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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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EP1454: Dragnet: The Spring Street Gang

Jack Webb

Friday and Romero investigate a large gang of criminal teenagers.

Original Air Date: December 1, 1949

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Poor Little Rich Girl Matter (EP1453)

Bob Bailey

Johnny is called into investigate when a beautiful woman wants to take out a $250,000 life insurance policy on her husband as a surprise.

Original Air Date: September 1, 1957

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EP1452: Nick Carter: The Case of the Chemical Chickens

Lon Clark

When Waldo buys eggs laced with nitroglycerin, Nick sets out to find a criminal conspiracy behind it.

Original Air Date: April 13, 1947

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EP1451: Philip Marlowe: The Key Man

Gerald Mohr
Marlowe is hired to protect a businessman from being murdered before leaving for New York.  When the man is murdered, Marlowe has to figure out whodunit.

Original Air Date: June 25, 1949

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EP1450: Crime and Peter Chambers: The Missing Earring Murder

Dane Clark
A case of mistaken identity and a missing earring lead Pete to an investigation of an elderly man’s apparent suicide.

Original Air Date: June 1, 1954

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The Saint: Santa Claus is No Saint (EP1449)

Vincent Prince
While dressed as Santa, Simon is mistaken for a man who made off with an expensive necklace. Simon spends Christmas Eve trying to catch a thief and a murderer.

Original Air Date: December 24, 1950

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EP1448s: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Nick Shurn Matter Omnibus

Bob Bailey
At Christmastime, Johnny searches for a woman who witnessed a murder in which an underworld kingpin is suspected. Johnny travels to her small Michigan hometown to find her. There he encounters suspicion from her friends and family, and finds that the mob is already closing in.

Original Air Dates: December 19-23, 1955

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