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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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Currently Featuring

Amazing World of Radio

The War

OTR Superman Show

Detective Video Theater

Recent Posts

EP0162: Jeff Regan: The Lost Lady

A woman hires Regan to find her missing sister, but Regan’s not buying it.

Original Air Date: October 16, 1948

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Original Air Date: October 16, 1948

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EP0161: Box 13: Tempest in a Casserole

*A restaurant owner turns to Dan Holiday to help him find out why he’s being pressured to sublet his restaurant.

Original Air Date: August 11, 1948

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The People You’ll Meet When Climbing a Building

Someone has put together a mash-up of some high profile cameos that Batman and Robin ran into during the 1960s Batman series.

Old Time Radio fans will recognize the names of some of these stars: Howard Duff (Sam Spade on the radio, but making the cameo in his role as Detective Sergeant Sam Stone of Felony Squad), Jerry Lewis from Martin and Lewis, Art Linkletter from People are Funny and House Party, Edward G. Robinson from Big Town and many other productions. It’s some light Saturday fun that reminds me of the unique place that the 1966 Batman show has in my heart.  While, it’s certainly not the best Batman TV show ever, it has the rare quality that makes a TV show in demand more than 40 years after going off the air.

EP0160: Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: How I Got a Wildcat Oil Operation by the Tail

Edmond O'Brien

Johnny Dollar needs to find a missing insured whose a partner in an oil operation.

Original Air Date: March 7, 1950

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EP0159: Sherlock Holmes: The Fifth of November

Holmes and Watson are off on a Guy Fawkes Day Adventure when a Mr. James Stuart comes in on November 5 and retains Holmes to protect him from his cousin, Guy Falkenberry, who Stuart says is planning to blow him up.

Original Air Date: November 5, 1945

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EP0158: Let George Do It: The Seven Dead Years

A retired insurance investigator hires George to stop the husband of a missing woman from collecting the insurance seven years after the woman’s diappearance.

Original Air Date: October 25, 1948

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EP0157: Jeff Regan: Too Many Mrs. Rogers’

Jack Webb

Jeff is assigned to guard the body of a man with an expensive ring on his finger. Regan’s in for trouble as he learns the man was a bigamist.

Original Air Date: October 9, 1948

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