The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
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Counterspy: Explosive Dog (A0074)
Today’s Adventure: A spy plans to use a dog to destroy a critical research facility. Original Radio Broadcast: July 25, 1945 Originating from New York Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding; Maurice Tarplin To subscribe to this podcast and, go to https://greatadv Read more ...
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Blue Madonna Matter (EP4940)
Today’s Mystery: Johnny Dollar receives a telephone call from a denizen of the Parisian underworld about an insured oil painting. Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 22, 1959 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; G. Stanley Jones; Forrest Lewis; Harry Bartell; Joseph Kearns; Bert Holland; Byron Kane When making your travel plans, remember…
Dragnet: The Big Red, Part One (EP4939)
Today’s Mystery: Friday goes undercover as a narcotics buyer after getting a tip from an informant about a new narcotics ring operating in LA. Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 3, 1952 Read more ...
Broadway’s My Beat: The Ricardo Miguel Murder Case (EP4938)
Today’s Mystery: A young man is found murdered in a club in Spanish Harlem. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 27, 1951 Originating from Hollywood
Theater Guild on the Air: Little Women (AWR0293)
Today’s Episode: The classic story of the March sisters coming of age. Original Air Date: December 23, 1945 Starring Katherine Hepburn as J Read more ...
The Big Story: The Loneliest Man on Earth (EP4937)
Today’s Mystery: Reporter Ray Sprigle undertakes an effort to free a man who claims to have been wrongfully convicted of murder at the plea of his ex-wife. Original Radio Broadcast: October 12, 1949 Originating from New York Starring: Bill Smith as Ray Sprigle; Barbara Weeks; George Petrie; Joshua Shelley; Eric Read more ...
The Saint: The Saint Goes Underground (EP4936)
Today’s Mystery: The Saint makes an emergency landing in a small town and finds people immediately threatening him to get him to leave town. Original Radio Broad Read more ...
Counterspy: Cherchez La Femme (A0072)
Today’s Adventure: David Harding looks into the suicide of a prominent wealthy man tied to the war effort. Original Radio Broadcast: June 13, 1945 Originating from New York Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding; Mandel Kramer as Peters To subscribe to this podcast and, go to
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Shankar Diamond Matter (EP4935)
Today’s Mystery: An eccentric elderly woman has Johnny guard her while she’s wearing a valuable necklace to a party. Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 15, 1959 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lillian Buyeff; Jack Edwards; Barney Phillips; Forrest Lewis; Eric Snowden When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com Read more ...
Broadway’s My Beat: The Ricardo Miguel Murder Case
Today’s Mystery: Danny investigates a killing near a night club in Spanish Harlem Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 27, 1951 Originated in Hollywood < Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Sorrow (EP4934)
Today’s Mystery: Joe mourns the death of his partner Ben Romero as he joins the search for two escaped robbers. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 27, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Read more ...
Broadway’s My Beat: The Kurt Bower Murder Case (EP4933)
Today’s Mystery: Danny gets a tip that a wealthy woman’s life is endangered. Her ski instructor is murdered instead. Original Radio Broadcast Date: Octob Read more ...
The Big Story: The Poison Pen Murders (EP4932)
Today’s Mystery: A reporter with a reputation for making errors tries to solve the murder of a laundry owner. Original Radio Broadcast: July 20, 1949 Originating from New York Starring: Jackson Beck as Tom Mercer; Barbara Townsend; Alice Rinehart; Ted Osborn; Santos Ortega; Gil Mack; Milton Herman Support Read more ...
The Saint: Mr. Important (EP4931)
Today’s Mystery: A treasury agent, a childhood friend of Simon Templar, is shot to death. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 15, 1947 Originati Read more ...
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Henderson Matter Omnibus (EP4930s)
Today’s Mystery: Johnny goes to a small Nevada mining town to investigate the death of an insured elderly man married to a twenty-seven-year-old woman. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 28 – December 2, 1955 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lillian Buyeff; Irene Tedrow; D. J. Thompson; Herb Ellis; Marvin Miller; Forrest…
Counterspy: The Case of the Illegal Radio Station (A0070)
Today’s Adventure: A military officer is murdered on a train. David Harding suspects enemy involvement, and enlists the help of refugees to track down a suspected foreign agent. Original Radio Broadcast: March 1, 1943 Originating from New York Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding To subscribe to this Read more ...
