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.
Subscribe to the show by clicking your favorite podcatcher in the sidebar.
And don't forget to follow me on Twitter and become a fan on Facebook.
- Your host, Adam Graham
Listen to "The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio" on Spreaker.
Currently Featuring
YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR THE FALCON DANGEROUS ASSIGNMENT DRAGNET MR. CHAMELEON THIN MAN… and more!
View all shows
Check out our other shows:
Recent Posts
CBS, Philip Marlowe, Philip Marlowe OTR, Podcast
EP1541: Philip Marlowe: The Smokeout
by Yours Truly Johnny Blogger • 0 Comments
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | iHeartRadio | Email | TuneIn | RSS
Marlowe investigates the murder of a woman who tried to hire him and tries to find “the woman in a black,” a mystery woman who claimed to see her murder.
Original Air Date: October 22, 1949
Support the show.
ABC, Forgotten Detectives, Hated Detectives, Podcast, The Man From Homicide
EP1540: Man from Homicide: The Donald Shellbarger Murder
by Yours Truly Johnny Blogger • 0 Comments
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | iHeartRadio | Email | TuneIn | RSS
Lou Dana investigates the murder of eighteen year old drug dealer.
Original Air Date: July 9, 1951
NBC, Podcast, The Saint
EP1539: The Saint: The Chiseling Chimpanzee
by Yours Truly Johnny Blogger • 0 Comments
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | iHeartRadio | Email | TuneIn | RSS
A monkey trainer is murdered and then his monkey is killed in Simon’s custody.
Original Air Date: December 10, 1950
Support the show.
Dragnet, NBC, Podcast, Procedural
EP1538: Dragnet: The Big Gangster, Part One
by Yours Truly Johnny Blogger • 0 Comments
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | iHeartRadio | Email | TuneIn | RSS
Friday and Romero try to find out whose trying to kill a local gangster before he’s killed and it starts a gang war.
Original Air Date: March 23, 1950
Support the show.
Golden Age Article, Hercule Poirot, Telefilm Review
Telefilm Review: The Clocks
by Yours Truly Johnny Blogger • 0 Comments
In, “The Clocks” a woman from a secretarial service is found running away in terror from a house in which a man has been found murdered by a young naval intelligence officer.. The secretary’s employer had sent her there in response to a phone call but the owner of the house claims never to have called to request the secretary’s services. In addition at the scene of the crime, four clocks are found each set to 4:13 P.M. but one of them disappears.
The police belive the woman committed the murder, but the Navy intelligence man doesn’t. However, it becomes clear that his judgment has been clouded, and it’s up to Poirot to sort out the truth.
The novel on which the telefilm was based was written Post World War II, though the film is set in the 1930s. There are a few signs of this, the biggest of which is the treatment of Poirot. The post-WW2 novels tended to have Poirot viewed with less respect by the local police. Instead of getting a compliant, respectful and cooperative colleague like Japp, the Clocks leaves Poirot with Inspector Hardcastle (Phil Daniels) who is not sure of Poirot despite assurances from Scotland Yard and Naval Intelligence. Hardcastle lives by a simple axiom that “somebody saw something” and doesn’t take much stock in Poirot’s hunches or vague statements include Poirot’s pronouncement that when it came to the unidentified victim “It doesn’t matter who he is, but who he is,” leading Hardcastle to mock Poirot, though it turned out Poirot had a serious point. There’s a great interplay and Hardcastle is a fine police foil for Poirot.
As usual, the production values are great with a beautiful period feel, and a superb cast. The mystery is complicated without being too convoluted and there are some very believable motivations for the criminals.
Overall, a very satisfying adaptation.
Rating: 4.5 out of 5.0
If you enjoyed this post, you can have new posts about Detective stories and the golden age of radio and television delivered automatically to your Kindle.
This post contains affiliate links, which means that items purchased from these links may result in a commission being paid to the author of this post at no extra cost to the purchase
CBS, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, YTJD Add
EP1537: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Hapless Hunter Matter
by Yours Truly Johnny Blogger • 0 Comments
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | iHeartRadio | Email | TuneIn | RSS
Johnny is called to investigate a clear cut case of a hunting guide killing an insured and injuring his beneficiary, but is this the whole story?
Original Air Date: December 8, 1957
When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com
Mutual, Nick Carter, Podcast
EP1536: Nick Carter: The Case of the Priceless Prose
by Yours Truly Johnny Blogger • 0 Comments
Podcast: Play in new window | Download
Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | iHeartRadio | Email | TuneIn | RSS
Nick is called in to find a valuable manuscript and solve the murder of its owner.
Original Air Date: December 14, 1947
Support the show.
Share this:
- Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
- Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)
- Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window)
- Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)
- Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)
- Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window)
- Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)
- Click to print (Opens in new window)