Bob Bailey & Virginia Gregg

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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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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