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

Charlie Chan: The Case of the Romantic Engineer (EP4812)

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Today’s Mystery:

A woman believes her husband has been kidnapped, but instead of a ransom note, she’s being sent money.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1950 or 1951

Originating from Sydney

Starring: William Rees as Charlie Chan; Rodney Jacobs

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Danger with Grainger, OTR Detective, Podcast, Syndicated

Danger with Grainger: Hired Help (EP4811)

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Today’s Mystery:

Grainger is hired by a wealthy woman to break up her son’s disfavoured romance, but complications ensue when the chauffer is found poisoned.

Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957

Originating from Australia

Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger

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OTR Detective, Podcast

Casebook of Gregory Hood: Three Silver Pesos (Encore) (EP4810e)

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Gregory Hood and Sandy find a man about to jump off a bridge, but he apparently dies of a heart attack while talking about a gun, and traces of cyanide are found, and then a doctor says the man was stabbed.

Original Air Date: June 3, 1946

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Video Theater

Dragnet: The Big Phone Call (Video Theater 299)

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Joe Friday and Ed Jacobs have evidence that a local jewelry salesman is behind the robbery of another salesman. They present the vidence in hopes of getting a confession.

Season 1, Episode 12

Original Air Date: May 22, 1952

Based on a radio script from February 14, 1952

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