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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio is 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.
Along the way, I'll provide you my commentary and offer you opportunities to interact.
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- Your host, Adam Graham
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NBC, Podcast, The Big Story
The Big Story: Shotgun and Fatal Accident (EP4972)
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Today’s Mystery:
A wealthy man claims that his wife was accidentally killed by a shotgun. A reporter searches for evidence that the wife was murdered.
Original Radio Broadcast: July 12, 1950
Originating from New York
Starring: Bill Quinn as Bill Griffin; Amzie Strickland; Anita Anton; Paul McGrath; Roger De Coven; Lyle Sudrow; Mason Adams; Bob Dryden
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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Saint
The Saint: The Sinister Sneeze (EP4971)
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Today’s Mystery:
At the request of a sneezing woman on a bus, Simon tries to protect a very bad boxer who finds himself an unexpected favorite in his fight against a much better boxer.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 11, 1950
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Vincent Price as Simon Templar; Lawrence Dobkin as Louie; Peter Leeds; Sandra Gould; Barney Phillips
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ABC, Counterspy, OTR Detective, Podcast
Counterspy: The Case of the Mexican Rancho (A0086)
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Today’s Adventure:
Harding and Peters go to Mexico to intercept spies trying to gain control of a new uranium supply.
Original Radio Broadcast: February 22, 1949
Originating from New York
Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding; Mandel Kramer as Peters Joan Alexander
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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Frisco Fire Matter (EP4970)
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Today’s Mystery:
On a tip from his informant, Smokey, Johnny travels to San Francisco to investigate a fire that everyone insists was an accident.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 12, 1959
Originated from Hollywood
Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Gil Stratton, Jr.; Tony Barrett; Vic Perin; Lawrence Dobkin; Alan Reed; Paul Dubov; Bartlett Robinson; Donald Mosley
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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural
Dragnet: The Big Honeymoon (EP4969)
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Today’s Mystery:
Joe Friday and Ed Jacobs hunt down a con man who marries women for their money and leaves them.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 7, 1952
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barney Phillips as Sergeant Ed Jacobs; Virginia Gregg
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Broadway's My Beat, CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast
Broadway’s My Beat: The Mary Smith Murder Case (EP4968)
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Today’s Mystery:
A woman is found murdered in a cheap hotel.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: Decemnber 8, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Betty Lou Gerson; Stan Waxman; Steve Roberts; David Wolfe
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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Big Story
The Big Story: New Facts About a 26-Year Frame-Up (EP4967)
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Today’s Mystery:
Reporter Ralph Goll becomes suspicious of the results of a murder case when he learns that the detective involved had later been convicted of graft and the sheriff at the time had committed suicide before the trial.
Original Radio Broadcast: March 1, 1950
Originating from New York
Starring: Nat Polen as Ralph Goll; Athena Lorde; John Shea; Bill Smith; Scott Tennyson; Walter Greska; Tom Heaphy; Humphrey Davis
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