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    The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

    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, Charlie Chan, Broadway’s My Beat, 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-school radio fiction, we have you covered with six audio dramas every week.

    Podcast Award finalist Host Adam Graham has been your guide through dozens of old-time radio detective series since 2009. He provides insightful commentary and humor after each episode and responds to listener questions and feedback. You can subscribe to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from your favorite podcast app or by visiting our website at http://www.greatdetectives.net.

    We are currently in our fifteenth season of provided suspenseful mystery dramas. Our podcast feed captures the last 1,000 episodes we’ve released including all of seasons thirteen and fourteen, and part of season twelve. We have created two archive feeds: Volume 1, which features our first three seasons and Volume 2, which features seasons four-six, and Volume 3 which will feature Seasons Seven through Nine.

    Our feed includes old time radio recorded in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and also Australia.

    The current actors featured in our old time radio detective podcast include Les Damon, Bob Bailey, Larry Thor, Walter Connolly, and Jack Webb. Other actors featured within the past 1,000 include Alice Frost, Howard Duff, Glenn Langan, Herbert Marshall, Gerald Mohr, Joel McCrea, Les Tremayne, Jackson Beck, Santos Ortega, Ned Wever, Karl Swenson, and more.

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    Dragnet: The Big Signet (EP5089) Oct 22, 2026
    Show notes

    Todays Mystery: Two armed bandits rob a Los Angeles café, leaving the elderly owner brutally beaten and one suspect wounded. Detective Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner, Frank Smith, pursue the fugitive, but a promising lead falls apart when the victims fail to identify their suspect. Then a treasured diamond signet ring offers a new clue—and the robber’s own mistakes may be the key to bringing him to justice.
    Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 31, 1952
    Originating from Hollywood
    Cast:

    • Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday
    • Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero — Note: the transcript identifies Frank Smith as Friday’s partner in this episode.
    • Vic Perrin
    • Virginia Gregg
    • Harry Bartell
    • Ralph Moody
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    Patreon Supporter of the Day: Cheryl, a Patreon supporter since May 2022
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    Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.

    Broadway’s My Beat: The Amelia Lane Murder Case (EP5088) Oct 21, 2026
    Show notes

    Today's Mystery: A beloved librarian is found shot in the private library of the Bentley Foundation, and Detective Danny Clover must discover who wanted Amelia Lane dead. A list of library patrons offers several leads, but the people connected to Miss Lane reveal unexpected secrets, troubling obsessions, and dreams that may not be what they seem. As Clover follows the trail, he uncovers a heartbreaking story of love, betrayal, and deadly ambition.
    Original Radio Broadcast Date:November 1, 1952
    Originated in Hollywood
    Cast:

    • Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover
    • Charles Calvert as Tartaglia
    • Jack Kruschen as Mugavan
    • Barbara Whiting as Abby Forrest
    • Herb Butterfield as Dr. Levering
    • Featured: Norma Varden, Sam Edwards, and Edgar Barrier
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    Patreon Supporter of the Day: Rhonda, a Patreon supporter since October 2020
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    The Big Story: The Ugly Story of a Man (EP5087) Oct 20, 2026
    Show notes

    Today's Mystery: Reporter Chick Gleason heads into Northern California to cover what appears to be a routine forest fire. But when two blazes erupt in the same area, suspicion grows that someone has deliberately set them. Then a sudden shift in the wind traps a group of missionaries in a deadly inferno, leaving 15 men dead. As investigators search for the arsonist, Gleason uncovers a suspect whose desperate circumstances may conceal a motive far more disturbing than anyone imagined.
    Original Radio Broadcast: October 6, 1954
    Originating in New York
    Cast:

    • Joe Helgeson as Chick Gleason
    • Carl Swenson as Alan Rusk
    • Norman Rose as Narrator
    • Dean Almquist
    • Earl George
    • Michael O'Day
    • Ed Fuller
    • Chelsea Garrett
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    Patreon Supporter of the Day: Cassandra, Patreon Supporter since September 2025.
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    The Saint: Simon Takes a Curtain Call (EP5086) Oct 19, 2026
    Show notes

    Today's Mystery: Simon Templar investigates a disturbing situation in the theater world when actor Mercer Bennett becomes convinced that the roles he plays onstage are coming true in real life. His latest play features the murder of his leading lady, Shari Babcock, and a previous attempt involving real bullets has left him fearing the worst. With several people harboring grudges and the final performance approaching, can the Saint uncover the truth before the curtain falls on a real-life tragedy?
    Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 14, 1951
    Originating from Hollywood
    Cast:

    • Vincent Price as Simon Templar
    • Theodore von Eltz as Mercer Bennett
    • Mary Shipp as Shari Babcock
    • Ed Begley as Stuart Jackson
    • Maggie Morley as Lola Enright
    • Stanley Farrar as Arnold Prince
    • Bob Clark as Charlie Glenway
    • Harry Brown as the doorman
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    Charlie Chan: The Landini Murder Mystery Omnibus, Part Three (EP5085e) Oct 18, 2026
    Show notes