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Date with Death Matter (EP4930)
Today’s Mystery: A desperate criminal is gunning for Johnny after failing to kill him last week. Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 8, 1959 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lucille Meredith; James McCallion; Russ Thorson; Sam Edwards; Herb Vigran When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Overtime (EP4929)
Today’s Mystery: The daughter of a banker is kidnapped from her business school. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 13, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Read more ...
Broadway’s My Beat: The Ed Koster Murder Case (EP4928)
Today’s Mystery: A cop is found in a fire at a chemical plant. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 13, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starrin Read more ...
S17 Ep 130The Big Story: Bitterest Man on Earth (EP4927)
Today’s Mystery: A reporter tries to get justice for a man who claims to have been mistaken for someone else. Original Radio Broadcast: June 8, 1949 Originating from New York Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter Read more ...
S17 Ep 129The Saint: The Miracle Tea Party (EP4926)
The Saint discovers that there were several thousand-dollar bills in a box of tea purchased by Inspector Fernack. Audition Date: December 1944 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Denis Greene as The Saint; Gale Gordon; Gerald Mohor, Support the show monthly at https://pa Read more ...
S17 Ep 128The Silent Men: The Big Kill and Night Beat: Ellen (Twice-Told Tale) (EP4925s)
Today’s 1st Mystery: An investigator for the Civil Aviation Administration gets a call warning of a bomb on a plane. Original Radio Broadcast: February 3, 1952 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Today’s 2nd Mystery: Randy receives a tip that there’s a bomb on a plane to De Read more ...
S17 Ep 127Counterspy: Industrial Spy Ring (A0068)
Today’s Adventure: A Nazi agent murders his wife and sets David Harding on the trail of an espionage ring. Original Radio Broadcast: December 14, 1942 Originating from New York Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding To subscribe to this podcast and, go to https:/ Read more ...
S19 Ep 126Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Doting Dowager Matter (EP4925)
Today’s Mystery: Johnny is called in to find an inexpensive statue that’s held in high emotional value by an eccentric elderly woman who would pay a $75,000 ransom. Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 18, 1959 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Eleanor Audley; G. Stanley Jones; Eric Snowden; Sam Edwards…
S17 Ep 125Dragnet: The Big Canaries (EP4924)
Today’s Mystery: A mother is found murdered in her home. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 6, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Bart Read more ...
S20 Ep 124Broadway’s My Beat: The Lily Nelson Murder Case
Today’s Mystery: A Broadway actress is found dead with her wrists slit. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 6, 1951 Originating from Hollywood
S17 Ep 123The Big Story: Respected Chemist Dead (EP4922)
Today’s Mystery: A prominent chemist’s mysterious death may have been faked … but why? Original Radio Broadcast: March 9, 1949 Originating from New York Starring: Sydney Smith as Ike McAnally; Ann Burr; Agnes Young; Lyle Sudrow; Ted Osborne Support the show monthly at
S17 Ep 122Danger with Grainger: The Larry Simmons Case (EP4921)
Today’s Mystery: A slimy character tries to hire Grainger as a go-between for him in a blackmail deal. Grainger kicks him out but it’s not that simple. Or Read more ...
S17 Ep 121Screen Guild Theater: The Glass Key (EP4920s)
Today’s Story: The best friend and top lieutenant of a political boss finds himself in the midst of a murder that threatens his boss’s career. Original Air Date: July 22, 1946 Originating from Holly Read more ...
S17 Ep 120Counterspy: The Case of the Gasoline Barge (A0066)
Today’s Adventure: David Harding suspects the Axis is behind a ring making counterfeit gas coupons. Original Radio Broadcast: November 2, 1945 Originating from New York Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding Popular Science art Read more ...
S17 Ep 119Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Hatchet House Theft Matter (EP0420)
Today’s Mystery: A woman calls to report that a man was murdered and she’s not sure if she did it. Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 11, 1959 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Junius Matthews; Paul Dubov; James McCallion; Alan Reed; Frank Gerstle When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com…
S17 Ep 118Dragnet: The Big Affair (EP4919)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of jewelry store robberies. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 29, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Ja Read more ...
S17 Ep 117Broadway’s My Beat: The Lars Nielson Murder Case (EP4918)
Today’s Mystery: A famous torch singer wants a gun permit because she claims a man is threatening her life. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 29, 1951
The Big Story: The Jigsaw Crime (EP4917)
Today’s Mystery: A legendary Arkansas reporter investigates the murder of an unidentified man. Original Radio Broadcast: January 26, 1949 Originating from New York Starring: Martin Wolfson as Joe Wirges; Art Carney; Larry Haines; Art Carney; Martin O’Day; Joyce Gordon; Joe DeSantis Encyclopedia of A Read more ...
