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 Jolly Rogers Fraud Matter, Parts One and Two (EP1053)
Release Date: Semptember 16, 2013
Despite his determination to take a Southern California vacation, Johnny ends up investigating the loss of a $474,000 boat.
Original Air Dates: March 19 and 20, 1956
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Despite his determination to take a Southern California vacation, Johnny ends up investigating the loss of a $474,000 boat.
Original Air Dates: March 19 and 20, 1956
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00:35:51 |
Sat 21 Oct 2023
Crime Club: Death Blew Out the Match (EP1052s)
Release Date: September 15, 2013
A woman visits a peaceful Maine town, only to find herself prime suspect in a rival’s murder.
Original Air Date: December 2, 1946
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A woman visits a peaceful Maine town, only to find herself prime suspect in a rival’s murder.
Original Air Date: December 2, 1946
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00:33:28 |
Sat 21 Oct 2023
The Line Up: Lobdell’s Poodle-Cut Tomato Case (EP1052)
Release Date: September 14, 2013
A woman is murdered in an apparent hit and run, but is it that simple?
Original Air Date: June 10, 1952
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A woman is murdered in an apparent hit and run, but is it that simple?
Original Air Date: June 10, 1952
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00:33:36 |
Fri 20 Oct 2023
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Clinton Matter, Part Five and Dr. Tim Detective: The Guest in Number Two (EP1051)
Release Date: Semptember 13, 2013
The final showdown arrives in Clinton.
Original Air Date: March 16, 1956
A man upstairs is shot while Jill gets the measles.
Original Air Date: 1948
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The final showdown arrives in Clinton.
Original Air Date: March 16, 1956
A man upstairs is shot while Jill gets the measles.
Original Air Date: 1948
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00:38:47 |
Fri 20 Oct 2023
Nick Carter: The Body on the Slab (EP1050)
Release Date: September 12, 2013
Nick Carter investigates the case of a husband who disappeared at a bar and finds a sinister conspiracy.
Original Air Date: November 3, 1943
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Nick Carter investigates the case of a husband who disappeared at a bar and finds a sinister conspiracy.
Original Air Date: November 3, 1943
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00:34:18 |
Fri 20 Oct 2023
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Clinton Matter, Parts Three and Four (EP1049)
Release Date: Semptember 11, 2013
People finally start to speak up in Clinton.
Original Air Date: March 14 and 15, 1956
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People finally start to speak up in Clinton.
Original Air Date: March 14 and 15, 1956
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00:30:47 |
Fri 20 Oct 2023
The Amazing Mr. Malone: Cleanliness is Next to Godliness (EP1048)
Release Date: Semptember 10, 2013
A man is framed for murder by a fellow racketeer and Malone has to find the truth.
Original Air Date: April 28, 1948
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A man is framed for murder by a fellow racketeer and Malone has to find the truth.
Original Air Date: April 28, 1948
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00:39:07 |
Thu 19 Oct 2023
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Clinton Matter, Parts One and Two (EP1047)
Release Date: Semptember 09, 2013
Johnny arrives in a small Colorado town on suspicion that a school may be made of inferior materials and arrives to find it burning down.
Original Air Dates: March 12 …
Johnny arrives in a small Colorado town on suspicion that a school may be made of inferior materials and arrives to find it burning down.
Original Air Dates: March 12 …
00:32:01 |
Thu 19 Oct 2023
The Line Up: Yudo in Ypsilante (EP1046)
Release Date: September 07, 2013
After a killing, Guthrie is determined to put away the racketeer behind it and his numbers racket too.
Original Air Date: May 13, 1952
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After a killing, Guthrie is determined to put away the racketeer behind it and his numbers racket too.
Original Air Date: May 13, 1952
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00:28:55 |
Thu 19 Oct 2023
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Plantagent Matter, Part Five and Crime for a King (Concluded) (EP1045)
Release Date: Semptember 06, 2013
Johnny races to clear the good name of a dead woman and find out who is behind the whole mess.
Original Air Date: March 9, 1956
Roger King is right in the thicket of it…
Johnny races to clear the good name of a dead woman and find out who is behind the whole mess.
Original Air Date: March 9, 1956
Roger King is right in the thicket of it…
00:34:00 |
Thu 19 Oct 2023
Nick Carter: An Angle on Murder (EP1044)
Release Date: Semptember 05, 2013
Nick is walking a businessman to his office to confront one of his partners over stolen funds when the businessman is gunned down.
