The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcasts

Six Old Time Radio Detective Dramas Per Week, One Podcast

  • 38 minutes 11 seconds
    Broadway's My Beat: The Kurt Bower Murder Case (EP4933)
    Today's Mystery: Danny gets a tip that a wealthy woman's life is endangered. Her ski instructor is murdered instead.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 21, 1951

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Betty Lou Gerson; Ted Osborne; Irene Tedrow

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    18 March 2026, 7:00 am
  • 40 minutes 7 seconds
    The Big Story: The Poison Pen Murders (EP4932)
    Today's Mystery:A reporter with a reputation for making errors tries to solve the murder of a laundry owner.

    Original Radio Broadcast: July 20, 1949

    Originating from New York

    Starring: Jackson Beck as Tom Mercer; Barbara Townsend; Alice Rinehart; Ted Osborn; Santos Ortega; Gil Mack; Milton Herman

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    17 March 2026, 6:46 am
  • 34 minutes 58 seconds
    The Saint: Mr. Important (EP4931)
    Today's Mystery: When a treasury agent, a childhood friend of Simon Templar, is shot to death and the Saint

    Original Radio Broadcast Date:

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starred: Vincent Price as Simon Templar, Jeff Chandler

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    16 March 2026, 7:00 am
  • 1 hour 7 minutes
    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Henderson Matter Omnibus (EP4930s)
    Today's Mystery: Johnny goes to a small Nevada mining town to investigate the death of an insured elderly man married to a twenty-seven year-old woman.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date:

    Originated from Hollywood

    Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar. Lillian Buyeff, Irene Tedrow, D. J. Thompson, Herb Ellis, Marvin Miller, Forrest Lewis, Bob Bruce, Russ Thorson

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    15 March 2026, 6:00 am
  • 36 minutes 10 seconds
    Counterspy: The Case of the Illegal Radio Station (A0070)
    Today's Adventure: A military officer is murdered on a train and David Harding suspects enemy involvement and enlists the help of a refugees to track down a suspected foreign agent. 

     Original Radio Broadcast: March 1, 1943

     Originating in New York Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding

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    14 March 2026, 6:05 am
  • 29 minutes 49 seconds
    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Date with Death Matter (EP4930)
    Today's Mystery: A desperate criminal is gunning for Johnny after failing to kill him last week.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 8, 1959

    Originated from Hollywood

    Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar. Lucille Meredith, James McCallion, Russ Thorson, Sam Edwards, Herb Vigran

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    13 March 2026, 7:00 am
  • 40 minutes 12 seconds
    Dragnet: The Big Overtime (EP4929)
    Todays Mystery:The daughter of a banker is kidnapped from her business school.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 13, 1951

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, Vic Perrin, Herb Butterfield

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    12 March 2026, 7:00 am
  • 36 minutes 29 seconds
    Broadway's My Beat: The Ed Koster Murder Case (EP4928)
    Today's Mystery: A cop is found in a fire at a chemical plant.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 13, 1951

    Originated in Hollywood

    Stars: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover, Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia, Tony Barrett, Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan, Tony Barrett, Michael Ann Barrett, Paula Winslowe, Herb Butterfield, Edwin Max

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    11 March 2026, 7:00 am
  • 33 minutes 11 seconds
    The Big Story: The Bitterest Man on Earth (EP4927)
    Today's Mystery: A reporter tries to get justice for a man who claims to have been mistaken for someone else.

    Original Radio Broadcast: June 8, 1949

    Originating in New York

    Starring John Sylvester as Julian Housman, Canada Lee, Jim Boles, Eric Dressler, Bill Smith, Georgia Burke, and Scott Tennyson

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    Patreon Supporter of the Day:Dianne, Patreon supporter since July 2023

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    10 March 2026, 6:49 am
  • 40 minutes 2 seconds
    The Saint: The Miracle Tea Party (EP4926)
    When the Saint discovers that there were several thousand dollar bill in a box of tea purchased by Inspector Fernack.

    Audition Date: December 1944

    Originating in Hollywood

    Starring Denis Greene as the Saint, Gale Gordon, Gerald Mohor,

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    9 March 2026, 6:00 am
  • 1 hour 6 minutes
    The Silent Men: The Big Kill and Night Beat: Ellen (Twice-Told Tale) (EP4925s)
    Today's 1st Mystery: An investigator for the Civil Aviation Administration gets a call warning of a bomb on a plane.

    Original Radio Broadcast: February 3, 1952

    Originating in Hollywood

    Starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.

    Today's 2nd Mystery: Randy receives a tip that there’s a bomb on a plane to Denver.

    Original Air Date: September 4, 1952

    Originating in Hollywood

    Starring Frank Lovejoy as Randy Stone

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    8 March 2026, 6:00 am
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