The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcasts

Six Old Time Radio Detective Dramas Per Week, One Podcast

  • 40 minutes 38 seconds
    Dragnet: The Big Story Man (EP4889)
    Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero hunt for safe burglars targeting local churches.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 18, 1951

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield; Stacy Harris

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    15 January 2026, 6:00 am
  • 37 minutes 39 seconds
    Broadway's My Beat: The Joe Gruber Murder Case (EP4888)
    Today's Mystery:A man commits murder while trying to break into a woman's apartment.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 8, 1951

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Barbara Whiting; Irene Tedrow; Lou Krugman; Martha Wentworth; Norman Field; Jerry Hausner

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    14 January 2026, 6:00 am
  • 40 minutes 2 seconds
    The Big Story: Manhunt in Manhattan (EP4887)
    Today’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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    13 January 2026, 7:30 am
  • 28 minutes 28 seconds
    Danger with Grainger: The Wandering Weapon Case (EP4886)
    Today's Mystery: An out-of-town visitor is accused of murder when his gun from California is used in the killing.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957

    Originating from Australia

    Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger

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    12 January 2026, 8:00 am
  • 45 minutes 52 seconds
    Tarzan and the Diamonds of Asher: Mistaken Identity, the Map, A Wolf Among the Sheep (A0053)
    Today's Adventure:Tarzan is mistaken for a missing American archeologist by dangerous criminals who demand he tell them the location of the land of Asher and "the Father of Diamonds".

    Originating Radio Broadcast Date: May 14, 16, and 18, 1934

    Originating from New York

    Starring: Carlton Kadell as Tarzan

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    11 January 2026, 6:00 am
  • 37 minutes 30 seconds
    Escape: Operation Fleur De Lys (Encore) (A0052)
    Two OSS Agents (Jack Webb and Elliot Lewis) parachute into occupied France to organize resistance to the Nazis to support the Allied invasion. However, their efforts are threatened by a leak.

    Original Air Date: July 14, 1947

    Originating from Hollywood

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    10 January 2026, 6:00 am
  • 33 minutes 17 seconds
    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The King's Necklace Matter (Encore) (EP4885)
    Johnny goes to a private island to investigate the attempted theft of a $250,000 necklace belonging to the owner of the island.

    Original Air Date: March 17, 1953

    Starring: John Lund as Johnny Dollar; Howard McNear

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    9 January 2026, 6:00 am
  • 33 minutes 18 seconds
    The Line Up: The Topaz Earring Murder (Encore) (EP4884)
    An investment advisor is murdered and suspicion falls upon his jilted fiancée.

    Original Air Date: November 23, 1950

    Originating in Hollywood

    Starring: Bill Johnstone as Lieutenant Ben Guthrie; Wally Maher as Sergeant Matt Groebs; Howard McNear

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    8 January 2026, 6:00 am
  • 34 minutes 14 seconds
    Let George Do It: Man Under the Elm Tree (Encore) (EP4883)
    George goes to a quiet college town, sent by a man who fears a lodger at his sister’s inn is up to no good. He finds an eccentric professor who seems to know something about the death of the lady’s husband.

    Original Air Date: September 26, 1949

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Bob Bailey as George Valentine; Frances Robinson as Brooksie; Howard McNear

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    7 January 2026, 6:00 am
  • 31 minutes 15 seconds
    Stand by for Crime: The Light (Encore) (EP4882)
    Chuck suspects that a series of plane crashes aren’t accidents.

    Original Air Date: 1952

    Starring: Glen Langan as Chuck Morgan; Adele Jurgens

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    6 January 2026, 6:00 am
  • 29 minutes 45 seconds
    Michael Shayne: Return to Huxley (Encore) (EP4881)
    Michael Shayne investigates a peeping tom at Phyllis’s alma mater.

    Original Air Date: November 5, 1946

    Starring: Wally Maher as Michael Shayne; Cathy Lewis as Phyllis; Howard McNear

    Originating from Hollywood

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    5 January 2026, 6:00 am
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