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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Adam's Old Time Radio
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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, Bulldog Drummond, Dangerous Assignment, Mr. Chameleon, 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 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 our old time radio detective podcast include Les Damon, Bob Bailey, Brian Donlevy, Karl Swenson, Santos Ortega, and Jack Webb. Other actors featured within the past 1,000 include Howard Duff, Glenn Langan, Herbert Marshall, Gerald Mohr, Joel McCrea, Les Tremayne, Jackson Beck, and more.
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Dangerous Assignment: The Hired Assassin (EP4403)
Today's Mystery:In Havana, Steve hunts for an international assassin whose latest victim is an American agent who had clues to the assassin's whereabouts.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 27, 1953
Originating in Hollywood
Starring: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell; Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner; Paul Dubov; Betty Lou Gerson; Tony Barrett; Herb Ellis; Julie Bennett
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Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio. -
Bulldog Drummond: Blind Man's Bluff (EP4402)
Today's Mystery:Bulldog Drummond investigates a series of murders of blind men situated outside government buildings.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 14, 1942
Originating in New York
Starring: Santos Ortega as Bulldog Drummond; Luis van Rooten as Denny
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The Falcon: The Case of the Bellicose Boxer (EP4401)
Today's Mystery:A boxer, who won the championship after doublecrossing multiple people, is murdered.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 28, 1951
Originating from New YorkStarring: Les Damon as the Falcon; Ken Paxton as Sergeant Corbett; Larry Haines; Ralph Bell
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Lux Radio Theater: Thunder on the Hill (EP4400s)
Today's Mystery:A nun becomes convinced that a condemned woman stranded at her Norfolk convent in the midst of torrential rains is innocent. Can the nun save her before her looming execution?
Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 9, 1953
Originating in Hollywood
Starring: Claudette Colbert as Sister Mary; Barbara Rush as Valerie Carns; Norma Varden; Paul Frees; Mary Flynn; Herb Butterfield; Ottola Nesmith; Dan O'Herlihy; Joseph Kearns; Leo Britt; Jeanne Wood; Lois Corbett; Yvonne Peattie
My review of Thunder on the Hill
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Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio. -
Dragnet: The Big Watch (EP4400)
Today's Mystery:Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Ben Romero are on the trail of a vicious gang of robbers targeting military officers.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 13, 1950
Originating from HollywoodStarring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Blooming Blossom Matter (EP4399)
Today's Mystery: When a precious emerald known as the Green Eye of Calcutta vanishes, along with its owner Albert W. Winkler, Johnny is plunged into the bizarre home of Wilbert Kenworthy Blossom. As he navigates through the cluttered abode filled with treasures and trash, can Johnny recover the priceless gem and bring a killer to justice?
Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 20, 1957
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Howard McNear; Herb Ellis; Herb Vigran; Junius Matthews; Herb Butterfield; Frank Gerstle; Johnny Jacobs
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Customer Reviews
Love the shows...thank-you very much.
Sadly Adam Graham’s opinion of some episodes is not relevant to the times when it was used. I get his “complainants”, however, I wish he could represent the era when these were performed.
My biggest issue is his voice is SO VERY LOUD, in contrast to the episode, at the beginning and THE ENDING... of each podcast.
This will always be my go-to first one, at night, because I’m a junkie for a radio detective but I can’t handle his voice after 28 minutes.
Concern
I have notice there is a piggy back episode behind ep4230 this is not the first one. The loss cast is the restless ones. Hope there is a explanation or maybe your feed is forced to do this. Great show Adam I enjoy every work shift helps pass the time.
Ugh, so many political advertisements
I love the content, but I listen to relax and decompress from my day. In Alberta Canada all we get fed is Alberta government propaganda. Less political advertisements would be nice. Perhaps I may have to get a VPN.
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