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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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    Latest Episodes:
    Miss Pinkerton Incorporated (Encore) (EP4592) Jan 04, 2025
    Show notes

    Today's Mystery: A young female law student inherits her uncle’s detective agency, planning to sell it, but decides to take on a job guarding a priceless emerald.
    Original Air Date: July 12, 1941
    Originating in Hollywood
    Starring Joan Blondell and Dick Powell
    For more series with one or two episodes in circulation, check out the Rare Detectives of Old TIme Radio feed.
    Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net
    Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.
    Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715
    Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net
    Give us a call at 208-991-4783
    Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectives
    Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectives
    Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.


    San Francisco Final (Encore) (EP4591) Jan 03, 2025
    Show notes

    Today's Mystery: Reporter Mike Rivera investigates mass extortion in Chinatown.
    Recorded: July 26, 1954
    Originating in Hollywood
    Starring Jeff Chandler as Mike Rivera
    For more series with one or two episodes in circulation, check out the Rare Detectives of Old TIme Radio feed.
    Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net
    Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.
    Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715
    Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net
    Give us a call at 208-991-4783
    Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectives
    Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectives
    Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.


    The Lone Wolf: The Golden Santa (Encore) (EP4590) Jan 02, 2025
    Show notes

    Today's Mystery: A woman gets Michael to help her search for her six-inch-high golden statue of Santa Claus.
    Original Air Date: January 1, 1949
    Originating in Hollywood
    Starring Walter Loy as Michael Lanyard
    For more series with one or two episodes in circulation, check out the Rare Detectives of Old TIme Radio feed.
    Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net
    Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.
    Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715
    Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net
    Give us a call at 208-991-4783
    Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectives
    Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectives
    Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.


    Casey, Crime Photographer: Hot New Year’s Eve Party (Encore) (EP4589) Jan 01, 2025
    Show notes

    Today's Mystery: Casey and Ann begin the New Year by looking into an arson/murder and the related kidnapping of a college professor.
    Original Air Date: January 1, 1948
    Originating in New YorkStarring Staats Cotsworth as Casey
    Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net
    Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.
    Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715
    Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net
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    Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectives
    Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.


    Let George Do It: Needle in the Haystack (Encore) (EP4588) Dec 31, 2024
    Show notes

    Today's Mystery: A florist from Mexico City hires George to find a dozen roses in Pasadena ... during the Tournament of Roses. Murder follows.
    Original Air Date: January 2, 1950
    Originating in Hollywood
    Starring Bob Bailey as George Valentine and Virginia Gregg as Brooksie
    Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net
    Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.
    Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715
    Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net
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    Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.


    Philip Marlowe: The House that Jacqueline Built (Encore) (EP4587) Dec 30, 2024
    Show notes

    Marlowe is hired to find a missing house on New Year’s Eve.Original Air Date: December 31, 1949
    Originating in Hollywood
    Starring: Gerald Mohr as Philip Marlowe
    Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net
    Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.
    Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715
    Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net
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    Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.


    Lux Radio Theater: Captain Carey, USA (Encore) (EP4586e) Dec 29, 2024
    Show notes

    Today's Mystery: A former O.S.S. officer returns to Italy after World War II to locate the person who betrayed him and his compatriots to the Nazis.
    Original Air Date: February 2, 1953Originating in Hollywood
    Starring Charlton Heston as Webster Carey
    Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net
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    Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715
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    Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.


    Dragnet: The Big Church (EP4586) Dec 28, 2024
    Show notes

    Today's Mystery: A woman reports receiving threats for attending a new church.
    Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 2, 1950
    Originating from Hollywood
    Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Virginia Gregg
    Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net
    Patreon Supporter of the Day: Pippen, Patreon supporter since March 2022.
    Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.
    Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715
    Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net
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    Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectives
    Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectives
    Join us again on Monday for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.


    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Bum Steer Matter (EP4585) Dec 27, 2024
    Show notes

    Today's Mystery:Johnny gets a mysterious invitation to a ranch in Colorado and finds the insured owner dead of anthrax. The owner's daughter suspects murder.
    Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 6, 1957
    Originating from HollywoodStarring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Jeanne Tatum; Will Wright; Jack Edwards; Howard McNear; Sam Edwards; Forrest Lewis
    When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com
    Become one of our Patreon Supporters at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net
    Thank you to our Patreon Supporter of the Day: Mimi, Patreon Supporter since February 2016
    Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net
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    Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.


    Mr. and Mrs. North: The Mystery of the Triggerman (EP4584) Dec 26, 2024
    Show notes

    Today's Mystery:An ex-con wants the Norths' help to save a man his boss asked him to kill.
    Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 30, 1945
    Originating from New York CityStarring: Joseph Curtain as Jerry North; Alice Frost as Pamela North; Ralph Bell
    Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net
    Patreon Supporter of the Day: Cathy, Patreon supporter since February 2024
    Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net
    .Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715
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    Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.


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