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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcasts

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 Sam Spade, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, Dangerous Assignment, Mr. Chameleon, and Dragnet.

Whether you're wanting 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 guide through dozens of old-time radio detective series since 2009. He provides insightful commentary and humor after each episode and responds to listener questions and feedback. You can subscribe to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from your favorite podcast app or by visiting our website at http://www.greatdetectives.net.

We are currently in our fourteenth season of provided suspenseful mystery dramas.. Our podcast feed captures the last 1,000 episodes we've released including all of Season twelve and thirteen, and part of season eleven. We have created two archive feeds:Volume 1, which features our first three seasons and Volume 2, which will feature seasons four through six.

The current actors featured in the our old time radio detective podcast include Stephen Dunne, Bob Bailey, Brian Donlevy, Karl Swenson, and Jack Web. Other actors featured within the past 1,000 include Howard Duff, Glenn Langan, Herbert Marshall, Santos Ortega, Gerald Mohr, Joel McCrea, Jackson Beck, and more.

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2940 - Dragnet: Production 6 (aka: The Red Light Bandit) (EP4190)
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  • 2940 - Dragnet: Production 6 (aka: The Red Light Bandit) (EP4190)

    Todays Mystery:Friday and Romero search for a man who robs and beats up innocent citizens while impersonating a police officer.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 14, 1949

    Originated from Hollywood

    Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, Raymond Burr as Ed Backstrand, Chief of Detectives

    Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net

    Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.

    Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715

    Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net

    Give us a call at 208-991-4783.

    Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectives

    Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectives

    Join us again Monday for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.

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    Sat, 23 Sep 2023
  • 2939 - Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Silver Blue Matter, Episodes Three, Four, and Five (EP4189)

    Today's Mystery:The murder of a lunchroom owner has raised the stakes in Johnny's investigation

    Original Radio Broadcast Dates: May 9, 10, and 11, 1956

    Originated from HollywoodStars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar. Virginia Gregg, Harry Bartell, Lillian Buyeff, Will Wright, Jeanne Bates, Carleton Young, Lawrence Dobkin, Bert Holland, Marvin Miller, Herb Vigran

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    Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net

    Give us a call at 208-991-4783

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    Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.

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    Fri, 22 Sep 2023
  • 2938 - Mr. Chameleon: The Case of the Fatal Impersonation (EP4188)

    Today's Mystery:A friend of Mr. Chameleon's is murdered while dressed in costume as him.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 3, 1948

    Originated in: New York City

    Starred: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon

    Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net

    Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net

    .Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715

    Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net

    Give us a call at 208-991-4783

    Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectives

    Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectives

    Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.

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    Thu, 21 Sep 2023
  • 2937 - Dangerous Assignment: Nazi Fugitive-Captain Shiller (EP4187)

    Today's Mystery:Steve goes to Dakar in West Africa in search of a supposedly dead Nazi sea captain who was a key part of the Fuhrer's escape plan.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 3, 1951

    Originated in HollywoodStars: Brian Donlevy as Steve Mitchell, Herb Butterfield as the Commissioner

    Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net

    Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.'

    Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715

    Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net

    Give us a call at 208-991-4783

    Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectives

    Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectives

    Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.'

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    Wed, 20 Sep 2023
  • 2936 - Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Silver Blue Matter, Episodes One and Two (EP4186)

    Today's Mystery: Johnny goes to Los Angeles to investigate a fur robbery committed by a juvenile gang.

    Original Radio Broadcast Dates:May 7 and 8, 1956

    Originated from HollywoodStars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar. Lucille Meredith, Edgar Barrier, Vic Perrin, Jack Kruschen, Tommy Cook, Richard Crenna

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    Tue, 19 Sep 2023
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