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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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Danger with Grainger, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated
Danger with Grainger: The Amourous Amnesiac (EP4821)
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Today’s Mystery:
Grainger finds an unconscious and beaten man in the street. He was found missing $10,000.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957
Originating from Australia
Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger
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OTR Detective, Podcast
The Casebook of Gregory Hood: The Murder of Gregory Hood (Encore) (EP4820e)
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Today’s Mystery:
Gregory Hood receives multiple death threats, and, after one close call, he decides to play dead while he solves his own murder.
Original Air Date: June 17, 1946
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Gale Gordon as Gregory Hood
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Video Theater
Sherlock Holmes: The Mother Hubbard Case
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In this episode of Public Domain Video Theater, host Adam Graham is joined by special guest Tom Fox, founder of the Compliance Podcast Network and host of Adventures in Compliance— a show where Fox explores each Sherlock Holmes story through the lens of ethics and compliance. Together, they delve into one of Ronald Howard’s early television portrayals of the great detective.
Episode Overview (No Spoilers)
“The Mother Hubbard Case” begins as a seemingly routine London mystery — a missing fiancé, a concerned family, and a cryptic note about a lost child. But under Holmes’s keen observation, this ordinary disappearance unfurls into something far more sinister. As Holmes and Watson investigate, they uncover a chilling pattern of vanishing men, a trail that winds through deserted houses and shadowed motives. What begins as a simple missing-person case evolves into a tense unraveling of compassion twisted by desperation.
Original Air Date: December 20, 1954
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Cloak and Dagger, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast
Cloak and the Dagger: The Norweigan Incident (A0026)
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Today’s Adventure:
Two OSS Agents go into occupied Norway to blow up a key Nazi-controlled bridge.
Original Radio Broadcast: August 20, 1950
Originating from New York
Starring: Berry Kroeger; Raymond Edward Johnson; Jerry Jarrett; Frank Barrens; Karl Weber; Joseph Julian; Ralph Bell
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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Ugly Pattern Matter (EP4820)
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Today’s Mystery:
Johnny is called in when three members of the board of a small company covered by a group life policy are murdered in a short period of time.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 29, 1958
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Les Tremayne; Forrest Lewis; Herb Vigran; Junius Matthews; Frank Gerstle
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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural
Dragnet: The Big Late Script (EP4819)
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Today’s Mystery:
Friday and Romero are called in to investigate the kidnapping of a local businessman.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 26, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Barney Phillips
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Broadway's My Beat, CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast
Broadway’s My Beat: The Thomas Hart Murder Case (EP4818)
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Today’s Mystery:
An errand boy at a dress shop is murdered with a pair of scissors.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 15, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Irene Tedrow; Herb Butterfield; Sidney Miller; Sylvia Syms; Mary Shipp
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