    In this episode, we continue our journey through the surviving episodes of Charlie Chan’s Landini Murder Case, a 39-part serialized mystery based on Earl Derr Biggers’ final Charlie Chan novel, The Keeper of the Keys. This omnibus brings together Episodes 29 and 30, as Inspector Charlie Chan closes in on the truth behind Ellen Landini’s murder.
    Originating in Hollywood
    Starring: Walter Connolly as Charlie Chan
    The Second Bullet
    Inspector Charlie Chan and Sheriff Don Holt examine a bullet found in the grounds at Pine View, one that may reveal how the killer tried to disguise the time of Ellen Landini’s murder. As suspicion shifts between Romano, Ryder, and the other guests, Chan uncovers troubling inconsistencies and prepares to confront those who may know more than they admit.
    Original Air Date: 1935–1936
    A Conversation with Ah Sing
    With fear mounting at Pine View and secrets continuing to obstruct the investigation, Charlie Chan turns his attention to Ah Sing, Dudley Ward’s elderly servant. As Chan searches for the truth, another suspicious incident raises questions about who can be trusted—and whether the evidence is strong enough to identify the killer.
    Original Air Date: 1935–1936
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    Counterspy: The International Intrigue (A0132) Oct 17, 2026
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    Today's Adventure: David Harding and Harry Peters travel to Switzerland after learning that a notorious international information broker is offering an American atomic scientist—and his knowledge of the nation's nuclear secrets—to the highest bidder. With foreign intelligence agents competing for the scientist's services, Harding must determine whether the scientist has betrayed his country and find a way to prevent America's atomic secrets from falling into enemy hands.Original Radio Broadcast: October 20, 1949Originating in New YorkCast:

    • Don McLaughlin as David Harding
    • Mandel Kramer as Harry Peters
    • Marks B. Loeb, director
    • Palmer Thompson, writer
    • Jesse Crawford, music
    • Philip H. Lord, producer
    • Bob Shepard, announcer
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    Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Loomis Matter (EP5085) Oct 16, 2026
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    Today's Mystery: When wealthy businessman Elmer Loomis vanishes without a trace, insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is sent to New Jersey to find out what happened. With no clear leads and a wife who seems anything but heartbroken, Johnny begins to suspect that Elmer’s disappearance may be more than it appears. But a strange name, a missing yacht, and a few unexpected encounters may hold the key to the case.
    Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 13, 1959
    Originating from Hollywood
    Cast:

    • Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar
    • Virginia Gregg as Lena Loomis
    • Sergeant Louis Tommaso
    • Elmer Loomis
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    Dragnet: The Big Hate (EP5084) Oct 15, 2026
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    Todays Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith investigate the death of a 52-year-old music teacher whose body is discovered in an abandoned freight car, cradled in the arms of a young man who refuses to explain what happened. When the young man finally confesses to killing her, the detectives struggle to understand why he would murder a woman he claims to have loved deeply and who had devoted years to nurturing his musical ambitions.
    Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 10, 1952
    Originating from Hollywood
    Cast:

    • Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday
    • Herb Ellis as Sgt. Frank Smith
    • Vic Perrin
    • Harry Bartell
    • Joyce McCluskey
    • Jim Moser, writer
    • Walter Schumann, music
    • Technical advice from the office of Chief W.H. Parker
    • Captain Jack Donahoe, Sgt. Marty Wynn, and Sgt. Vance Brasher, technical advisors
    • George Fenneman, announcer
    Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net
    Patreon Supporter of the Day:Dolly, Patreon supporter since November 2025.
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    Broadway’s My Beat: The Mary Trevor Murder Case (EP5083) Oct 14, 2026
    Show notes

    Today's Mystery: Detective Danny Clover investigates the stabbing of Mary Trevor, a young woman found dying on a crowded Times Square subway platform. With few reliable witnesses, Clover follows a trail leading to Mary’s estranged father, a wealthy socialite confined to a wheelchair, and a man whose romantic past may hold the key to her murder. But as conflicting stories emerge, Clover must uncover what happened during Mary’s final days—and why someone wanted her silenced.
    Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 25, 1952
    Originated in Hollywood
    Cast:

    • Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover
    • Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Taglia
    • Jack Kruschen as Detective Mugavin
    • Betty Lou Gerson as Joan Hunt
    • Ben Wright as Robert Graham
    • Gene Bates
    • Tom Tully
    • Byron Kane.
    Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net
    Patreon Supporter of the Day: Ron, patreon supporter since March 2022.
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    The Big Story: Witness to Drama of Violence and Death (EP5082) Oct 13, 2026
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    Today's Mystery: A redheaded woman is found shot dead in a black sedan on the outskirts of Las Vegas. Reporter Johnny Kalen soon finds himself investigating a second killing, a missing man named Scott Whitty, and a tangled web of relationships that may connect them all. As more troubling details emerge, Johnny and Police Chief Warren race to piece together the truth behind a string of violent deaths.
    Original Radio Broadcast:March 24, 1954
    Originating in New York
    Cast:

    • Michael O’Day as Johnny Kalen
    • Ed Begley as Police Chief Warren
    • Brenna Rayburn
    • Danny AcCO
    • Rita Lynn
    • Gilbert Mack
    • Billy Gray
    Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net
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