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Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time Radio brings you classic mystery, suspense, crime, and psychological drama from the golden age of radio. Enter stories of murder, deception, strange circumstances, hidden motives, dangerous secrets, and unexpected twists. Each episode is an Old Time Retro Radio production, presenting the original broadcast with gently cleaned and mastered audio, a newly produced introduction and closing, and custom episode artwork. Featuring memorable mysteries, atmospheric…
Episodes
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioBoston Blackie - "Aggie Rogers Murder" (1947)
Boston Blackie, “Aggie Rogers Murder,” originally broadcast April 8, 1947, is episode 117 of the classic mystery series. Richard Kollmar stars as Boston…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioBroadway Is My Beat - "The Hilda Bruce Murder Case" (1953)
Broadway Is My Beat presents “The Hilda Bruce Murder Case,” originally broadcast on CBS on August 8, 1953. In episode 177, Larry Thor stars as hard-boiled…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioRichard Diamond, Private Detective - "The John Blackwell Case" (1949)
Richard Diamond, Private Detective: “The John Blackwell Case” originally aired on NBC on December 17, 1949. Episode 34 stars Dick Powell as the wisecracking…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioThe New Adventures of Nero Wolfe - "The Slaughtered Santas" (1950)
The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe presents “The Slaughtered Santas” (also known as “The Case of the Slaughtered Santas”), episode 10, originally broadcast on…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioThe Whistler - "What Makes a Murderer" (1948)
The Whistler presents “What Makes a Murderer,” originally broadcast on CBS on April 7, 1948. Episode 306 stars Frank Lovejoy, Joan Banks, and Marvin Miller…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioNick Carter, Master Detective - "The Case of Make - Believe Murder (AFRS Mystery Playhouse)" (1945)
Nick Carter, Master Detective presents “The Case of Make-Believe Murder,” originally broadcast July 22, 1945. Also circulated by the Armed Forces Radio Service…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioSuspense - "The Mystery of Marie Roget" (1960)
Suspense presents “The Mystery of Marie Roget,” episode 839, originally broadcast on CBS on February 7, 1960. Adapted by E. Jack Neuman from Edgar Allan Poe’s…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioThe Adventures of Philip Marlowe - "The Mexican Boat Ride" (1949)
The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The Mexican Boat Ride,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio Network on July 30, 1949. This is episode 43 of the Gerald…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioRichard Diamond, Private Detective - "Private Eye Test" (1950)
Richard Diamond, Private Detective presents “Private Eye Test,” originally broadcast March 19, 1950. Dick Powell stars as the wisecracking private investigator…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioBoston Blackie - "A Vase Leads to Murder" (1946)
Boston Blackie, “A Vase Leads to Murder,” originally broadcast February 26, 1946, is episode 59 of the syndicated detective series starring Richard Kollmar as…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioThe Whistler - "Still Death" (1948)
The Whistler presents “Still Death,” originally broadcast on September 22, 1948. This is episode 328 of the CBS Pacific Network suspense series, sponsored by…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioBroadway Is My Beat - "The Frank Dayton Murder Case" (1953)
Broadway Is My Beat presents “The Frank Dayton Murder Case,” originally broadcast on CBS Radio Network on April 11, 1953. This is episode 160 of the…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioNick Carter, Master Detective - "The Case of the Missing Thumb" (1947)
Nick Carter, Master Detective presents “The Case of the Missing Thumb,” originally broadcast on May 4, 1947. Often cataloged as episode 286, this Mutual…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioSuspense - "The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Part Two" (1953)
Suspense presents “The Mystery of Edwin Drood, Part Two,” originally broadcast on CBS on January 12, 1953. This is episode 495 of the celebrated suspense…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioRichard Diamond, Private Detective - "The Betty Moran Case" (1949)
Richard Diamond, Private Detective presents “The Betty Moran Case,” episode 6, originally broadcast on NBC on May 29, 1949. Dick Powell stars as the…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioThe New Adventures of Nero Wolfe - "Dear Dead Lady" (1950)
The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe, “Dear Dead Lady” (episode 3), originally broadcast on NBC on November 3, 1950. Sidney Greenstreet stars as the brilliant…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioThe Adventures of Philip Marlowe - "The Big Step" (1950)
The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, “The Big Step” (episode 73), originally broadcast February 28, 1950. Gerald Mohr stars as Raymond Chandler’s hard-boiled…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioThe Whistler - "The Secret of Chalk Point" (1952)
The Whistler presents “The Secret of Chalk Point,” originally broadcast on CBS on September 7, 1952. Episode 536 of the long-running Signal Oil suspense…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioBoston Blackie - "Mid - Air Diamond Theft" (1947)
