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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YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR THE FALCON DANGEROUS ASSIGNMENT DRAGNET MR. CHAMELEON THIN MAN… and more!
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CBS, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar
EP0917: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The McCormack Matter, Parts Three and Four
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Johnny searches for an ex-con who may be the key in a safe burglary.
Original Air Date: October 5 and 6, 1955
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Frank Race, Podcast, Syndicated
EP0916: Frank Race: The Adventure of The Count Trafanno Chest
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Frank Race helps out a paroled con and finds himself involved in a mystery involving a mysterious ring and murder.
Original Air Date: November 19, 1949
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CBS, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar
EP0915: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The McCormack Matter, Parts One and Two
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Johnny gets a tip on an unsolved safe burglary from a dying inmate.
Original Air Dates: October 3 and 4, 1955
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Golden Age Article
Radio’s Most Essential People Countdown #6: Gale Gordon
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7, 8,9, 10, 12-11, 14-13, 16-15, 18-17, 20-19,22-21, 24-23, 26-25, 28-27, 30-29, 33-31, 36-34,
39-37,42-40, 45-43, 48-46, 51-49, 54-52, 57-55, 60-58, 65-61, 70-66, 71-75, 76-80,
6) Gale Gordon
For fans of classic television, Gale Gordon earned a reputation for playing crochety authority figures. He was the second Mr. Wilson on the classic Dennis the Menace series and in his association with Lucille Ball in programs like Theodore Mooney in The Lucy Show and Harrison Carter in Here’s Lucy.
Some of this began over radio with his role of Osgood Conklin in Our Miss Brooks as Rudolph Atterberry. However as memorable as these roles were (particularly Conklin), Gordon’s repertoire was more multi-faceted than that. He was the first actor to play Flash Gordon over the radio. He played Mayor La Trivia on Fibber McGee and Molly. He also was chosen to play the suave amateur detective Gregory Hood in 1946 for Petri Wine and Mutual. There were countless other appearances in a wide variety of character roles that established Gordon as equally talented as a dramatic and comedic actor on programs ranging from Tarzan to Burns and Allen, and Suspense.
To be sure, his performances as Osgood Conklin were inspired and some of radio’s most hilarious performances, but when taken with the amazing depth and breadth of Gordon’s radio performances, he earn the sixth highest spot on our countdown.
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CBS, Podcast, Procedural, The Line Up
EP0914: The Line Up: The Cigar Box Case
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Guthrie and Grebb investigate a series of pharmacy robberies.
Original Air Date: February 15, 1951
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Golden Age Article, Hercule Poirot
Telefilm Review: Dead Man’s Folly
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In Dead Man’s Folly, Hercule Poirot (Peter Ustinov) and Hastings (Jonathan Cecil) head to a small island where Adrienne Oliver (Jean Stapleton) has set up a murder hunt game but fears a real murder is in the offing. Her fears are confirmed and Poirot investigates to solve this real-life crime.
This was a decent made-for-television film, carried as usual by the talents of Sir Peter Ustinov and the mystery as told by Agatha Christie. Jean Stapleton was kind of hard to believe as Oliver, but perhaps that’s because she’s been typecast in my mind as Edith Bunker. However, that doesn’t detract much from an enjoyable mystery.
It’ll be interesting to see David Suchet’s version of this story next year as it is one of few Poirot mysteries he hasn’t done. Filming is set to begin in May 2013.
Rating: 3.75 out of 5.00
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CBS, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar
EP0913: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Transpacific Matter
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Johnny Dollar investigates a suspicious fire in the orient.
Audition Date: August 29, 1955
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