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
Philip Marlowe: The Panama Hat (EP1289)
Release Date: June 18, 2014
A woman hires Marlowe to investigate anonymous threats against her husband by a man in a Panama hat.
Original Air Date: October 10, 1948
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A woman hires Marlowe to investigate anonymous threats against her husband by a man in a Panama hat.
Original Air Date: October 10, 1948
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00:32:33 |
Tue 06 Feb 2024
Pat Novak: Shirt Mix Up at the Laundry (EP1288)
Release Date: June 17, 2014
When Pat Novak gets the wrong bundle at the laundry, he tries to switch with the man who was given his shirts. Novak is knocked out and wakes up next to a dead body. Par fo…
When Pat Novak gets the wrong bundle at the laundry, he tries to switch with the man who was given his shirts. Novak is knocked out and wakes up next to a dead body. Par fo…
00:32:46 |
Tue 06 Feb 2024
Pursuit: The Pursuit on Lundy Island (EP1287)
Release Date: June 16, 2014
While on vacation, Inspector Black is called to investigate a murder on a boat.
Original Air Date: February 7, 1950
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While on vacation, Inspector Black is called to investigate a murder on a boat.
Original Air Date: February 7, 1950
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00:33:12 |
Mon 05 Feb 2024
Police Headquarters: Mrs. Smallwood Killed and Dr. Thonton’s Wife Missing (EP1286)
Release Date: June 14, 2014
The police investigate a murder and search for a motive in Mrs. Smallwood Killed.
A doctor report his wife missing in Dr. Thornton’s Wife Missing.
Episodes 24 and 25 (1932)
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The police investigate a murder and search for a motive in Mrs. Smallwood Killed.
A doctor report his wife missing in Dr. Thornton’s Wife Missing.
Episodes 24 and 25 (1932)
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00:28:47 |
Mon 05 Feb 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Ellen Dear Matter (EP1285)
Release Date: June 13, 2014
Johnny is hired to protect jewels purchased a wealthy businessman in Mexico but finds the jewels were lost at sea…or were they?
Original Air Date: January 6, 1957
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Johnny is hired to protect jewels purchased a wealthy businessman in Mexico but finds the jewels were lost at sea…or were they?
Original Air Date: January 6, 1957
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00:36:08 |
Sat 03 Feb 2024
Nick Carter: The Mystery of Hangman’s Wood (EP1284)
Release Date: June 12, 2014
Nick Carter investigates the legend of an apparition at Hangman’s wood.
Original Air Date: May 20, 1945
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Nick Carter investigates the legend of an apparition at Hangman’s wood.
Original Air Date: May 20, 1945
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00:32:46 |
Sat 03 Feb 2024
Philip Marlowe: Persian Slippers (EP1283)
Release Date: June 11, 2014
The only clue Marlowe has to the disappearance of a wealthy woman is the name of a skid row fortune teller.
Original Air Date: October 3, 1948
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The only clue Marlowe has to the disappearance of a wealthy woman is the name of a skid row fortune teller.
Original Air Date: October 3, 1948
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00:33:01 |
Fri 02 Feb 2024
Pat Novak for Hire: Father Lahey (EP1282)
Release Date: June 10, 2014
A priest hires Pat Novak to intercept an escaping convict.
However, when Novak allows the convict to make an unplanned stop, trouble of the lethal kind ensues.
Original Air …
A priest hires Pat Novak to intercept an escaping convict.
However, when Novak allows the convict to make an unplanned stop, trouble of the lethal kind ensues.
Original Air …
00:34:24 |
Fri 02 Feb 2024
Pursuit: Pursuit of the Tall Man (EP1281)
Release Date: June 09, 2014
The police searched for a tall man believed to be behind a series of robberies.
Original Air Date: January 6, 1950
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The police searched for a tall man believed to be behind a series of robberies.
Original Air Date: January 6, 1950
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00:28:43 |
Thu 01 Feb 2024
Police Headquarters: Andy Green Killing and Mrs. North Robbery (EP1280)
Release Date: June 07, 2014
A young man is the only witness to the murder of a police officer in The Andy Green Killing.
A woman is robbed and her husband
Episodes: 21 and 23
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A young man is the only witness to the murder of a police officer in The Andy Green Killing.
