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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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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Saint

The Saint: Dossier on a Doggone Dog (EP5041)

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Today’s Mystery:

When Simon Templar finds a lost Pekingese and follows her home, he walks straight into a wealthy family’s uproar over a missing fortune in jewels. A suspicious butler, an argumentative family, and a precocious young would-be detective soon leave The Saint wondering how a simple good deed became such a complicated affair.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 24, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Barry Sullivan as The Saint; Myra Marsh; Tom Tully; Ted Osborne; Lamont Johnson; Jeffrey Silver; Lawrence Dobkin

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Counterspy, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Counterspy: Hot Car Killer (A0114)

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Today’s Adventure:

David Harding investigates an interstate stolen-car racket after a detective working undercover is murdered. The trail leads to a former race-car driver with a dangerous reputation and a criminal organization determined to keep its operation – and the identity of its leader – hidden.

Original Radio Broadcast: September 15, 1949

Originating from New York

Cast:

Don MacLaughlin as David Harding
Mandel Kramer as Harry Peters
Directed by William M. Sweets
Music by Jesse Crawford
A Phillips H. Lord production for Pepsi-Cola

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Frantic Fisherman Matter (EP5940)

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Today’s Mystery: Johnny Dollar welcomes an excuse to visit an old friend at a Lake Mojave fishing resort, but the vacation quickly becomes an investigation when a recently released convict is spotted using some very unusual fishing equipment. Johnny sets out to discover what the man is really searching for beneath the lake.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 12, 1959

Originated from Hollywood

Cast:

Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar
Barney Phillips
Sam Edwards
Bartlett Robinson
Forrest Lewis
Ralph Moody
Written, produced, and directed by Jack Johnstone

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Gamble (EP5039)

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Today’s Mystery:

Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Bill Lockwood investigate a professional gambling ring that keeps its games moving from place to place. A tip finally gives police the opportunity they’ve been waiting for, but what begins as a vice investigation suddenly becomes a far more serious case.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 8, 1952

Originating from Hollywood

Cast:

Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday
Martin Milner as Officer Bill Lockwood
Also featuring Eddie Firestone and Whit Connor

Script by Jim Moser

Music by Walter Schumann

Technical advisors: Captain Jack Donahoe, Sergeant Marty Wynn, and Sergeant Vance Brasher

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Amazing World of Radio, Podcast

Lux Radio Theater: The Paradine Case (AWR0307)

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London barrister Anthony Keane takes on the defense of the beautiful Maddalena Paradine, who is accused of poisoning her wealthy, blind husband. As Keane prepares for trial, his growing fascination with his client threatens both his judgment in the courtroom and his marriage.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 9, 1949

Cast:

Joseph Cotten as Anthony Keane
Valli as Maddalena Paradine
Louis Jourdan as André Latour
Betty Lou Gerson as Gay Keane
Alan Reed
William Conrad
Directed by S. H. Barnett
Music directed by Louis Silver

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Broadway's My Beat, CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast

Broadway’s My Beat: The Irene Hall Murder Case (EP5038)

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Today’s Mystery:

Detective Danny Clover investigates the strangling of a Broadway entertainer whose body is discovered by a frightened out-of-town businessman. His insistence that he heard the woman scream long after she apparently died presents Clover with a puzzling contradiction—and the case soon takes an even darker turn.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 17, 1952

Originating from Hollywood

Cast:

Larry Thor as Detective Danny Clover
Charles Calvert as Sgt. Gino Tartaglia
Jack Kruschen as Detective Muggavan
Hy Averback as Russ Field
Herb Butterfield as Myron Lehigh
Featuring Martha Wentworth, Ed Max, and Junius Matthews

Written by Morton Fine and David Friedkin

Produced and directed by Elliott Lewis

Musical score composed and conducted by Alexander Courage

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Big Story

The Big Story: The Man Who Wanted What He Couldn’t Have

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Today’s Mystery:

Salt Lake City Tribune reporter Cluster M. Nielsen investigates the murder of a young traveler whose final journey ends on a lonely Utah highway. As the evidence begins to conflict, Nielsen races to uncover the truth before an innocent man pays the price.

Original Radio Broadcast: November 14, 1951

Originating from New York

Cast:

Francis DeSales as Cluster M. Nielsen
Charita Bauer
Mickey O’Day
Bruce Gordon
Owen Gordon
Alan Stevenson

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