Boston Blackie, “Mid-Air Diamond Theft” (episode 145), originally broadcast October 22, 1947. Richard Kollmar stars as the resourceful Boston Blackie in this…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioNick Carter, Master Detective - "The Case of the Missing Alarm Clock" (1946)
Nick Carter, Master Detective presents “The Case of the Missing Alarm Clock,” originally broadcast on June 25, 1946. This is episode 241 of the Mutual…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioRichard Diamond, Private Detective - "Fred Sears Murder Case" (1949)
Richard Diamond, Private Detective presents “Fred Sears Murder Case,” originally broadcast June 19, 1949. Episode 9 of the NBC series stars Dick Powell as…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioSuspense - "For Love or Murder" (1949)
Suspense presents “For Love or Murder,” episode 362, originally broadcast on CBS on December 8, 1949. Mickey Rooney stars as Tommy, a young nightclub pianist…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioBroadway Is My Beat - "The Celia Jordan Murder Case" (1950)
Broadway Is My Beat presents “The Celia Jordan Murder Case,” originally broadcast on CBS on July 24, 1950. Episode 44 stars Larry Thor as hard-boiled Broadway…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioThe Whistler - "Till Death Do Us Part" (1944)
The Whistler presents “Till Death Do Us Part,” episode 115, originally broadcast on July 30, 1944. This installment comes from the long-running radio suspense…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioThe New Adventures of Nero Wolfe - "Phantom Fingers" (1951)
The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe, “Phantom Fingers” (episode 15), originally broadcast January 26, 1951. Sydney Greenstreet stars as Nero Wolfe, with Gerald…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioThe Adventures of Philip Marlowe - "The Kid on the Corner" (1949)
The Adventures of Philip Marlowe, “The Kid on the Corner,” originally broadcast December 3, 1949, is episode 61 of the CBS Radio Network series. Gerald Mohr…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioRichard Diamond, Private Detective - "Rene Bennet Protection Case" (1949)
Richard Diamond, Private Detective presents “Rene Bennet Protection Case,” originally broadcast on NBC on October 22, 1949. Commonly cataloged as episode 26…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioSuspense - "Beirut by Sunrise" (1955)
Suspense presents “Beirut by Sunrise,” episode 600, originally broadcast on CBS Radio Network on May 31, 1955. Written by Richard Chandlee and produced and…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioNick Carter, Master Detective - "The Case of the Persistent Beggars" (1947)
Nick Carter, Master Detective presents “The Case of the Persistent Beggars,” originally broadcast on January 26, 1947. This is episode 272 of the Mutual…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioThe Whistler - "Murder in Mind" (1950)
The Whistler presents “Murder in Mind,” originally broadcast on April 16, 1950. This is episode 411 of the CBS Pacific network suspense series, sponsored by…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioBoston Blackie - "Murder on Cedar Street" (1946)
Boston Blackie, “Murder on Cedar Street,” originally broadcast April 9, 1946, is episode 65 of the Richard Kollmar-led mystery series. Jan Miner co-stars as…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioBroadway Is My Beat - "The Frank Conway Murder Case" (1950)
Broadway Is My Beat presents “The Frank Conway Murder Case,” originally broadcast on CBS on July 3, 1950. Episode 41 stars Larry Thor as hard-bitten New York…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioRichard Diamond, Private Detective - "The Al Brenners Case" (1952)
Richard Diamond, Private Detective presents “The Al Brenners Case,” originally broadcast January 25, 1952. This is episode 119 of the ABC series, starring Dick…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioSuspense - "Aria from Murder" (1951)
Suspense presents “Aria from Murder,” episode 413, originally broadcast on CBS on January 25, 1951. Produced during the series’ Auto-Lite run, this backstage…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioNick Carter, Master Detective - "The Slingshot Murders" (1944)
Nick Carter, Master Detective presents “The Slingshot Murders,” episode 153, originally broadcast October 15, 1944. Lon Clark stars as Nick Carter, with Helen…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioThe Adventures of Philip Marlowe - "The Eager Witness" (1949)
The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The Eager Witness,” originally broadcast on CBS on August 27, 1949. In episode 47, Gerald Mohr stars as Raymond…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioThe New Adventures of Nero Wolfe - "The Bashful Body" (1950)
The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe presents “The Bashful Body,” episode 11, originally broadcast on NBC on December 29, 1950. Sydney Greenstreet stars as Nero…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioThe Whistler - "Escape to Skull Island" (1950)
The Whistler presents “Escape to Skull Island,” originally broadcast on CBS on January 15, 1950. This is episode 398, written by R. Sprague Hall and featuring…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioRichard Diamond, Private Detective - "The Garrabaldi Case" (1952)
Richard Diamond, Private Detective presents “The Garrabaldi Case,” originally broadcast February 1, 1952. In this 120th episode of the ABC/Camel Cigarettes…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioSuspense - "The Mystery of Marie Roget" (1953)