A woman is robbed and her husband
Episodes: 21 and 23
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00:29:20 |
Thu 01 Feb 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Squared Circle Matter (EP1279)
Release Date: June 06, 2014
Johnny suspects that an insured punch drunk boxer is being set up to die by his manager who hopes to cash in on the insurance policy.
Original Air Date: December 30, 1956
Sup…
Johnny suspects that an insured punch drunk boxer is being set up to die by his manager who hopes to cash in on the insurance policy.
Original Air Date: December 30, 1956
Sup…
00:31:28 |
Wed 31 Jan 2024
Nick Carter: The Vanishing Lady (EP1278)
Release Date: June 05, 2014
Nick investigates the disappearance of a pregnant woman at a hospital.
Original Air Date: May 6, 1945
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Nick investigates the disappearance of a pregnant woman at a hospital.
Original Air Date: May 6, 1945
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00:34:54 |
Wed 31 Jan 2024
Philip Marlowe: Red Wind (EP1277)
Release Date: June 04, 2014
Marlowe witnesses a murder and is drawn in the problems of a woman being blackmailed.
Original Air Date: September 26, 1948
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Marlowe witnesses a murder and is drawn in the problems of a woman being blackmailed.
Original Air Date: September 26, 1948
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00:35:50 |
Tue 30 Jan 2024
Pat Novak: Joe Condano (EP1276)
Release Date: June 03, 2014
After being hired to pay off a beautiful woman’s brother’s gambling debt, Novak finds himself next to a dead body with Inspector Hellman on the way up.
Original Air Date: Ma…
After being hired to pay off a beautiful woman’s brother’s gambling debt, Novak finds himself next to a dead body with Inspector Hellman on the way up.
Original Air Date: Ma…
00:33:29 |
Tue 30 Jan 2024
Pursuit: Three for All (EP1275)
Release Date: June 02, 2014
Inspector Black investigates a serial killer who is notifying the police of his murders.
Original Air Date: November 10, 1949
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Inspector Black investigates a serial killer who is notifying the police of his murders.
Original Air Date: November 10, 1949
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00:33:30 |
Mon 29 Jan 2024
Police Headquarters: KO’D and Infiltrating the Mob (EP1274)
Release Date: May 31, 2014
A boxer died after the fight of an apparent heart attack in KO’D.
The police try to recover $100,000 in stolen jewelry in Infiltrating the Mob.
Episodes 18 and 20
Original Air…
A boxer died after the fight of an apparent heart attack in KO’D.
The police try to recover $100,000 in stolen jewelry in Infiltrating the Mob.
Episodes 18 and 20
Original Air…
00:35:14 |
Sun 28 Jan 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Rasmussen Matter (EP1273)
Release Date: May 30, 2014
Johnny searches for the wife of a murdered man to give her her insurance check.
Original Air Date: December 16, 1956
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Johnny searches for the wife of a murdered man to give her her insurance check.
Original Air Date: December 16, 1956
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00:34:54 |
Sat 27 Jan 2024
Nick Carter: The Witch of Dondenberg Mountain (EP1272)
Release Date: May 29, 2014
Nick is hired by an archaeologist who believes a witch killed his assistant.
Original Air Date: April 22, 1945
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Nick is hired by an archaeologist who believes a witch killed his assistant.
Original Air Date: April 22, 1945
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00:33:00 |
Sat 27 Jan 2024
Lux Radio Theater: The Lady in the Lake
Release Date: May 28, 2014
Philip Marlowe looks for a missing wife at the behest of the missing woman’s husband’s secretary who wants to break up the marriage to marry her boss.
Original Air Date: Febr…
Philip Marlowe looks for a missing wife at the behest of the missing woman’s husband’s secretary who wants to break up the marriage to marry her boss.
Original Air Date: Febr…
01:09:33 |
Fri 26 Jan 2024
Pat Novak for Hire: Rory Malone (EP1270)
Release Date: May 27, 2014
Pat Novak gets an offer for $300 from a beautiful woman to stay away from boxer Rory Malone, and $300 from Malone’s manager. Whichever side he ends up on, it’s going to be t…
Pat Novak gets an offer for $300 from a beautiful woman to stay away from boxer Rory Malone, and $300 from Malone’s manager. Whichever side he ends up on, it’s going to be t…
00:33:58 |
Fri 26 Jan 2024
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