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
The Hunters: You Take Ballistics (EP1269)
Release Date: May 26, 2014
A Scotland Yard inspector tries to get a confession out of a clever criminal.
Recorded: November 30, 1948
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A Scotland Yard inspector tries to get a confession out of a clever criminal.
Recorded: November 30, 1948
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00:34:07 |
Thu 25 Jan 2024
Police Headquarters: The Tommy Gun Murders and The Perfect Murder (EP1268)
Release Date: May 24, 2014
The police search for a vicious murderer who uses a Tommy Gun.
Episodes 16 and 17
Original Air Date: 1932
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The police search for a vicious murderer who uses a Tommy Gun.
Episodes 16 and 17
Original Air Date: 1932
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00:26:54 |
Thu 25 Jan 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Burning Carr Matter (EP1267)
Release Date: May 23, 2014
Johnny goes to Florida in search of an arsonist who is destroying lumber yards.
Original Air Date: December 9, 1956
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Johnny goes to Florida in search of an arsonist who is destroying lumber yards.
Original Air Date: December 9, 1956
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00:33:16 |
Wed 24 Jan 2024
Nick Carter: Death Behind the Scenes (EP1266)
Release Date: May 22, 2014
Nick Carter is called in when an actor has faced a series of perilous accidents.
Original Air Date: March 25, 1945
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Nick Carter is called in when an actor has faced a series of perilous accidents.
Original Air Date: March 25, 1945
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00:33:10 |
Wed 24 Jan 2024
Philip Marlowe: Trouble is My Business (EP1265)
Release Date: May 21, 2014
Philip Marlowe is hired to look into the wedding of a wealthy young man to a woman with dubious motives.
Original Air Date: August 5, 1947
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Philip Marlowe is hired to look into the wedding of a wealthy young man to a woman with dubious motives.
Original Air Date: August 5, 1947
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00:33:47 |
Tue 23 Jan 2024
Pat Novak: Rubin Calloway (EP1264)
Release Date: May 20, 2014
Pat Novak comes across a man tossed in the bay, who gives him the key to a bus locker. A woman pays him $200 to bring her the contents of the locker.
Original Air Date: Marc…
Pat Novak comes across a man tossed in the bay, who gives him the key to a bus locker. A woman pays him $200 to bring her the contents of the locker.
Original Air Date: Marc…
00:33:05 |
Tue 23 Jan 2024
Manhunt: The Clue of the Widowed Bride and Police Headquarters: Man Steals Food (EP1263)
Release Date: May 19, 2014
A man is murdered at his wedding.
Original Air Date: Unknown (sometime between 1943-46)
The Police arrest a man for stealing bread and try to help.
Episode 15
Original Air Date:…
A man is murdered at his wedding.
Original Air Date: Unknown (sometime between 1943-46)
The Police arrest a man for stealing bread and try to help.
Episode 15
Original Air Date:…
00:30:39 |
Mon 22 Jan 2024
Police Headquarters: Isaac Nathan Death and the McKenzie Death (EP1262)
Release Date: May 17, 2014
The owner of a rich estate is killed in The Isaac Nathan Death.
A wealthy man is killed and a rival for his wife’s affections is the prime suspect in The McKenzie death.
Orig…
The owner of a rich estate is killed in The Isaac Nathan Death.
A wealthy man is killed and a rival for his wife’s affections is the prime suspect in The McKenzie death.
Orig…
00:25:54 |
Sun 21 Jan 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Royal Street Matter (EP1261)
Release Date: May 16, 2014
Johnny goes to New Orleans to investigate a fire where the shop owner refused to file a claim.
Original Air Date: November 25, 1956
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Johnny goes to New Orleans to investigate a fire where the shop owner refused to file a claim.
Original Air Date: November 25, 1956
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00:37:04 |
Sat 20 Jan 2024
Nick Carter: Death Goes to the Post (EP1260)
Release Date: May 15, 2014
A jockey dies near the finish line at a big horse race and Nick thinks its murder.
Original Air Date: March 18, 1945
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A jockey dies near the finish line at a big horse race and Nick thinks its murder.
Original Air Date: March 18, 1945
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00:33:14 |
Sat 20 Jan 2024
Philip Marlowe: The King in Yellow (EP1259)
Release Date: May 14, 2014
Marlowe substitutes for house detective and kicks a raucous musician out of the hotel only to later find him dead.
