The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio show

The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

Summary: 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, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, Dangerous Assignment, Mr. Chameleon, 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 will feature seasons four through six.Our feed includes old time radio recorded in Los Angeles, New York, and also Australia. The current actors featured in the our old time radio detective podcast include Stephen Dunne, Bob Bailey, Brian Donlevy, Karl Swenson, and Jack Web. Other actors featured within the past 1,000 include Howard Duff, Glenn Langan, Herbert Marshall, Santos Ortega, Gerald Mohr, Joel McCrea, Jackson Beck, and more.

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 Dangerous Assignment: Retrieve Slarga from Latin America (EP3983) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2509

Today's Mystery:Steve goes to Latin America to retrieve a foreign agent who is willing to give the US vital secrets if they can protect him from the police and his former organization.Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 27, 1950Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectivesJoin us back here tomorrow for another old time radio detective drama.

 Meet Miss Sherlock: Case of the Deadman's Chest (EP3982) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2289

Today' s Mystery:A buyer for a department store acquires a chest and everyone wants it.Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 7, 1946Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectivesJoin us back here tomorrow for another old time radio detective drama.

 Sam Spade: The Bumpus Hell Caper (EP3981) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2072

Today's Mystery:Sam's attempts to relax and read by a Western novel are interrupted by the drama surrounding a beautiful actress who is one of Sam's neighbors.Original Radio Broadcast Date:January 16, 1949Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter@radiodetectivesJoin us back here tomorrow for another old-time radio detective audio drama.

 Tales of the Texas Rangers: Prelude to a Felony (EP3980) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2422

Today's Mystery: Jace is called in to investigate the disappearance of four calves from a small farm.Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 16, 1952Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Become one of our friends on Facebook.Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectivesJoin us back here on Monday for another old time radio detective audio drama.

 Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Radioactive Gold Matter (EP3979) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2502

Today's Mystery: Johnny travels to South Bend, Indiana to recover a stolden radioactive gold isotope before it kills someone.Original Radio Broadcast Date July 27, 1954When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.comTake the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Become one of our friends on Facebook.Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectivesJoin us back her tomorrow for another old-time radio detective audio drama from the Golden Age of Radio

 Philo Vance: The Tip Top Murder Case (EP3978) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2702

Today's Mystery: A chorus girl goes to Philo Vance after receiving a death threat if she doesn't hand over $5,000.Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 3, 1950Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesBecome one of our riends on Facebook.Follow us on Twitter@radiodetectivesJoin us back here tomorrow for another old time radio detective audio drama from the Golden Age of Radio

 Dangerous Assignment: Contact Lefty the Trained Seal (EP3977) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2133

Today's Mystery: Steve goes to Istanbul where a seal and his trainer are at the center of a murder case involving an agent investigating a spy ring.Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 20, 1950Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesBecome one of ourfriends on Facebook.Follow us on Twitter@radiodetectivesJoin us back here tomorrow for another old time radio detective audio drama.

 Dr. Tim, Detective: Poisoner at Large and the Man from Hiroshima (EP3976) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2154

Today's 1st Mystery:Doctor Tim is called in to find out what's behind a series of food poisonings.Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 24, 1950Today's 2nd Mystery:X-Rays that Dr. Tim needs for the District Attorney keep being ruined.Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 15, 1950Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Become one of ourfriends on Facebook.Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter@radiodetectivesJoin us back here tomorrow for another old time radio detective audio drama.

 Sam Spade: The Bouncing Betty Caper (EP3975) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1937

Today's Mystery:Sam is hired to protect a wealthy young woman who claims her life is endangered by her mentally unstable brother and their scheming psychiatrist stepfather.Original Radio Broadcast Date:December 12, 1948Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter@radiodetectivesJoin us back here tomorrow for another old time radio detective audio drama.

 Tales of the Texas Rangers: Dream Farm (EP3974) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2425

Today's Mystery:A couple moving to Texas from Iowa are killed, and their 12-year-old son is shot in a car-jacking gone wrong.Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 9, 1952Become one of our monthly patreon supporters at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectivesJoin us back here on Monday for another old time radio detective drama.

 Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Jeanne Maxwell Matter (EP3973) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2453

Today's Mystery:An insured young woman dies by falling off a bridge. The police and Johnny believe it was murder.Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 20, 1954When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.comTake the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectivesJoin us back here tomorrow for another old time radio detective drama.

 Philo Vance: The Identical Murder Case (EP3972) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2255

Today's Mystery:A doppelganger for Philo Vance collapses dead at the DA's office after being killed by a gang whose leader tolerates no mistakes.Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 27, 1949Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectivesJoin us back here tomorrow for another old time radio detective drama.

 Dangerous Assignment: Chromite Mine Disaster (EP3971) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2207

Today's Mystery: Steve is sent to the Balkans to find out what's behind a series of murders at an allegedly cursed chromite mine.Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 6, 1950Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectivesJoin us back here tomorrow for another old time radio detective drama.

 Dr. Tim: The Dog Who Did and Didn't and The Chest of Dynamite (EP3970) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2582

Today's 1st Mystery:A woman has an unexplained case of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever in winter.Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 27, 1950Today's 2nd Mystery:Dr. Tim, Jill, and Sandy find a sick child at a forest cabin.Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 17, 1950Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netcGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectivesJoin us back here tomorrow for another old time radio detective drama.

 Sam Spade: The Quarter Eagle Caper (EP3969) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 2302

Today's Mystery:Sam is hired by a gumball magnate to find out who has been breaking his machines, leaving the money, and stealing the gumballs.Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 28, 1948Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectivesJoin us back here tomorrow for another old time radio detective drama.

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