The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
Are you ready for a mystery? Get ready to unleash your inner sleuth. Every day Monday-Saturday, we feature a different detective audio drama from the Golden Age of Radio. Our current mystery-solving line-up of radio detectives includes The Adventures of the Falcon, Bulldog Drummond, Broadway's My Beat, Mr. Chameleon, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, and Dragnet.Whether you want to listen to a mystery before going to sleep or enjoy some drama while driving, or just feel nostalgia for old-school radio fiction, we have you covered with six audio dramas every week.Podcast Award finalist Host Adam Graham has been your...
Dragnet: The Big Smart Guy (EP4454)
Todays Mystery: A woman is murdered in the apartment she shares with her husband.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 8, 1950
Originating from Hollywood
Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, Herb Butterfield
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Melancholy Memory Matter (EP4453)
Today's Mystery:
Johnny is called in to investigate the disappearance of a major league pitcher.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 28, 1957
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Lillian Buyeff; Richard Beals; Barney Phillips; Frank Nelson; Harry Bartell; Richard Crenna; Lawrence Dobkin; Tom Hanley
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Mr. Chameleon: The Murder Clue of the Embalmed Body (EP4452)
Today's Mystery:
An embalmed body is found in the back of a speeding station wagon.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 14, 1949
Originating from New York City
Starring: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon; Frank Butler as Sergeant Dave Arnold
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Broadway's My Beat: Ruth Jennings (EP4451)
Today's Mystery:
Danny has to mediate between a young woman who wants to find her father, and her ex-convict father, who wants the state to tell her that he's dead.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 22, 1949
Originating in New York City
Starring: Anthony Ross as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Art Carney; Jean Carson; Nancy Franklin; Charles Penman; Julian Noa; Paul Luther
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Bulldog Drummond: Murder in the Death House (EP4450)
Today's Mystery: Bulldog Drummond goes to visit a man he sent to death row, who has information he wants to trade for clemency. Drummond finds him dead in his cell.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 10, 1945
Originating in New York
Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny
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The Falcon: The Case of the Witty Widow (EP4449)
Today's Mystery:A blackmailer is murdered and suspicion falls on the woman he was blackmailing.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 18, 1951
Originating from New York
Starring: Les Damon as the Falcon; Ken Lynch as Sergeant Corbett
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Dragnet: The Big Fake (EP4448)
Today's Mystery: A man accuses a police officer of robbing and beating him.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 1, 1950
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Ming Toy Murphy Matter (EP4447)
Today's Mystery: Johnny is called in by an eccentric insured man to find his missing "talking" Pekinese dog.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 14, 1957
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; G. Stanley Jones; Herb Ellis; Joseph Kearns; Jay Novello; Bill James; Howard McNear
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Mr. Chameleon: The Case of the Snarling Corpse (EP4446)
Today's Mystery: Mr. Chameleon is called in when a doctor suspects that a man who died of lockjaw was actually murdered.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 7, 1949
Originating from New York City
Starring: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon; Frank Butler as Sergeant Dave Arnold
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Broadway's My Beat: The Rita Rondell Murder Case (EP4445)
Today's Mystery: A young businessman from Arkansas reports that a woman tried to blackmail him. Then she's found dead.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 1, 1949
Originating in New York CityStarring: Anthony Ross as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Jeanne Carson; John Forsyth
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