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The Forgotten Detectives of Old Time Radio Adam's Old Time Radio
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What do a Prohibition-era Speak-easy clarinetist, a boys school headmaster who looks like William Shakespeare, a piano player, and a criminologist have in common with tough cops, an assistant DA, private eyes, and defense attorneys? They're all among the forgotten detectives of old time radio.
Join your host Adam Graham and rediscover these long-forgotten programs. Some of them may have aired for years, others for a single Summer, but all have left less than ten episodes behind. Together we'll take a listen to these obscure crime solvers.
Note: This is part of the larger Great Detectives of Old Time Radio podcast.
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Squad Room: Ferris Wheel
Today's Mystery: A woman is found murdered on a Ferris wheel.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: Around New Years Day in the mid-1950s
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Originating in New York
Starring: Wynn Wright as Lt. John Douglas; Dan Ocko as Sergeant Allen; George Tanner; Sam Gray
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Squad Room: Old Woman Found Shot
Today's Mystery: A late-night distress call from a professional building sends Detectives Scanlon and Grady into the depths of a crime that defies expectations. Amidst the echo of multiple shots fired, they find themselves piecing together the fragments of a life lived in the shadows. An old woman's untimely death in an empty office, a janitor with a story that doesn't quite fit, and a switchboard operator who knows more than she's telling.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: Mid-1950s
Originating in New York:Starring: Bill Zuckert as RJ Scanlon and Chuck Webster as James Brady, Charlotte Manson, Arthur ColeSuppo
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Squad Room: Mother of Two Murdered
oday'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
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Starring: Bill Zuckert as RJ Scanlon; Chuck Webster as James Brady
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Squad Room: Body Found in a Plastic Bag
Release Date: September 18, 2021
The police investigate when dismembered body parts are found in a plastic bag.
Original Air Date: 1955
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Squad Room: February 3, 1954
Release Date: September 11, 2021
A woman confessed to killing her abusive husband and then Lt. Douglas investigates a robbery gone bad that left a woman dead by the side of the road.
Original Air Date: February 3, 1954
Originated from New York
Starring: Wynn Wright
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Dr. Tim, Detective: The Mystery of the Roller Coaster Ride and Adventures in Research: The Health Detective
Today's 1st Mystery: A visit to the carnival is soured by the presence of an old-school seller of snake oil. It's made even worse when Dr. Tim has to investigate a death.
Original Radio Broadcast Date:Early to Mid 1950s
Starred: Bob Hahn as Dr. Tim
Originated in Colorado
Today's Second Mystery: Dr. John Snow, the Health Detective, sets out to solve the mystery of a cholera epidemic in London
.Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 17, 1952
Hosted by Paul Shannon
Originated in Pittsburgh
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