Shows / NBC – The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
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- NBC – The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
The Falcon: The Case of the Babbling Brooks (EP4695)
Today’s Mystery: The Falcon is sent to London to investigate a leak of top secret information. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 6, 1952 Originating…
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Dragnet: The Big Couple (EP4694)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for husband-and-wife con artists who are swindling local churches. Original Radio Broadcast Date…
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The Falcon: The Case of the Menacing Mamselle (EP4689)
Today’s Mystery: A man is in Paris to find the woman who betrayed his brother to the Nazis. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 26, 1952 Originating from…
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Dragnet: The Big Crime (EP4688)
Todays Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for two missing four-year-old twin girls. Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 15, 1951 Originating from…
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The Falcon: The Case of the Vanishing Visa (EP4683)
Today’s Mystery: Mike Waring is called back into service by military intelligence and is sent to Vienna to smuggle a woman across the border. Original…
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Dragnet: The Big Cast (EP4676)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero think they found the man responsible for the disappearance of twelve men over more than a year. Original Radio…
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The Falcon: The Case of the Dirty Dollar (EP4671)
Today’s Mystery: The Falcon is retired, but a friend who is intrigued by a crooked employee’s wife is able to coax him out. Original Radio…
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Dragnet: The Big Children (EP4670)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero are called in to investigate when children in a wealthy neighborhood are begging door-to-door. Original Radio…
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The Falcon: The Case of the Burning Bridges (EP4665)
Today’s Mystery: A receptionist overhears her boss, the owner of an import-export company, making a suspicious sale, and turns to The Falcon for help…
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Dragnet: The Big Tomato (EP4664)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate who sold drugs to a high school senior who ended up dying under the influence in a car accident…
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The Falcon: The Case of the Happy Hoodlum (EP4659)
Today’s Mystery: With gunmen from Detroit in town to kill a gangster, The Falcon is afraid that an old army buddy of the same description might be killed…
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Dragnet: The Big Dance (EP4658)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday investigates a series of hold-ups. Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 18, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack…
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The Falcon: The Case of the Shooting Star (EP4653)
Today’s Mystery: A star with a reputation for paying tough guys wants to hire The Falcon to investigate phony threats on his life in order to gain…
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Dragnet: The Big Jump (EP4652)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero go to a building where a mentally disturbed man is threatening to jump off a 13-story building. Original Radio…
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The Falcon: The Case of the King of Hearts (EP4647)
Today’s Mystery: A gambler’s wife wrote $18,000 in checks and won’t tell him what they were for. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 11, 1952…
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Dragnet: The Big Hold-Up (EP4646)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero are on the trail of The Rattlesnake Bandit, a sadistic robber who holds up couples in cars and inflicts…
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The Falcon: The Case of the Fatal Fix (EP4641)
Today’s Mystery: The father of a young gangster who committed suicide hires Waring to find the head of the rackets. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 4…
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Dragnet: The Big Family (EP4640)
Today’s Mystery: A prominent businessman disappears without a trace. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 28, 1950 Originating from Hollywood…
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The Falcon: The Case of the Weeping Willow (EP4635)
Today’s Mystery: A friend of Mike’s is murdered after deciding to expose his boss, who was running a drug racket. Original Radio Broadcast Date…
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Nero Wolfe: A Slight Case of Perjury (EP4634s)
A man is acquitted of murder on perjured testimony and hires Wolfe to locate the real killer. Original Air Date: April 6, 1951 Starring: Sidney Greenstreet as…
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Dragnet: The Big Break (EP4634)
Todays Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero deal with a dangerous armed robber who keeps escaping. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 14, 1950 Originating…
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The Falcon: The Case of the Jumping Jack (EP4629)
Today’s Mystery: A woman hires The Falcon because she suspects that her husband has hired a private eye to follow her. Original Radio Broadcast Date…
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Dragnet: The Big Picture (EP4628)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a racket that’s taking advantage of teenage girls and getting them to pose for pornographic…
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The Falcon: The Case of the Happy Helpmate (EP4623)
Today’s Mystery: Mike decides to give a bank guard with a record a break and not tell his employer about the felony conviction. Murder follows. Original…
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Dragnet: The Big Car (EP4622)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of fifteen market robberies. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 30, 1950 Originating…
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The Falcon: The Case of the Murdering Missus (EP4617)
Today’s Mystery: A jewelry store owner is killed in a robbery gone wrong, and Waring thinks he knows who the killer is. Original Radio Broadcast Date…
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Dragnet: The Big Betty (EP4616)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a gang of conmen victimizing the loved ones of the recently deceased. Original Radio Broadcast…
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The Falcon: The Case of the Grand Gamble (EP4611)
Today’s Mystery: A woman hires The Falcon to protect a gambling racketeer. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 16, 1952 Originating from New York…
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Dragnet: The Big Parrot (EP4610)
Today’s Mystery: A married couple is found murdered in their room with a dead parrot. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 16, 1950 Originating from…
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The Falcon: The Case of the Killer’s Key (EP4605)
Today’s Mystery: A man who is suspected of murdering a former employee who had turned him in for tax invasion hires Waring to find the girlfriend who may…
