Shows / NBC – The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
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- NBC – The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
Dragnet: The Big Impression (EP5094)
Todays Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith investigate the robbery of an elderly diamond dealer who was lured to a hotel room and…
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Dragnet: The Big Signet (EP5089)
Today’s Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith investigate an armed robbery at a Los Angeles restaurant in which an elderly owner is…
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The Big Story: The Ugly Story of a Man (EP5087)
Today’s Mystery: Reporter Chick Gleason heads into northern California to cover what appears to be a routine forest fire. But when two blazes erupt in…
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The Saint: Simon Takes a Curtain Call (EP5086)
Today’s Mystery: Simon Templar investigates a disturbing situation in the theater world when actor Mercer Bennett becomes convinced that the roles he…
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Dragnet: The Big Hate (EP5084)
Today’s Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith investigate the death of a 52-year-old music teacher whose body is discovered in an…
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The Big Story: Witness to Drama of Violence and Death (EP5082)
Today’s Mystery: A redheaded woman is found shot dead in a black sedan on the outskirts of Las Vegas. Reporter Johnny Kalen soon finds himself…
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The Saint: Ladies Never Lie…Much (EP5081)
Today’s Mystery: When Claire Gordon arrives at Simon Templar’s apartment and confesses to murdering her husband, The Saint has reason to doubt her…
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Dragnet: The Big Trio (EP5079)
Today’s Mystery: On the eve of the Fourth of July weekend, Joe Friday and Frank Smith are assigned to Accident Investigation and confront the devastating…
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The Big Story: A Search That Saved a Life (EP5077)
Today’s Mystery: A chance encounter in a Chicago courtroom leads reporters Virginia Marmaduke and Joe Kordek into a deeply personal story. A mother is…
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The Saint: The Chiseling Chimpanzee (EP5076)
Today’s Mystery: Simon Templar becomes involved in a strange murder mystery after meeting a frightened man named Prebble, who believes he may be headed…
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Dragnet: The Big Roll (EP5074)
Today’s Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith investigate the abduction of an unidentified man from a downtown Los Angeles street…
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The Big Story: Too Terrible to be Believed (EP5072)
Today’s Mystery: Prince George’s County reporter Arthur Milky becomes suspicious when a young child dies at a nursery home and the medical examiner…
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The Saint: Marvin Hickerson, Private Eye (EP5071)
Today’s Mystery: Simon Templar is drawn into a dangerous mystery when Alice Parks asks for his help after her fiancé, Marvin Hickerson, disappears under…
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Dragnet: The Big Jewels (EP5069)
Today’s Mystery: Detective Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith are assigned to narcotics detail when a drug addict is arrested carrying a…
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The Big Story: Back from the Dead (EP5067)
Today’s Mystery: Pittsburgh newspaper reporter Joseph P. Brown receives a call about a woman who has been shot at an address in nearby Jeanette…
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The Saint: The Terrible TinType (EP5066)
Today’s Mystery: Simon Templar becomes involved in a murder mystery after discovering a dead man named Marsh. When a photograph that could provide an…
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Dragnet: The Big Donation (EP5064)
Today’s Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Bill Lockwood investigate a group of confidence men posing as authorized solicitors for legitimate…
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The Big Story: The Miracle Phone Call (EP5062)
Today’s Mystery: Newspaper reporter Dorothy Patterson is contacted by the desperate mother of five-year-old Johnny McDermott, who is gravely ill and…
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The Saint: No Hiding Place (EP5061)
Today’s Mystery: Simon Templar tries to help Tommy Patrick, a prisoner who claims someone has repeatedly tried to kill him and then escapes before Simon…
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Dragnet: The Big Whiff (EP5059)
Today’s Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and Frank Smith investigate the death of an unidentified woman found in a vacant lot, apparently the victim of…
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The Big Story: The Biggest Catch (EP5057)
Today’s Mystery: Young journalism student Don Morrissey is determined to prove he has what it takes to become a full-time reporter for his hometown…
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The Saint: Miss Godby’s School for Girls (EP5056)
Today’s Mystery: The Saint becomes involved when a blackmailer calls him to give a father a demand for ransom. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 5…
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Dragnet: The Big Fourth (EP5054)
Today’s Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and Frank Smith investigate a disturbing series of infant abductions in which babies disappear from the same general…
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The Big Story: Hot Lead Catches a Cold-Blooded Killer (EP5052)
Today’s Mystery: Miami Herald reporter William Adams joins the investigation after a well-dressed stranger is found shot to death beneath a bridge in the…
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The Saint: The Return of Harry Morgan (EP5051)
Today’s Mystery: Simon Templar agrees to help Wendy Brown, who fears the return of Harry Morgan, a notorious criminal she double-crossed before he fled…
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Dragnet: The Big Badge (Peggy Webber Special) (EP5050s)
Today’s Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Ben Romero hunt for the “Badge Bandit,” a violent criminal who poses as a police officer to rob and…
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Counterspy: The Postal Pirates, Part Two (A0118)
Today’s Adventure: David Harding and Harry Peters move to break up a widespread parcel-post theft ring, but their raid on the gang’s New York warehouse…
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Dragnet: The Big Shakedown (EP5049)
Today’s Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith investigate a bookmaker’s claim that a police officer has been demanding weekly payments…
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The Big Story: Reporter Risks Life to Avenge a Friend’s Murder (EP5047)
Today’s Mystery: When a Butte service-station attendant disappears under mysterious circumstances, his lifelong friend, Helena Independent Record…
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The Saint: It’s Snow Use (EP5046)
