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.
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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YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR THE FALCON BROADWAY’S MY BEAT DRAGNET MR. AND MRS. NORTH BULLDOG DRUMMOND… and more!
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Mr. and Mrs. North, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast
Mr. and Mrs. North: The Norths Discover Christopher Columbus (EP4572)
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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, CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast
Broadway’s My Beat: The Julie Dixon Murder Case (EP4571)
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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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CBS, Operation Danger, OTR Detective, Podcast, Rare Detectives
Operation Danger (EP4570)
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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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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Falcon
The Falcon: The Case of the Missing Patient (EP4569)
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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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OTR Detective, Podcast
Hearthstone of the Death Squad: The Unheeded Warning Murder Case (Encore) (EP4568e)
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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, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural
Dragnet: The Big Grandma (EP4568)
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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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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Ideal Vacation Matter (EP4567)
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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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