S115 Ep 17Danger with Grainger: Shelia Randolph is Sane (EP4916)
– Today’s Mystery: Grainger is hired to provide security for a wealthy’s man’s suicidal wife but begins to suspect there’s more to the situation Read more ...
S17 Ep 114Counterspy: The Case of the Loganberry Point Spy (A0064)
Today’s Adventure: A widow in a small town calls David Harding claiming to have caught a German spy. Original Radio Broadcast: September 14, 1942 Originating in New York Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding, Craig McDonnell To subscribe to this podcast and, go to https Read more ...
S17 Ep 113Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Hollywood Mystery Matter (EP4915)
Today’s Mystery: Johnny searches for a missing embezzler who called Johnny and let him know he was in Hollywood. Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 4, 1959 Originated from Hollywood Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar.Virginia Gregg, Jeanne Tatum, Parley Baer, Forrest Lewis, Junius Matthews, Frank Gerstle When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com Read more…
S17 Ep 112Dragnet: The Big Hands (EP4914)
Todays Mystery: A woman is found strangled to death in a hotel room, and Friday and Romero have to figure out who she was and who killed her. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 22, 1951 Or Read more ...
S20 Ep 111Broadway’s My Beat: The Tom Keeler Murder Case (EP4913)
Today’s Mystery: A derelict is found shot with two bullets in his body from two different guns. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 22, 1951 Origin Read more ...
S17 Ep 110The Big Story: Sixteen Year Old Misfit Kills Out of Fear (EP4912)
Today’s Mystery: Across the Indiana border, a sixteen-year-old from Louisville kills four men in a failed bank robbery and its aftermath. Original Radio Broadcast: January 5, 1949 Originating from New York Starring: James McCallion as Al Aronson; Bob Sloane; Santos Ortega; Martin Wolfson; Jackie Grimes; Grant Ri Read more ...
S17 Ep 109Danger with Grainger: Paula Crane is Threatened (EP4911)
Today’s Mystery: A friend of Grainger’s invites him to a weekend with her family on the lake as she claims there have been threats to her life. Original R Read more ...
S17 Ep 108Counterspy: Nazis from Mexico (A0062)
Today’s Adventure: The Gestapo is bringing spies across the southern border, trying to start an international incident by dropping the body of a Mexican official onto the US side of the border. Original Radio Broadcast: June 22, 1942 Originating from New York Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding To s Read more ...
S17 Ep 107Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Hair Raising Matter (EP4910)
Today’s Mystery: Johnny is called in by an insured man who suddenly dies. Is it murder? Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 30, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Shirley Mitchell; Jack Edwards; Ralph Moody; Junius Matthews; Parley Baer When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com Read more ...
S17 Ep 106Dragnet: The Big Bungalow (EP4909)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero receive a tip from an informant on the identity of a burglar. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 15, 1951 Originating from Hollywood
S17 Ep 105Broadway’s My Beat: The Anna Compton Murder Case (EP4908)
Today’s Mystery: A woman is found murdered in a salesman’s car. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 15, 1951 Originating from Hollywood < Read more ...
S17 Ep 104The Big Story: Blind Date with Murder (EP4907)
Today’s Mystery: A Pittsburgh reporter is forced to cancel a date and finds himself covering a multiple murder. Original Radio Broadcast: September 22, 1948 Originating from New York Starring: James McCallion; Bob Sloane; Larry Haines; Ruth Shafer; Rita Ascot; Joan Alexander; Bill Smith; Mandel Kramer Sup Read more ...
S17 Ep 103Danger with Grainger: Counterfeit Plates (EP4906)
Today’s Mystery: A printer is murdered for his counterfeit plate. Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957 Originating from Australia Starring: Read more ...
S17 Ep 102Counterspy: Cherchez La Femme (A0060)
Today’s Adventure: David Harding suspects there’s a dangerous woman behind the suicide of an American connected to the war effort. Original Radio Broadcast: June 8, 1942 Originating from New York Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding To subscribe to this podcast and, go to
S17 Ep 101Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Double Trouble Matter (EP4905)
Today’s Mystery: Johnny has to determine which of two men are the long-lost beneficiary to a large life insurance policy. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 16, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Vic Perrin; Sam Edwards; James McCallion; Parley Baer When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com Read more…
S17 Ep 100Dragnet: The Big Hit and Run Killer (EP4904)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday seeks a hit-and-run driver. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 8, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarbo Read more ...