Category: Mystery Special

EP1100s: Cavalcade of America: The School for Men

Gregory Peck
A vacation police officer helps his brother (who is a police officer in another town) catch a serial killer using skills acquired in an FBI training school.

Original Air Date: May 5, 1947

Support the show…http://support.greatdetectives.net

Become one of our friends on Facebook….http://facebook.com/radiodetectives

Take our listener survey: http://survey.greatdetectives.net

Become one of our friends on Facebook… http://www.facebook.com/radiodetectives

Click here to download, click here to add this podcast to your Itunes, click here to subscribe.

EP1085: Gunsmoke: Mark Dillon Goes To Gough Eye

 Michael Rye

Marshall Mark Dillon goes to Gough Eye to investigate an allegedly crooked roulette wheel and finds a a series of murders.

Audition Date: June 11, 1949

Remember when traveling to visit http://www.johnnydollarair.com

Become one of our friends on Facebook… http://www.facebook.com/radiodetectives

Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net

Give us a call 208-991-4783

Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectives

Click here to download, click here to add this podcast to your Itunes, click here to subscribe to this podcast on Zune, click here to subscribe to this feed using any other feed reader.

EP1052s: Crime Club: Death Blew Out the Match

Richard Kollmar

A woman visits a peaceful Maine town, only to find herself prime suspect in a rival’s murder.

Original Air Date: December 2, 1946

Support the show: http://support.greatdetectives.net

Become one of our friends on Facebook… http://www.facebook.com/radiodetectives

Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net

Give us a call 208-991-4783

Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectives

Click here to download, click here to add this podcast to your Itunes, click here to subscribe to this podcast on Zune, click here to subscribe to this feed using any other feed reader.

EP1008: NBC University Theater: The Purloined Letter

Adolphe Menjou

A blackmailing count steals a compromising letter from a noble lady.

Original Air Date: September 17, 1948

Support the show…http://support.greatdetectives.net

Take our listener survey: http://survey.greatdetectives.net

Become one of our friends on Facebook… http://www.facebook.com/radiodetectives

Click here to download, click here to add this podcast to your Itunes, click here to subscribe

EP1002: Suspense: The Mystery of Marie Roget

Cornel Wilde

Auguste Dupin investigates the murder of a young woman found floating in a Paris river.

Original Air Date: December 14, 1953

Support the show…http://support.greatdetectives.net

Take our listener survey: http://survey.greatdetectives.net

Become one of our friends on Facebook… http://www.facebook.com/radiodetectives

Click here to download, click here to add this podcast to your Itunes, click here to subscribe

EP1000s: Screen Guild Theatre: Call Northside 777

Jimmy Stewart plays a cynical reporter turned crusader who seeks to clear a man wrongly convicted of murdering a police officer. This episode was based on the 1949 Edgar Award Winning Movie of the same name.

Original Air Date: October 7, 1948

Click here to download, click here to add this podcast to your Itunes, click here to subscribe to this podcast on Zune, click here to subscribe to this feed using any other feed reader. Vote for this show on Podcast Alley.

The movie can be purchased here.

This post contains affiliate links, which means that items purchased from these links may result in a commission being paid to the author of this post at no extra cost to the purchaser.

EP0996: The Weird Circle: Murders in the Rue Morgue

The episode begins with a look at a story of the Prophet Daniel that many think is the first detective story. From Can You Imagine That?

Original Air Date: 1940

A woman and her daughter are brutally killed after withdrawing 50,000 Francs from the bank and Dupin is on the case in Edgar Allan Poe’s first detective story.

Original Air Date: January 2, 1944

Support the show…http://support.greatdetectives.net

Take our listener survey: http://survey.greatdetectives.net

Become one of our friends on Facebook… http://www.facebook.com/radiodetectives

Click here to download, click here to add this podcast to your Itunes, click here to subscribe

EP0990: Escape: The Lost Special

Ben Wright

A Scotland Yard Inspector investigates the disappearance of a train en route.

