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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcasts

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Are you ready for a mystery? Get ready to unleash your inner sleuth. Every day Monday-Saturday, we feature a different detective audio drama from the Golden Age of Radio. Our current mystery-solving line-up of radio detectives includes The Adventures of the Falcon, Bulldog Drummond, Broadway's My Beat, Mr. and Mrs. North, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, and Dragnet. Whether you want to listen to a mystery before going to sleep or enjoy some drama while driving, or just feel nostalgia for old-scho ...
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Today's Mystery: The Norths go to the dog show, where Pam is mistaken for a countess, and she and Jerry are both kidnapped. Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 2, 1944 Originating from New York City Starring: Joseph Curtain as Jerry North; Alice Frost as Pamela North Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Suppor…
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Today's Mystery: A little man, who is trying to give away his fortune, is murdered. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 17, 1949 Originating in Hollywood Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jerry Hausner; Rolfe Sedan; Byron Kane; Lou Merrill; Joan Banks Support the show monthly at https:/…
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Today's Mystery: Captain Drummond and Denny are summoned to a Carribean island to take on a devil-worshipping cult. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 23, 1948 Originating in New YorkStarring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netP atreon Supporter of the Day: Eliza,…
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Today's Mystery: A criminal with a grudge against The Falcon escapes prison. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 11, 1951 Originating from New York Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Chuck Webster as Sergeant Corbett; Ralph Bell John Gibson Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day: Donna, Patreon Supporte…
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Today's story: Martians invade the Earth in the mid-1950s. Original Air Date: February 8, 1955Originating in Hollywood Starring: Dana Andrews as Dr. Clayton Forrester; Pat Crowley as Sylvia Van Buren; Les Tremayne as Major General Mann; Herb Butterfield; Bill Bouchey; Parley Baer; Paul Frees; Ken Peters; Howard McNear; William Conrad; George Neise;…
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Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero are called in when an elderly couple disappears. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 7, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day: Hilve, Patr…
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Today's Mystery: Johnny is called in to protect an insured wealthy widow and a statue she's taking to her summerhouse. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 4, 1957 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Harry Bartell; Eric Snowden; Frank Gerstle When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollara…
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Today's Mystery: Pam loses the phone number of an author who called Jerry, and a criminal becomes convinced that Jerry and the author are in a conspiracy to commit murder. Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 26, 1944 Originating from New York City Starring: Joseph Curtain as Jerry North; Alice Frost as Pamela North; Frank Lovejoy as Lieutenant B…
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Today's Mystery: A model calls Danny fearing for his life. Danny finds her dead. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 10, 1949 Originating in Hollywood Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Detective Muggavan; Virginia Gregg; Ed Begley; Elliott Reid, ichael Ann Barrett. and Jay Novel…
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Today's Mystery:While deep-sea fishing, Captain Drummond and Denny find a man who was shot to death more than 60 miles from land. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 16, 1948 Originating in New York Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of …
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Today's Mystery: Mike is hired to investigate a charity grifter, and then his client is murdered. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 4, 1951 Originating from New York Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Chuck Webster as Sergeant Corbett; Mandel Kramer Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day Support the s…
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This week, we look back at our first week of podcasts from 2009, with Adam's current extended thoughts on each episode and reaction to his own commentar. Original Podcast Release Date: October 26, 2009 Dan Holiday tries to jumpstart his writing career through an ad in a newspaper. His first letter is from a woman who tells Dan she’s being blackmail…
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Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for a check forger who's been passing checks at small businesses. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 31, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Peggy Webber; Herb Butterfield Support the show monthly at patreon.greatde…
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Today's Mystery: Johnny goes to Birmingham, Alabama to investigate the theft of a rare Confederate coin. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 28, 1957 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Eleanor Audley; Herb Ellis; Herb Vigran; Forrest Lewis; Vic Perrin When making your travel plans, remember http://john…
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Today's Mystery: While on a train, a beautiful bracelet appears in the Norths' compartment, and then disappears. Original Radio Broadcast Date: Sometime in 1943 Originating from New York City Starring: Joseph Curtain as Jerry North; Alice Frost as Pamela North Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the …
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Today's Mystery: Danny investigates when a man is found dead in a movie theater seat. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 3, 1949 Originating in Hollywood Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Gino Tartaglia; Junius Matthews; Mary Jane Croft; Paul Dubov; Herbert Rawlinson; Joyce McCluskey; Joe Forte Support the sho…
