The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
Drama
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, Mathew Slade, Private Investigator, Broadway's My Beat, Mr. and Mrs. North, 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 features seasons four-six, and Volume 3 which will feature Seasons Seven through Nine.
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, Larry Thor, Alice Frost and Joseph Curtin, William Wintersole, 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, Ned Wever, Karl Swenson, and more.
Location:
Boise, ID
Description:
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, Mathew Slade, Private Investigator, Broadway's My Beat, Mr. and Mrs. North, 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 features seasons four-six, and Volume 3 which will feature Seasons Seven through Nine. 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, Larry Thor, Alice Frost and Joseph Curtin, William Wintersole, 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, Ned Wever, Karl Swenson, and more.
Twitter:
@radiodetectives
Language:
English
Episodes
The Falcon: The Case of the Fatal Fix (EP4641)
3/3/2025
Today's Mystery: The father of a young gangster who committed suicide hires Waring to find the head of the rackets.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 4, 1952
Originating from New York
Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Ralph Bell
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Duration:00:36:33
Sam Spade: The Dry Martini Caper/ Mr. Moto: The Case of the Dry Martini (Twice Told Tale) (EP4640s)
3/2/2025
Today's First Mystery: Sam Spade is hired by a man who is then shot down in front of him with a carbine.
Original Release Date: August 1, 1948
Starring: Howard Duff as Sam Spade; Lurene Tuttle as Effie; Jack Webb; WIlliam Conrad
Today's 2nd Mystery: While investigating an international narcotics ring, Mr. Moto finds himself in the center of the murder of the owner of an import-export company who was shot with a carbine.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 20, 1951
Originating from New York
Starred: James Monks as Mr. I.A. Moto
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Duration:01:07:14
Dragnet: The Big Family (EP4640)
3/1/2025
Today's Mystery: A prominent businessman disappears without a trace.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 28, 1950
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield
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Duration:00:36:23
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Hope to Die Matter (EP4639)
2/28/2025
Today's Mystery: Johnny is called in when an insurance policy is issued that will pay off $250,000 if a woman dies.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 24, 1957
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; G. Stanley Jones; Ben Wright; Virginia Gregg, Shirley Mitchell; Marvin Miller
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Duration:00:36:14
Mr. and Mrs. North: Million Dollar Murder (EP4638)
2/27/2025
Today's Mystery: A woman with amnesia in a red dress gets a ride from the Norths and is shot.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 5, 1950
Originating from New York City
Starring: Joseph Curtain as Jerry North; Alice Frost as Pamela North; Bill Zuckert
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Duration:00:33:25
Broadway's My Beat: The Ernie Cauldwell Murder Case (EP4637)
2/26/2025
Today's Mystery: A man has confessed to murdering a Southern County Sheriff's Deputy who was in town to get him extradited
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 7, 1950
Originated in Hollywood
Stars: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover, Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia, Barton Yarborough, Peter Leeds, ; Byron Kane; Jerry Hausner; Betty Lou Gerson ; Jack Kruschen;
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Duration:00:39:44
Mathew Slade: The Secret Grey Man (EP4636)
2/25/2025
Today's Mystery: Slade finds himself at Morro Bay in a mystery involving an old army buddy who is a secret agent.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 25, 1964
Originating in Hollywood
Starring: William Wintersole as Mathew Slade
Aired as Starlight Mystery Theater. Also known as Matthew Slade, Private Investigator.
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Duration:00:26:49
The Falcon: The Case of the Weeping Willow (EP4635)
2/24/2025
Today's Mystery: A friend of Mike's is murdered after deciding to expose his boss, who was running a drug racket.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 27, 1952
Originating from New York
Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Chuck Webster as Sergeant Corbett; Mandel Kramer; Ralph Bell
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Duration:00:44:46
Nero Wolfe: A Slight Case of Perjury (EP4634s)
2/23/2025
A man is acquitted of murder on perjured testimony and hires Wolfe to locate the real killer.
