Month: December 2025

Natalie Masters

Candy goes on vacation at a dude ranch at the Valley of the Moon and quickly runs into murder.

Original Air Date: December 17, 1949

Originating from San Francisco

Starring: Natalie Masters as Candy Matson

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Amazing World of Radio, Podcast

Hawaii Calls 1949 New Years Eve Program (AWR0292)

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Today:

A broadcast of the most beloved Hawaiian songs of 1949 as the popular series bids aloha to 1949.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 29, 1949

Originating from Honolulu

Hosted by Webley Edwards

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Nick Carter, OTR Detective, Podcast

Nick Carter: The Case of the Haunted Burial Cave (Encore) (EP4877)

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Lon Clark

Nick is called in by an anthropologist to investigate when he’s attacked at the site of a Native American burial ground.

Original Air Date: May 16, 1954

Originating from New York

Starring: Lon Clark as Nick Carter

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Nick Carter: The Echo of Death (Encore) (EP4876)

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Lon Clark

Nick Carter flies to beautiful Echo Canyon to investigate the disappearance of a famous financial correspondent.

Original Air Date: July 6, 1943

Originating in New York

Starring Lon Clark as Nick Carter

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Casebook of Gregory Hood, OTR Detective, Podcast

The Casebook of Gregory Hood: The Double Diamond (Encore) (EP4875e)

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Gale Gordon

Gregory Hood investigates the theft of a diamond in mid-flight.

Original Air Date: August 5, 1946

Starring: Gale Gordon as Gregory Hood

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Lux Radio Theater: Bullets or Ballots (Encore) (A0048)

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A tough cop (Edward G. Robinson) is kicked off the force and goes to work for a criminal gang, but one of the bosses’ top lieutenants (Humphrey Bogart) is suspicious.

Original Air Date: April 17, 1939

Originating from Hollywood

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Malibu Mystery Matter (EP4875)

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Bob Bailey

Today’s Mystery:

Johnny goes to Malibu to investigate the sinking of a $150,000 yacht.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 7, 1958

Originated from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Paula Winslowe; Ben Wright; Jack Kruschen; Jack Edwards; Marvin Miller; Joseph Kearn

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Shoplift (EP4874)

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Todays Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of high-priced shoplifting cases.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 11, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, Herb Butterfield

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

Broadway’s My Beat: Buddy Malpaugh and the Jeweled Scimitar (EP4873)

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Larry Thor

Today’s Mystery:

It’s Christmas Eve, and Sergeant Tartaglia is called to investigate the theft of a jeweled scimitar belonging to a ne’er-do-well millionaire.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 22, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Lamont Johnson; Howard McNear George Neise;. Georgia Ellis; Howard McNear

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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, The Big Story

The Big Story: The Case of the Ambitious Hobo (EP4872)

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Today’s Mystery:

A reporter hunts for a baby-faced killer.

Original Radio Broadcast:December 17, 1947

Originating from New York

Starring: George Petrie as Russ Wilson; Larry Robinson; Hester Sondergaard; Humphrey Davis; William Keene; Ralph Bell; Bob Sloane

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Amazing World of Radio, Podcast

Campbell’s Playhouse: A Christmas Carol (AWR0291)

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Charles Dickens’ classic tale of Ebenezer’s life-changing encounter with three spirits on Christmas Eve.

Original Air Date: December 24, 1939

Narrated by Orson Welles

Starring: George Coulouris; Bea Benaderet; Ray Collins; Everett Sloane; Frank Readick

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Danger with Grainger, OTR Detective, Podcast

Danger With Grainger: Out of Jail for Christmas (EP4871)

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Harp McGuire

Today’s Mystery:

The son of a cab driver asks Grainger to help his father out of jail by proving him innocent of a burglary.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957

Originating from Australia

Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger

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The Comic Weekly Man: Wishing a Merry Christmas (AWR0290)

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The Comic Weekly Man comes for a weekly visit right before Christmas and reads strips from Puck: The Comic Weekly, including Flash Gordon, Dick’s Adventures, Rusty Riley, Donald Duck, Uncle Remus, Roy Rogers, Blondie, and Prince Valiant.

Original Air Date: December 24, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Lon Clark as the Comic Weekly Man

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OTR Detective, Podcast, Sherlock Holmes

Holmes for the Holiday: Two Christmas Mysteries (EP4870s)

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As we get ready for Christmas, we bring you two original old time radio Christmas plays featuring Sherlock Holmes.

First up is The Night Before Christmas.

On Christmas, one of Moriarity’s henchmen switches Christmas sacks with Dr. Watson when both are dressed as Santa Claus. Sherlock Holmes has to catch the thief and save Watson and the kids at a Christmas party.

Original Air Date: December 24, 1945

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes; Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson

Next up is The Adventure of the Christmas Bride.

Sherlock Holmes is invited to spend the holidays with a family that needs him to ensure that a family curse doesn’t prevent a wedding from occurring.

Original Air Date: December 21, 1947

Originating from New York

Starring: John Stanley as Sherlock Holmes; Alfred Shirley as Dr. Watson

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OTR Detective, Podcast

The Whistler: Christmas Bonus (Encore) (A0046)

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An ex-con is fired from his job at a department store where a string of burglaries totaling $10,000 have occurred, and decides to return to a life of crime.

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