
NBC – The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
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S16 Ep 57The Falcon: The Case of the Gold Ring (EP4575)
Today’s Mystery: While on vacation in the Florida Keys, Waring gets mixed up in a murder when a woman comes to his room to plead for his help with a dangerous Cuban crim Read more ...
S16 Ep 55Dragnet: The Big Meet (EP4574)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday goes undercover to complete a large drug buy. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 26, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Read more ...
S16 Ep 53Mr. and Mrs. North: The Norths Discover Christopher Columbus (EP4572)
Today’s Mystery: On the eve of Columbus Day, the Norths see a man dressed as Christopher Columbus jump out Read more ...
S16 Ep 50The Falcon: The Case of the Missing Patient (EP4569)
Today’s Mystery: The widow of a kindly doctor is accused of his murder, but she suspects a rough-looking character who showed up for medical care and then disappeared.
S16 Ep 48Dragnet: The Big Grandma (EP4568)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero are assigned to investigate the case of a motherly lady who has written more than a thousand bad checks over nine years. Original Radio Broadcast Date: Read more ...
S16 Ep 46Mr. and Mrs. North: Pam Keeps Out of Trouble (EP4566)
Today’s Mystery: With Jerry out of town, Pam tries to help a hapless reformed gambler quit his job at a gambling den and finds herself caught up in a murder in Read more ...
S16 Ep 43The Falcon: The Case of the Beautiful Bait (EP4563)
Today’s Mystery: A beautiful woman’s attempt to seduce a young boxer into signing with her fight manager boyfriend ends in murder. Original Radio Broadcast Read more ...
S16 Ep 41Dragnet: The Big Quack (EP4562)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a phony psychiatrist who burgled the house of a patient he’d hypnotized. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 12, 1950 Origi Read more ...
S16 Ep 39Mr. and Mrs. North: Pam Goes it Alone (EP4560)
Today’s Mystery: Pam helps the fiancée of a condenmed killer to try and find evidence to clear him. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 2, 1944 Origi Read more ...
S16 Ep 37Molle Mystery Theater: Red Wine (EP4558)
Today’s Mystery: A San Francisco detective is convinced that one of three Americans at a Brazillian plantation is a fugitive killer in disguise. But which one? Or Read more ...
S16 Ep 36The Falcon: The Case of the Loose Lip (EP4557)
Today’s Mystery: A shooting of an underworld character by a racketeer’s thug sets off a string of double-crosses that leads to murder. Original Radio Broadc Read more ...
S16 Ep 34Dragnet: The Big .38 (EP4556)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for an armed robber who shot and killed a clerk. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 5, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starrin Read more ...
S16 Ep 32Mr. and Mrs. North: The Norths Get Wired for Sound (EP4554)
Today’s Mystery: For a lark, the Norths record a record, and then someone tries to kill them in the cab on Read more ...
S16 Ep 29The Falcon: The Case of the Hypocritical Hypo (EP4551)
Today’s Mystery: A woman hires The Falcon to find her missing hypochondriac husband. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 1, 1951 Originating from New Yor Read more ...
S16 Ep 28Cavalcade of America: The Pinkerton Man (EP4550s)
In 1859, legendary private detective Allan Pinkerton tries to solve the year-old case of a bank robbery and the murder of a guard. Original Air Date: November 18 Read more ...
S16 Ep 27Dragnet: The Big Death (EP4550)
Today’s Mystery: A man reports that his ex-boss tried to hire him to murder his wife. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 28, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack We Read more ...
S16 Ep 25Mr. and Mrs. North: The Wilbur Wills Matter (EP4548)
Today’s Mystery: A man invites the Norths to his house to solve a murder that hasn’t happened yet  Read more ...
S16 Ep 22Falcon: The Case of Plenty Twenty (EP4545)
Today’s Mystery: An engraver, who has created high-quality counterfeit plates, is murdered. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 25, 1951 Originating from N Read more ...
S16 Ep 20Dragnet: The Big Pair (EP4544)
Today’s Mystery: A twelve-year-old and a grandfather return from a trip to Indiana to find all their belongings from their home stolen. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 21, 1950 O Read more ...
S16 Ep 18Mr. and Mrs. North: The Little Man Who Wasn’t There (EP4542)
Today’s Mystery: A little man dies on the Norths’ door as a warning that someone wants to kill Pamela Read more ...
S16 Ep 15The Falcon: The Case of the Cautious Cousin (EP4539)
Today’s Mystery: A man is poisoned in the presence of The Falcon and the finger of suspicion is pointed at the victim’s cousin. Original Radio Broadcast Dat Read more ...
