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 Broderick Matter, Parts One and Two (Corrected) (EP0951)
Release Date: May 20, 2013
Johnny sets out to find a sweet little girl who a man saved and worked to provide her a life insurance legacy. He finds the girl may not have grown up to be so sweet.
Origina…
Johnny sets out to find a sweet little girl who a man saved and worked to provide her a life insurance legacy. He finds the girl may not have grown up to be so sweet.
Origina…
00:34:52 |
Mon 09 Jun 2025
The McCoy: Three Wayward Girls (EP0950s)
Release Date: May 19, 2013
The McCoy investigates the murder of an old girlfriend at the request of her agent.
Audition Date: April 22, 1951
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The McCoy investigates the murder of an old girlfriend at the request of her agent.
Audition Date: April 22, 1951
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00:33:43 |
Sun 08 Jun 2025
The Line Up: The Pointless Pierson Polemic Polarity (EP0950)
Release Date: May 18, 2013
Guthrie investigates the murder of a man who ran a fraudulent acting school racket.
Original Air Date: September 7, 1951
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Guthrie investigates the murder of a man who ran a fraudulent acting school racket.
Original Air Date: September 7, 1951
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00:32:35 |
Sat 07 Jun 2025
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Lorko Diamond Matter and Nightmare for Knight (EP0949)
Release Date: May 17, 2013
A private detective is hired by a foreign king to guard his harem, but another man believes his sister was kidnapped and forced into the harem.
Original Air Date: 1958 or 195…
A private detective is hired by a foreign king to guard his harem, but another man believes his sister was kidnapped and forced into the harem.
Original Air Date: 1958 or 195…
00:31:21 |
Fri 06 Jun 2025
Sherlock Holmes: The Six Napoleons (EP0948)
Release Date: May 16, 2013
Is someone smashing Napoleons a case of monomania or something more? Holmes investigates.
Original Air Date: March 6, 1955
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Is someone smashing Napoleons a case of monomania or something more? Holmes investigates.
Original Air Date: March 6, 1955
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00:37:13 |
Thu 05 Jun 2025
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Lorko Diamond Matter, Parts Three and Four (EP0947)
Release Date: May 15, 2013
Who tried to turn on the gas and kill Johnny and the Countess.
Original Air Date: November 9 and 10, 1955
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Who tried to turn on the gas and kill Johnny and the Countess.
Original Air Date: November 9 and 10, 1955
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00:35:28 |
Wed 04 Jun 2025
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Lorko Diamond Matter, Parts One and Two (EP0945)
Release Date: May 13, 2013
Johnny goes to Algiers and investigates the theft of $100,000 in diamonds.
Original Air Date: November 7 and 8, 1955
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Johnny goes to Algiers and investigates the theft of $100,000 in diamonds.
Original Air Date: November 7 and 8, 1955
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00:32:14 |
Mon 02 Jun 2025
Frank Race: The Adventure of the Big Top (EP0946)
Release Date: May 14, 2013
Race goes to Florida to protect a woman whose husband is concerned about her and ends helping an old circus chum.
Original Air Date: December 24, 1949
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Race goes to Florida to protect a woman whose husband is concerned about her and ends helping an old circus chum.
Original Air Date: December 24, 1949
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00:28:45 |
Mon 02 Jun 2025
The Line Up: The Syncopic Sweazy Sweat-Out (EP0944)
Release Date: May 11, 2013
When a doctor is murdered, the police try to find the killer and prevent another tragedy.
Original Air Date: July 5, 1951
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When a doctor is murdered, the police try to find the killer and prevent another tragedy.
Original Air Date: July 5, 1951
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00:32:26 |
Sat 31 May 2025
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Valentine Matter, Part Five and Call for a Columnist, Part Four (EP0943)
Release Date: May 10, 2013
Johnny Lane faces death and escapes. determined to bring down the vice rackets in Call for a Columnist, Part Four.
Original Air Date: 1958
An entire family is dead and Johnny…
Johnny Lane faces death and escapes. determined to bring down the vice rackets in Call for a Columnist, Part Four.
