Podcast – The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Net of Circumstances Matter (EP4945)
Today’s Mystery: Johnny investigates a theft from a men’s clothing store that has apparently left the night watchman dead. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 8, 1959 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lillian Buyeff; Vic Perrin; Harry Bartell; Barney Phillips; Bartlett Robinson; Bill James When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com Read…
Dragnet: The Big Red, Part Two (EP4944)
Today’s Mystery: Having busted the small-time carriers in a drug ring, Friday has to capture the man behind the operation by carrying on pretending to be an undercover drug dealer. Original Radi Read more ...
Broadway’s My Beat: The Joe Blair Murder Case (EP4943)
Today’s Mystery: Danny investigates when a hitchhiker is found murdered in a high-end hotel. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 3, 1951 Originating Read more ...
The Big Story: The Corn Cob Killer (EP4942)
Today’s Mystery: A reporter wants his paper to run a story identifying the murderer of a river boy, when no body has been found and there’s no evidence he was murdered. Original Radio Broadcast: October 26, 1949 Originating from New York Starring: Beryl Firestone as Harold Faller; Hazel Logan; Jim Boles; J Read more ...
The Saint: Greed Causes Murder (EP4941)
Today’s Mystery: The Saint becomes inovlved when everyone wants to buy an old junker of a car from an elderly man. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 1 Read more ...
Counterspy: Explosive Dog (A0074)
Today’s Adventure: A spy plans to use a dog to destroy a critical research facility. Original Radio Broadcast: July 25, 1945 Originating from New York Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding; Maurice Tarplin To subscribe to this podcast and, go to https://greatadv Read more ...
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Blue Madonna Matter (EP4940)
Today’s Mystery: Johnny Dollar receives a telephone call from a denizen of the Parisian underworld about an insured oil painting. Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 22, 1959 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; G. Stanley Jones; Forrest Lewis; Harry Bartell; Joseph Kearns; Bert Holland; Byron Kane When making your travel plans, remember…
Dragnet: The Big Red, Part One (EP4939)
Today’s Mystery: Friday goes undercover as a narcotics buyer after getting a tip from an informant about a new narcotics ring operating in LA. Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 3, 1952 Read more ...
Broadway’s My Beat: The Ricardo Miguel Murder Case (EP4938)
Today’s Mystery: A young man is found murdered in a club in Spanish Harlem. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 27, 1951 Originating from Hollywood
Theater Guild on the Air: Little Women (AWR0293)
Today’s Episode: The classic story of the March sisters coming of age. Original Air Date: December 23, 1945 Starring Katherine Hepburn as J Read more ...
The Big Story: The Loneliest Man on Earth (EP4937)
Today’s Mystery: Reporter Ray Sprigle undertakes an effort to free a man who claims to have been wrongfully convicted of murder at the plea of his ex-wife. Original Radio Broadcast: October 12, 1949 Originating from New York Starring: Bill Smith as Ray Sprigle; Barbara Weeks; George Petrie; Joshua Shelley; Eric Read more ...
The Saint: The Saint Goes Underground (EP4936)
Today’s Mystery: The Saint makes an emergency landing in a small town and finds people immediately threatening him to get him to leave town. Original Radio Broad Read more ...
Counterspy: Cherchez La Femme (A0072)
Today’s Adventure: David Harding looks into the suicide of a prominent wealthy man tied to the war effort. Original Radio Broadcast: June 13, 1945 Originating from New York Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding; Mandel Kramer as Peters To subscribe to this podcast and, go to
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Shankar Diamond Matter (EP4935)
Today’s Mystery: An eccentric elderly woman has Johnny guard her while she’s wearing a valuable necklace to a party. Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 15, 1959 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lillian Buyeff; Jack Edwards; Barney Phillips; Forrest Lewis; Eric Snowden When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com Read more ...
Broadway’s My Beat: The Ricardo Miguel Murder Case
Today’s Mystery: Danny investigates a killing near a night club in Spanish Harlem Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 27, 1951 Originated in Hollywood < Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Sorrow (EP4934)
Today’s Mystery: Joe mourns the death of his partner Ben Romero as he joins the search for two escaped robbers. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 27, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Read more ...
Broadway’s My Beat: The Kurt Bower Murder Case (EP4933)
Today’s Mystery: Danny gets a tip that a wealthy woman’s life is endangered. Her ski instructor is murdered instead. Original Radio Broadcast Date: Octob Read more ...
The Big Story: The Poison Pen Murders (EP4932)
Today’s Mystery: A reporter with a reputation for making errors tries to solve the murder of a laundry owner. Original Radio Broadcast: July 20, 1949 Originating from New York Starring: Jackson Beck as Tom Mercer; Barbara Townsend; Alice Rinehart; Ted Osborn; Santos Ortega; Gil Mack; Milton Herman Support Read more ...
The Saint: Mr. Important (EP4931)
Today’s Mystery: A treasury agent, a childhood friend of Simon Templar, is shot to death. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 15, 1947 Originati Read more ...
