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. and Mrs. North, 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...
Mr. and Mrs. North: The Norths Go to the Dogs (EP4536)
Today's Mystery: The Norths go to the dog show, where Pam is mistaken for a countess, and she and Jerry are both kidnapped.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 2, 1944
Originating from New York City
Starring: Joseph Curtain as Jerry North; Alice Frost as Pamela North
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Broadway's My Beat: The Henry Baker Murder Case (EP4535)
Today's Mystery: A little man, who is trying to give away his fortune, is murdered.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 17, 1949
Originating in Hollywood
Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jerry Hausner; Rolfe Sedan; Byron Kane; Lou Merrill; Joan Banks
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Bulldog Drummond: Death Has a New Look (EP4534)
Today's Mystery: Captain Drummond and Denny are summoned to a Carribean island to take on a devil-worshipping cult.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 23, 1948
Originating in New YorkStarring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny
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The Falcon: The Case of Vanishing Varmit (EP4533)
Today's Mystery: A criminal with a grudge against The Falcon escapes prison.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 11, 1951
Originating from New York
Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Chuck Webster as Sergeant Corbett; Ralph Bell John Gibson
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Lux Radio Theater: The War of the Worlds (AWR0261)
Today's story: Martians invade the Earth in the mid-1950s.
Original Air Date: February 8, 1955Originating in Hollywood
Starring: Dana Andrews as Dr. Clayton Forrester; Pat Crowley as Sylvia Van Buren; Les Tremayne as Major General Mann; Herb Butterfield; Bill Bouchey; Parley Baer; Paul Frees; Ken Peters; Howard McNear; William Conrad; George Neise; Bob Bailey; Herb Ellis; Irene Tedrow; Don Diamond; Jack Kruschen; Frank Gerstle; George Baxter; Truda Marson; Edward Marr
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Dragnet: The Big Poison (EP4532)
Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero are called in when an elderly couple disappears.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 7, 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 Wayward Widow Matter (EP4531)
Today's Mystery: Johnny is called in to protect an insured wealthy widow and a statue she's taking to her summerhouse.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 4, 1957
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Harry Bartell; Eric Snowden; Frank Gerstle
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Mr. and Mrs. North: The Literary Murder (EP4530)
Today's Mystery: Pam loses the phone number of an author who called Jerry, and a criminal becomes convinced that Jerry and the author are in a conspiracy to commit murder.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 26, 1944
Originating from New York City
Starring: Joseph Curtain as Jerry North; Alice Frost as Pamela North; Frank Lovejoy as Lieutenant Bill Weigand
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Broadway's My Beat: The Tori Jones Murder Case (EP4529)
Today's Mystery: A model calls Danny fearing for his life. Danny finds her dead.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 10, 1949
Originating in Hollywood
Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Detective Muggavan; Virginia Gregg; Ed Begley; Elliott Reid, ichael Ann Barrett. and Jay Novello
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Bulldog Drummond: Death in the Deep (EP4528)
Today's Mystery:While deep-sea fishing, Captain Drummond and Denny find a man who was shot to death more than 60 miles from land.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 16, 1948
Originating in New York
Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond; Luis Van Rooten as Denny
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