The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 3

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By: Adam Graham

Adam Graham continues his journey through Old Time Radio Detective programs from their first available adventure to their final bow in Seasons 7-9 which were released between 2015 and 2018, featuring nearly 1,000 Old Time Radio episodes. You can listen to the current podcast feed of The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio here.Picking up where we left off at the end of Volume 2, Volume 3 begins by continuing Michael Shayne, Private Detective with Wally Maher, Crime Files of Flammond, The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, Nick Carter, Master Detective, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar with Bob Bailey, and Dragnet.In this volume, we'll hear...

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Sidewinder Matter (EP2095)
#73
Yesterday at 6:00 PM

Original Release Date: January 13, 2017

Johnny goes to Arizona to try and stop a vengeful cattleman before he kills the man suspected of poisoning his herd.

Original Air Date: February 7, 1960

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Boston Blackie: The Williams Inheritance Case (EP2094)
#72
Yesterday at 12:00 AM

Original Release Date: January 12, 2017

A witness changes his story on the witness stand and accuses Faraday of making him say he witnessed a murder. Faraday turns to Blackie to find the truth.

Original Air Date: January 29, 1946

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Richard Diamond: The Martin White Case (EP2093)
#71
Last Friday at 12:00 PM

Original Release Date: January 11, 2017

An ex-GI comes to Diamond, claiming he saw a man who died in combat on his college campus.

Original Air Date: January 22, 1950

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Hollywood Mystery Time: The Case of the Glowing Eyes (EP2092)
#70
Last Friday at 12:00 AM

Original Release Date: January 10, 2017

During a performance, a  dancer is nearly blinded when someone tampers with her special effects paint and it’s up to Ted Lawton to solve the case.

Original Air Date: May 20, 1945

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Night Beat: I Know Your Secret (EP2091)
#69
Last Thursday at 12:00 PM

Original Release Date: December 9, 2017

Randy encounters a woman about to commit suicide after receiving a sinister note and harassing phone calls with the same message, “I know your secret.”

Original Air Date: April 10, 1950

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Dragnet: The Big Red, Part Two (EP2090)
#68
Last Thursday at 12:00 AM

Original Release Date: January 7, 2017

Having captured two members of the gang, Friday has to continue his undercover efforts to find the source of a new supply of heroin.

Original Air Date: January 10, 1952

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Merry Go Round Matter (EP2089)
#67
Last Wednesday at 12:00 PM

Original Release Date: December 6, 2017

Johnny helps an eccentric who opened his own private art museum, hired an ex-gangster guard, and has found a $90,000 icon missing.

Original Air Date: January 31, 1960

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Boston Blackie: The Disappearing Body (EP2088)
#66
Last Wednesday at 12:00 AM

Original Release Date: December 5, 2017

Blackie tells Mary not to look in his kitchen. When she does she finds a body.

Original Air Date: January 22, 1946

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Richard Diamond: The Cathy Victor Case (EP2087)
#65
Last Tuesday at 12:00 PM

Original Release Date: December 4, 2017

A newspaper publisher hires Diamond to protect his daughter from a racketeer who is setting her up for blackmail.

Original Air Date: January 15, 1950

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The Private Files of Rex Saunders: When They Track Down…The Human Game (EP2086)
#64
Last Tuesday at 12:00 AM

Original Release Date: December 3, 2016

A desperate fugitive accosts Rex at gunpoint, makes him change clothes with him, and then tosses him off a train.

Original Air Date: August 1, 1951

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Night Beat: Flowers on the Water (EP2085)
#63
Last Monday at 12:00 PM

Original Release Date: January 2, 2017

Randy searches for the lost husband of a dying woman.

Original Air Date: March 27, 1950

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Dragnet: The Big Red, Part One (EP2084)
#62
05/25/2025

Original Release Date: December 31, 2016

Following a tip from an informant, Friday goes undercover to find the source of a new supply of high-grade heroin.

Original Air Date: January 3, 1952

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Nuclear Goof Matter (EP2083)
#61
05/24/2025

Original Release Date: December 30, 2016

Johnny is called in when a nuclear lab loses an isotope that could wipeout the city. Johnny has 4 hours to find it.

Original Air Date: January 24, 1960

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Boston Blackie: The Murdered Sword Swallower (EP2082)
#60
05/24/2025

Original Release Date: December 29, 2016

Blackie and Mary attend a carnival and witness the murder of a sword swallower.

Original Air Date: January 3, 1946

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Richard Diamond: The Angelino Giuseppe Case (EP2081)
#59
05/23/2025

Original Release Date: December 28, 2016

Diamond is hired by a group of butchers being terrorized by a protection racket.

Original Air Date: January 7, 1950

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Private Files of Rex Saunders: Worth More Than Its Weight In Murder (EP2080)
#58
05/23/2025

Original Release Date: December 27, 2016

A beautiful woman asks Rex for help in a case involving an antique Ming cat.

Original Air Date: July 25, 1951

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Night Beat: Am I My Brother’s Keeper? (EP2079)
#57
05/22/2025

Original Release Date: December 26, 2016

Randy investigates a couple who panic when they hear an escaped convict isn’t caught in a police raid.

Original Air Date: March 13, 1950

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Dragnet: The Big Little Jesus (EP2078)
#56
05/22/2025

Original Release Date: December 24, 2016

Friday and Smith try and track down a statue of the child Jesus stolen from a church on Christmas Eve.

