Bob Bailey & Virginia Gregg

The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio is 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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NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Adventure Ahead: Inside the FBI

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Today’s Adventure:

An FBI agent tells a young visitor about a case that began with cattle rustling but led to a nationwide conspiracy.

Originating Radio Broadcast Date: August 26, 1944

Originating from New York

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Cloak and Dagger, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast

Cloak and Dagger: Seeds of Doubt (A0034)

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Today’s Adventure:

In the waning days of the war, an OSS agent impersonates a dead Frenchman and pretends to marry his fiancée in order to weed out German agents trying to undermine Allied morale.

Original Radio Broadcast: September 15, 1950

Originating from New York

Starring: Charles Webster; Alice Frost; Joseph Julian; Karl Weber; Evie Juster; Jerry Jarrett; Louis Sorin; Horace Braham; Anna Karen

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CBS, OTR Detective, Podcast, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Mojave Red Sequel Matter (EP4840)

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Today’s Mystery:

An apparent accidental death of a businessman on a fishing trip is confirmed to be murder. Who did it?

Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 20, 1958

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Parley Baer; Forrest Lewis; Barney Phillips; Alan Reed; Russell Thorson

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Dragnet, NBC, OTR Detective, Podcast, Procedural

Dragnet: The Big Crazy (EP4839)

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Today’s Mystery:

A woman is missing and her sister suspects her milquetoast husband of murder.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 30, 1951

Originating from Hollywood

Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero

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

Broadway’s My Beat: The Charles Crandall Murder Case (EP4838)

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Today’s Mystery: A man is found murdered with the only clue to his identity being a parking ticket.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 12, 1951

Originated in Hollywood

Stars: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover, Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia, Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan, Lou Merrill, Jeanette Nolan, Adam Williams, Peggy Webber, Joy Terry.

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