
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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YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR THE FALCON BROADWAY’S MY BEAT DRAGNET MR. AND MRS. NORTH CHARLIE CHAN… and more!
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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast
Dragnet: The Big Threat (1951) (EP4736)
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Today’s Mystery:
A man was slugged and robbed but doesn’t want to talk due to threats by the robbers.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 12, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield
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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wayward Moth Matter (EP4735)
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Today’s Mystery: Johnny is called to investigate a small claim in a case involving damage at a sensitive chemistry experiment. Or was it sabotage?
Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 9, 1958
Originated from Hollywood
Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar. Vic Perrin, Herb Ellis, Paul Richards, Lou Merrill, Leon Belasco
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Mystery Special, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast
World’s Great Novels: The Moonstone, Part Three (EP4734)
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Today’s Mystery: After a tragic suicide, Sergeant Cuff’s dismissed with the theft of the Moonstone still unsolved. A year later, someone else picks up the investigation.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 16, 1948
Originating from Chicago
Starring: Sherman Marks as Gabriel Betterridge; Arthur Sedgewick as Sergeant Cuff; Charles Mountain as Franklin Blake; Geraldine Kaye as Rachel Verinder; Alma Fox; Jane Elliot; Ruth Shane; Minion Shriver; Sidney Breese; Arthur Peterson, Maurice Copeland
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Amazing World of Radio, Podcast
World’s Great Novels: Kidnapped, Part One (AWR0276)
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Today’s Story:
David Balfour’s father has died and left him a letter of introduction to his uncle in the Scottish lowlands. He finds his uncle an odd man with a bad reputation who hides many secrets.
Original Air Date: April 30, 1948
Originating from Chicago
Starring: Phil Fine as David Balfour; Sherman Marks; Jess Pugh; Marvin Peisner; Arthur Peterson; Cornelius Pevuls, Hilda Graham, Howard Hall
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Broadway's My Beat, CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast
Broadway’s My Beat: The Emilio Ramirez Murder Case (EP4733)
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Today’s Mystery: A young man stumbles into a storefront church in Spanish Harlem and dies after being stabbed.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 17, 1950
Originated in Hollywood
Stars: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover, Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia, Lou Merrill, Herb Butterfield, Tony Barrett, Sarah Selby, Frances Cheney, Jack Kruschen
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Charlie Chan, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated
Charlie Chan: The Gun/The Play is The Thing (EP4732)
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Today’s Mystery:
Charlie Chan and Sheriff Holt want an explanation of the gun Cecille was carrying and decide to stage a reenactment.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1935 or 1936
Originating from Los Angeles
Starring: Walter Connolly as Inspector Charlie Chan
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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Falcon
The Falcon: The Case of the Rolling Stones (EP4731)
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Today’s Mystery:
The Falcon goes to Sicily to apprehend a Communist leader who was guilty of war crimes during World War II.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 10, 1952
Originating from New York
Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; June Allison
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