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Dragnet: The Big Mother (EP4604)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for a three-day-old baby who was kidnapped from a local hospital. Original Radio Broadcast Date…
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The Falcon: The Case of the Natural Seven (EP4599)
Today’s Mystery: A desperate man who lost $5,000 at an illegal gambling den robs and shoots his boss to pay his debt.. Original Radio Broadcast Date…
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Dragnet: The Big Church (EP4586)
Today’s Mystery: A woman reports receiving threats for attending a new church. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 2, 1950 Originating from Hollywood…
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The Falcon: The Case of the Unwelcome Christmas Present (EP4581)
Today’s Mystery: A man who bought a fur coat goes for his girlfriend for Christmas turns to The Falcon when dangerous people want it back. Original Radio…
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Dragnet: Production 8 (aka the Big Missing/Juanita Lasky) (EP4580)
Todays Mystery: At Christmastime, Joe Friday and Ben Romero try to find a missing daughter from Utah. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 28, 1949 Originating…
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Mr. and Mrs. North: Frisbie Proves His Point (EP4578)
Today’s Mystery: When a mystery tries to stage a mock murder in the middle of a crowd in Times Square, the Norths find themselves in a real murder…
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Martin Kane: October 29, 1953 (EP4576)
Today’s Mystery: Martin Kane is hired by a man accused of robbery and murder to find the gun and the real killer. Original Release Date: October 29, 1953…
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The Falcon: The Case of the Gold Ring (EP4575)
Today’s Mystery: While on vacation in the Florida Keys, Waring gets mixed up in a murder when a woman comes to his room to plead for his help with a…
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Dragnet: The Big Meet (EP4574)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday goes undercover to complete a large drug buy. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 26, 1950 Originating from Hollywood…
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Mr. and Mrs. North: The Norths Discover Christopher Columbus (EP4572)
Today’s Mystery: On the eve of Columbus Day, the Norths see a man dressed as Christopher Columbus jump out of a building. Original Radio Broadcast Date…
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The Falcon: The Case of the Missing Patient (EP4569)
Today’s Mystery: The widow of a kindly doctor is accused of his murder, but she suspects a rough-looking character who showed up for medical care and…
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Dragnet: The Big Grandma (EP4568)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero are assigned to investigate the case of a motherly lady who has written more than a thousand bad checks over…
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Mr. and Mrs. North: Pam Keeps Out of Trouble (EP4566)
Today’s Mystery: With Jerry out of town, Pam tries to help a hapless reformed gambler quit his job at a gambling den and finds herself caught up in a…
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The Falcon: The Case of the Beautiful Bait (EP4563)
Today’s Mystery: A beautiful woman’s attempt to seduce a young boxer into signing with her fight manager boyfriend ends in murder. Original Radio…
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Dragnet: The Big Quack (EP4562)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a phony psychiatrist who burgled the house of a patient he’d hypnotized. Original Radio…
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Mr. and Mrs. North: Pam Goes it Alone (EP4560)
Today’s Mystery: Pam helps the fiancée of a condenmed killer to try and find evidence to clear him. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 2, 1944…
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Molle Mystery Theater: Red Wine (EP4558)
Today’s Mystery: A San Francisco detective is convinced that one of three Americans at a Brazillian plantation is a fugitive killer in disguise. But…
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The Falcon: The Case of the Loose Lip (EP4557)
Today’s Mystery: A shooting of an underworld character by a racketeer’s thug sets off a string of double-crosses that leads to murder. Original…
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Dragnet: The Big .38 (EP4556)
Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for an armed robber who shot and killed a clerk. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 5, 1950…
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Mr. and Mrs. North: The Norths Get Wired for Sound (EP4554)
Today’s Mystery: For a lark, the Norths record a record, and then someone tries to kill them in the cab on the way home. Original Radio Broadcast Date…
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The Falcon: The Case of the Hypocritical Hypo (EP4551)
Today’s Mystery: A woman hires The Falcon to find her missing hypochondriac husband. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 1, 1951 Originating from New…
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Cavalcade of America: The Pinkerton Man (EP4550s)
In 1859, legendary private detective Allan Pinkerton tries to solve the year-old case of a bank robbery and the murder of a guard. Original Air Date: November…
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Dragnet: The Big Death (EP4550)
Today’s Mystery: A man reports that his ex-boss tried to hire him to murder his wife. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 28, 1950 Originating from…
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Mr. and Mrs. North: The Wilbur Wills Matter (EP4548)
Today’s Mystery: A man invites the Norths to his house to solve a murder that hasn’t happened yet – his own. Original Radio Broadcast Date…
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Falcon: The Case of Plenty Twenty (EP4545)
Today’s Mystery: An engraver, who has created high-quality counterfeit plates, is murdered. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 25, 1951 Originating from…
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Dragnet: The Big Pair (EP4544)
Today’s Mystery: A twelve-year-old and a grandfather return from a trip to Indiana to find all their belongings from their home stolen. Original Radio…
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Mr. and Mrs. North: The Little Man Who Wasn’t There (EP4542)
Today’s Mystery: A little man dies on the Norths’ door as a warning that someone wants to kill Pamela North. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April…
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The Falcon: The Case of the Cautious Cousin (EP4539)
Today’s Mystery: A man is poisoned in the presence of The Falcon and the finger of suspicion is pointed at the victim’s cousin. Original Radio…
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Dragnet: The Big Make (EP4538)
Today’s Mystery: Friday and Romero investigate a robbery and shooting at a bakery. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 14, 1950 Originating from…
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The Falcon: The Case of Vanishing Varmint (EP4533)
Today’s Mystery: A criminal with a grudge against The Falcon escapes prison. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 11, 1951 Originating from New York…