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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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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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Mr. Chameleon: The Bought and Paid For Murder Case (EP4398)
Today's Mystery: A wealthy fifty-nine year-old woman, married to a man twenty-five years her junior, is poisoned.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 20, 1949
Originating from New York City
Starring: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon
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Dangerous Assignment: Stolen Computer Blueprints (EP4397)
Today's Mystery: From the bustling streets of Oslo to the shadowy corners of Hamburg, Mitchell races against time to intercept a stolen set of top-secret blueprints before they fall into the wrong hands.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 20, 1953
Originated in HollywoodStars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner, Brian Donlevy, Dan Riss, GeGe Pearson, Herb Butterfield, Jan Arvan, Paul Frees, Tom Holland
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Bulldog Drummond: Hijackers (EP4396)
Today's Mystery: Bulldog Drummond takes on a gang of hijackers who are robbing trucks.
Audition Date: September 28, 1941
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Originating in New York
Starring: George Colouris as Bulldog Drummond, Everett Sloan as Denny
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The Falcon: The Case of the Substitute Target (EP4395)
Today's Mystery:To protect the girlfriend of a man murdered by the mob, the Falcon sets himself up as a target.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 21, 1951
Originating from New York
Starring: Les Damon as the Falcon; Ken Paxton at Sergeant Corbett
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Dragnet: The Big Book (EP4394)
Today's Mystery:Friday and Romero investigate the flood of filthy books into Los Angeles high schools.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 6, 1950
Originating from HollywoodStarring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield; Stacy Harris; Harry Morgan
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