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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.

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EP1561: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Boron 112 Matter

Bob Bailey
An insurance agent calls Johnny when he feels that an inventor whose work they’ve ensured is a political radical hostile to the United States.

Original Air Date: January 12, 1958

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EP1560: Nick Carter: The Case of the Invisible Treasure

Lon Clark

Nick investigates why everybody wants Heavenly sin perfume.

Original Air Date: January 25, 1948

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EP1559: Philip Marlowe: Birds on the Wing

Gerald Mohr

When a wealthy playboy falls in with some aerialists and gets a threatening letter, Marlowe is hired by the boy’s aunt to get him out of trouble.

Original Air Date: November 26, 1949

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EP1558: Line Up: The Hiccuping Hamster Hemostatic Case

William Johnstone

Guthrie and Groeb try to bring down a local racketeer and find themselves in the crossfire

Original Air Date: May 29, 1951
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EP1557: The Saint: Simon Takes a Curtain Call

Vincent Price

Simon is called in by an actor who fears he’s acting out his on-stage roles and in his latest play he plays a murderer.

Original Air Date: January 14, 1951

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EP1556s: That’s Rich: Income Tax

Stan Freberg

Rich (Stan Freberg) loses his glasses and accidentally throws away Cousin Howie’s income tax receipts.

Original Air Date: March 1954

Dedicated to Stan Freberg (1926-2015)

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