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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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Amazing World of Radio

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Recent Posts

EP0980: The Line Up: The Nicely Nixed Nixon Case

William Johnstone
Guthrie investigates a series of loan company robberies that has left one clerk dead.

Original Air Date: October 18, 1951

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Radio Show Review: Can You Imagine That?

Can You Imagine That? was one of several golden age programs dedicated to weird and unusual facts. It was produced in 1940 as a syndicated program. Can You Imagine That? focused on strange cases such as the 92 year-old man that started teething and interesting facts about Paul Revere’s ride, and two famous women fighting a duel with fingernails. These radio dramatizations of the weird, the strange, and amusing were hardly alone with other programs such as Strange as it Seems and Ripley’s doing just as competent a job.

What makes Can You Imagine That stand out is its music history segment which tell the histories of great songs of the era such as, “I”ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen” and “It’s a Long Way to Tipperary.” These stories great songs, that have sometimes even been forgotten with the years come to life.

Can You Imagine This is  a wonderful for those who love fun facts and music history with great acting, great writing, and wonderful music.

Rating: 5.0 out of 5.0

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EP0979: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Lansing Fraud Matter, Part Five and the Widow is Willing

Bob Bailey

Johnny confronts Hillary Franks in a deserted area o Tuscon.

Original Air Date: December 16, 1955

In a house full of murder suspects, the reading of the will provides plenty of motives for more murders.

Original Air Date: 1958 or 1959

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EP0978: Sherlock Holmes: The Final Problem

John Gielgud
Sherlock Holmes battles his archenemy Professor Moriarty in one of his most perilous adventure.

Original Air Date: April 10, 1955

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EP0977: Mr. Moto: Smokescreen

Mr. Moto tries to break up a Communist plot to addict America’s young people to drugs.

Original Air Date: June 3, 1951

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EP0976: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Lansing Fraud Matter, Parts Three and Four

Bob Bailey
Johnny closes in on the insurance agent as the beneficiary stubbornly refuses to admit the fraud.

Original Air Date: December 14 and 15, 1955

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EP0975: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Lansing Fraud Matter, Parts One and Two

Bob Bailey
A man with a $50,000 life insurance policy dies of malnutrition prompting suspicion.

Original Air Date: December 12 and 13, 1955

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