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 Kranesburg Matter, Parts 1 and 1A (EP1191)
Release Date: February 24, 2014
Johnny goes to make a deal with a jewel thief who has stolen from a family with old money.
Original Air Dates: August 24 and 27, 1956
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Johnny goes to make a deal with a jewel thief who has stolen from a family with old money.
Original Air Dates: August 24 and 27, 1956
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00:32:45 |
Thu 21 Dec 2023
Rocky Jordan: Man from Damascus (EP1190s)
Release Date: February 23, 2014
Rocky receives money and a command to appear from a mysterious bandaged man from Damascus.
Original Air Date: June 12, 1949
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Rocky receives money and a command to appear from a mysterious bandaged man from Damascus.
Original Air Date: June 12, 1949
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00:36:53 |
Thu 21 Dec 2023
The Line Up: Cowardly Castro (EP1190)
Release Date: February 22, 2014
Two crooks from Indiana move to town and a business is held up and it was employed by another man from Indiana who was in prison with the two thugs.
Rehearsal of Program…
Two crooks from Indiana move to town and a business is held up and it was employed by another man from Indiana who was in prison with the two thugs.
Rehearsal of Program…
00:32:19 |
Thu 21 Dec 2023
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Crystal Lake Matter, Part Five and Manhunt: The Clue of the Red Thread (EP1189)
Release Date: February 21, 2014
With the cab driver dead, Johnny’s best lead is gone. Will he discovered who killed Russell?
Original Air Date: August 17, 1956
Andrew Stephens investigates a case where …
With the cab driver dead, Johnny’s best lead is gone. Will he discovered who killed Russell?
Original Air Date: August 17, 1956
Andrew Stephens investigates a case where …
00:35:39 |
Wed 20 Dec 2023
Nick Carter: Death Plays the Lead (EP1188)
Release Date: February 20, 2014
Nick Carter investigates the violent death of an actress backstage at a show for soldiers.
Original Air Date: December 3, 1944
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Nick Carter investigates the violent death of an actress backstage at a show for soldiers.
Original Air Date: December 3, 1944
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00:35:34 |
Wed 20 Dec 2023
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Crystal Lake Matter, Parts Three and Four (EP1187)
Release Date: February 19, 2014
With the insured dead, Johnny looks for an elusive cabbie and a certain man named Bill.
Original Air Dates: August 15 and 16, 1956
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With the insured dead, Johnny looks for an elusive cabbie and a certain man named Bill.
Original Air Dates: August 15 and 16, 1956
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00:33:27 |
Wed 20 Dec 2023
Casebook of Gregory Hood: The Derringer Society (EP1186)
Release Date: February 18, 2014
A woman visits the Derringer Society and the members start dying as she predicted.
Original Air Date: July 8, 1946
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A woman visits the Derringer Society and the members start dying as she predicted.
Original Air Date: July 8, 1946
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00:33:46 |
Wed 20 Dec 2023
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Crystal Lake Matter, Parts One and Two (EP1185)
Release Date: February 17, 2014
Johnny looks for a missing insured man who went to a small town searching for someone named Bill.
Original Air Dates: August 13 and 14, 1956
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Johnny looks for a missing insured man who went to a small town searching for someone named Bill.
Original Air Dates: August 13 and 14, 1956
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00:38:48 |
Tue 19 Dec 2023
The Line Up: Two Tough Thugs (EP1184)
Release Date: February 15, 2014
Guthrie and Karger find fresh clues in a year old case of robbery and murder.
Original Air Date: December 19, 1952
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Guthrie and Karger find fresh clues in a year old case of robbery and murder.
Original Air Date: December 19, 1952
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00:32:07 |
Tue 19 Dec 2023
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Alder Matter, Part Five and Manhunt: The Crystal Clue (EP1183)
Release Date: February 14, 2014
Johnny tries to flush out the person behind the attacks on Alder.
Original Air Date: August 10, 1956
A man is murdered by phone.
Original Air Date: December 4, 1943
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Johnny tries to flush out the person behind the attacks on Alder.
Original Air Date: August 10, 1956
A man is murdered by phone.
