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
Sherlock Holmes: The Tragedy Of The Gasfitter’s Ball (EP0912)
Release Date: April 04, 2013
Sherlock Holmes investigates the case of a young woman’s fiancé disappearing.
Original Air Date: January 23, 1955
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Sherlock Holmes investigates the case of a young woman’s fiancé disappearing.
Original Air Date: January 23, 1955
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00:26:05 |
Thu 24 Apr 2025
Let George Do It: The Ghost of Ireland Betty (EP0911)
Release Date: April 03, 2013
George is hired by a woman to the stop the sale of a house by a woman who is protective of the house’s supposed ghost.
Original Air Date: September 27, 1954
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George is hired by a woman to the stop the sale of a house by a woman who is protective of the house’s supposed ghost.
Original Air Date: September 27, 1954
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00:41:44 |
Wed 23 Apr 2025
Frank Race: The Adventure of the House Divided (EP0910)
Release Date: April 02, 2013
Frank Race ends up investigating a blackmail case after helping out an old friend who is gunned down.
Original Air Date: November 12, 1949
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Frank Race ends up investigating a blackmail case after helping out an old friend who is gunned down.
Original Air Date: November 12, 1949
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00:29:05 |
Tue 22 Apr 2025
Let George Do It: The Stand In (EP0909)
Release Date: April 01, 2013
George is knocked out and awakens to find himself an Australian heir to a fortune.
Original Air Date: November 17, 1952
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George is knocked out and awakens to find himself an Australian heir to a fortune.
Original Air Date: November 17, 1952
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00:34:32 |
Mon 21 Apr 2025
The Line Up: The Senile Slugging Case (EP0908)
Release Date: March 30, 2013
Guthrie investigates a series of brutal muggings that have targeted elderly victims.
Original Air Date: February 8, 1951
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Guthrie investigates a series of brutal muggings that have targeted elderly victims.
Original Air Date: February 8, 1951
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00:33:06 |
Sat 19 Apr 2025
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Hampton Line Matter (EP0907)
Release Date: March 29, 2013
Johnny investigates an “easy case” of a bomb aboard a ship where the identity of the culprit is apparent but Johnny finds the case won’t be as easy as advertised.
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Johnny investigates an “easy case” of a bomb aboard a ship where the identity of the culprit is apparent but Johnny finds the case won’t be as easy as advertised.
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00:37:12 |
Fri 18 Apr 2025
Sherlock Holmes: The Case of the Red Headed League (EP0906)
Release Date: March 28, 2013
Sherlock Holmes investigates when a League for Red Headed hires a pawn broker and then promptly disappears.
Original Air Date: January 16, 1955
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Sherlock Holmes investigates when a League for Red Headed hires a pawn broker and then promptly disappears.
Original Air Date: January 16, 1955
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00:24:46 |
Thu 17 Apr 2025
Let George Do It: Dead on Arrival (EP0905)
Release Date: March 27, 2013
While going to pick up Brooksie at the bus station, George meets up with an old man in trouble. He takes him to a hotel where he dies-from gunshot wounds.
Original Air Date…
While going to pick up Brooksie at the bus station, George meets up with an old man in trouble. He takes him to a hotel where he dies-from gunshot wounds.
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00:34:05 |
Wed 16 Apr 2025
The Cases of Mr. Ace: The Man Named Judas (EP0904)
Release Date: March 26, 2013
Ace is hired to deliver a package to Chicago for sale and finds trouble every turn.
Original Air Date: June 25, 1947
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Ace is hired to deliver a package to Chicago for sale and finds trouble every turn.
Original Air Date: June 25, 1947
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00:30:42 |
Tue 15 Apr 2025
Frank Race: The Adventure of the Pharaoh’s Staff (EP0903)
Release Date: March 25, 2013
Race is hired to guard some valuable Egyptian relics.
Original Air Date: November 5, 1949
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Race is hired to guard some valuable Egyptian relics.
