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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Golden Age Article, Hercule Poirot, Telefilm Review
Telefilm Review: Dead Man’s Folly
by Yours Truly Johnny Blogger • 1 Comment
In the Series 13 film, Ariadne Oliver’s been hire to set up a “Murder Hunt” for a fête, which is a sort of bazaar or carnival. However, Oliver is suspicious by some changes requested to her scenario and calls Poirot in for help.
Trouble starts with the actual murder of the Girl Guide who was to play the victim in the murder hunt. This is followed by the disappearance of the lady of the house.
This is a solid mystery that lives up to the highest standards of the Poirot series. I also preferred this over the Peter Ustinov version from the 1980s, if for no other reason than I really had trouble buying Jean Stapleton as Mrs. Oliver in the Ustinov version while Zoe Wanamaker carries the role off with style.
Rating: 4.25 out of 5.0
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Dragnet, dragnet add, NBC, Podcast, Procedural
EP1388: Dragnet: Production 11 (aka Sixteen Jewel Thefts)
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Friday and Romero search for a jewel thief whose committed sixteen robberies in sixteen nights.
Original Air Date: August 18, 1949
CBS, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, YTJD Add
EP1387: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Parley Barron Matter
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Johnny is called to find a fishing-loving retiree who never caught a fish.
Original Air Date: June 23, 1957
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Nick Carter, Podcast
EP1386: Nick Carter: The Case of the Dictaphone Murder
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A man is found murdered in his room with a dictaphone in the closet.
Original Air Date: June 4, 1946
CBS, Philip Marlowe, Philip Marlowe OTR, Podcast
EP1385: Philip Marlowe: The Name to Remember
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Marlowe is hired to find out the identity of a man with a t-shirt who has been stalking his client. The client is found dead and he’s not the only one.
Original Air Date: April 9, 1949
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EP1384: Easy Money: Galloping Ivories
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Mike Trent sets out to expose a big time gambler taking wealthy kids’ money in a crooked craps game.
Original Air Date: November 14, 1954
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Mutual, Podcast, The Saint
EP1383: The Saint: Greed Causes Murder
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The Saint investigates when a gangster is pressuring an old man to sell his jalopy to him.
Original Air Date: August 14, 1949
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