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 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
Police Headquarters: Frame Up and Death of a Mystery Writer (EP1328)
Release Date: August 02, 2014
A police Captain’s son is charged with murder in, “Frame Up.”
A mystery writer is killed before finishing his long-running serial in, “Death of a Mystery Writer.”
Original …
A police Captain’s son is charged with murder in, “Frame Up.”
A mystery writer is killed before finishing his long-running serial in, “Death of a Mystery Writer.”
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00:31:40 |
Thu 29 Feb 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Suntan Oil Matter (EP1327)
Release Date: August 01, 2014
Johnny investigates the disappearance of a necklace owned by the wife of an oil man trying to hang on to his young wife.
Original Air Date: March 10, 1957
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Johnny investigates the disappearance of a necklace owned by the wife of an oil man trying to hang on to his young wife.
Original Air Date: March 10, 1957
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00:35:16 |
Wed 28 Feb 2024
Nick Carter: The Vanishing Postman (EP1326)
Release Date: July 31, 2014
After a car accident, Nick happens on a leather bag belonging to a postman who disappeared seven years ago.
Original Air Date: August 26, 1945
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After a car accident, Nick happens on a leather bag belonging to a postman who disappeared seven years ago.
Original Air Date: August 26, 1945
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00:35:16 |
Wed 28 Feb 2024
Phillip Marlowe: The Black Halo (EP1325)
Release Date: July 30, 2014
Marlowe looks for a woman who works for a major perfume company.
Original Air Date: January 15, 1949
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Marlowe looks for a woman who works for a major perfume company.
Original Air Date: January 15, 1949
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00:36:24 |
Tue 27 Feb 2024
Pat Novak for Hire: Give Envelope to John St. John (EP1324)
Release Date: July 29, 2014
A dying man gives Novak an envelope with the mission to deliver it to John St. John.
Original Air Date: May 22, 1949
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A dying man gives Novak an envelope with the mission to deliver it to John St. John.
Original Air Date: May 22, 1949
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00:34:47 |
Tue 27 Feb 2024
Pursuit: Pursuit and the Man Who Died Late (EP1323)
Release Date: July 28, 2014
Inspector Black is presented with a case of a man who appeared to died from assault but was actually shot-months before he died.
Original Air Date: October 2, 1951
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Inspector Black is presented with a case of a man who appeared to died from assault but was actually shot-months before he died.
Original Air Date: October 2, 1951
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00:34:12 |
Mon 26 Feb 2024
Police Headquarters: Old Cop and Stolen Brain (EP1322)
Release Date: July 26, 2014
An elderly soon to be retired police officer investigates the theft of $190,000 in cash in “Old Cop.”
And the brain of a dead brilliant scientist is stolen and $100,000 in i…
An elderly soon to be retired police officer investigates the theft of $190,000 in cash in “Old Cop.”
And the brain of a dead brilliant scientist is stolen and $100,000 in i…
00:27:26 |
Sun 25 Feb 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Meek Memorial Matter (EP1321)
Release Date: July 25, 2014
Johnny searches for a stolen missing copy of the Gettysburg Address.
Original Air Date: March 3, 1957
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Johnny searches for a stolen missing copy of the Gettysburg Address.
Original Air Date: March 3, 1957
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00:35:47 |
Sat 24 Feb 2024
Nick Carter: The Case of the Sick Statue (EP1320)
Release Date: July 24, 2014
Nick’s called in by a maid who is concerned about a plague spreading from statues. Nick arrives to find her dead.
Original Air Date: August 12, 1945
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Nick’s called in by a maid who is concerned about a plague spreading from statues. Nick arrives to find her dead.
Original Air Date: August 12, 1945
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00:28:13 |
Sat 24 Feb 2024
Philip Marlowe: The Restless Day (EP1319)
Release Date: July 23, 2014
Marlowe’s hopes of a day off are spoiled when a man who was assumed dead by accident shows up asking Marlowe to find out who tried to kill him.
Original Air Date: January 8,…
Marlowe’s hopes of a day off are spoiled when a man who was assumed dead by accident shows up asking Marlowe to find out who tried to kill him.