Original Air Date: December 4, 1943
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00:30:43 |
Tue 19 Dec 2023
Nick Carter: Murder in the Night (EP1182)
Release Date: February 13, 2014
While on vacation, Nick Carter finds himself investigating murder in a small town.
Original Air Date: November 12, 1944
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While on vacation, Nick Carter finds himself investigating murder in a small town.
Original Air Date: November 12, 1944
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00:33:08 |
Tue 19 Dec 2023
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Alder Matter, Parts Three and Four (EP1181)
Release Date: February 12, 2014
Johnny has to protect an oil man in South America without any cooperation from the man he’s protecting.
Original Air Dates: August 8 and 9, 1956
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Johnny has to protect an oil man in South America without any cooperation from the man he’s protecting.
Original Air Dates: August 8 and 9, 1956
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00:31:53 |
Mon 18 Dec 2023
Casebook of Gregory Hood: Murder in Celluloid (EP1180)
Release Date: February 11, 2014
Gregory investigates a young actresses’ missing imaginary map and finds himself looking into murder and espionage.
Original Air Date: July 1, 1946
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Gregory investigates a young actresses’ missing imaginary map and finds himself looking into murder and espionage.
Original Air Date: July 1, 1946
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00:31:08 |
Mon 18 Dec 2023
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Alder Matter, Parts One and Two (EP1179)
Release Date: February 10, 2014
Johnny investigates a wealthy man in Venezuela whose changed his beneficiary five times in a single month.
Original Air Dates: August 6 and 7, 1956
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Johnny investigates a wealthy man in Venezuela whose changed his beneficiary five times in a single month.
Original Air Dates: August 6 and 7, 1956
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00:29:42 |
Mon 18 Dec 2023
Line Up: The Gasoline Bandit (EP1178)
Release Date: February 08, 2014
Guthrie searches for the perpetrator of a series of service station robberies.
Original Air Date: December 12, 1952
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Guthrie searches for the perpetrator of a series of service station robberies.
Original Air Date: December 12, 1952
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00:35:56 |
Mon 18 Dec 2023
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Sea Legs Matter, Part Five and Manhunt: Story of the Accusing Violin (EP1177)
Release Date: February 07, 2014
Johnny uncovers the shocking truth about the disappearance of the Sea Legs.
Original Air Dates: August 3, 1956
Police Scientist Andrew Stevens is convinced that a violin …
Johnny uncovers the shocking truth about the disappearance of the Sea Legs.
Original Air Dates: August 3, 1956
Police Scientist Andrew Stevens is convinced that a violin …
00:33:39 |
Sun 17 Dec 2023
Nick Carter: Death in the Pool (EP1176)
Release Date: February 06, 2014
An alcoholic friend of Patsy’s finds the corpse of her ex-husband and is accused of the murder.
Original Air Date: November 5, 1944
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An alcoholic friend of Patsy’s finds the corpse of her ex-husband and is accused of the murder.
Original Air Date: November 5, 1944
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00:37:20 |
Sun 17 Dec 2023
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Sea Legs Matter, Parts Three and Four (EP1175)
Release Date: February 05, 2014
With the aid of his crooked guide, Johnny begins to uncover the secret of the sinking of the Sea Legs.
Original Air Dates: August 1 and 2, 1956
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With the aid of his crooked guide, Johnny begins to uncover the secret of the sinking of the Sea Legs.
Original Air Dates: August 1 and 2, 1956
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00:30:32 |
Sat 16 Dec 2023
Casebook of Gregory Hood: The Adventure of the Beeswax Candle (EP1174)
Release Date: February 04, 2014
Sandy Taylor’s wife Mary disappears on a foggy night without a trace.
Original Air Date: June 24, 1946
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Sandy Taylor’s wife Mary disappears on a foggy night without a trace.
Original Air Date: June 24, 1946
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00:32:50 |
Sat 16 Dec 2023
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Sea Legs Matter, Parts One and Two (EP1173)
Release Date: February 03, 2014
Johnny investigates a suspicious death and loss of a boat with $400,000 in insurance money at stake.
Original Air Dates: July 30 and 31, 1956
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Johnny investigates a suspicious death and loss of a boat with $400,000 in insurance money at stake.
Original Air Dates: July 30 and 31, 1956
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00:34:34 |
Fri 15 Dec 2023
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