The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
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Dragnet: The Big Little Jesus (EP4869)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Frank Smith investigate the theft of a statue of the child Jesus from a church nativity scene. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 22, 1953 Originating Read more ...
S17 Ep 52Broadway’s My Beat: The Pablo Morari Murder (EP4868)
Today’s Mystery: A young man is found murdered outside a club. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 30, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Read more ...
The Big Story: The Case of the Cornered Cat (EP4867)
Today’s Mystery: America’s public enemey #1 is interested in turning himself in to Walter Winchell to be handed over to the FBI. But will he actually do it? Original Radio Broadcast: September 17, 1947 Originating from New York Starring: Ward Wilson as Walter Winchell; Ed Begley as J. Edgar Hoover; Don App Read more ...
S17 Ep 50Danger with Grainger: Phony Photographer Case (EP4866)
Today’s Mystery: A female nightclub photographer turns to Steve Grainger for help. Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957 Originating from Australia Read more ...
S17 Ep 49The Casebook of Gregory Hood: The Forgetful Murderer (Encore) (EP4865e)
Someone is murdering night watchmen and leaving odd clues behind. Original Air Date: July 29, 1946 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Gale Gordon as Read more ...
S48 Ep 17Cloak and Dagger: Windfall (A0044)
Today’s Adventure: An ex-pat gambler in Switzerland gets a top secret film both sides want and tries to sell to the highest bidder. Original Radio Broadcast: October 2 Read more ...
S17 Ep 47Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Glacier Ghost Matter (EP4865)
Today’s Mystery: Johnny is called in to verify the fate of a businessman who disappeared in the Palisades glacier. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 12, 1957 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; John Dehner; Herb Ellis; Virginia Gregg; Forrest Lewis; James McCallion; Tom Hanley; John James When making your travel plans, remember…
S17 Ep 46Dragnet: The Big Want Ad (EP4864
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a case where conmen are victimizing peoople who place newspaper ads to sell their cars. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 4, 1951 Read more ...
S17 Ep 45Broadway’s My Beat: The Ruth Larson Murder Case (EP4863)
Today’s Mystery: A fourteen-year-old is the first of a series of women brutally murdered by the same person. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 23, 1951 < Read more ...
S17 Ep 44Feature Assignment: The Majczek Case (EP4862)
Today’s Mystery: A mother who has worked as a scrub woman for 13 years offers a large reward to absolve her son of a Chicago cop’s murder. Audition Date: February 6, 1946 Originating from New York Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net< Read more ...
S17 Ep 43Danger with Grainger: Innocent, Innocent (EP4861)
Today’s Mystery: A young man is found standing on an estate where a murder was committed. He’s holding a gun used to commit a murder, but he swears he didn’ Read more ...
S17 Ep 42Casebook of Gregory Hood: Death from the Red Capsule (EP4860e)
A young woman is poisoned when visiting Gregory Hood’s campfire and Gregory is charged with the crime. Original Air Date: July 22, 1946 Originating from Ho Read more ...
S17 Ep 41Cloak and Dagger: The Wine of Freedom (A0042)
Today’s Adventure: An American OSS agent poses as a wine merchant in Germany to organize the country’s anti-Hitler elements into an effective resitance. Original Read more ...
S17 Ep 40Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Noxious Needle Matter (EP4860)
Today’s Mystery: Johnny is called in to determine whether a theatrical producer died of natural causes or was murdered. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 24, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Bartlett Robinson; Marvin Miller; Junius Matthews When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com Read more ...
S17 Ep 39Dragnet: The Big September Man (EP4859)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate the brutal killing of a woman who worked in an office building. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 27, 1951 Originating from H Read more ...
S17 Ep 38Broadway’s My Beat: The Frank Dunn Murder Case (EP4858)
Today’s Mystery: Danny investigates the shooting death of a bartender. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 16, 1951 Originating from Hollywood St Read more ...
Theatre Guild on the Air: State Fair (AWR0288)
Theatre Guild on the Air’s 1950 production of State Fair offers a gentle, nostalgic journey into the heart of Midwestern life, carried by the warmth of its p Read more ...
S17 Ep 37The Big Story: The Case of the Final Curtain (EP4857)
Today’s Mystery: A woman suspects that her father was poisoned in a nursing home. Original Radio Broadcast: December 7, 1947 Originating from New York Starring: Les Tremayne as Aubrey Maddock; Alice Reinhart; Ted Osborn; Agnes Young; John Gibson; Will Geer Windsor Historical Society
S17 Ep 36Danger with Grainger: Lady Alibi (EP4856)
Today’s Mystery: A beautiful model comes to Grainger for help, claiming that she’s being pressured to provide an alibi for a man who shot a security guard during Read more ...