Original Air Date: November 5, 1949
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00:31:09 |
Mon 14 Apr 2025
X Minus One: Protective Mimicry (EP0902s)
Release Date: March 24, 2013
In the 25th Century, a Treasury Agent seeks to find the truth behind the re-appearance of counterfeit currency.
Original Air Date: October 3, 1956
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In the 25th Century, a Treasury Agent seeks to find the truth behind the re-appearance of counterfeit currency.
Original Air Date: October 3, 1956
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00:33:07 |
Sun 13 Apr 2025
The Line Up: The Mad Bomber (EP0902)
Release Date: March 23, 2013
Someone is using high explosives to local political leaders and Ben Guthrie has to find out why.
Original Air Date: January 11, 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: January 11, 1951
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00:36:14 |
Sat 12 Apr 2025
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Radioactive Gold Matter (EP0901)
Release Date: March 22, 2013
Johnny races to find a deadly gold radioactive isotope.
Original Air Date: July 27, 1954
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Johnny races to find a deadly gold radioactive isotope.
Original Air Date: July 27, 1954
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00:30:44 |
Fri 11 Apr 2025
Sherlock Holmes: A Scandal in Bohemia (EP0900)
Release Date: March 21, 2013
Sherlock Holmes seeks to find scandalous photographs that endangers the king of Bohemia.
Original Air Date: January 9, 1955
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Sherlock Holmes seeks to find scandalous photographs that endangers the king of Bohemia.
Original Air Date: January 9, 1955
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00:34:36 |
Thu 10 Apr 2025
Let George Do It: Calle Reposo (EP0899)
Release Date: March 20, 2013
George is hired to go to Havana to bid on a rich tobacco crop, but he has to deal with a disreputable mobster.
Original Air Date: October 20, 1952
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George is hired to go to Havana to bid on a rich tobacco crop, but he has to deal with a disreputable mobster.
Original Air Date: October 20, 1952
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00:34:50 |
Wed 09 Apr 2025
Cases of Mr. Ace: Key to a Boobie Trap (EP0898)
Release Date: March 19, 2013
Ace is hired to guard the key to a bus locker by a man who has confessed to murder.
Original Air Date: Sometime in 1947
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Ace is hired to guard the key to a bus locker by a man who has confessed to murder.
Original Air Date: Sometime in 1947
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00:32:36 |
Tue 08 Apr 2025
Frank Race: The Adventure of the Gold Worshipper (EP0897)
Release Date: March 18, 2013
Frank Race searches for the missing daughter of a rich man.
Original Air Date: October 29, 1949
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Frank Race searches for the missing daughter of a rich man.
Original Air Date: October 29, 1949
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00:30:44 |
Mon 07 Apr 2025
The Line Up: The Case of Frankie and Joyce (EP0896)
Release Date: March 16, 2013
Guthrie investigates of a woman found murdered soon after announcing her engagement.
Original Air Date: January 4, 1951
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Guthrie investigates of a woman found murdered soon after announcing her engagement.
Original Air Date: January 4, 1951
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00:34:48 |
Sat 05 Apr 2025
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Jeanne Maxwell Matter (EP0895)
Release Date: March 15, 2013
Johnny has to find out whether the death of an insured young woman was murder or suicide.
Original Air Date: July 20, 1954
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Johnny has to find out whether the death of an insured young woman was murder or suicide.
Original Air Date: July 20, 1954
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00:36:43 |
Fri 04 Apr 2025
Sherlock Holmes: Dr. Watson Meets Sherlock Holmes (EP0894)
Release Date: March 14, 2013
Dr. Watson recalls his first meeting with Sherlock Holmes as Watson assists Holmes in a case of notorious blackmailer, Charles Augustus Milverton.
Original Air Date: Januar…
Dr. Watson recalls his first meeting with Sherlock Holmes as Watson assists Holmes in a case of notorious blackmailer, Charles Augustus Milverton.
Original Air Date: Januar…
00:35:25 |
Thu 03 Apr 2025
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