Detective and Mystery – Retro Radio Podcast

Keith Heltsley

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

  • Whitehall 1212 – The Man Who Murdered His Wife. 511216
    After the Easter Blitz of 1941, a finding in the rubble has the inspectors of Scotland Yard on the scene. What evidence has raised the question of murder? It’ll still…
    4 March 2026, 7:41 am
  • Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar – The Harold Trandem Matter. ep48, 500509
    The man with the action-packed expense account, Johnny Dollar. Johnny pays a call at the estate of the wealthy Harold Trandom. An attempt on his life was made, and while…
    3 March 2026, 4:43 pm
  • 30 minutes 22 seconds
    Rogues Gallery – Little Drops Of Rain. ep18, 451108
    Rogue goes into flashback mode to tell how his date with Liza was interrupted. His crooning to the gal ends when a phone call draws him out to see a…
    26 February 2026, 11:20 am
  • 24 minutes 40 seconds
    The Adventures of Sam Spade – Edith Hamilton. ep147, 490417
    Running into an old psychiatrist friend, Sam takes a cold case crime to prove whether the doctor’s patient is as guilty as she feels she is. Sam is to extract…
    25 February 2026, 3:26 pm
  • 29 minutes 23 seconds
    Sherlock Holmes – The Speckled Band. ep189, 451112
    On a rainy day in 1883, Watson had just finished his breakfast, when Holmes surprises him while in disguise. On the streets as a ragged Begger, he has learned the…
    24 February 2026, 11:23 am
  • Whitehall 1212 – The Case of Maggie Roulinson. ep26, 520525
    A doctor’s instrument case, and a pair of child’s rompers help solve today’s most baffling case. In voiceover the details of a gruesome murder are described. Parcels have been discovered…
    19 February 2026, 8:43 am
  • Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar – The Abel Tackitt Matter. ep47, 500502
    Another rehearsal, and though the musical score may be missing, the drama is all intact. The job begins in the blue light district, and sends Johnny on his way to…
    18 February 2026, 4:45 pm
  • 26 minutes 15 seconds
    21st Precinct – The Ledge. ep54, 540721
    Another where the audio is short, and has no ending, sorry. Captain Canelli gets right to business as he tells us in voiceover about the day in the precinct. A…
    17 February 2026, 10:40 am
  • Boston Blackie – Spy Ring (Alice Manleder, Dead or Alive). ep7, 44-08-04
    A radio message arrives in the cockpit of an airplane. The pilot is informed that a wanted criminal is aboard, Boston Blackie. A woman is certain that Blackie stole from…
    12 February 2026, 10:23 am
  • 26 minutes 30 seconds
    Box 13 Killer At Large. ep44, 490619
    An unusual request lands in box 13, a request for Dan to kill the letter writer. Is it just some kind of a prank? Dan goes to visit the man…
    11 February 2026, 3:21 pm
  • Casey, Crime Photographer – The Serpent Goddess. ep214, 471204
    Casey and Ann go to interview a pair of explorers who have hit it big in the jungles of South America. In trying to clear up tales of snakes, a…
    10 February 2026, 1:24 pm
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