S17 Ep 35Casebook of Gregory Hood: South of the Border (Encore) (EP4855e)
Gregory Hood arrives in Mexico City to purchase jade and is mistaken for a wayward king. Original Air Date: July 15, 1946 Originating from Hollywood Read more ...
S17 Ep 34Cloak and Dagger: Delay on Route (A0040)
Today’s Adventure: In a territory the partisans seized from the fascists in Italy, an OSS agent has to sneak out two fascists ready to give vital information to the Allies an Read more ...
S1 Ep 34Cloak and Dagger: Delay on Route
Today’s Adventure: In a territory the partisans seized from the fascists in Italy, an OSS agent has to sneak out two fascists ready to give vital information to the Allies and finds himself having to overcome his partisan comrades to do so. Original Radio Broadcast: October 6, 1950 Originating in New York Starri Read more…
S17 Ep 33Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Two Faced Matter (EP4855)
Today’s Mystery: Johnny is called in to investigate the theft of $58,000 from a lucite furniture manufacturing company. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 10, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Will Wright; Herb Vigran; Forrest Lewis; Edgar Barrier; Richard Beals; Bill James; Gus Bayz When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com…
S17 Ep 32Dragnet: The Big Sour (EP4854)
Today’s Mystery: Two men rob an elderly couple and torture the husband in order to steal their jewelry. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 20, 1951 Originating from Hollywood
The Aldrich Family: Thanksgiving Dance and Turkey Run (AWR0287)
Today’s story: Henry Aldrich gets his classmates to agree to a turkey run after a school dance in hopes of finding a use for an unwanted live turk Read more ...
S17 Ep 31Broadway’s My Beat: The Earl Lawson Murder Case (EP4853)
Today’s Mystery: A wealthy man is knifed in Times Square. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 9, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Larry Read more ...
S17 Ep 30The Big Story: The Case of the Unfinished Love Song (EP4852)
Today’s Mystery: Howard Beaufait of The Cleveleand News reinvestigates the case of a violin-playing convicted killer who claims innocence and whose wife also believes him. Original Radio Broadcast: November 26, 1947 Originating from New York Starring: Craig McDonnell; John Sylvester; Francis De Sales; E Read more ...
S17 Ep 29Danger with Grainger: The Invented Husband (EP4851)
Today’s Mystery: A woman invents a husband to get a job and then has to “kill him off” to get married. She turns to Grainger when she finds herself implica Read more ...
S17 Ep 28Casey, Crime Photographer: Holiday (Encore) (EP4850e)
Casey and Ann’s plan for a Thanksgiving holiday is disrupted by a reformed safe cracker who is being asked to crack a safe for $10,000 or else. Original Air Da Read more ...
S17 Ep 27Cloak and Dagger: The Last Mission (A0038)
Today’s Adventure: A woman in Canton, whose family was murdered by the Japanese military, makes an unusual connection with the OSS. Original Radio Broadcast: September Read more ...
S18 Ep 26Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Lucky Four Matter (EP4850)
Today’s Mystery: Johnny goes to Colorado to investigate the death of a cantankerous old rancher. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 3, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Ken Christy; Vic Perrin; Lawrence Dobkin; Virginia Gregg; Will Wright; Shirley Mitchell When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com Read more ...
S17 Ep 25Dragnet: The Big Waiter (EP4849)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigating the murder of the philandering owner of a habadashery store. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 13,1951 Originating from Hol Read more ...
S17 Ep 24Broadway’s My Beat: The Francesca Brown Murder Case (EP4848)
Today’s Mystery: A waitresss is strangled and knifed to death. Original Radio Broadcast Date:June 2, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: La Read more ...
S17 Ep 23The Big Story: The Bobby-Sox Kid from Bayonne (EP4847)
Today’s Mystery: Dorothy Kilgaren is called in to investigate the killing-by-hatchet of a woman; police suspect her seventeen-year-old daughter. Original Radio Broadcast: October 15, 1947 Originating from New York Starring: Janet Fox as Dorothy Kilgaren; Burt Brazier; Francis De Sales; Jerry Lewis; Mitzi Gould; Read more ...