Suspense presents “The Mystery of Marie Roget,” originally broadcast on CBS on December 14, 1953. Episode 530 adapts Edgar Allan Poe’s early C. Auguste Dupin…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioNick Carter, Master Detective - "The Case of the Clue Called X" (1948)
Nick Carter, Master Detective presents “The Case of the Clue Called X,” originally broadcast on November 14, 1948. This late-1948 Mutual Broadcasting System…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioBoston Blackie - "The Missing String of Pearls" (1944)
Boston Blackie, “The Missing String of Pearls,” originally broadcast August 11, 1944, is episode 8 of the 1944 NBC summer run. Chester Morris stars as the…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioBroadway Is My Beat - "The John Stewart Murder Case" (1953)
Broadway Is My Beat, “The John Stewart Murder Case” (episode 158), originally broadcast on CBS on March 28, 1953. Larry Thor stars as Broadway detective Danny…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioThe Adventures of Philip Marlowe - "The Dark Tunnel" (1950)
The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The Dark Tunnel,” originally broadcast on CBS on August 18, 1950. This is episode 97 of the Gerald Mohr series…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioRichard Diamond, Private Detective - "Elaine Tanner Case" (1950)
Richard Diamond, Private Detective presents “The Elaine Tanner Case,” originally broadcast on February 12, 1950. Dick Powell stars as the wisecracking New York…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioSuspense - "A Murderous Revision" (1951)
Suspense presents “A Murderous Revision,” originally broadcast on December 3, 1951. Richard Widmark stars in this CBS Radio Network thriller, adapted by David…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioNick Carter, Master Detective - "The Case of the Chemical Chickens" (1947)
Nick Carter, Master Detective presents “The Case of the Chemical Chickens,” episode 283, originally broadcast on April 13, 1947. Lon Clark stars as Nick…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioThe Whistler - "Beware the Bridegroom" (1944)
The Whistler presents “Beware the Bridegroom,” episode 129, originally broadcast on CBS’s West Coast network on November 13, 1944. Sponsored by Signal Oil…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioThe New Adventures of Nero Wolfe - "Party for Death" (1951)
The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe presents “Party for Death,” episode 17, originally broadcast on NBC on February 16, 1951. Sydney Greenstreet stars as the…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioSuspense - "Will You Make a Bet with Death" (1942)
Suspense presents “Will You Make a Bet with Death,” episode 17, originally broadcast on CBS on November 10, 1942. Written by John Dickson Carr, the drama stars…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioRichard Diamond, Private Detective - "The Eddie Burke Case" (1952)
Richard Diamond, Private Detective presents “The Eddie Burke Case,” originally broadcast on February 8, 1952. Commonly listed as episode 121, this ABC Camel…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioBoston Blackie - "The Murdered Sword Swallower" (1946)
Boston Blackie, “The Murdered Sword Swallower,” originally broadcast January 3, 1946, episode 51. Richard Kollmar stars as the resourceful Boston Blackie, with…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioThe Adventures of Philip Marlowe - "The Final Payment (AFRTS)" (1950)
The Adventures of Philip Marlowe presents “The Final Payment,” originally broadcast on CBS on September 15, 1950. This Gerald Mohr episode is cataloged as…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioBroadway Is My Beat - "The Mary Trevor Murder Case" (1952)
Broadway Is My Beat, “The Mary Trevor Murder Case,” originally broadcast October 25, 1952, is episode 136 of the CBS crime drama. Larry Thor stars as…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioRichard Diamond, Private Detective - "Ice Pick Murder" (1950)
Richard Diamond, Private Detective presents “Ice Pick Murder,” originally broadcast July 12, 1950. Episode 56 stars Dick Powell as the wisecracking private eye…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioNick Carter, Master Detective - "The Case of the Little Old Ladies" (1946)
Nick Carter, Master Detective presents “The Case of the Little Old Ladies,” episode 232, originally broadcast on April 23, 1946. Lon Clark stars as Carter in…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioThe Whistler - "Grave Secret" (1949)
The Whistler presents “Grave Secret,” originally broadcast on February 27, 1949. Listed as episode 351, this CBS Pacific Network suspense drama was written by…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioSuspense - "Deadline at Dawn" (1948)
Suspense presents “Deadline at Dawn,” originally broadcast on CBS on May 15, 1948. Commonly cataloged as episode 296, this was the final one-hour Suspense…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioThe New Adventures of Nero Wolfe - "Stamped for Murder" (1950)
The New Adventures of Nero Wolfe, “Stamped for Murder,” originally broadcast October 20, 1950, is episode 1 of NBC’s 1950–51 series. In this premiere, Sidney…
Old Time Mystery Radio | Old Time RadioRichard Diamond, Private Detective - "The Bloody Hat Case" (1949)
Richard Diamond, Private Detective presents “The Bloody Hat Case,” episode 11, originally broadcast on NBC on July 2, 1949. Dick Powell stars as the…