Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

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Episode 8 - Faster than a Speeding Bullet (Adventures of Superman) Jun 12, 2013

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Superman flies back to the big screen this week, and we're celebrating with a bonus episode of "Down These Mean Streets." We'll hear the Man of Steel, alongside his private eye pal Candy Myers, in "Dead Men Tell No Tales," first aired on ABC on January 21, 1950.

Episode 7 - The Game's Afoot (New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes) Jun 09, 2013

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It's back to Baker Street for an adventure of the world's most famous detective - Sherlock Holmes! John Stanley is Holmes and, as Dr. Watson, Alfred Shirley narrates "The Cadaver in the Roman Toga," first broadcast on Mutual on November 9, 1947.

Episode 6 - The Robin Hood of Modern Crime (The Saint) Jun 02, 2013

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Before Roger Moore and Val Kilmer wore halos, Vincent Price patrolled the airwaves as Simon Templar, The Saint. Today we'll hear this debonair detective in "Baseball Murder," first broadcast on NBC on September 3, 1950.

Episode 5 - Action-Packed Expense Account (Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar) May 26, 2013

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As Johnny Dollar, "America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator," Bob Bailey itemizes another expense account and sums up "The Big Scoop Matter," first broadcast on CBS on November 11, 1956.

Episode 4 - The Gargantuan Gourmet (New Adventures of Nero Wolfe) May 19, 2013

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Nero Wolfe is on the case...just don't ask him to leave his house! Sydney Greensteet is Wolfe and Lamont Johnson is Archie Goodwin in "The Case of the Careworn Cuff," first broadcast on NBC on October 27, 1950.

Episode 3 - Radio's Singing Gumshoe (Richard Diamond, Private Detective) May 12, 2013

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Sing along with Dick Powell as Richard Diamond, Private Detective in "Convict Louis Spence Escapes," first broadcast on NBC on March 5, 1950.

Episode 2 - Crime is a Sucker's Road (Adventures of Philip Marlowe) May 05, 2013

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This week, it's hard-hitting, hard-boiled mystery with Gerald Mohr as Philip Marlowe in "The Hairpin Turn," first broadcast on CBS on January 28, 1950.

Episode 1 - Spadework (Adventures of Sam Spade) Apr 28, 2013

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We kick things off with "the greatest private detective of them all," Sam Spade. Hear Howard Duff as Spade in "The Apple of Eve Caper," first broadcast on CBS on June 19, 1949.

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