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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Cases of Mr. Ace, Podcast, Rare Detectives, Syndicated
EP0898: Cases of Mr. Ace: Key to a Boobie Trap
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Ace is hired to guard the key to a bus locker by a man who has confessed to murder.
Original Air Date: Sometime in 1947
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Frank Race, Podcast, Syndicated
EP0897: Frank Race: The Adventure of the Gold Worshipper
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Frank Race searches for the missing daughter of a rich man.
Original Air Date: October 29, 1949
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Golden Age Article
Radio’s Most Essential People Countdown #9
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Previous Posts: 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, 81-85, 86-90, 91-95, 96-100
9) Elliott Lewis
Lewis was often known as Mr. Radio. His career over the air was multi-faceted and has left an indelible mark. He was a talented dramatic actor. He played Captain Philip Kearney in the well-remembered Voyages of the Scarlet Queen. He also took his turn as a radio detective in both The Casebook of Gregory Hood and played Archie Goodwin in Mutual’s Amazing Nero Wolfe, and then starred with his then-wife Cathy Lewis in On Stage which pushed him into a wide variety of genres.
He was also a great comic actor, providing fantastic character work on Burns and Allen, in addition to enjoying a memorable recurring role on the Phil Harris and Alice Faye show.
Yet, with all that said, Lewis did not particularly enjoy acting. He wanted to produce and direct radio. In the 1950s, this happened as he served as producer/director of Broadway is My Beat, a program that captured the full flavor of New York’s diverse population and where characters often spoke in memorable and brooding poetry. He took the helm at Suspense and pushed the show in different directions including adapting Othello and the Moonstone in multi-part episode, doing a two part episode that proposed an ending to Charles Dickens’ unfinished novel The Mystery of Edwin Drood, and giving guest spots to comedy actors like Bob Hope and Jack Benny who rarely got dramatic roles.
While he worked in television, his dedication to radio and his reputation for excellence continued. When Rod Serling experimented with radio drama in 1973 with his Zero Hour series, Lewis once again found himself as producer/director. And he also got the call for 1979’s Sears Radio Theater.
Elliot Lewis, a talented actor, and great producer of radio dramas well deserves his ranking as one of radio’s ten most essential people.
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Golden Age Article, Hercule Poirot
Telefilm Review: Murder on the Links
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We continue our look at the the great Poirot Telefilm series over ITV as I eagerly await the new episodes coming later this year. Murder on the Links was the third of four films released during Poirot’s sixth series.
In Murder on the Links, Poirot while vacationing in Deauville France is approached by a wealthy man who has received certain undisclosed threats. The next day, Captain Hastings finds the man murdered and lying in a sand trap. Poirot sets out to solve the murder and this time he has the rival, the pompous Inspector Giraud and the stakes are high: if Giraud solves the case first, Poirot must shave his trademark mustache.
This was another solid story with the battle with Giraud being played for great comedic effect. In addition, Captain Hastings holds back information from Poirot and it’s open question as to whether Captain Hastings has helped a murderer escape. The solution is satisfyingly complex and exactly what we expect of Agatha Christie and this series.
Rating: 4.5 out of 5.0
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CBS, Podcast, Procedural, The Line Up
EP0896: The Line Up: The Case of Frankie and Joyce
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Guthrie investigates of a woman found murdered soon after announcing her engagement.
Original Air Date: January 4, 1951
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1949-54 Johnny Dollar, CBS, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar
EP0895: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Jeanne Maxwell Matter
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Johnny has to find out whether the death of an insured young woman was murder or suicide.
Original Air Date: July 20, 1954
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NBC, Podcast, Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Old Time Radio
EP0894: Sherlock Holmes: Dr. Watson Meets Sherlock Holmes
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Dr. Watson recalls his first meeting with Sherlock Holmes as Watson assists Holmes in a case of notorious blackmailer, Charles Augustus Milverton.
Original Air Date: January 2, 1955
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