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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, Santos Ortega, 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, and more.
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The Falcon: The Case of the Neighbor's Nightmare (EP4407)
Today's Mystery:A man is persuaded by a beautiful neighbor to invest in a company. He turns to The Falcon when he has trouble getting his money back.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 4, 1951
Originating from New York
Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Ken Paxton as Sergeant Corbett
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Dragnet: The Big Trial (EP4406)
Today's Mystery:Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for a driver who committed a hit-and-run.
Original Radio Broadcast Date:April 20, 1950
Originating from HollywoodStarring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben RomeroSupport the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Mad Hatter Matter (EP4405)
Today's Mystery:Johnny is called in to investigate the disappearance of a young, beautiful model married to a much older, retired corporate tycoon.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 27, 1957
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Parley Baer; G. Stanley Jones; Charlotte Lawrence, Forrest Lewis; Stacy Harris; Russell Thorson
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Mr. Chameleon: The Case of Murder and the Scar-Faced Man (EP4404)
Today's Mystery:Mr. Chameleon sets out to solve the murder of a scar-faced criminal.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 27, 1949
Originating from New York City
Starring: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon
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Dangerous Assignment: The Hired Assassin (EP4403)
Today's Mystery:In Havana, Steve hunts for an international assassin whose latest victim is an American agent who had clues to the assassin's whereabouts.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 27, 1953
Originating in Hollywood
Starring: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell; Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner; Paul Dubov; Betty Lou Gerson; Tony Barrett; Herb Ellis; Julie Bennett
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Bulldog Drummond: Blind Man's Bluff (EP4402)
Today's Mystery:Bulldog Drummond investigates a series of murders of blind men situated outside government buildings.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 14, 1942
Originating in New York
Starring: Santos Ortega as Bulldog Drummond; Luis van Rooten as Denny
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Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.