Marlowe: Easy Mark (EP1337)
Release Date: August 13, 2014
Marlowe to help a woman’s husband whose in trouble with blackmailers and finds a backwards case. Why would blackmailer attack their mark?
Original Air Date: January 29, 19…
Marlowe to help a woman’s husband whose in trouble with blackmailers and finds a backwards case. Why would blackmailer attack their mark?
Original Air Date: January 29, 19…
00:34:05 |
Tue 05 Mar 2024
Pat Novak: Georgie Lampson (EP1336)
Release Date: August 12, 2014
Novak is hired by an old flame and finds himself once again, in the thick of a murder investigation.
Original Air Date: June 12, 1949.
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Novak is hired by an old flame and finds himself once again, in the thick of a murder investigation.
Original Air Date: June 12, 1949.
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00:42:02 |
Tue 05 Mar 2024
Pursuit: Pursuit of the Loch Ness Killer (EP1335)
Release Date: August 11, 2014
Inspector Black goes to Scotland to investigate a murder and find the prime suspect has broken jail.
Original Air Date: December 11, 1951
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Inspector Black goes to Scotland to investigate a murder and find the prime suspect has broken jail.
Original Air Date: December 11, 1951
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00:32:54 |
Mon 04 Mar 2024
Dragnet: Production #2: Robbery (aka: The Nickle Plated Gun) (EP1334)
Release Date: August 09, 2014
Friday and Romero are on the trailer of robbers who kill for fun.
Original Air Date: June 10, 1949
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Friday and Romero are on the trailer of robbers who kill for fun.
Original Air Date: June 10, 1949
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00:39:46 |
Sun 03 Mar 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Clever Chemist Matter (EP1333)
Release Date: August 08, 2014
Johnny investigates a protest of a change in a scientist’s insurance policy.
Original Air Date: March 17, 1957
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Johnny investigates a protest of a change in a scientist’s insurance policy.
Original Air Date: March 17, 1957
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00:34:55 |
Sat 02 Mar 2024
Nick Carter: The Case of the Talking Tree (EP1332)
Release Date: August 07, 2014
Nick investigates the death of a homeless man who dies on a trolley mumbling about talking trees.
Original Air Date: September 9, 1945
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Nick investigates the death of a homeless man who dies on a trolley mumbling about talking trees.
Original Air Date: September 9, 1945
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00:34:17 |
Sat 02 Mar 2024
Philip Marlowe: The Orange Dog (EP1331)
Release Date: August 06, 2014
Marlowe stars out looking for a woman’s missing sister and instead finds himself in Chinatown on the trail of the orange dog of Fo.
Original Air Date: January 22, 1949
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Marlowe stars out looking for a woman’s missing sister and instead finds himself in Chinatown on the trail of the orange dog of Fo.
Original Air Date: January 22, 1949
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00:33:38 |
Fri 01 Mar 2024
Pat Novak: Agnes Bolton (EP1330)
Release Date: August 05, 2014
Pat Novak hired to follow a woman, and while he’s doing it, she drops dead in a phone booth and once again Hellman puts the finger on Novak.
Original Air Date: June 5, 194…
Pat Novak hired to follow a woman, and while he’s doing it, she drops dead in a phone booth and once again Hellman puts the finger on Novak.
Original Air Date: June 5, 194…
00:35:17 |
Fri 01 Mar 2024
Pursuit: Pursuit of the Night Ferry (EP1329)
Release Date: August 04, 2014
Peter Black, Moffet, and another policeman are on board a night train after a tip was sent of a potential robbery.
Original Air Date: November 20, 1951
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Peter Black, Moffet, and another policeman are on board a night train after a tip was sent of a potential robbery.
Original Air Date: November 20, 1951
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00:33:15 |
Thu 29 Feb 2024
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