NBC – The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

Today’s Mystery: Young journalism student Don Morrissey is determined to prove he has what it takes to become a full-time reporter for his hometown newspaper in quiet Elkhorn, Wisconsin. His opportunity arrives when three supposed fishermen crash their car into a telephone pole, and Don’s suspicions about the strangely anxious travelers lead him to test…

Today’s Mystery: The Saint becomes involved when a blackmailer calls him to give a father a demand for ransom. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 5, 1950. Originating from Hollywood Vincent Price as Simon Templar / The Saint Peggy Webber Gloria McMillan Maggie Morley Ted Osborne Theodore von Eltz Larry Dobkin Don Stanley, announcer Script by…

Today’s Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and Frank Smith investigate a disturbing series of infant abductions in which babies disappear from the same general neighborhood, only to be found unharmed within a day. With no clear motive and few useful clues, the detectives devise a decoy operation while searching for the person responsible before another child…

Today’s Mystery: Miami Herald reporter William Adams joins the investigation after a well-dressed stranger is found shot to death beneath a bridge in the Everglades. With little to identify the victim beyond an old newspaper and a loaded die, Adams begins tracing the dead man’s movements, searching for the clue that can lead authorities to…

Today’s Mystery: Simon Templar agrees to help Wendy Brown, who fears the return of Harry Morgan, a notorious criminal she double-crossed before he fled the country. When a former prizefighter with advance knowledge of Morgan’s arrival is murdered, Simon begins to suspect there is more behind Morgan’s homecoming than a simple quest for revenge. Original…

Today’s Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Ben Romero hunt for the “Badge Bandit,” a violent criminal who poses as a police officer to rob and assault his victims. After weeks of investigation, the search becomes dangerously personal when Friday and Romero encounter the suspect during a massive overnight manhunt. Original Radio Broadcast Date:…

Today’s Adventure: David Harding and Harry Peters move to break up a widespread parcel-post theft ring, but their raid on the gang’s New York warehouse uncovers two deaths made to look like a murder-suicide. Harding suspects that the apparent solution is a setup and sets out to uncover who is really behind the killings. Original…

Today’s Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith investigate a bookmaker’s claim that a police officer has been demanding weekly payments in exchange for allowing him to operate. But when no one matching the man’s name or description can be found in law-enforcement records, Friday and Smith begin searching for an extortionist who…

Today’s Mystery: When a Butte service-station attendant disappears under mysterious circumstances, his lifelong friend, Helena Independent Record reporter Alan Copperthwaite, refuses to let the story fade away. Following a slender trail of clues across Montana, Copperthwaite risks his own safety in a deeply personal search for the truth. Original Radio Broadcast: March 19, 1952. Originating…

Today’s Mystery: Simon Templar travels to a winter resort after being summoned by Peggy, a lively woman whose unusual request for protection involves asking The Saint to pose as her husband. Her tangled romantic history soon draws Simon into an increasingly peculiar mystery, where people—and even a snowman—have a habit of disappearing. Original Radio Broadcast…