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Today's Mystery: Captain Drummond tries to remember how he got into a dangerous situation with a life on the line. It all started with a mysterious woman showing up in his compartment on an East-bound train. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 9, 1948 Originating in New York Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond, Luis Van Rooten as Denny Support …
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Today's Mystery: A blackmailer is killed after the fiancé of a victim confronts him. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 27, 1951 Originating from New York Starred: Les Damon as the Falcon, Chuck Webster as Sergeant Corbett, Mandel Kramer, Maurice Tarplin Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day: Greg, Pa…
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Poirot is called upon by the insurance to investigate the apparent natural death of a wealthy man who just passed a physical for a life insurance policy for his young wife. Original Air Date: October 6, 1942 Originated in New York Starring: Maurice Tarplin as PoirotSupport the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-ti…
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Todays Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero join an inter-agency search for a missing Highway Patrol Officer. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 24, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, Raymond Burr, Herb Butterfield, Stacy Harris Support the show monthly at patreon.gr…
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Today's Mystery: Johnny and Buster Favor are carjacked on a desert road on a hot night. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 21, 1957 Originated from Hollywood Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar. Virginia Gregg, Lawrence Dobkin, Barney Phillips, Chester Stratton, Junius Matthews When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com Beco…
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Today's Mystery: A perjurer whose testimony got a friend of the Norths' convicted of murder is offering them a chance to buy a letter that clears their friend's name. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 6, 1943 Originated from New York City Starred: Joseph Curtain as Jerry North, Alice Frost as Pamela North Support the show monthly at https://pa…
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Today's Mystery: At the request of the mother of a condemned man, Danny re-investigates the murder of a jeweler's daughter. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 26, 1945 Originated in Hollywood Stars: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Cloverk, Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia, Lillian Buyeff, Parley Baer, Tony Barrett, David Ellis, Vivian…
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Today's Mystery:Captain Drummond and Denny pursue an escapee from a mental asylum with homicidal intentions across an isolated island. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 12, 1948 Originating in New York Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter…
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Today's Mystery: A man who is having an affair is murdered. Original Radio Broadcast Date:June 20, 1951 Originating from New York Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Chuck Webster as Sergeant Corbett Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day: Pam, Patreon Supporter since February 2024 Support the show on a …
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In August 2023, we launched the Old Time Radio Snack Wagon, featuring a variety of short old time radio programs. In this episode, we offer five samples of the type of programs we feature on the Old Time Radio Snack Wagon. Family Doctor: False Witness "Hello there, this is the Family Doctor...." Join us as we travel back in time to a small town, wh…
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Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate when a young lawyer's office is vandalized. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 17, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter …
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Today's Mystery: Johnny is called in to protect a Shakespearean actor and producer who is hated by everyone in a Shakespearean radio festival he's putting on. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 14, 1957 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Lawrence Dobkin; Richard Crenna; Sam Edwards; Frank Gerstle; Her…
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Today's Mystery: Lieutenant Weigand calls the Norths in on the case of the murder of a wealthy man where multiple conflicting confessions have gone him baffled. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 22, 1943 Originating from New York City Starring: Joseph Curtain as Jerry North; Alice Frost as Pamela North; Frank Lovejoy as Bill Weigand Support …
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Today's Mystery:A visitor to New York is found dead in a rundown sanitarium, and he is missing $5,000. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 19, 1949Originating in Hollywood Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jerry Hausner; Bea Benaderet; Alan Reed; Tony Barrett; Joseph Kearns; Georgia Ell…
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Today's Mystery: A woman feigns a horseriding accident to get Bulldog Drummond's help and tells him to go to a Penny Arcade and speak to a mentalist. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 28, 1948 Originating in New York Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond, Luis Van Rooten as Denny Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net …
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Today's Mystery: An unethical competing detective tries to pass off a young woman as the long-lost daughter of a friend of The Falcon. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 13, 1951 Originating from New York Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Florence Halop; Jackson Beck; Ralph Bell Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supp…
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While trying to retire, Poirot investigates the murder of a rich man in the country. Original Air Date: November 12, 1939 Originating in New York Starring: Orson Welles as Hercules Poirot and Dr. Sheppard; Edna May Oliver as Caroline Shepherd; Alan Napier; Brenda Forbes; Mary Taylor; George Colouris; Ray Collins; Everett Sloane Support the show mon…
