Bob Bailey & Virginia Gregg
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.
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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Noxious Needle Matter (EP4860)
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Today’s Mystery:
Johnny is called in to determine whether a theatrical producer died of natural causes or was murdered.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 24, 1958
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Bartlett Robinson; Marvin Miller; Junius Matthews
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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural
Dragnet: The Big September Man (EP4859)
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Today’s Mystery:
Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate the brutal killing of a woman who worked in an office building.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 27, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero
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Broadway's My Beat, CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast
Broadway’s My Beat: The Frank Dunn Murder Case (EP4858)
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Today’s Mystery:
Danny investigates the shooting death of a bartender.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 16, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Mary Jane Croft; Joseph Granby; Gladys Holland; Mary Jane Croft; Joseph Granby; Gladys Holland
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Amazing World of Radio, Podcast
Theatre Guild on the Air: State Fair (AWR0288)
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Theatre Guild on the Air’s 1950 production of State Fair offers a gentle, nostalgic journey into the heart of Midwestern life, carried by the warmth of its performances and the shimmer of remembered summers. The Frake family—father Abel, mother Melissa (Gene and Kathleen Lockhart), and their nearly grown children Margie (June Lockhart) and Wayne (Dick Van Patten)—travel to the Iowa State Fair seeking ribbons, excitement, and perhaps just a touch of wonder beyond their everyday routines.
This episode is played in honor of the recent passing of June Lockhart.
Originating in New York
Original Air Date: December 31, 1950
Starrring: Gene Lockhart, Kathleen Lockhart, June Lockhart, Dick Van Patten, Van Heflin, Rosemary Rice, Roger Pryor, John Gibson, Ed Jerome, Michael Dreyfus, Brad Barker
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NBC, Podcast, The Big Story
The Big Story: The Case of the Final Curtain (EP4857)
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Today’s Mystery:
A woman suspects that her father was poisoned in a nursing home.
Original Radio Broadcast: December 7, 1947
Originating from New York
Starring: Les Tremayne as Aubrey Maddock; Alice Reinhart; Ted Osborn; Agnes Young; John Gibson; Will Geer
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Danger with Grainger, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated
Danger with Grainger: Lady Alibi (EP4856)
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Today’s Mystery:
A beautiful model comes to Grainger for help, claiming that she’s being pressured to provide an alibi for a man who shot a security guard during a robbery gone bad.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957
Originating from Australia
Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger
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OTR Detective, Podcast
Casebook of Gregory Hood: South of the Border (Encore) (EP4855e)
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Gregory Hood arrives in Mexico City to purchase jade and is mistaken for a wayward king.
Original Air Date: July 15, 1946
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Gale Gordon as Gregory Hood
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