The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 3

By Adam GrahamArts Performing Arts

The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 3 episodes

March 18, 2025 You Might Also Like: Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
Introducing Houdini: A Message from the Spirits (Part 1) from Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford.
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Harry Houdini is remembered today for his legendary escapes and illusions, but he also had a lifelong obsession with the paranormal. After dabbling in fake seances himself, Houdini made it his mission to uncover frauds and expose mediums. This would put him on a collision course with his spiritualist friend, Arthur Conan Doyle, and leave him fearing for his life.

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50 min
March 17, 2025 Michael Shayne: The Case of the Mail-Order Murder (EP2001)
Original Release Date: September 26, 2016

A man hires Shayne after receiving a note threatening his life.

Original Air Date: Sometime in 1948

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32 min
March 16, 2025 NBC University Theater: Trent’s Last Case (EP2000s)
Original Release Date: September 25, 2016

Amateur detective Philip Trent tells the story of the case that ended his detective career.

Original Air Date: July 30, 1950

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1 hr 2 min
March 15, 2025 Dragnet: The Big September Man (EP2000)
Original Release Date: September 24, 2016

Friday and Romero investigate the brutal killing of a beautiful woman.

Original Air Date: September 27, 1951

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32 min
March 14, 2025 Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Double Identity Matter (EP1999)
Original Release Date: September 23, 2016

Several men have died of apparent accidents. However, Johnny’s old friend Lieutenant Randy Singer of the NYPD becomes suspicious when he finds they were all married to the same woman, Johnny’s steady girlfriend Betty Lewis.

Original Air Date: October 18, 1959

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26 min
March 13, 2025 Boston Blackie: Charlie Kingston’s Unlucky at Cards (EP1998)
Original Release Date: September 22, 2016

A friend of Blackie’s loses a valuable diamond he left in a card game but when he arrives at Blackie’s apartment to reclaim it, it’s gone.

Original Air Date: October 4, 1945

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30 min
March 13, 2025 You Might Also Like: Math & Magic: Stories from the Frontiers of Marketing with Bob Pittman
Introducing Jewel: “It’s a lot less painful to be honest.” from Math & Magic: Stories from the Frontiers of Marketing with Bob Pittman.
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Jewel–with just that name, you know exactly who she is. With over 30 million albums sold worldwide, four Grammy nominations, and an American Music Award she has all the accomplishments of stardom, but didn’t get there the traditional way. She spent her childhood in Alaska performing in bars with her dad and left home at 15, struggling with homelessness as a young adult. It was performing at a coffee shop that led to a bidding war between four major labels and eventually a hit record. Yet the most surprising part of her career was when, at the peak of her fame, she stepped away from it all. Jewel recounts her journey navigating what she’s learned about mental health, the ebbs and flows of fame, and why she turned down a million dollar advance. Listen in for an insightful conversation about creativity, inspiration, and the importance of living a life in service of others.
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37 min
March 12, 2025 Richard Diamond: The Jerome J. Jerome Case (EP1997)
Original Release Date: September 21, 2016

An eccentric man shows up in Diamond’s office and claims to have found a body.

Original Air Date: September 17, 1949

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33 min
March 11, 2025 The Line-Up: The Corny Complaintant’s Case (EP1996)
Original Release Date: September 20, 2016

A burglary victim puts Guthrie and Karger on to marijuana dealing.

Original Air Date: April 22, 1952

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26 min
March 10, 2025 Michael Shayne: The Constant Companion (EP1995)
Original Release Date: September 19, 2016

A short man hires Shayne to protect him. Shayne then finds out the man is an escaped convicted murderer.

Original Air Date: Sometime in 1948

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31 min

About The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 3

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Adam Graham continues his journey through Old Time Radio Detective programs from their first available adventure to their final bow in Seasons 7-9 which were released between 2015 and 2018, featuring…

nearly 1,000 Old Time Radio episodes. You can listen to the current podcast feed of The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio here.

Picking up where we left off at the end of Volume 2, Volume 3 begins by continuing Michael Shayne, Private Detective with Wally Maher, Crime Files of Flammond, The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, Nick Carter, Master Detective, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar with Bob Bailey, and Dragnet.

In this volume, we'll hear these Golden Age Classics:

The hard-boiled New Orleans-based New Adventures of Michael Shayne with Jeff Chandler
The detective series in which Basil Rathbone plays himself called Tales of Fatima
The Shadow knock-off detective series The Avenger
The Rex Harrison-helmed Adventure-Detective Series, The Private Files of Rex Saunders
The Mercedes McCambridge legal thriller series Defense Attorney
Dick Powell as Richard Diamond, Private Detective
The Boston Blackie radio series. We feature episodes both with the Screen Boston Blackie Chester Morris as well as RIchard Kollmar, who'd star in the long-running Syndicated Boston Blackie radio series
Frank Lovejoy stars in Night Beat which tell the adventures of newspaper Columnist Randy Stone as he uncovers mystery and human drama in his after-dark vigil.
The Mike Hammer radio series That Hammer Guy
New York-based Yours Truly Johnny Dollar radio episodes that bring the character into the 1960s with stars Bob Readkick and Mandel Kramer
The Frank Sinatra Detective series where he plays Rocky Fortune a young man in search of steady employment who finds himself involved in mysteries instead.
The longest-running Golden Age radio detective series Mister Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons
The Adventures of Rocky Jordan in Cairo, Egypt as mystery, intrigue and adventure find him at the Cafe Tambourine

Also listen to even more obscure series such as ABC Mystery Theater, The Judge, Bishop and the Garogyle, That Strong Guy, Hollywood Mystery Time, The Airmail Mystery. We also feature episodes of series we previously played but found more episodes for including The Line-Up, Pursuit, Manhunt, Man from Homicide, Let George Do It, and more.

Also listen for specials starring Jeff Chandler, Mercedes McCambridge, Pat O'Brien, Orson Welles, Alan Ladd, Red Skelton, Myrna Loy, Frank Lovejoy, Lionel Barrymore, Roy Rogers. We feature Jack Webb in detective comedy parodies with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, and Bob Hope. We feature adaptations of the classic mystery novels The Moonstone and Trent's Last Case as well as a Lord Peter Whimsey story.