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- The Big Story: Respected Chemist DeadToday's Mystery: A prominent chemist's mysterious death may have been faked ... but why?'
Original Radio Broadcast: March 9, 1949
Originating from New York
Starring: Sydney Smith as Ike McAnally; Ann Burr; Agnes Young; Lyle Sudrow; Ted Osborne
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Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.43 min - The Big Story: The Jigsaw CrimeToday's Mystery:A legendary Arkansas reporter investigates the murder of an unidentified man.
Original Radio Broadcast: January 26, 1949
Originating from New York
Starring: Martin Wolfson as Joe Wirges; Art Carney; Larry Haines; Art Carney; Martin O'Day; Joyce Gordon; Joe DeSantis
Encyclopedia of Arkansas entry on Joseph Wirges.
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Patreon Supporter of the Day: Susan, Patreon supporter since October 2018.
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Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectives40 min - The Big Story: Sixteen Year Old Misfit Kills Out of FearToday's Mystery: Across the Indiana border, a sixteen-year-old Louisville kills four men in a failed bank robbery and its aftermath.
Original Radio Broadcast: January 5, 1949
Originating in New York
Starring James McCallion as Al Aronson, Bob SLoane, Santos Ortega, Martin Wolfson, Jackie Grimes, Grant Richards
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Patreon Supporter of the Day: Kelli, patreon supporter since February 2020.
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Follow us on Twitter@radiodetectives40 min - The Big Story: Blind Date with MurderToday's Mystery: A Pittsburgh reporter is forced to cancel a date and finds himself covering a multiple murder.
Original Radio Broadcast: September 22, 1948
Originating from New York
Starring: James McCallion; Bob Sloane; Larry Haines; Ruth Shafer; Rita Ascot; Joan Alexander; Bill Smith; Mandel Kramer
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Supporter of the Day: Daniel, Patreon supporter since October 2023.
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Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectives36 min - The Big Story: The LotteryToday’s Mystery:A reporter goes undercover to get the dope on an Atlanta numbers racket.
Original Radio Broadcast: July 21, 1948
Originating from New York
Starring: George Petrie; James Van Dyk; James Monks; Mercedes McCambridge; Ted De Corsia; John Sylvester
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Patreon Supporter of the Day: splinator, Patreon supporter since September 2020.
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Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.40 min - The Big Story: Deadline MurderToday's Mystery:Reporter Rolf Mills of the Minneapolis Morning Tribune tries to solve the murder of a woman who was found in the dump.
Original Radio Broadcast: May 19, 1948
Originating from New York
Starring: Art Carney as Rolf Mills, Joe Boland, Joan Alexander, Joe DeSantis, Ray Johnson, Grace Keddy, and Grant Richards
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Follow us on Twitter@radiodetectives34 min - The Big Story: Pillars of SocietyToday's Mystery: The mother of a man who was convicted of robbing and beating an elderly storekeeper appeals to a reporter to clear him.
Original Radio Broadcast: May 5, 1948
Originating from New York
Starring: Arnold Moss; Barbara Weeks; Andy Klein; Mickey O'Day; Bob Sloane; Ed Jerome; Jackie Grimes
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Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectives35 min - The Big Story: Manhunt in ManhattanToday’s Mystery:A reporter searches for a robber who provoked a police officer into killing a bystander.
Original Radio Broadcast: January 7, 1948
Originating from New York
Starring: William Quinn; Whit Vernon; Francis De Sales; Everett Sloane; Jerry Lewis; Eileen Heckart; Stephen Chase; Evelyn Juster; Will Kuluva,
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Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectives41 min - The Big Story: The Case of the Ambitious HoboToday's Mystery: A reporter hunts for a baby-faced killer.
Original Radio Broadcast:December 17, 1947
Originating from New York
Starring: George Petrie as Russ Wilson; Larry Robinson; Hester Sondergaard; Humphrey Davis; William Keene; Ralph Bell; Bob Sloane
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Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectives33 min - The Big Story: The Case of the Cornered CatToday's Mystery: America's public enemey #1 is interested in turning himself in to Walter Winchell to be handed over to the FBI. But will he actually do it?
Original Radio Broadcast: September 17, 1947
Originating from New York
Starring: Ward Wilson as Walter Winchell; Ed Begley as J. Edgar Hoover; Don Appell; Alan Hewitt; Mildred Clinton
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About The Big Story|Old Time Radio Mysteries
From the publisher's feed
The first half of the twentieth century was a golden age of American journalism. Major cities supported multiple competing newspapers, many issuing several editions a day. Print magazines flourished.…
In that competitive landscape, reporters often pursued stories with fearless determination—uncovering corruption, confronting criminal enterprises, and helping to solve real cases that shaped public life.
The Big Story (1947–1955) brought these accounts to radio, dramatizing true reporting drawn from newspapers across the country. Performed by New York’s finest radio talent, the series honored the craft of investigative journalism and the people who practiced it. The program inspired a television adaptation, which ran from 1949–1957.
In this podcast feed, host Adam Graham presents all known circulating episodes of The Big Story, offering listeners a vivid window into the era when journalism was both a calling and a public trust.
The Big Story (1947–1955) brought these accounts to radio, dramatizing true reporting drawn from newspapers across the country. Performed by New York’s finest radio talent, the series honored the craft of investigative journalism and the people who practiced it. The program inspired a television adaptation, which ran from 1949–1957.
In this podcast feed, host Adam Graham presents all known circulating episodes of The Big Story, offering listeners a vivid window into the era when journalism was both a calling and a public trust.