The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

By: Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcasts
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  • Summary

  • 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, Bulldog Drummond, Broadway's My Beat, Mr. and Mrs. North, 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, and also Australia.

    The current actors featured in our old time radio detective podcast include Les Damon, Bob Bailey, Anthony Ross, Alice Frost and Joseph Curtin, Ned Wever, and Jack Webb. Other actors featured within the past 1,000 include Howard Duff, Glenn Langan, Herbert Marshall, Gerald Mohr, Joel McCrea, Les Tremayne, Jackson Beck, Santos Ortega, Karl Swenson, and more.
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Episodes
  • This is Your FBI: The Return of Saint Nick (EP4582)

    This is Your FBI: The Return of Saint Nick (EP4582)
    Dec 24 2024
    Today's Mystery: FBI Special Agent Jim Taylor delays his vacation home. to find a Settlement House Santa Claus who disappeared.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 22, 1950

    Starring Stacy Harris as Special Agent Jim Taylor, Jeffrey Silver, Peggy Webber, Roland Winters, Victor Rodman

    Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net

    Patreon Supporter of the Day: Kerry, Patreon Supporter since November 2018

    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…http://survey.greatdetectives.net

    Give us a call 208-991-4783

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

    Follow us on Twitter@radiodetectives

    Join us again on Tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.
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    39 mins
  • The Falcon: The Case of the Unwelcome Christmas Present (EP4581)

    The Falcon: The Case of the Unwelcome Christmas Present (EP4581)
    Dec 23 2024
    Today's Mystery: A man who bought a fur coat goes for his girlfriend for Christmas turns to The Falcon when dangerous people want it back.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 24, 1950

    Originating from New York

    Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Larry Haines; Ralph Bell

    Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net

    Patreon Supporter of the Day: James, Patreon supporter since July 2022

    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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    32 mins
  • Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Nick Shurn Matter Omnibus (EP4580s)

    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Nick Shurn Matter Omnibus (EP4580s)
    Dec 22 2024
    Today's Mystery: At Christmastime, Johnny has to find a beautiful woman, who is the only one who knows the truth behind the murder of a New York club owner, before the killer does.

    Original Radio Broadcast Dates: December 19-23, 1956

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Peggy Webber; Don Diamond; Ben Wright; Jack Kruschen; Barney Phillips; Sam Edwards; Ken Christy

    When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com

    Become one of our Patreon Supporters at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net

    Thank you to our Patreon Supporter of the Day: Delilah, Patreon Supporter since December 2019.

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

    Give us a call at 208-991-4783

    Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectives

    Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.
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    1 hr and 24 mins

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