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Old Time Radio Lady Sleuths

Old Time Radio Lady Sleuths

Adam Graham

This feed celebrates old time radio mysteries that feature female detective heroines.

The majority of episodes in this feed are dedicated to hard boiled private eye Candy Matson, Defense Attorney Martha Ellis Bryant, and Justice Department Investigator Irene Delroy in the Airmail Mystery. However, there are a variety of specials from programs like Murder Clinic and Suspense, as well as a few lesser-known series.

Host Adam Graham is your guide to these remarkable women sleuths.

40 - Meet Miss Sherlock: Wilmer and the Widow
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  • 40 - Meet Miss Sherlock: Wilmer and the Widow

    Today's Mystery: Jane gets a client for Peter Blossom, a beautiful widow who's accused of murdering her wealthy husband.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 12, 1946

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    Tue, 31 Jan 2023
  • 39 - Meet Miss Sherlock: Case of the Deadman's Chest

    Today' s Mystery:A buyer for a department store acquires a chest and everyone wants it.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 7, 1946

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    Tue, 24 Jan 2023
  • 38 - Sara's Private Caper: Sara's 'Sonnets of Fu Yen' Caper

    Today's Mystery:

    A police stenographer decides to investigate an incomplete report on a stolen rare book.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 15, 1950

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    Tue, 13 Dec 2022
  • 37 - EP3844: Defense Attorney: George Bauman

    Martha takes up the defense of a man who claims self-defense in the shooting of a man who held up his bar ... and who was his wife's ex-husband.

    Original Air Date: August 28, 1952

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    Tue, 16 Aug 2022
  • 36 - EP3704s: Silver Theatre: Murder Unlimited

    A reporter tries to track down a gang that specializes in wholesale murder.

    Original Air Date: March 9, 1941

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    Sun, 06 Mar 2022
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