Original Air Date: July 8, 1947
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Marlowe substitutes for house detective and kicks a raucous musician out of the hotel only to later find him dead.
Original Air Date: July 8, 1947
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00:33:28 |
Fri 19 Jan 2024
Pat Novak for Hire: Fleet Lady (EP1258)
Release Date: May 13, 2014
Pat Novak’s hired to find a horse, and he finds the horse and a dead body.
Original Air Date: March 6, 1949
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Pat Novak’s hired to find a horse, and he finds the horse and a dead body.
Original Air Date: March 6, 1949
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00:32:53 |
Fri 19 Jan 2024
Manhunt: The Clue of the Gloomy Room and the Melody Murder (EP1257)
Release Date: May 12, 2014
A businessman is murdered behind a locked door.
Original Air Date: May 6, 1944
Two songwriters are murdered
Original Air Date: Unknown (mid-1940s)
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A businessman is murdered behind a locked door.
Original Air Date: May 6, 1944
Two songwriters are murdered
Original Air Date: Unknown (mid-1940s)
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00:27:48 |
Thu 18 Jan 2024
Police Headquarters: Blackmail and Forgery (EP1256)
Release Date: May 10, 2014
The police investigate the murder of a blackmailer in, “Blackmail.”
And the police look into a forged $10,000 check in “Forgery.”
Episodes 11 and 12
Original Air Date: 1932
Supp…
The police investigate the murder of a blackmailer in, “Blackmail.”
And the police look into a forged $10,000 check in “Forgery.”
Episodes 11 and 12
Original Air Date: 1932
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00:29:44 |
Thu 18 Jan 2024
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Big Scoop Matter (EP1255)
Release Date: May 09, 2014
When a reporter friend is killed while investigating a gambling syndicate, Johnny investigates.
Original Air Date: November 11, 1956
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When a reporter friend is killed while investigating a gambling syndicate, Johnny investigates.
Original Air Date: November 11, 1956
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00:33:13 |
Wed 17 Jan 2024
Nick Carter: Webs of Murder (EP1254)
Release Date: May 08, 2014
A woman who makes her living selling black widow spiders is murdered.
Original Air Date: March 11, 1945
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A woman who makes her living selling black widow spiders is murdered.
Original Air Date: March 11, 1945
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00:35:57 |
Wed 17 Jan 2024
Philip Marlowe: The Red Wind (EP1253)
Release Date: May 07, 2014
Philip Marlowe witnesses a murder in a bar and becomes involved in the sad case of a married young woman.
Original Air Date: June 17, 1947
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Philip Marlowe witnesses a murder in a bar and becomes involved in the sad case of a married young woman.
Original Air Date: June 17, 1947
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00:37:52 |
Tue 16 Jan 2024
Pat Novak for Hire: Marcia Halpern (EP1252)
Release Date: May 06, 2014
A woman with apparent amnesia stumbles into Pat Novak and then dies. Novak has to find out who she really is before Hellman rushes him off to the gas chamber.
Original Air Da…
A woman with apparent amnesia stumbles into Pat Novak and then dies. Novak has to find out who she really is before Hellman rushes him off to the gas chamber.
Original Air Da…
00:31:45 |
Tue 16 Jan 2024
Manhunt: The Clue of the Stairway Slaying and The Clue of the Legal Loophole (EP1251)
Release Date: May 05, 2014
A night watchman is killed in course of a safe burglary.
Original Air Date: April 22, 1944
An invalid appears to have died of a heart attack, but it turns out he was murdered.
…
A night watchman is killed in course of a safe burglary.
Original Air Date: April 22, 1944
An invalid appears to have died of a heart attack, but it turns out he was murdered.
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00:28:55 |
Mon 15 Jan 2024
The Chase: Elliott Preston Is Framed for Murder (EP1250s)
Release Date: May 04, 2014
A man is accused of murdering his girlfriend’s uncle who stands in the way of her marrying him.
Original Air Date: May 18, 1952
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A man is accused of murdering his girlfriend’s uncle who stands in the way of her marrying him.
Original Air Date: May 18, 1952
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00:45:31 |
Mon 15 Jan 2024
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