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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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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
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Dragnet: The Big Knife (EP4424)
Today's Mystery:Joe Friday and Ben Romero are summoned to a local high school where there have been a series of knifings of female students.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 11, 1950
Originating from HollywoodStarring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero
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Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Meek Memorial Matter (EP4423)
Today's Mystery:Johnny investigates the theft of a first draft of the Gettysburg Address from a private museum in New Bedford, Massachusetts, which is owned by a wealthy, blind woman.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 3, 1957
Originating from HollywoodStarring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lawrence Dobkin; Marvin Miller; Bert Holland; Virginia Gregg; Peggy Webber; Jack Moyles; Hans Conried
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Mr. Chameleon: The Case of the Murdered Movie Star (EP4422)
Today's Mystery:A snobbish "gentleman" movie star is murdered.
Original Radio Broadcast Date:August 17, 1949
Originating from New York City
Starring: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon
Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net
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
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Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.
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