Detective and Mystery – Retro Radio Podcast

Keith Heltsley

Radio detectives, mystery, murder, double crossers, and hard boiled action.

  • 28 minutes 8 seconds
    21st Precinct – A Missing Persons Alarm For An Old Man
    It’s just another day in the life of a cop when a uniformed police officer on the beat helps out a woman in need with a nickel, a cigarette, and…
    16 April 2026, 9:44 am
  • Boston Blackie – Kingston and the 15 Story Disappearing Office Building. ep191, 480908
    Blackie gets a phone call from an old friend about a 15-story office building he just bought. Then overnight, it just disappeared, and all that remains is a vacant lot.…
    15 April 2026, 2:23 pm
  • 25 minutes 56 seconds
    Box 13 – Bite or Bitten. ep48, 490717
    Dan gets an extra special telegram that arrives in box 13, one that’s sure to mean extra special trouble. A snake expert warns Dan that a dangerous snake is loose…
    14 April 2026, 2:21 pm
  • Casey, Crime Photographer – Queen Of The Amazons. ep219, 480108
    Casey isn’t thrilled at all when Ann tells him about their next assignment. It involves a cold car ride to the country to interview a woman who nabbed two crooks…
    10 April 2026, 12:26 pm
  • Crime Club – Death Swims At Midnight. ep40, 470828
    The very exciting story of a beach where the tide goes out, and murder comes in. Maxie is forced to take a swim with his friend Bill. They are warned…
    9 April 2026, 12:21 pm
  • Dragnet – The Big Compulsion. ep348, 560417
    Joe Friday Is assigned to robbery detail; a robber threatens the lives of citizens with a ten-cent piece. Huh? And it’s up to Joe Frieday to get him! In a…
    8 April 2026, 11:42 am
  • Let George Do It – Needle In The Haystack. ep167, 500102
    Do you have a job that’s too big for you to handle? Then it’s a job for George Valentine. Write to him for full details. A man’s life work is…
    7 April 2026, 3:44 pm
  • Mr. Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons – The Shrieking Prisoner Murder Case Part 1. 540621
    In a lonely old home, a young man enters a darkened house, and calls for his aunts. A shrieking breaks the silence in the home. A gun is fired, and…
    3 April 2026, 9:44 am
  • 29 minutes 1 second
    Nero Wolfe – The Tell Tale Ribbon. . ep23, 510330
    Though Nero is far from interested in taking on a new case, or leaving the comforts of home, Archie responds to a phone call. Jenkins is a little, dried up, old man who delivers a letter, but it hasn't come from the person it was addressed by. Archie seems to have been set on a wild goose chase. Has it all been a ruse to get Archie on the scene to witness a crime?
    1 April 2026, 6:46 am
  • Let George Do It – The Hearse Was Painted Pink. ep100, 480920
    If you’re ever up a blind alley, give George a call and give yourself a second chance. This time around George is called on to make love to a beautiful…
    31 March 2026, 1:25 pm
  • Molle Mystery Theater – Night Must Fall. 460412
    In a cottage in the woods, an elderly woman talks with her niece and companion about a body that was found nearby. Danny is a dapper, self-confident man, who talks…
    26 March 2026, 11:21 am
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