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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, Squad Room, 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, Bill Zuckert, and Jack Webb. Other actors featured within the past 1,000 include Howard Duff, Glenn Langan, Herbert Marshall, Santos Ortega, Gerald Mohr, Joel McCrea, Les Tremayne, Jackson Beck, and more.
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Dragnet: The Big Gangster, Part One (EP4382)
Today's Mystery:Friday and Romero have to find out who is trying to kill a major gang kingpin before they succeed and start a gang war.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 23, 1950
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Stacy Harris; Herb Butterfield
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Patreon Supporter of the Day: Charlie, Patreon Supporter since July 2020
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Squared Circle Matter (EP4381)
Today's Mystery:Johnny goes to Joplin, Missouri to investigate an insurance agent's suspicious about an insured boxer.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 30, 1956
Originating from HollywoodStarring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Harry Bartell; Herb Ellis; Vic Perrin; Jack Kruschen; Les Tremayne; Lawrence Dobkin
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Thank you to our Patreon Supporter of the Day: Wendy and Steve, Patreon Supporters Since May 2019
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Mr. Chameleon: The Case of the Conceited Murderer (EP4380)
Today's Mystery:A famous photographer is murdered.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 29, 1949
Originated from New York City
Starring: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon
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Dangerous Assignment: Strategic Base Sabotaged (EP4379)
Today's Mystery:Steve goes to New Guinea in search of a dock worker who is suspected of sabotaging the construction of a joint U.S.-Australia-New Zealand strategic base.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 29, 1953
Originating in Hollywood
Starring: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell; Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner; Ben Wright; Betty Lou Gerson; Martha Wentworth; Paul Frees
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Patreon Supporter of the Day: Joshua, Patreon Supporter Since February 2016
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Squad Room: Mother of Two Murdered (EP4378)
Today's Mystery:Scanlon and Webster are called in to investigate when a woman is found dead in a dirty manufacturing loft.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1953 or 1954
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Originating in New York
Patreon Supporter of the Day: Peter, Patreon Supporter since March 2023
Starring: Bill Zuckert as RJ Scanlon; Chuck Webster as James Brady
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The Falcon: The Case of the Baby Brother (EP4377)
Today's Mystery:The elder brother of a man who committed suicide wants Waring to find the woman he believes drove his brother down a dark path so that he can get rid of her.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 17, 1950
Originating from New YorkStarring: Les Damon as the Falcon; Ken Paxton as Sergeant Corbett; Mandel Kramer, Maurice Tarplin
Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net
Patreon Supporter of the Day: Margie, Patreon Supporter since September 2016
Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.
Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715
Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net
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Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.
Customer Reviews
Great Podcast
Adam is a wonderful host and passionate about these shows.
A huge selection of genuine old time radio shows regularly updated to keep us entertained.
Each episode uploaded in full and the sound quality is great.
Thank you for these little gems Adam, your hard work and dedication is appreciated!
Wonderful podcast
Thanks for your great podcast. Keeps me going while working from home and love Adams narration too, so informative
Cuntox1
I was born in the wrong era, I love this stuff , exceptional my hat is tipped to this great podcast