The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2 Adam's Old Time Radio
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Adam Graham continues his journey through Old Time Radio Detective programs from their first available adventure to their final bow in Seasons 4-6 which were released between 2012 and 2015, featuring nearly 1,000 Old Time Radio episodes. You can listen to the current podcast feed of The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio here.
Picking up where we left off at the end of Volume 1, Volume 2 begins by continuing the Adventures of Frank Race, The Fat Man, Let George Do It, Sherlock Holmes (with John Stanley and later John Gielgud) and Yours Truly Johnny Dollar with John Lund.
In this volume, we'll hear these Golden Age Radio Classics:
Bob Bailey taking over as Yours Truly Johnny Dollar in exciting serials and then in thrilling half hour episodes.The legal mystery series from the mind of Erle Stanley Gardener A Life in Your HandsCases of Mr. Ace Starring George RaftThe International Mystery series Mr. I.A. MotoThe adventures of crime-solving lawyer John J. MaloneThe greatest of all manhunters Nick Carter, Master DetectiveThe police procedural classic The Line-UpAn antiques dealer and amateur detectives opens The Casebook of Gregory Hood1930s Crimefightint Action with Police HeadquartersThe Adventures of Philip Marlowe starring both Van Heflin and Gerald Mohr1930s Crime-solving Action with Police HeadquartersManhunt featured a police criminologist who is smarter than the detectives and doesn't mind showing it every chance he gets!Half-doctor, Half Detective, all lovable responsible adult. Dr, Tim, Detective is assisted in solving crimes by a couple of kids who he instructs in important lessons in science and medicine.Tales of Scotland Yard Inspector Peter Black and his Pursuit of JusticePat Novak for Hire is back for a second run through his hard-boiled adventures to contrast with the other Jack Webb show that ran concurrently for a weeks.We begin our journey through the landmark radio program Dragnet starring Webb as the rules for police dramas are rewritten.Vincent Price stars as the Saint, the modern Robin Hood of CrimeEasy Money tells of a magician-turned-detective who exposes con games.Dane Clark stars as a New York Private Eye in Crime and Peter ChambersEllery Queen challenges you to match wits with him in amazing puzzle mysteries.The first radio incarnation of Michael Shayne starring Wally Maher as a Bay Area Private DetectiveA Chicago-based Criminologist uses psychology to solve crimes in The Crime Files of FlammondAlso listen to even more obscure series such as Homocide O'Kane, Here Comes McBride, Miss Pinkerton Incorporated, A Johnny Fletcher Mystery, Police Blotter, Call the Police, The Big Guy, The Man from Homicide, and Hearthstone of the Death Squad.
Also listen for specials starring Orson Welles, Adolph Menjous, Gregory Peck, Dick Powell, Robert Montgomery, and William Bendix as we feature adaptations of Philip Marlowe Movies, Raymond Chandler short stories, and Edgar Allen Poe's Detective Auguste Dupin.
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Nick Carter: The Case of the Blue Mink (EP1410)
Original Release Date: November 5, 2014
Nick and Patsi investigate a series of fur thefts from department stores.Original Air Date: September 15, 1946
Originated in New York
Starring Lon Clark as Nick Carter
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Philip Marlowe: The Feminine Touch (EP1409)
Original Release Date: November 5, 2014
Marlowe is hired by the father of a wild daughter who has fallen for a motorcycle stunt rider and whose partners have sent the father a threatening note.
Original Air Date: May 7, 1949
Originated in Hollywood
Starring Gerald Mohr as Philip Marlowe
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Crime and Peter Chambers: The Burke Murder Frame (EP1408)
Original Release Date: November 4, 2014
Peter Chambers disarms a woman with a gun and then finds himself trying to escape a frame for murder.
Original Air Date: April 6. 1954
Originating in New York City
Starring Dane Clark as Peter Chambers, Bill Zuckert as Lieutenant Louie Parker
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The Saint: The Cake that Killed (EP1407)
Original Release Date: November 3, 2014
The Saint walks into a bakery for a loaf of bread and is given a cake and shoved in a cab and sent to the Ocean.
Original Air Date: January 8, 1950
Originated in Hollywood
Starring Vincent Price as the Saint
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Dragnet: Eric Kelby (EP1406)
Original Release Date: November 1, 201
A woman disappears and her husband is behaving suspiciously.
Original Air Date: September 3, 1949
Originated in Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Ben Romero, Harry Morgan, and Herb Butterfield
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Heatherstone Players Matter (EP1405)
Original Release Date: October 31, 2014
Johnny is hired as a bodyguard for a hated Shakespearean actor and producer.
Original Air Date: July 14, 1957
Originated in Hollywood
Starred: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar
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