S17 Ep 22Danger with Grainger: The Annie Lesich Story (EP4846)
Today’s Mystery: A woman asks Grainger for help when a man whom she sent to prison is released. Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957 Originating f Read more ...
S17 Ep 21Casebook of Gregory Hood: The Derringer Society (Encore) (EP4845e)
A woman visits the Derringer Society and the members start dying as she predicted. Original Air Date: July 8, 1946 Originating in Hollywood Starring Read more ...
S17 Ep 20Cloak and Dagger: Operation Sellout (A0036)
Today’s Adventure: An OSS agent leads a mission with a British officer and a former German officer. Original Radio Broadcast: September 22, 1950 Originating fro Read more ...
S17 Ep 19Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wayward Killer Matter (EP4845)
Today’s Mystery: Johnny is called to protect an insured man who witnessed a murder. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 27, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Edgar Barrier; Herb Vigran; James McCallion; Paul Dubov; Lawrence Dobkin; John Dehner; Bill James; Vic Perrin When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com Read more…
S17 Ep 18Dragnet: The Big Seventeen (EP4844)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate teens going wild in a neighborhood, culminating in a small riot in a theater. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 6, 1951 Origi Read more ...
S17 Ep 17Broadway’s My Beat: The Eleanor Corbett Murder Case (EP4843)
Today’s Mystery: A woman is found murdered with a broken neck. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 26, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: L Read more ...
S17 Ep 16The Big Story: The Case of the Counterfeit Coins (EP4842)
Today’s Mystery: Reporter Jack Adams goes undercover in a gang of counterfeiters to catch the man at the top. Original Radio Broadcast: October 19, 1947 Originating from New York Starring: Dwight Weist as Jack Adams; Mason Adams; Larry Haines; Richard Keith; Eileen Heckart; James Boles; Jackson Beck Suppo Read more ...
Sherlock Holmes: THe Case of the Red Headed League (Video Theater 302)
Tom Fox of the Compliace Podcast Network joins us once again as we delve into the Ronald Howard Sherlock Holmes series with the only episode that directly adapted one of Doyle’s story, “The Case of the Red Headed League” A red-headed shopkeeper comes to Holmes for help and has a tale to tell of a…
S17 Ep 15Danger with Grainger: A Marriage Minded Girl (EP4841)
Today’s Mystery: A woman contacts Grainger for help and is then beaten up and disappears. Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957 Originating from Au Read more ...
S17 Ep 14Adventure Ahead: Inside the FBI
Today’s Adventure: An FBI agent tells a young visitor about a case that began with cattle rustling but led to a nationwide conspiracy. Originating Radio Broadcast Date: August 26, 1944 Originating from New York To subscribe to this podcast and follow more adventures of Flash Gordon go to
S17 Ep 13Cloak and Dagger: Seeds of Doubt (A0034)
Today’s Adventure: In the waning days of the war, an OSS agent impersonates a dead Frenchman and pretends to marry his fiancée in order to weed out German agents trying to u Read more ...
S17 Ep 12Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Mojave Red Sequel Matter (EP4840)
Today’s Mystery: An apparent accidental death of a businessman on a fishing trip is confirmed to be murder. Who did it? Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 20, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Parley Baer; Forrest Lewis; Barney Phillips; Alan Reed; Russell Thorson When making your travel plans, remember…
S17 Ep 11Dragnet: The Big Crazy (EP4839)
Today’s Mystery: A woman is missing and her sister suspects her milquetoast husband of murder. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 30, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: J Read more ...
S17 Ep 10Broadway’s My Beat: The Charles Crandall Murder Case (EP4838)
img class=”aligncenter” src=”https://www.greatdetectives.net/detectives/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/larrythor.jpeg” alt=”Larry Thor” width=”250″ height=”366″ /> Today’s Mystery: A man is found murdered with the only clue to his identity being a parking ticket. Orig Read more ...
S17 Ep 9The Big Story: The Thirteenth Key (EP4837)
Today’s Mystery: A Columbus reporter investigates the brutal stabbing death of a woman found at a shooting range. Original Radio Broadcast: June 4, 1947 Originating from New York Starring: John Gibson as James Fusco of the Columbus Citizen; James McCallion; Gilbert Mack; Ward Wilson; Horace Braham; Conn Read more ...
S17 Ep 8Danger with Grainger: The Coincidental Cartoon (EP4836)
Today’s Mystery: A cartoonist hires Grainger when his brother is murdered using a method that was outlined in his comic strip. Original Radio Broadcast Date: 19 Read more ...