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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, Broadway's My Beat, 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, Anthony Ross, 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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Dragnet: The Big Smart Guy (EP4454)
Todays Mystery: A woman is murdered in the apartment she shares with her husband.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 8, 1950
Originating from Hollywood
Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, Herb Butterfield
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Melancholy Memory Matter (EP4453)
Today's Mystery:
Johnny is called in to investigate the disappearance of a major league pitcher.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 28, 1957
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Lillian Buyeff; Richard Beals; Barney Phillips; Frank Nelson; Harry Bartell; Richard Crenna; Lawrence Dobkin; Tom Hanley
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Mr. Chameleon: The Murder Clue of the Embalmed Body (EP4452)
Today's Mystery:
An embalmed body is found in the back of a speeding station wagon.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 14, 1949
Originating from New York City
Starring: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon; Frank Butler as Sergeant Dave Arnold
Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net
Patreon Supporter of the Day: Jeff, Patreon Supporter since July 2020
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
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Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio. -
Broadway's My Beat: Ruth Jennings (EP4451)
Today's Mystery:
Danny has to mediate between a young woman who wants to find her father, and her ex-convict father, who wants the state to tell her that he's dead.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 22, 1949
Originating in New York City
Starring: Anthony Ross as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Art Carney; Jean Carson; Nancy Franklin; Charles Penman; Julian Noa; Paul Luther
Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net
Patreon Supporter of the Day: James, Patreon Supporter since June 2023
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
Give us a call at 208-991-4783
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Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectives
Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio. -
Bulldog Drummond: Murder in the Death House (EP4450)
Today's Mystery: Bulldog Drummond goes to visit a man he sent to death row, who has information he wants to trade for clemency. Drummond finds him dead in his cell.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 10, 1945
Originating in New York
Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny
Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net
Patreon Supporter of the Day: GbO, Patreon Supporter Since December 2022
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
Give us a call at 208-991-4783
Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectives
Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectives
Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.
Customer Reviews
The best of all Old Time Radio podcasts
I’ve been a huge fan of old-time radio since I was in elementary school and would check out LPs of old Sherlock Holmes and The Shadow radio shows. I’ve been listening to old Time radio collections since they first started popping up on the Internet and tried every old radio show podcast there is. This is the best of them all. Host Adam not only presents the most popular shows but manages to find whole series of programs I never knew about. Adam is a great host and the contextual information he presents is always super interesting. My favorite shows are Richard Diamond, Sherlock Holmes, and The Saint with Vincent Price. Keep up the great work Adam! I’ve enjoyed your recent episodes where you have other relevant pod-cast co-host/crossovers as well.
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Still rocking it!
When I first started listening to Adam, he was but a wee lad. Though his voice resonated that of someone with many decades under his belt.
Than I got use to his glorious voice and ears delighted to find out he was a youngster.
Great, I want him to keep broadcasting.
Thanks Adam for all the wonderful companions you shared with me while I worked, gardened and do chores around the house.
Full steam ahead!
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