Original Air Date: 1958
An entire family is dead and Johnny…
00:34:46 |
Fri 30 May 2025
Shelock Holmes: The Solitary Cyclist (EP0942)
Release Date: May 09, 2013
A charming young governess is haunted by a mysterious bearded bicyclist.
Original Air Date: February 27, 1955
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A charming young governess is haunted by a mysterious bearded bicyclist.
Original Air Date: February 27, 1955
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00:33:27 |
Thu 29 May 2025
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Valentine Matter, Parts Three and Four (EP0941)
Release Date: May 08, 2013
Dan Valentine leaves a hospital in bad shape and the deaths begin.
Original Air Dates: November 2 and 3, 1955
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Dan Valentine leaves a hospital in bad shape and the deaths begin.
Original Air Dates: November 2 and 3, 1955
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00:33:28 |
Wed 28 May 2025
Frank Race: The Adventure of Black Friar’s Bridge (EP0940)
Release Date: May 07, 2013
Race is an England investigating the death of an insured American at the request of a policy beneficiary.
Original Air Date: December 17, 1949
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Race is an England investigating the death of an insured American at the request of a policy beneficiary.
Original Air Date: December 17, 1949
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00:33:50 |
Tue 27 May 2025
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Valentine Matter, Parts One and Two (EP0939)
Release Date: May 06, 2013
While on a routine theft investigation, Johnny meets and befriends an old time bootlegger who is then shot at.
Original Air Dates: October 31 and November 1, 1955
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While on a routine theft investigation, Johnny meets and befriends an old time bootlegger who is then shot at.
Original Air Dates: October 31 and November 1, 1955
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00:32:22 |
Mon 26 May 2025
The Line Up: The Mad Bomber (EP0938)
Release Date: May 04, 2013
Someone is using high explosives to local political leaders and Ben Guthrie has to find out why
Original Air Date: June 26, 1951
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Someone is using high explosives to local political leaders and Ben Guthrie has to find out why
Original Air Date: June 26, 1951
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00:29:21 |
Sat 24 May 2025
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Alvin Summers Matter, Part 5 and Call For a Columnist (EP0937)
Release Date: May 03, 2013
In Call for a Columnist, Part Three: Johnny Lane naps for three days thanks to his “bodyguard’s” efforts and finds himself in even more danger when he returns to civilizatio…
In Call for a Columnist, Part Three: Johnny Lane naps for three days thanks to his “bodyguard’s” efforts and finds himself in even more danger when he returns to civilizatio…
00:34:38 |
Fri 23 May 2025
Sherlock Holmes: The Norwood Builder (EP0936)
Release Date: May 02, 2013
A young lawyer meets a wealthy man who asks him draft willing leaving him everything. The next day, the lawyer finds himself accused of murder and turns to Sherlock Holmes.
O…
A young lawyer meets a wealthy man who asks him draft willing leaving him everything. The next day, the lawyer finds himself accused of murder and turns to Sherlock Holmes.
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00:30:51 |
Thu 22 May 2025
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Alvin Summers Matters, Part Three and Four (EP0935)
Release Date: May 01, 2013
The murder of a bellhop escalates the case as Johnny has doubts about the beautiful woman who has been seeking his attention.
Original Air Dates: October 26 and 27, 1955
Suppo…
The murder of a bellhop escalates the case as Johnny has doubts about the beautiful woman who has been seeking his attention.
Original Air Dates: October 26 and 27, 1955
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00:32:06 |
Wed 21 May 2025
Frank Race: The Adventure of the Lovable Character (EP0934)
Release Date: April 30, 2013
One of the wives of an Indian prince believes someone is trying to eliminate him, but his mother believes the problem seems psychological.
Original Air Date: December 10, 1…
One of the wives of an Indian prince believes someone is trying to eliminate him, but his mother believes the problem seems psychological.
Original Air Date: December 10, 1…
00:30:11 |
Tue 20 May 2025
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Alvin Summers Matter, Parts One and Two (EP0933)
Release Date: April 29, 2013
Johnny Dollar goes to Mexico in search of an embezzler.
Original Air Date: October 24 and 25, 1955
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Johnny Dollar goes to Mexico in search of an embezzler.
Original Air Date: October 24 and 25, 1955
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00:30:34 |
Mon 19 May 2025
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