Bob Bailey & Virginia Gregg
Welcome to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio! A podcast featuring the best vintage detective radio programs. Each week from Monday through Saturday, we feature six of Old Time Radio's great detective series from the beginning of the show to its very last episode. And as a bonus, twice a month we also post a public domain movie or TV mystery or detective show video.
Along the way, I'll provide you my commentary and offer you opportunities to interact.
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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Markham Matter (EP4357)
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Today’s Mystery:
Johnny goes to San Francisco because a high value company client has seemingly disappeared and her husband is acting suspicious.
Original Radio Broadcast Dates: November 18, 1956
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lois Corbett; Frank Nelson; Virginia Gregg; Bert Holland; Paula Winslowe; John Dehner
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CBS, Keen and Company, Mr. Chameleon, OTR Detective, Podcast
Mr. Chameleon: The Case of the Murdered Gold-Digger (EP4356)
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Today’s Mystery:
A woman in flashy clothes is murdered in the driveway of a married man who swears he never ever saw her before.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 1, 1949
Originating from New York City
Starring: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon
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Dangerous Assignment, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast
Dangerous Assignment: Rescue Rick Perez (EP4355)
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Today’s Mystery:
Steve goes to Venezuela to rescue a U.S. agent who was investigating a Latin American revolutionary organization.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 1, 1953
Originating in Hollywood
Starring: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell; Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner; Paul Frees; Paul Dubov; Ben Wright; Betty Lou Gerson; Don Diamond
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Ellery Queen, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast
Ellery Queen: The Adventure of the Income Tax Robbery (EP4354)
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Today’s Mystery:
A private detective turns to Ellery for help when his income tax blank is stolen, along with sensitive information that could expose his wealthy clients to blackmail.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 12, 1942
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Originating in New York
Starring: Carleton Young as Ellery Queen; Marian Shockley; Ted De Corsia; Santos Ortega; Maurice Tarplin
Armchair Detectives: Manda Hedrom and Mayor Howard W. Jackson of Baltimore (Over the phone, not heard on broadcast)
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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Falcon
The Falcon: The Case of the Puzzling Pinup (EP4353)
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Today’s Mystery:
A reporter comes to The Falcon to ask him to take part in a blackmail scheme and then dies.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 19, 1950
Originating from New York
Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Larry Haines
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CBS, Hollywood Star Time, Mystery Special, OTR Detective, Podcast
Hollywood Star Time: Hot Spot (EP4352s)
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Today’s Mystery:
Based on the movie I Wake Up Screaming, a Broadway promoter is suspected of murdering an up-and-coming actress, by a dogged police officer who always gets his man.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 27, 1946
Originating in Hollywood
Starring: Brian Donlevy as Frankie Christopher; Vincent Price as Ed Cornell; Lurene Tuttle; Gloria Blondell; Theodore Von Elt; Harry Bartell; David Ellis; Elliott Reid
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Amazing World of Radio, Podcast
Hallmark Playhouse: Ben-Hur (AWR0245)
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An adaptation of Lew Wallace’s classic novel of Judah Ben-Hur, a 1st Century Jewish man unjustly imprisoned by the decree of his ambitious best friend.
Original Radio Broadcast: April 10, 1952
Originating in Hollywood
Starring: Jeff Chandler as Ben-Hur; William Conrad; Virginia Gregg; Lurene Tuttle; Herb Butterfield; Richard Beals
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