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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, Ned Wever, 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, Santos Ortega, and more.
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Suntan Oil Matter (EP4429)
Today's Mystery:Johnny goes to Palm Springs to investigate the theft of a $75,000 necklace owned by the wife of a wealthy wildcat oilman.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 10, 1957
Originating from HollywoodStarring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Barbara Eiler; Paula Winslowe; Forrest Lewis; Frank Nelson; Sam Edwards; Austin Green; Shepard Menken
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Mr. Chameleon: The Vacation Murder Case (EP4428)
Today's Mystery:While on vacation, Mr. Chameleon is called on to investigate a murder and the theft of a $100,000 diamond brooch at a resort.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 24, 1949
Originating from New York City
Starring: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon
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Broadway's My Beat: The Andrew Jenkins Case (EP4427)
Today's Mystery:A woman visiting New York from Indiana for her anniversary reports her husband missing.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 6, 1949
Originating in New York City
Starring: Anthony Ross as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Tom Hoyer; Charlotte Holland; Frank Butler; Jean Carson; Maurice Godfield
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Bulldog Drummond: The Case of the Double Death (EP4426)
Today's Mystery: While Drummond and Denny are dining at a restaurant, Denny's hat and umbrella disappear. Then Denny is arrested for murder based on the hat and umbrella being found at the murder scene.
Original Radio Broadcast Date:April 16, 1945
Originating in New York:Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond, Luis Van Rooten as Denny
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The Falcon: The Case of the Practical Choker (EP4425)
Today's Mystery:Mike is hired by a gambler who is suspsected of murdering a man who owed him a large debt.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 25, 1951
Originating from New York
Starring: Les Damon as the Falcon; Ken Roberts as Sergeant Corbett; Mandel Kramer; Ann WilliamsArticle on the history of laws on margarine
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Molly K. Matter Omnibus (Encore) (EP4424e)
Original Release Date: August 31, 2014
Today's Mystery:Johnny investigates the sinking of a boat with a $500,000 insurance policy and a captain who tries to stop him from getting to the truth.
Original Radio Broadcast Dates: October 10-14, 1956
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Peter Leeds; Barney Phillips; Vic Perrin; James McCallion; Hy Averback
When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com
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