Shows / NBC – The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
Episodes
- NBC – The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
The Big Story: Bobby Sox Hustling (EP4992)
Today’s Mystery: City editor Paul Schoenstein becomes determined to uncover the forces behind a wave of juvenile crime, gambling, vice, and exploitation…
- NBC – The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
The Saint: Follow the Leader (EP4991)
Today’s Mystery: A mysterious woman arrives at Simon Templar’s apartment claiming that ruthless pursuers are after her life and begging for his…
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Dragnet: The Big Evans (EP4989)
Todays Mystery: A boarding house operator accuses a young police officer of assault, battery, and soliciting a bribe after a narcotics arrest. As Friday and…
- NBC – The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
The Big Story: Puritan Morality and Violent Death (EP4987)
Today’s Mystery: Reporter Albert Prince investigates the strange death of a respected Hartford meteorologist whose apparent chloroform overdose hides a…
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The Saint: The Problem of the Peculiar Payoff (EP4986)
Today’s Mystery: Simon Templar survives an attempted hit by a small-time hood named Augie and traces the job back to a nervous swindler named Ronald…
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The Big Story: Cornered Rats Always Squeal (EP4982)
Today’s Mystery: A reporter believes that a police informer is hiding something and sets out to fo find the truth. Original Radio Broadcast: August 16…
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The Saint: A Real Gone Guy (EP4981)
Today’s Mystery: Simon investigates the murder of a band leader. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 2, 1950 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Vincent…
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Dragnet: The Big Producer (EP4979)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday searches for the source of pornography being passed around by high school students. Original Radio Broadcast Date: February…
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The Big Story: Death in the Family (EP4977)
Today’s Mystery: Two children are murdered, apparently killed by their father in a murder-suicide, but a reporter senses that something is wrong…
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The Saint: Sonata for a Slayer (EP4976)
Today’s Mystery: A man asks Simon to investigate a case where a talented pianist’s life is endangered by Beethoven, but then is murdered himself…
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Dragnet: The Big Phone Call (EP4974)
Todays Mystery: Friday and Jacobs confront a jewelry store owner with evidence that he was behind a jewelry robbery. Original Radio Broadcast Date: February…
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The Big Story: Shotgun and Fatal Accident (EP4972)
Today’s Mystery: A wealthy man claims that his wife was accidentally killed by a shotgun. A reporter searches for evidence that the wife was murdered…
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The Saint: The Sinister Sneeze (EP4971)
Today’s Mystery: At the request of a sneezing woman on a bus, Simon tries to protect a very bad boxer who finds himself an unexpected favorite in his…
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Dragnet: The Big Honeymoon (EP4969)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ed Jacobs hunt down a con man who marries women for their money and leaves them. Original Radio Broadcast Date: February…
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The Big Story: New Facts About a 26-Year Frame-Up (EP4967)
Today’s Mystery: Reporter Ralph Goll becomes suspicious of the results of a murder case when he learns that the detective involved had later been…
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Dragnet: The Big Almost No Show (EP4964)
Today’s Mystery: Friday and Jacobs investigate a woman’s report of her brother’s disappearance. Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 31…
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The Big Story: Gambling and Divorce Mean Murder (EP4962)
Today’s Mystery: A reporter investigates the murder of a real estate developer who was killed after taking a prospective client to a property. Original…
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The Saint: The Case of the Blonde Who Lost Her Head (EP4961)
Today’s Mystery: The Saint encounters a blonde woman who claims to have lost her memory and is mixed up in a murder. Original Radio Broadcast Date…
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Dragnet: The Big Court (EP4959)
Today’s Mystery: Friday and Romero assist with the prosecution of a robbery case, but they lack faith in the case. Original Radio Broadcast Date: January…
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The Big Story: Murder and the Frustrated Father (EP4957)
Today’s Mystery: A jealous father’s response to his daughter’s surprise engagement leads to tragedy. Original Radio Broadcast: January 4…
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Dragnet: The Big Juvenile Division (EP4949)
v Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday tries to stop a juvenile gang war. Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 17, 1952 Originating from Hollywood Starring…
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The Big Story: Three Gold Coins Spell Death (EP4947)
Today’s Mystery: A Tulsa, OK reporter investigates when a man is found murdered outside a small town. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 14, 1949…
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The Saint: Murder on the High Seas (EP4946)
Today’s Mystery: The Saint meets an actress on a cruise ship who fears her for her life, with good reason. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 18…
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Dragnet: The Big Red, Part Two (EP4944)
Today’s Mystery: Having busted the small-time carriers in a drug ring, Friday has to capture the man behind the operation by carrying on pretending to be…
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The Big Story: The Corn Cob Killer (EP4942)
Today’s Mystery: A reporter wants his paper to run a story identifying the murderer of a river boy, when no body has been found and there’s no…
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Dragnet: The Big Red, Part One (EP4939)
Today’s Mystery: Friday goes undercover as a narcotics buyer after getting a tip from an informant about a new narcotics ring operating in LA. Original…
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The Big Story: The Loneliest Man on Earth (EP4937)
Today’s Mystery: Reporter Ray Sprigle undertakes an effort to free a man who claims to have been wrongfully convicted of murder at the plea of his…
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Dragnet: The Big Sorrow (EP4934)
Today’s Mystery: Joe mourns the death of his partner Ben Romero as he joins the search for two escaped robbers. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December…
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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…
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Dragnet: The Big Overtime (EP4929)