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Henderson Matter Omnibus (EP4930s)
Today’s Mystery: Johnny goes to a small Nevada mining town to investigate the death of an insured elderly man married to a twenty-seven-year-old woman. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 28 – December 2, 1955 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lillian Buyeff; Irene Tedrow; D. J. Thompson; Herb Ellis; Marvin Miller; Forrest…
Counterspy: The Case of the Illegal Radio Station (A0070)
Today’s Adventure: A military officer is murdered on a train. David Harding suspects enemy involvement, and enlists the help of refugees to track down a suspected foreign agent. Original Radio Broadcast: March 1, 1943 Originating from New York Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding To subscribe to this Read more ...
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Date with Death Matter (EP4930)
Today’s Mystery: A desperate criminal is gunning for Johnny after failing to kill him last week. Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 8, 1959 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lucille Meredith; James McCallion; Russ Thorson; Sam Edwards; Herb Vigran When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com Read more ...
Dragnet: The Big Overtime (EP4929)
Today’s Mystery: The daughter of a banker is kidnapped from her business school. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 13, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Read more ...
The Big Story: Bitterest Man on Earth
Today’s Mystery: A reporter tries to get justice for a man who claims to have been mistaken for someone else. Original Radio Broadcast: June 8, 1949 Originating from New York Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter Read more ...
The Saint: The Miracle Tea Party
The Saint discovers that there were several thousand-dollar bills in a box of tea purchased by Inspector Fernack. Audition Date: December 1944 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Denis Greene as The Saint; Gale Gordon; Gerald Mohor, Support the show monthly at https://pa Read more ...
The Silent Men: The Big Kill and Night Beat: Ellen (Twice-Told Tale)
Today’s 1st Mystery: An investigator for the Civil Aviation Administration gets a call warning of a bomb on a plane. Original Radio Broadcast: February 3, 1952 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Today’s 2nd Mystery: Randy receives a tip that there’s a bomb on a plane to De Read more ...
Counterspy: Industrial Spy Ring
Today’s Adventure: A Nazi agent murders his wife and sets David Harding on the trail of an espionage ring. Original Radio Broadcast: December 14, 1942 Originating from New York Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding To subscribe to this podcast and, go to https:/ Read more ...
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Doting Dowager Matter
Today’s Mystery: Johnny is called in to find an inexpensive statue that’s held in high emotional value by an eccentric elderly woman who would pay a $75,000 ransom. Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 18, 1959 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Eleanor Audley; G. Stanley Jones; Eric Snowden; Sam Edwards…
Dragnet: The Big Canaries
Today’s Mystery: A mother is found murdered in her home. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 6, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Bart Read more ...
Broadway's My Beat: The Lily Nelson Murder Case
Today’s Mystery: A Broadway actress is found dead with her wrists slit. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 6, 1951 Originating from Hollywood
The Big Story: Respected Chemist Dead
Today’s Mystery: A prominent chemist’s mysterious death may have been faked … but why? Original Radio Broadcast: March 9, 1949 Originating from New York Starring: Sydney Smith as Ike McAnally; Ann Burr; Agnes Young; Lyle Sudrow; Ted Osborne Support the show monthly at
Danger with Grainger: The Larry Simmons Case
Today’s Mystery: A slimy character tries to hire Grainger as a go-between for him in a blackmail deal. Grainger kicks him out but it’s not that simple. Or Read more ...
Screen Guild Theater: The Glass Key
Today’s Story: The best friend and top lieutenant of a political boss finds himself in the midst of a murder that threatens his boss’s career. Original Air Date: July 22, 1946 Originating from Holly Read more ...
Counterspy: The Case of the Gasoline Barge
Today’s Adventure: David Harding suspects the Axis is behind a ring making counterfeit gas coupons. Original Radio Broadcast: November 2, 1945 Originating from New York Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding Popular Science art Read more ...
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Deadly Doubt Matter
Today’s Mystery: A woman calls to report that a man was murdered and she’s not sure if she did it. Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 11, 1959 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Junius Matthews; Paul Dubov; James McCallion; Alan Reed; Frank Gerstle When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com…
Dragnet: The Big Affair
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of jewelry store robberies. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 29, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Ja Read more ...
Broadway's My Beat: The Lars Nielson Murder Case
Today’s Mystery: A famous torch singer wants a gun permit because she claims a man is threatening her life. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 29, 1951
The Big Story: The Jigsaw Crime (EP4917)
Today’s Mystery: A legendary Arkansas reporter investigates the murder of an unidentified man. Original Radio Broadcast: January 26, 1949 Originating from New York Starring: Martin Wolfson as Joe Wirges; Art Carney; Larry Haines; Art Carney; Martin O’Day; Joyce Gordon; Joe DeSantis Encyclopedia of A Read more ...
Danger with Grainger: Shelia Randolph is Sane
– Today’s Mystery: Grainger is hired to provide security for a wealthy’s man’s suicidal wife but begins to suspect there’s more to the situation Read more ...
Counterspy: The Case of the Loganberry Point Spy
Today’s Adventure: A widow in a small town calls David Harding claiming to have caught a German spy. Original Radio Broadcast: September 14, 1942 Originating in New York Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding, Craig McDonnell To subscribe to this podcast and, go to https Read more ...