S16 Ep 13Dragnet: The Big Make (EP4538)
Today’s Mystery: Friday and Romero investigate a robbery and shooting at a bakery. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 14, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb Read more ...
S16 Ep 8The Falcon: The Case of Vanishing Varmint (EP4533)
Today’s Mystery: A criminal with a grudge against The Falcon escapes prison. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 11, 1951 Originating from New York Read more ...
S16 Ep 6Dragnet: The Big Poison (EP4532)
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: Ja Read more ...
S16 Ep 1The Falcon: The Case of Everybody’s Gun (EP4527)
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 f Read more ...
S15 Ep 342Dragnet: The Big Check (EP4526)
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 H Read more ...
S15 Ep 337The Falcon: The Case of the Nervous Shakedown (EP4521)
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 < Read more ...
S15 Ep 335Dragnet: The Big Chance (EP4520)
Today’s 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 Read more ...
S15 Ep 330The Falcon: The Case of the Broken Fingerprint (EP4515)
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 Damo Read more ...
S15 Ep 328Dragnet: The Big Youngster (EP4514)
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 S Read more ...
S15 Ep 326Mr. and Mrs. North: The Contagious Confession (EP4512)
Today’s Mystery: Lieutenant Weigand calls the Norths in on the case of the murder of a wealthy man where mu Read more ...
S15 Ep 323The Falcon: The Case of the Sweet Swindle (EP4509)
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 Da Read more ...
S15 Ep 321Dragnet: The Big Actor (EP4508)
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< Read more ...
S15 Ep 316The Falcon: The Case of the Proud Papa (EP4503)
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 Read more ...
S15 Ep 314Dragnet: The Big Dare (EP4502)
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
S15 Ep 312Mr. and Mrs. North: Russian Restaurant Murder (EP4500)
Today’s Mystery: A hat check girl in a Russian restaurant is murdered. Original Radio Broadcast Date Read more ...
S15 Ep 309The Falcon: The Case of the Unwelcome Wife (EP4497)
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: M Read more ...
S15 Ep 307Dragnet: The Big Gent, Part Two (EP4496)
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 W Read more ...
S15 Ep 302The Falcon: The Case of the Curious Cop (EP4491)
Today’s Mystery: A policeman disappears while trying to shake down a gambling joint owner. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 20, 1951 Originating from New Read more ...
S15 Ep 300Dragnet: The Big Gent, Part One (EP4490)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of robberies by ex-felons. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 20, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack We Read more ...
S15 Ep 295The Falcon: The Case of the Big Talker (EP4485)
Today’s Mystery: A thug balks at murdering his boss’s rival and is then murdered himself. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 29, 1951 Originating f Read more ...
S15 Ep 293Dragnet: The Big Bomb (EP4484)
Today’s Mystery: A man holding a bomb threatens to blow up City Hall unless the police release his brother. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 13, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Read more ...
S15 Ep 288The Falcon: The Case of the Missing Miss (EP4479)
Today’s Mystery: A Senator commits suicide rather than own up to his role in an oil company and a man who was contact begins to sense their might be something crooked about it Read more ...
S15 Ep 286Dragnet: The Big Frame (EP4478)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate an apparent hit and run case that begins to look more and more like murder. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 6, 1950 Originating Read more ...
S15 Ep 281The Falcon: The Case of the Shopkeeper’s Gun (EP4473)
Today’s Mystery: A storekeeper is suspected of murdering a conman after confronting him with the gun that was used in the murder. Original Radio Broadcast Date: A Read more ...
S15 Ep 280Dragnet: The Big Grab (1950) (EP4472)
Today’s Mystery: The wife of a college professor is kidnapped. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 29, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; B Read more ...
S15 Ep 275The Falcon: The Case of the Carved Ham (EP4467)
Today’s Mystery: A racketeer’s henchman is murdered after disfiguring an actor’s face. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 8, 1951 Originating Read more ...
S15 Ep 274Dragnet: The Big Mink (EP4466)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for the murderer of the owner of a small fur shop. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 22, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starrin Read more ...
S15 Ep 269The Falcon: The Case of the Worried Wife (EP4461)
Today’s Mystery: A woman hires The Falcon after an old flame of her husband’s tried to kill him. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 1, 1951 Origina Read more ...
S15 Ep 268Dragnet: The Big Purse (EP4460)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero invesitgate a series of purse snatchings. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 15, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Read more ...