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Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate the theft of narcotics from a Catholic hospital pharmacy. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 10, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netPatre…
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Today's Mystery: Johnny goes to Reno to find out who is trying to kill a cat whose owner left him $60,000. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 7, 1957 Originated from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Jack Edwards; Howard McNear; Edgar Barrier; Chester Stratton; Virginia Gregg; Will Wright; Joan Banks; Bill James When making your tra…
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Today's Mystery: The uncle of an aspiring author pulls a gun on Jerry and is shot in the scuffle. He's found dead from a knife wound. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 2, 1943 Originating from New York City Starring: Joseph Curtin as Jerry North; Alice Frost as Pamela North; Maurice Tarplin as Lieutenant Bill Weigand Support the show monthly at …
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Today's Mystery: An upstate police officer is murdered while transporting a prisoner who had been about to turn state's evidence. The prisoner then escapes. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 12, 1949 Originating in Hollywood Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jane Morgan; Peggy Webber;…
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Today's Mystery: Captain Drummond goes to a ghost town rumored to be haunted, in order to investigate the disappearance of an Eastern reporter. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 21, 1948 Originating in New York Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreo…
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Today's Mystery: A woman, who was trying to con a gullible married man into robbing his loan shark father-in-law, is murdered. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 6, 1951 Originating from New York Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Chuck Webster as Sergeant Corbett; Mandel Kramer Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Suppo…
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Today's Mystery: An insurance investigator has tracked a man, who embezzled $100,000, to Chile. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 18, 1954 Originating in Hollywood Starring: Whitfield Connor as Vic Kennedy; Jay Novello; Mary Jane Croft; Herb Butterfield; Hans Conreid Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Sup…
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Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate the murder of a woman who was found in her own home. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 3, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Su…
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Today's Mystery: Johnny goes to Oklahoma to investigate an insured man who paid $4,500 in annual insurance premiums with counterfeit money. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 30, 1957 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; G. Stanley Jones; John McIntire When making your travel plans, remember http://john…
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Today's Mystery: A hat check girl in a Russian restaurant is murdered.Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 2, 1943 Originating from New York City Starring: Joseph Curtin as Jerry North; Alice Frost as Pamela North, Maurice Tarplin as Lieutenant Bill Weigand Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the …
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Today's Mystery: Danny investigates the murder of a woman who'd been carrying a valuable statue smuggled out of China. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 5, 1949 Originating in Hollywood Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Barton Yarborough; William Conrad; Junius Matthews; Jerry Hausner…
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Today's Mystery:The owner of a small amusement park dies of heart failure on a roller coaster. His daughter suspects murder and turns to Captain Drummond for help. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 10, 1948 Originating in New York Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny; Mercedes McCambridge Support the show monthly at …
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Today's Mystery: A manager of a gambling den faces death if he doesn't recover $100,000 he embezzled to give to a conwoman. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 27, 1951 Originating from New York Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Maurice Tarplin; Bill Zuckert Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day: Rae, …
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Special brought to you by the request of Chief of Detectives Patreon Fats Today's Story: A motorist finds himself trapped in a Western wildfire. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 2, 1953 Originating in Hollywood Starring: William Conrad as Wally; Georgia Ellis as Jan; Parley Baer; John Dehner; Jay Novello; Tom Tully Support the show monthly at …
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Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero continue their search for a robber and murderer. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 27, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Peggy Webber; Barney Phillips; and Herb Butterfield Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetecti…
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Today's Mystery: Johnny investigates the disappearance of a retired chemist. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 23, 1957 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lawrence Dobkin; Jeanette Nolan; Will Wright; Harry Bartell; Virginia Gregg; Barney Phillips; Stacy Harris When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydo…
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Today's Mystery: A disabled man's wife, who had worked as an escort, is murdered. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 16, 1949 Originating from New York City Starring: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon; Frank Butler as Sergeant Dave Arnold Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day: BookGeek28 Pa…
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