Original Air Date: December 22, 1953

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Yours Truly Dollar: The Red Mystery Matter (EP2077)
#55
05/21/2025

Original Release Date: December 23, 2016

Johnny is called to Lake Majove resort by fishing guide Red Faber who reports a potential catastrophe for the resort. Johnny arrives to find Red gone and blood in Red’s quarters.

Original Air Date: December 22, 1959

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Boston Blackie: Blackie, Santa Claus and The Stolen Rings (EP2076)
#54
05/21/2025

Original Release Date: December 22, 2016

Blackie catches an accused thief but finds the rings he stole have disappeared.

Original Air Date: December 17, 1947

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Richard Diamond: A Christmas Carol (EP2075)
#53
05/20/2025

Original Release Date: December 21, 2016

The characters on Richard Diamond take a week off from mysteries to perform a modern version of the Christmas Carol.

Original Air Date: December 24, 1949

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Private Files of Rex Saunders: Unto Death Do Us Part (EP2074)
#52
05/20/2025

Original Release Date: December 20, 2016

The second wife of a man suspected of killing his first wife comes to Rex for help, afraid she’ll be next.

Original Air Date: July 18, 1951

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Night Beat: Five Days Off For Christmas (EP2073)
#51
05/19/2025

Original Release Date: December 19, 2016

Randy gets time off for Christmas, which reminds him he has no one to spend Christmas with. When a boy tries to give him an envelope and is run over by a car, Randy has to find the boy’s mother.

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Dragnet: The Big Sorrow (EP2072)
#50
05/18/2025

Original Release Date: December 17, 2016

Friday mourns the death of his partner, Ben Romero, while he searches for two escaped convicts.

Original Air Date: December 27, 1951

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Evaporated Clue Matter (EP2071)
#49
05/17/2025

Original Release Date: December 16, 2016

Johnny investigates a murder where the most likely suspect has an airtight alibi…He was in Alaska at the time of the murder.

Original Air Date: January 17, 1960

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Boston Blackie: The Masters Diamond Case (EP2070)
#48
05/17/2025

Original Release Date: December 15, 2016

Blackie is attending a party and the host’s mother is killed and the family’s valuable necklace is stolen.

Original Air Date: December 27, 1945

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Richard Diamond: The Thomas Jason Case (EP2069)
#47
05/16/2025

Original Release Date: December 14, 2016

A man comes to Diamond saying he thinks his daughter is going to kill him. Then she commits him to an insane asylum.

Original Air Date: December 31, 1949

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The Private Files of Rex Saunders: When Murder Is Along as a Silent Companion (EP2068)
#46
05/16/2025

Original Release Date: December 13, 2016

Rex and Alex meet a mysterious and beautiful widow on a train.

Original Air Date: July 11, 1951

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Nightbeat: The Man Who Claimed to Be Dead (EP2067)
#45
05/15/2025

Original Release Date: December 12, 2016

Randy meets a man in a park who claims to be dead and then they visit a doctor who confirms it.

Original Air Date: March, 20, 1950

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Dragnet: The Big Overtime (EP2066)
#44
05/15/2025

Original Release Date: December 10, 2016

Friday and Romero try to find a young woman who has been kidnapped.

Original Air Date: December 13, 1951

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar : The Unholy Two Matter (EP2065)
#43
05/14/2025

Original Release Date: December 9, 2016

Johnny investigates the death of an insured man who was despised by both of his beneficiaries.

Original Air Date: January 10, 1960

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Boston Blackie: The Television Roundtable Murder (EP2064)
#42
05/14/2025

Original Release Date: November 8, 2016

Blackie and Mary are watching on television as a man is murdered on a roundtable forum where Farraday is a panelist.

Original Air Date: December 20, 1945

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Richard Diamond: The John Blackwell Case (EP2063)
#41
05/13/2025

Original Release Date: December 7, 2016

A man shows up at Diamond’s office asking him to advise him if his murder plan will succeed.

Original Air Date: December 17, 1959

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Private Files of Rex Saunders: Hidden Thoughts In A Feminine Mind . . . Concerned with Murder (EP2062)
#40
05/13/2025

Original Release Date: December 6, 2016

A beautiful woman in a masquerade outfit confronts Rex with a gun on board a cruise ship bound for Cuba.

Original Air Date: July 4, 1951

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Night Beat: The Number 13 (EP2061)
#39
05/12/2025

Original Release Date: December 5, 2016

A seventy year-old man robs Randy at gun point and shoots him. Randy survives and sets out to find the robber at the request of the robber’s wife.

Original Air Date: March 6, 1950

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Dragnet: The Big Canaries (EP2060)
#38
05/12/2025

Original Release Date: December 3, 2016

Friday and Romero investigate the murder of a divorced single mother.

Original Air Date: December 6, 1951

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Haunted Ham Matter (EP2059)
#37
05/11/2025

Original Release Date: December 2, 2016

An elderly man calls Johnny asking for help and is then found murdered.

Original Air Date: January 3, 1960

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Boston Blackie: Murder at the Movies (EP2058)
#36
05/11/2025

Original Release Date: December 01, 2016

Blackie agrees to be a technical adviser on a crime film and then has to solve a murder.

Original Air Date: December 13, 1945

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Richard Diamond: The House of Fear Case (EP2057)
#35
05/10/2025

Original Release Date: November 30, 2016

A widow hires Diamond to protect her in a creepy house that she has to stay in order to claim her inheritance.

Original Air Date: December 10, 1949

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The Private Files of Rex Saunders: The Most Malignant of Diseases . . . Namely, Murder (EP2056)
#34
05/09/2025

Original Release Date: November 29, 2016

A wealthy and ill man presses Rex to find a nephew he despises.

Original Air Date: June 27, 1951

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