Original Air Date: April 6, 1951
Starring: Sidney Greenstreet as Nero Wolfe; Harry Bartel as Archie Goodwin; William Johnstone; Mary Lansing; Jeanne Bates; Barney Phillips; Paul Marion; Ken Peters
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Duration:00:36:32
Dragnet: The Big Break (EP4634)
2/22/2025
Todays Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero deal with a dangerous armed robber who keeps escaping.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 14, 1950
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield
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Duration:00:35:59
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Shy Beneficiary Matter (EP4633)
2/21/2025
Today's Mystery: Johnny's called in to find a missing life insurance beneficiary who turns out to be wanted for murder.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 17, 1957
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lawrence Dobkin; Virginia Gregg; Jack Kruschen; Jeanette Nolan; Russell Thorson; Howard McNear
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Duration:00:32:32
Mr. and Mrs. North: Charles Wyatt Murdered (EP4632)
2/20/2025
Today's Mystery: The Norths find a man just convicted of fraud dead in a hotel room.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 30, 1951
Originating from New York City
Starring: Joseph Curtain as Jerry North; Alice Frost as Pamela North; Ralph Bell
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Duration:00:30:43
Broadway's My Beat: The Hope Anderson Murder Case (EP4631)
2/19/2025
Today's Mystery: Danny investigates when a young woman is found shot dead in a fountain.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 31, 1950
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Frances Chaney; Jody Gilbert; Don Orrick; Herb Butterfield
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Duration:00:35:38
Mathew Slade, Private Investigator: Pattern for a Frame (EP4630)
2/18/2025
Today's Mystery: Mathew finds himself accused of murder while working with a Congressman on a corruption probe of a racketeer.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 11, 1964
Originating in Hollywood
Starring: William Wintersole as Mathew Slade; Sylvia Walden as Jonesy; Norman Belkin as Sergeant Sid Dinelli; Karl Swenson as Lieutenant Flagg
Aired as Starlight Mystery Theater. Also known as Matthew Slade, Private Investigator.
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Duration:00:32:11
The Falcon: The Case of the Jumping Jack (EP4629)
2/17/2025
Today's Mystery: A woman hires The Falcon because she suspects that her husband has hired a private eye to follow her.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 20, 1952
Originating from New York
Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Chuck Webster as Sergeant Corbett
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Duration:00:37:28
Dragnet: The Big Picture (EP4628)
2/15/2025
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a racket that's taking advantage of teenage girls and getting them to pose for pornographic pictures.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 7, 1950
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield; Stacy Harris
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Duration:00:33:10
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Alkali Mike Matter (EP4627)
2/14/2025
Today's Mystery: An eccentric, wealthy man, with life insurance, is dead, and Johnny's old friend Meg is the prime suspect.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 10, 1957
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Harry Bartell; Virginia Gregg; Dick Keith; Peter Leeds; Jeanne Tatum; Frank Gerstle
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Duration:00:30:43
Mr. and Mrs. North: Who KIlled Mr. Stefano? (EP4626)
2/13/2025
Today's Mystery: A popular baritone is murdered, and suspicion falls on his agent's secretary, but Pam thinks she's innocent.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 6, 1950
Originating from New York City
Starring: Joseph Curtain as Jerry North; Alice Frost as Pamela North; Hanley Stafford
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Duration:00:31:40
Broadway's My Beat: The Francie Green Murder Case (EP4625)
2/12/2025
Today's Mystery: Danny is called in to find out why someone is trying to murder a twenty-year-old cigarette girl.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 24, 1950
Originating in Hollywood
Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia
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Duration:00:37:12
Mathew Slade: A Sweet Scent of Mystery (EP4624)
2/11/2025
Today's Mystery:A woman asks Slade for help because she believes her daughter was murdered.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 27, 1964
Originating in Hollywood
Starring: William Wintersole as Mathew Slade; Sylvia Walden as Jonesy
Aired as Starlight Mystery Theater. Also known as Matthew Slade, Private Investigator
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Duration:00:28:19