Today’s Mystery: Simon Templar travels to a winter resort after being summoned by Peggy, a lively woman whose unusual request for protection involves…
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Dragnet: The Big Mail (EP5044)
Todays Mystery: Mystery Summary: Sergeant Joe Friday and his new partner, Frank Smith, investigate the armed robbery of a U.S. mail truck carrying registered…
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The Big Story: The Cord Around Her Neck (EP5042)
Today’s Mystery: West Seattle Herald reporter Stuart Whitehouse gets an unexpected opportunity to scoop the city’s larger newspapers when a woman…
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The Saint: Dossier on a Doggone Dog (EP5041)
Today’s Mystery: When Simon Templar finds a lost Pekingese and follows her home, he walks straight into a wealthy family’s uproar over a missing…
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Counterspy: Hot Car Killer (A0114)
Today’s Adventure: David Harding investigates an interstate stolen-car racket after a detective working undercover is murdered. The trail leads to a…
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Dragnet: The Big Gamble (EP5039)
Today’s Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Bill Lockwood investigate a professional gambling ring that keeps its games moving from place to…
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The Big Story: The Man Who Wanted What He Couldn’t Have (EP5037)
Today’s Mystery: Salt Lake City Tribune reporter Cluster M. Nielsen investigates the murder of a young traveler whose final journey ends on a lonely Utah…
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The Saint: The Ghost That Giggled (EP5036)
Today’s Mystery: When an eccentric woman asks Simon Templar to investigate the ghost that has been haunting her wealthy brother, The Saint expects to…
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Dragnet: The Big Safe
Todays Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and his temporary partner investigate a string of expertly planned safe burglaries that has baffled the Los Angeles Police…
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The Big Story: Forty Minutes to Meet a Deadline (EP5032)
Today’s Story: Cleveland Press reporter Bus Bergen believes he has an open-and-shut murder case wrapped up in just forty minutes. But as the trial…
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The Saint: The Horrible Hamburger (EP5031)
Today’s Mystery: After a wrong turn leaves Simon Templar and taxi driver Louie dining at a lonely roadside restaurant, a flat tire leads them to discover…
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Counterspy: The Courageous Come-On (A0110)
  Today’s Adventure: Counterspy chief David Harding investigates a charity that claims to help disabled veterans and workers prepare for new…
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Dragnet: The Big Elevator (EP5029)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Bill Lockwood investigate the body of an unidentified woman which has been found abandoned in a hospital elevator. With…
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The Big Story: More Tragic than Murder (EP5027)
Today’s Mystery: When rumors spread through rural Kansas that a woman has concealed her mother’s death for years, Hiawatha Daily World reporter…
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The Saint: The Baseball Murder (EP5026)
Today’s Mystery: Simon Templar investigates rumors that a minor league baseball team is about to throw an important game. His inquiry leads him to a…
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Counterspy: The Arrogant Arsonist (A0108)
Today’s Mystery: An international smuggling ring is threatened when a federal grand jury closes in on one of its American front companies. To cover their…
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Dragnet: The Big Bunco (EP5024)
Today’s Mystery: An experienced confidence man returns to Los Angeles with the same polished investment scam, cheating trusting victims out of thousands…
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The Big Story: Poker Game Ends in Death
  Today’s Mystery: When a suburban poker game ends in a deadly holdup, veteran Chicago reporter Bill Doherty becomes intrigued by the teenage…
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The Saint: Cupid and Corpse (EP5021)
Today’s Mystery: Simon Templar’s plans for a carefree day with Ann Morley are interrupted when the murder of a ticket broker draws them into a…
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The Saint: The Ghost that Giggled
Today’s Mystery:When an eccentric woman asks Simon Templar to investigate the ghost that has been haunting her wealthy brother, the Saint expects to…
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Dragnet: The Big Show (EP5014)
Today’s Mystery: When a seven-week-old baby is abandoned in a downtown bus depot, Joe Friday and Ed Jacobs begin searching for the missing mother. But as…
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The Big Story: The Case of the Cautious Killer (EP5012)
Today’s Mystery: Freshly hired cub reporter Ed Neumeier expects to spend his first day covering routine local stories while the veteran reporters chase a…
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The Saint: Reflection on Murder (EP5011)
Today’s Mystery: After actress Betty Ames witnesses a publisher’s murder, Simon Templar appoints himself her unofficial bodyguard. When a second…
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Dragnet: The Big Streetcar (EP5009)
Today’s Mystery: After a man is gunned down outside his home following a bitter domestic argument, Joe Friday and Ed Jacobs launch a search for the…
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The Big Show: Dictionary and a Telephone Line Lead to a Killer (EP5007)
Today’s Mystery: When a young wife disappears from a Colorado mountain town, reporter Bernard Beckwith notices inconsistencies in her husband’s…
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The Saint: The Corpse Said Ouch (EP5006)
Today’s Mystery: A frantic young woman arrives at Simon Templar’s apartment in the middle of the night insisting she’s dead—and the morning…
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Dragnet: The Big Rose (EP5004)
Today’s Mystery: A woman with a history of trouble suddenly disappears, leaving behind four children and a trail of conflicting stories. As Joe Friday…
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The Big Story: The Killer with the Mind of a Child (EP5002)
Today’s Mystery: When three people are murdered in a quiet Utah community, reporter T.R. Johnson finds himself drawn into the hunt for a killer who seems…
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The Saint: The Case of the Previewed Crime (EP5001)
Today’s Mystery: A mysterious intruder awakens Simon Templar in the middle of the night to describe what appears to be the perfect murder. When the…
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The Big Story: A Dead Certainty (EP4997)
Today’s Mystery: When a 69-year-old factory worker is found beaten to death in his ransacked bungalow, police quickly focus on a suspicious stranger seen…
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The Saint: The Frightened Author (EP4996)
Today’s Mystery: Mystery writer Randy Patterson fears that characters from his latest novel may be planning to make his fictional murder plot a reality…