Today’s Mystery: The daughter of a banker is kidnapped from her business school. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 13, 1951 Originating from…
- NBC – The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
The Big Story: 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…
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Dragnet: The Big Canaries (EP4924)
Today’s Mystery: A mother is found murdered in her home. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 6, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb…
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The Big Story: Respected Chemist Dead (EP4922)
Today’s Mystery: A prominent chemist’s mysterious death may have been faked … but why? Original Radio Broadcast: March 9, 1949 Originating…
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Dragnet: The Big Affair (EP4919)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of jewelry store robberies. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 29, 1951 Originating…
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The Big Story: The Jigsaw Crime (EP4917)
Today’s Mystery: A legendary Arkansas reporter investigates the murder of an unidentified man. Original Radio Broadcast: January 26, 1949 Originating…
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Dragnet: The Big Hands (EP4914)
Todays Mystery: A woman is found strangled to death in a hotel room, and Friday and Romero have to figure out who she was and who killed her. Original Radio…
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The Big Story: Sixteen Year Old Misfit Kills Out of Fear (EP4912)
Today’s Mystery: Across the Indiana border, a sixteen-year-old from Louisville kills four men in a failed bank robbery and its aftermath. Original Radio…
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Dragnet: The Big Bungalow (EP4909)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero receive a tip from an informant on the identity of a burglar. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 15, 1951…
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The Big Story: Blind Date with Murder (EP4907)
Today’s Mystery: A Pittsburgh reporter is forced to cancel a date and finds himself covering a multiple murder. Original Radio Broadcast: September 22…
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Dragnet: The Big Hit and Run Killer (EP4904)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday seeks a hit-and-run driver. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 8, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as…
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The Big Story: The Lottery (EP4902)
Today’s Mystery: A reporter goes undercover to get the dope on an Atlanta numbers racket. Original Radio Broadcast: July 21, 1948 Originating from New…
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Dragnet: The Big Lease (EP4899)
Todays Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate the disappeared of a widower, who recently lost his wife. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 1, 1951…
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Dragnet: The Big Market (EP4894)
Today’s Mystery: A string of supermarket robberies rocks Los Angeles. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 25, 1951 Originating from Hollywood…
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The Big Story: Pillars of Society (EP4992)
Today’s Mystery: The mother of a man who was convicted of robbing and beating an elderly storekeeper appeals to a reporter to clear him. Original Radio…
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Dragnet: The Big Story Man (EP4889)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero hunt for safe burglars targeting local churches. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 18, 1951 Originating…
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The Big Story: Manhunt in Manhattan (EP4887)
Today’s Mystery: A reporter searches for a robber who provoked a police officer into killing a bystander. Original Radio Broadcast: January 7, 1948…
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Dragnet: The Big Shoplift (EP4874)
Todays Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of high-priced shoplifting cases. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 11, 1951 Originating…
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The Big Story: The Case of the Ambitious Hobo (EP4872)
Today’s Mystery: A reporter hunts for a baby-faced killer. Original Radio Broadcast:December 17, 1947 Originating from New York Starring: George Petrie…
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Dragnet: The Big Little Jesus (EP4869)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Frank Smith investigate the theft of a statue of the child Jesus from a church nativity scene. Original Radio Broadcast…
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The Big Story: The Case of the Cornered Cat (EP4867)
Today’s Mystery: America’s public enemey #1 is interested in turning himself in to Walter Winchell to be handed over to the FBI. But will he…
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Cloak and Dagger: Windfall (A0044)
Today’s Adventure: An ex-pat gambler in Switzerland gets a top secret film both sides want and tries to sell to the highest bidder. Original Radio…
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Dragnet: The Big Want Ad (EP4864
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a case where conmen are victimizing peoople who place newspaper ads to sell their cars. Original…
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Cloak and Dagger: The Wine of Freedom (A0042)
Today’s Adventure: An American OSS agent poses as a wine merchant in Germany to organize the country’s anti-Hitler elements into an effective…
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Dragnet: The Big September Man (EP4859)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate the brutal killing of a woman who worked in an office building. Original Radio Broadcast Date…
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The Big Story: The Case of the Final Curtain (EP4857)
Today’s Mystery: A woman suspects that her father was poisoned in a nursing home. Original Radio Broadcast: December 7, 1947 Originating from New York…
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Cloak and Dagger: Delay on Route (A0040)
Today’s Adventure: In a territory the partisans seized from the fascists in Italy, an OSS agent has to sneak out two fascists ready to give vital…
- NBC – The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
Cloak and Dagger: Delay on Route
Today’s Adventure: In a territory the partisans seized from the fascists in Italy, an OSS agent has to sneak out two fascists ready to give vital…
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Dragnet: The Big Sour (EP4854)
Today’s Mystery: Two men rob an elderly couple and torture the husband in order to steal their jewelry. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 20, 1951…
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Cloak and Dagger: The Last Mission (A0038)
Today’s Adventure: A woman in Canton, whose family was murdered by the Japanese military, makes an unusual connection with the OSS. Original Radio…
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Dragnet: The Big Waiter (EP4849)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigating the murder of the philandering owner of a habadashery store. Original Radio Broadcast Date…