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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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Mr. and Mrs. North: The Norths Discover Christopher Columbus (EP4572)

Joseph Curtain and Alice Frost

Today’s Mystery:

On the eve of Columbus Day, the Norths see a man dressed as Christopher Columbus jump out of a building.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 11, 1944

Originating from New York City

Starring: Joseph Curtain as Jerry North; Alice Frost as Pamela North; Frank Lovejoy

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Broadway’s My Beat: The Julie Dixon Murder Case (EP4571)

Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery: Danny investigates the disappearance of a “Cinderella girl” who is engaged to a high priced lawyer.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 10, 1950

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jay Novello; Junius Matthews; Lawrence Dobkin; Virginia Gregg; Vivi Janis; William Johnstone

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Operation Danger (EP4570)

Today’s Mystery:

A captain in the army counter-intelligence department teams up with a British intelligence agent to track down the source of diamonds to finance a new Nazi plan.

Audition Date: June 25, 1950

Originating in Hollywood

Starring: Howard Culver as Captain Ethan Allen Rogers; Joan Banks; Ben Wright; Paul Frees; Theodore Von Eltz; Fritz Feld; Rick Vallen

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The Falcon: The Case of the Missing Patient (EP4569)

Les Damon

Today’s Mystery:

The widow of a kindly doctor is accused of his murder, but she suspects a rough-looking character who showed up for medical care and then disappeared.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 17, 1952

Originating from New York

Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Chuck Webster as Sergeant Corbett; Larry Haines

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Hearthstone of the Death Squad: The Unheeded Warning Murder Case (Encore) (EP4568e)

Alfred Shirley

A secretary is warned to leave her job, and a murder occurs in her office.

Original Air Date: August 30, 1951

Originating in New York

Starring Alfred Shirley as Inspector Hearthstone

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Dragnet: The Big Grandma (EP4568)

Today’s Mystery:

Joe Friday and Ben Romero are assigned to investigate the case of a motherly lady who has written more than a thousand bad checks over nine years.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 19, 1950

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Ideal Vacation Matter (EP4567)

Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny has to find an insured newspaper columnist and let him know that a convict with a grudge against the columnist has escaped prison.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 22, 1957

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Mary Jane Croft; Lawrence Dobkin; Joseph Kearns; Jack Edwards; Barney Phillips; Byron Kane

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