Original Air Date: October 25, 1943
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Nick is walking a businessman to his office to confront one of his partners over stolen funds when the businessman is gunned down.
Original Air Date: October 25, 1943
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00:39:26 |
Wed 18 Oct 2023
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Plantagent Matter, Parts Three and Four (EP1043)
Release Date: Semptember 04, 2013
Johnny finds a gun in the purse of a dead woman and tries to uncover her true identity.
Original Air Date: March 7 and 8, 1956
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Johnny finds a gun in the purse of a dead woman and tries to uncover her true identity.
Original Air Date: March 7 and 8, 1956
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00:33:46 |
Wed 18 Oct 2023
Murder and Mr. Malone: The Paul Davis Murder Case (EP1042)
Release Date: Semptember 03, 2013
A man is murdered and Malone is hired by the prime suspect.
Original Air Date: May 24, 1947
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A man is murdered and Malone is hired by the prime suspect.
Original Air Date: May 24, 1947
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00:41:33 |
Wed 18 Oct 2023
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Plantagent Matter, Parts One and Two (EP1041)
Release Date: Semptember 02, 2013
While investigating a routine hotel burglary, Johnny helps a woman in distress, and she dies just after Johnny puts her in the cab.
Original Air Dates: March 5 and 6, …
While investigating a routine hotel burglary, Johnny helps a woman in distress, and she dies just after Johnny puts her in the cab.
Original Air Dates: March 5 and 6, …
00:31:10 |
Wed 18 Oct 2023
Play It Again Adam: Nero Wolfe: The Case of the Calculated Risk (EP1040s)
Release Date: Semptember 01, 2013
A man plans to carry out a revenge on a man who framed him for Murder, and wants Wolfe to clear his name if he fails. Wolfe refuses, but ends up drawn into the case w…
A man plans to carry out a revenge on a man who framed him for Murder, and wants Wolfe to clear his name if he fails. Wolfe refuses, but ends up drawn into the case w…
00:34:10 |
Tue 17 Oct 2023
The Line Up: Babs, the Baggy Bungling Brunette Bombshell Case (EP1040)
Release Date: August 31, 2013
Ben searches for a stripper accused of a hold up and shooting a clerk.
Original Air Date: May 6, 1952
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Ben searches for a stripper accused of a hold up and shooting a clerk.
Original Air Date: May 6, 1952
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00:33:34 |
Tue 17 Oct 2023
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Fathom Five Matter, Part Five and Crime for a King (EP1039)
Release Date: August , 2013
Johnny was wrong or was he?
Original Air Date: March 2, 1956
Roger King finds out what the big deal is about the 18th and finds himself in the middle of a $300,000 caper.
Aire…
Johnny was wrong or was he?
Original Air Date: March 2, 1956
Roger King finds out what the big deal is about the 18th and finds himself in the middle of a $300,000 caper.
Aire…
00:34:13 |
Tue 17 Oct 2023
Nick Carter: State’s Prison Evidence (EP1038)
Release Date: August 29, 2013
Nick goes undercover in prison to prove a suicide was actually a murder and conspiracy.
Original Air Date: October 18, 1943
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Nick goes undercover in prison to prove a suicide was actually a murder and conspiracy.
Original Air Date: October 18, 1943
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00:37:32 |
Tue 17 Oct 2023
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Fathom Five Matter, Parts Three and Four (EP1037)
Release Date: August 28, 2013
Is a missing businessman alive or dead? Johnny continues his search for the truth by a man missing in a boat crash.
Original Air Dates: February 29 and March 1, 1956
Suppor…
Is a missing businessman alive or dead? Johnny continues his search for the truth by a man missing in a boat crash.
Original Air Dates: February 29 and March 1, 1956
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00:34:00 |
Mon 16 Oct 2023
Mr. Moto: The Case of the Dry Martini (EP1036)
Release Date: August 27, 2013
Mr. Moto is investigating dope smuggling and witnesses the murder of the owner of an import-export company.
Original Air Date: October 20 1951
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Mr. Moto is investigating dope smuggling and witnesses the murder of the owner of an import-export company.
Original Air Date: October 20 1951
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00:40:08 |
Mon 16 Oct 2023
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