The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcasts

Six Old Time Radio Detective Dramas Per Week, One Podcast

  • 32 minutes 7 seconds
    The Big Story: Three Gold Coins Spell Death (EP4947)
    Today's Mystery: A Tulsa, Oklahoma reporter investigates when a man is found murdered outside a small town.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 14, 1949

    Originating in New York

    Starring Bob Readick as Nolan Bulloch, Abby Lewis, Grant Richards, Mandel Kramer, Bill Smith

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    7 April 2026, 6:00 am
  • 31 minutes 49 seconds
    The Saint: Murder on the High Seas (EP4946)
    Today's Mystery: The Saint meets a fightened actress on a cruise ship who fears her for her life with good reason.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 18, 1949

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starred: Vincent Price as Simon Templar, William Conrad, Betty Lou Gerson, Barney Philips, Frank Gerstle, Jeanne Bates

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    Patreon Supporter of the Day: Bernie, Patreon supporter since June 2024

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    6 April 2026, 7:00 am
  • 40 minutes 3 seconds
    Counterspy: The Stolen Car Racket (Rehearsal) (A0076)
    Today's Adventure: A woman who runs a New York auto theft racket and her sister get caught up in a web of intrigue and murder after doing business with a Chicago gang leader.

    Rehearsal of Program that Aired July 27, 1946

    Originating from New York

    Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding; Mandel Kramer as Peters; Ralph Bell

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    4 April 2026, 7:00 am
  • 31 minutes 45 seconds
    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Net of Circumstances Matter (EP4945)
    Today's Mystery: Johnny investigates a theft from a men's clothing store that has apparently left the night watchman dead.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 8, 1959

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lillian Buyeff; Vic Perrin; Harry Bartell; Barney Phillips; Bartlett Robinson; Bill James

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    3 April 2026, 7:00 am
  • 43 minutes 48 seconds
    Dragnet: The Big Red, Part Two (EP4944)
    Today's Mystery: Having busted the small-time carriers in a drug ring, Friday has to capture the man behind the operation by carrying on pretending to be an undercover drug dealer.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 10, 1952

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barney Phillips as Sergeant Ed Jacobs; Stacy Harris; Herb Butterfield

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    Patreon Supporter of the Day:Jesse, Patreon supporter since March 2016.

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    2 April 2026, 7:00 am
  • 38 minutes 42 seconds
    Broadway's My Beat: The Joe Blair Murder Case (EP4943)
    Today's Mystery: Danny investigates when a hitchhiker is found murdered in a high-end hotel.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 3, 1951

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Cathy Lewis; Hy Averback; Edwin Max; Paula Victor; Billy Halop

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    Patreon Supporter of the Day: Sara, Patreon supporter since March 2017

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    1 April 2026, 7:00 am
  • 30 minutes 46 seconds
    The Big Story: The Corn Cob Killer (EP4942)
    Today's Mystery:A reporter wants his paper to run a story identifying the murderer of a river boy, when no body has been found and there's no evidence he was murdered.

    Original Radio Broadcast: October 26, 1949

    Originating from New York

    Starring: Beryl Firestone as Harold Faller; Hazel Logan; Jim Boles; Jim Stevens; Scott Tennyson; Bob Dryden; Sandy Bickhart

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    31 March 2026, 6:00 am
  • 33 minutes 35 seconds
    The Saint: Greed Causes Murder (EP4941)
    Today's Mystery: The Saint becomes inovlved when everyone wants to buy an old junker of a car from an elderly man.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 14, 1949

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Vincent Price as Simon Templar,Lurene Tuttle, Dan O'Herlihy, Tony Barrett, Barney Phillips, Fred Howard.

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    Patreon Supporter of the Day: Chris, Patreon supporter since February 2019

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    30 March 2026, 7:00 am
  • 41 minutes 34 seconds
    Counterspy: Explosive Dog (A0074)
    Today's Adventure: A spy plans to use a dog to destroy a critical research facility.

    Original Radio Broadcast: July 25, 1945

    Originating from New York

    Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding; Maurice Tarplin

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    28 March 2026, 7:00 am
  • 27 minutes 45 seconds
    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Blue Madonna Matter (EP4940)
    Today's Mystery: Johnny Dollar receives a telephone call from a denizen of the Parisian underworld about an insured oil painting.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 22, 1959

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; G. Stanley Jones; Forrest Lewis; Harry Bartell; Joseph Kearns; Bert Holland; Byron Kane

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    27 March 2026, 7:00 am
  • 43 minutes 3 seconds
    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Caylin Matter, Episodes One and Two (EP4072)
    Today's Mystery: Johnny goes to Los Angeles to investigate the apparent death of an insured man in a burning car.

    Original Radio Broadcast Dates: January 2 and 3, 1956

    Originiated from Hollywood

    Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar. Virginia Gregg, Lucille Meredith, Alma Lawton, Gloria Blondell, Howard McNear, Harry Bartell, Peter Leeds, and Byron Kane

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    27 March 2026, 6:00 am
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