Original Air Date: February 12, 1949

Support the show…http://support.greatdetectives.net

Take our listener survey: http://survey.greatdetectives.net

Become one of our friends on Facebook… http://www.facebook.com/radiodetectives

Click here to download, click here to add this podcast to your Itunes, click here to subscribe

EP0902s: X Minus One: Protective Mimicry

Mandell Kramer

In the 25th Century, a Treasury Agent seeks to find the truth behind the re-appearance of counterfeit currency.

Original Air Date: October 3, 1956

Become one of our friends on Facebook… http://www.facebook.com/radiodetectives

Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net

Give us a call 208-991-4783

Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectives

Click here to download, click here to add this podcast to your Itunes, click here to subscribe to this podcast on Zune, click here to subscribe to this feed using any other feed read.

EP0854s: Murder Clinic: The Holloway Flat Tragedy

Alfred Shirley
Max Carrados doesn’t buy an obvious explanation that a man was murdered by the boyfriend of his lover.

Original Air Date: August 18, 1942

Take our listener survey: http://survey.greatdetectives.net

Become one of our friends on Facebook… http://www.facebook.com/radiodetectives

Click here to download, click here to add this podcast to your Itunes, click here to subscribe

EP0800s: Suspense: Deadline at Dawn

Helen Walker

A couple has until dawn to find out who killed a rich socialite or one of them will have to answer to the police.

Original Air Date: May 15, 1948

Save more and combine hotel and airline fare at http://www.johnnydollarair.com

Become one of our friends on Facebook…http://www.facebook.com/radiodetectives

Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net

Click here to download, click here to add this podcast to your Itunes, click here to subscribe to this podcast on Zune, click here to subscribe to this feed using any other feed reader

EP0700s: Lux Radio Theater: Captain Carey USA

Charlton Heston

A former O.S.S. Officer returns to Italy to locate the person who betrayed him and his compatriots to the Nazis.

Original Air Date: February 2, 1953

Save more and combine hotel and airline fare at http://www.johnnydollarair.com

Become one of our friends on Facebook…http://www.facebook.com/radiodetectives

Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net

Click here to download, click here to add this podcast to your Itunes, click here to subscribe to this podcast on Zune, click here to subscribe to this feed using any other feed reader.

EP0690s: Suspense: The Crowd

 Dana Andrews

A police lieutenant hunts a murderer whose crimes are always accompanied by a crowd.

Original Air Date: September 27, 1950

Save more and combine hotel and airline fare at http://www.johnnydollarair.com

Become one of our friends on Facebook…http://www.facebook.com/radiodetectives

Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net

Click here to download, click here to add this podcast to your Itunes, click here to subscribe to this podcast on Zune, click here to subscribe to this feed using any other feed reader.

EP0650s: Mystery Award Theater: The Screwball Division

The youngest and oldest detectives on the force turn to a drunk former detective to solve three murders that occurred at the same time.

Original Air Date: June 13, 1949

Become one of our friends on Facebook… http://www.facebook.com/radiodetectives

Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net

Give us a call 208-991-4783

Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectives

Click here to download, click here to add this podcast to your Itunes, click here to subscribe to this podcast on Zune, click here to subscribe to this feed using any other feed reader.

EP0622: Murder Clinic: The Tragedy at Marsden Manor

Maurice Tarplin

Poirot is called upon by the insurance to investigate the apparent natural death of a wealthy man who just passed a physical for a life insurance policy for his young wife.

Original Air Date: October 6, 1942

Take our listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.net

Become one of our friends on Facebook…http://facebook.com/radiodetectives

Follow us on http://www.twitter.com/radiodetectives

Vote for the show on Podcast Alley….http://podcastalley.greatdetectives.net

Click here to download, click here to add this podcast to your Itunes, click here to subscribe to this podcast on Zune, click here to subscribe to this feed using any other feed reader.