The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio The great ones are back in action.

Archive

Completed Series:

Pat Novak: Meet Jack Webb's original hard boiled private eye, Pat Novak who fires off some of the most amazing similies and one liners in Detective Fiction.

Completed Short Series

Johnny Madero: A 1947 clone of Pat Novak, starring Jack Webb, its archives are located on the Pat Novak page.

Audio Specials:

Call Northside 777: In our premiere episode, Jimmy Stewart gets us started off with a tale of a cynical journalist turned crusader trying to free a man wrongfully convicted of murder. Also, a long introduction to our show. Emphasis on long.

The Immortal Sherlock Holmes: We take a trip to the Mercury Theater where the great Orson Welles pays to tribute to the recently departed William Gillette and then presents a Mercury Theater presentation based on Gillette's plays about the Master Detective.

The Maltese Falcon: It's the original hard-boiled private eye novel that became a silver screen classic. In this 1943 episode of Screen Guild Theater, the original cast reunites. This episode was in of our 100th daily episode.

The One Way Ride to Nowhere: Alan Ladd, in an early radio role, plays a private detective from Chicago trying to solve a murder done on a roller coaster in California.

Video Theater:

The Bat: Old scary house. Check. Dangerous serial killer on the loose. Check. Vincent Price and Agnes Moorhead. Check. Grab some popcorn and watch.

Cases of Eddie Drake: Shoot the Works: Eddie is hired by a wealthy woman to recover a watch that could reveal an indiscretion. Along the way, Eddie runs into murder.

My Favorite Brunette:  Baby Photographer Ronnie Jackson (Bob Hope) dreams of being a private detective. He gets his chance when Detective Sam McCloud (Alan Ladd) steps out and a mysterious woman (Dorothy Lamour) comes into McCloud's office looking for help against a gang of desperate criminals.

Sherlock  Holmes and the Secret Weapon: Holmes and Watson have to stop a dangerous weapon from falling into the hands of Professor Moriarity---and the Nazis.

The Woman in Green: Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) seek to solve a series of brutal murders of young women.

Terror by Night: Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) and Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) guard a valuable diamond on board a train bound for Scotland. When a murder occurs on the train, everyone is under suspicion in this action packed taut thriller.