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- Philip Marlowe: The Dear Dead Days (Encore) (EP5016)Marlowe is hired by an elderly widow to find her ex-chauffeur and ends up in a case involving a missing art collection.
Original Air Date: July 14, 1951
Starring Gerald Mohr as Philip Marlowe
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Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.35 min - Philip Marlowe: The Seaside Sabbatical (Encore) (EP5015e)Today's Mystery: Marlowe travels thirty miles to find that a client changed his mind. But then things get complicated.
Original Air Date: July 7, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring Gerald Mohr as Philip Marlowe
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Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.38 min - Counterspy: The Cold Blooded Professor, Part Two (A0104)Today's Adventure: After the notorious Professor Emery Horn escapes from death row through an astonishing feat of planning and deception, David Harding and Harry Peters launch a nationwide hunt for the brilliant killer. Realizing conventional police methods won't be enough, Harding instead searches for the one clue Horn can't disguise—his own mind.
Original Radio Broadcast: September 1, 1949
Originating from New York
Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding and Mandel Kramer as Harry Peters. Also featuring Ralph Bell as Professor Emery HornDirected by William M. Sweets
Music by Jesse Crawford
Produced by the Phillips H. Lord Productions
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Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 14, 1959
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny DollarAlso starring Herb Vigran, Edgar Barrier, Carlton G. Young, Will Wright, and Lawrence Dobkin
Written, produced, and directed by Jack Johnstone
Announcer: Dan Cubberly
When making your travel plans, remember johnnydollarair.com
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Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.28 min - Dragnet: The Big Show (EP5014)Today's Mystery: When a seven-week-old baby is abandoned in a downtown bus depot, Joe Friday and Ed Jacobs begin searching for the missing mother. But as they retrace her journey to Los Angeles, small inconsistencies in a witness's story lead the detectives to suspect the truth is far more complicated than anyone first believed.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 10, 1952
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday and Barney Phillips as Sergeant Ed JacobsAlso featuring Virginia Gregg, Harry Bartell, and Helen Kleeb
Script by Jim Moser
Music by Walter Schumann
Announcer: Hal Gibney
Technical advice from the Los Angeles Police Department
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Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.35 min - Broadway's My Beat: The Gordon Merrick Murder Case (EP5013)Today's Mystery: Broadway producer Gordon Merrick is found murdered in his penthouse apartment just as he was preparing for a champagne supper with actress Carol Royce. As Danny Clover investigates, suspicion falls on the jealous man who loves her—but a second murder soon raises troubling questions about whether the obvious suspect is really the killer.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 15, 1952
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover, Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia, and Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan
Featured in the cast were Rita Johnson as Carol Royce, Herb Butterfield as Jackie Scarn, Martha Wentworth as Mrs. Polk, and Paul Richards as Vic Kane
Produced and directed by Elliott Lewis
Musical score composed and conducted by Alexander Courage
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Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.36 min - The Big Story: The Case of the Cautious Killer (EP5012)Today’s Mystery:Freshly hired cub reporter Ed Neumeier expects to spend his first day covering routine local stories while the veteran reporters chase a sensational double murder. Instead, a chance encounter with a nervous stranger thrusts the inexperienced reporter into the biggest story of his young career.
Original Radio Broadcast: March 14, 1951
Originating from New York
Starring Russell Thorson as Ed Neumeier
Also featuring Melba Rae, Amzie Strickland, Chet Stratton, William Keene, and Joe Helgeson
Based on the reporting of Ed Neumeier of the Humboldt Times
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5Support the show on a one-time basis at support.greatdetectives.net
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Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.39 min - The Saint: Reflection on Murder (EP5011)Today's Mystery: After actress Betty Ames witnesses a publisher's murder, Simon Templar appoints himself her unofficial bodyguard. When a second attempt is made on Betty's life during a stage rehearsal, the Saint realizes the killer is determined to silence the one witness who may hold the key to the case.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 13, 1950
Originating from Hollywood
Starred: Vincent Price as Simon Templar.Also featuring Francis Cheney, Barbara Eiler, Eleanor Audley, Frank Gerstle, Stanley Farrar, and Arthur Q. Bryan.
Script by Louis Vittes.
Music composed and conducted by Vaughn Dexter.
Produced by James L. Saphier.
Directed by Helen Mack.
Announcer: Don Stanley.
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Patreon Supporter of the Day: Lisa, Patreon supporter since August 2025.
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Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.37 min - Counterspy: The Cold-Blooded Professor, Part One (A0102)Today's Adventure: Professor Emery Horn has spent years cultivating the reputation of a brilliant but reclusive scientist. When a Counterspy agent arrives to question him about a daring bank robbery, Horn launches an elaborate escape that sets David Harding and Harry Peters on the trail of one of the most dangerous and ingenious criminals they've ever faced.
Original Radio Broadcast: August 30, 1949
Originating in New York
Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding and Mandel Kramer as Harry Peters. Also featuring Ralph Bell as Professor Emery Horn and Maurice Tarplin. Music by Jesse Crawford.
Produced by the Phillips H. Lord Productions.
To subscribe to this podcast, go to greatadventures.info
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Patreon Supporter of the Day: Emmett, Patreon supporter since March 2018.
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Follow us on Twitter/X at twitter.com/radiodetectives35 min - Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wayward Heiress Matter (EP5010)Today's Mystery: When an old college friend asks Johnny Dollar to protect her husband from a former sweetheart she fears is bent on murder, Johnny finds himself caught in the middle of a tangled love triangle. But as he digs deeper, he begins to suspect that not everyone is telling the truth about the danger they're facing.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 7, 1959
Originated from Hollywood
Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar.Also starring Virginia Gregg, Les Tremayne, Sam Edwards, and James McCallion.
Written, produced, and directed by Jack Johnstone.
Announcer: Dan Cubberly.
When making your travel plans, remember johnnydollarair.com
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Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.31 min
About The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
From the publisher's feed
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 The Adventures of the Falcon, Charlie Chan, Broadway's My Beat, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, and Dragnet.
Whether you want 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 fifteenth season of provided suspenseful mystery dramas. Our podcast feed captures the last 1,000 episodes we've released including all of seasons thirteen and fourteen, and part of season twelve. We have created two archive feeds: Volume 1, which features our first three seasons and Volume 2, which features seasons four-six, and Volume 3 which will feature Seasons Seven through Nine.
Our feed includes old time radio recorded in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and also Australia.
The current actors featured in our old time radio detective podcast include Les Damon, Bob Bailey, Larry Thor, Walter Connolly, and Jack Webb. Other actors featured within the past 1,000 include Alice Frost, Howard Duff, Glenn Langan, Herbert Marshall, Gerald Mohr, Joel McCrea, Les Tremayne, Jackson Beck, Santos Ortega, Ned Wever, Karl Swenson, and more.
Whether you want 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 fifteenth season of provided suspenseful mystery dramas. Our podcast feed captures the last 1,000 episodes we've released including all of seasons thirteen and fourteen, and part of season twelve. We have created two archive feeds: Volume 1, which features our first three seasons and Volume 2, which features seasons four-six, and Volume 3 which will feature Seasons Seven through Nine.
Our feed includes old time radio recorded in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and also Australia.
The current actors featured in our old time radio detective podcast include Les Damon, Bob Bailey, Larry Thor, Walter Connolly, and Jack Webb. Other actors featured within the past 1,000 include Alice Frost, Howard Duff, Glenn Langan, Herbert Marshall, Gerald Mohr, Joel McCrea, Les Tremayne, Jackson Beck, Santos Ortega, Ned Wever, Karl Swenson, and more.
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