Original Air Date: January 8,…
00:32:53 |
Fri 23 Feb 2024
Pat Novak: The Geranium Plant (EP1318)
Release Date: July 22, 2014
Pat Novak’s hired to deliver a geranium. He’s hit by a car after the pick-up and that’s just the start of his trouble.
Original Air Date: May 14, 1949
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Pat Novak’s hired to deliver a geranium. He’s hit by a car after the pick-up and that’s just the start of his trouble.
Original Air Date: May 14, 1949
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00:33:41 |
Fri 23 Feb 2024
Pursuit: Pursuit and the Ladies of Farthing Street (EP1317)
Release Date: July 21, 2014
Black is advised he’d find evidence of a murder and he finds a dead body and is led to two very proper ladies living on Farthing Street.
Original Air Date: September 18, 195…
Black is advised he’d find evidence of a murder and he finds a dead body and is led to two very proper ladies living on Farthing Street.
Original Air Date: September 18, 195…
00:32:20 |
Thu 22 Feb 2024
Police Headquarters: William Spencer Killed and Race Track (EP1316)
Release Date: July 19, 2014
A well-liked roguish gambler is found dead of an apparent suicide in William Spencer Killed.
A friend of a couple of police officers needs their protection from gangsters t…
A well-liked roguish gambler is found dead of an apparent suicide in William Spencer Killed.
A friend of a couple of police officers needs their protection from gangsters t…
00:28:03 |
Thu 22 Feb 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Templeton Matter (EP1315)
Release Date: July 18, 2014
Johnny investigates the theft of thousands of dollars in merchandise that includes the murder of one of the guards.
Original Air Date: February 10, 1957
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Johnny investigates the theft of thousands of dollars in merchandise that includes the murder of one of the guards.
Original Air Date: February 10, 1957
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00:31:45 |
Wed 21 Feb 2024
Nick Carter: The Hanging Paperhanger (EP1314)
Release Date: July 17, 2014
Nick is hired by a cleaning woman who becomes suspicious when her landlord repapers her wall without her permission. The landlord is then found dead.
Original Air Date: Augu…
Nick is hired by a cleaning woman who becomes suspicious when her landlord repapers her wall without her permission. The landlord is then found dead.
Original Air Date: Augu…
00:29:06 |
Wed 21 Feb 2024
Philip Marlowe: The Old Acquaintance (EP1313)
Release Date: July 16, 2014
Marlowe is hired on New Year’s Eve to a locate a missing fiancée who disappeared at the same day a dangerous convict broke out of prison.
Original Air Date: December 26, 194…
Marlowe is hired on New Year’s Eve to a locate a missing fiancée who disappeared at the same day a dangerous convict broke out of prison.
Original Air Date: December 26, 194…
00:34:46 |
Tue 20 Feb 2024
Pat Novak for Hire: Wendy Morris (EP1312)
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Pat Novak is hired by an attorney to keep an eye on a woman whose husband has returned from the Navy. The Attorney alleges the husband is an imposter.
Original Air Date: May…
Pat Novak is hired by an attorney to keep an eye on a woman whose husband has returned from the Navy. The Attorney alleges the husband is an imposter.
Original Air Date: May…
00:34:26 |
Tue 20 Feb 2024
Pursuit: Pursuit at the Vicarage (EP1311)
Release Date: July 14, 2014
Inspector Black is called in to investigate threats against a beloved local vicar.
Original Air Date: August 21, 1951
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S…
Inspector Black is called in to investigate threats against a beloved local vicar.
Original Air Date: August 21, 1951
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00:32:24 |
Mon 19 Feb 2024
Police Headquarters: Deadly Poker Game, Judge Carlton Missing (EP1310)
Release Date: July 12, 2014
The police go to investigate a suicide but find evidence that suggests it was a fame in “Deadly Poker Game.”
A Judge is missing and a reporter and his faithful photographer …
The police go to investigate a suicide but find evidence that suggests it was a fame in “Deadly Poker Game.”
A Judge is missing and a reporter and his faithful photographer …
00:28:13 |
Mon 19 Feb 2024
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