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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- Your host, Adam Graham
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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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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: Out of Jail for Christmas (EP4871)
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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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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.
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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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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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Carman Kringle Matter (EP4870)
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Today’s Mystery:
Johnny is called to a small desert town where an old prospector is determined to change his life insurance beneficiary…to his burrow.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 22, 1956
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Herb Vigran; Howard McNear; Jeanne Tatum; Junius Matthews; Lawrence Dobkin; Forrest Lewis; Jack Kruschen; Richard Crenna; Bill James
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