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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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EP1310: Police Headquarters: Deadly Poker Game, Judge Carlton Missing

The police go to investigate a suicide but find evidence that suggests it was a fame in “Deadly Poker Game.”

A Judge is missing and a reporter and his faithful photographer are on the trail but are sidetracked at a fire where they find another photographer murdered.

Episodes 32 and 33 (1932)

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EP1309: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Kirbey Will Matter

Bob Bailey

Johnny goes to Lake Mojave to investigate the death of a fishing guide/retiree with a greedy family.

Original Air Date: February 3, 1957

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EP1308: Nick Carter: The Case of the Unwritten Letter

Lon Clark
Nick Carter goes to investigate the case of a medium who is afraid of ghosts during the day and finds a corpse with an unwritten letter.

Original Air Date: July 29, 1945

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EP1307: Philip Marlowe: The Hard Way Out

Gerald Mohr
Marlowe is hired by the owner of a business to find an embezzling general manager in hopes of straightening him out before he throws his future away.

Original Air Date: November 28 ,1948

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EP1306: Pat Novak: Rita Malloy

Jack Webb

A gunsel steals a boat from Pat Novak, and winds up dead, and when Novak goes to the Hotel he finds a nightclub singer dead. As usual, Hellman’s ready to pin the crime on Novak.

Original Air Date: May 1, 1949

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EP1305: Pursuit: Pursuit and the Knife Boys

Ben Wright
Inspector Peter Black closes in on a gang of knife-wielding boys.

Original Air Date: August 14, 1951

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EP1304s: Suspense: Pearls are a Nuisance

William Bendix

A private detective teams up with an ex-chauffeur in a quest to uncover a string of missing fake pearls.

Original Air Date: April 19, 1945

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