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Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Adam Graham continues his journey through Old Time Radio Detective programs from their first available adventure to their final bow in Seasons 4-6 which were released between 2012 and 2015, featuring nearly 1,000 Old Time Radio episodes. You can listen to the current podcast feed of The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio here.
Picking up where we left off at the end of Volume 1, Volume 2 begins by continuing the Adventures of Frank Race, The Fat Man, Let George Do It, Sherlock Holmes (with John…
Episodes
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Philip Marlowe: The Monkey’s Uncle (EP1631)
Release Date: July 22, 2015 A Scottish animal trainer calls Marlowe into a case involving a chimpanzee. Original Air Date: March 7, 1950 Support the show…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Ellery Queen: Nick the Knife (EP1630)
Release Date: July 21, 2015 Ellery investigates a series of knifing attacks in New York City parks. Original Air Date: August 1, 1945 Support the show monthly…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
The Saint: Strange Bedfellows (EP1629)
Release Date: July 20, 2015 The Saint is called in to investigate the disappearance of the Mayor’s son. Original Air Date: April 15, 1951 Support the show…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Dragnet: The Big Frame (EP1628)
Release Date: July 18, 2015 Friday and Romero investigate an apparent hit and run case that begins to look more and more like murder. Original Air Date: July…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Eastern Western Matter (EP1627)
Release Date: July 17, 2015 Johnny is called to Florida to investigate a Florida’s cattleman’s loss of an entire herd. Original Air Date: April 6, 1958 Support…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Nick Carter: The Case of the Henpecked Husband (EP1626)
Release Date: July 16, 2015 A meek professor wins $90,000 at a casino and is murdered. Original Air Date: April 11, 1948 Support the show monthly at…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Philip Marlowe: The Big Step (EP1625)
Release Date: July 15, 2015 A waitress asks Marlowe to look into what’s bothering a friend. She’s disappeared along with a gun. Original Air Date: February 28…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Ellery Queen: The Foul Tip (EP1624)
Release Date: July 14, 2015 A cowboy movie star is murdered at a ballpark. Original Air Date: July 15, 1944 Support the show monthly at…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
The Saint: The Ghost Who Came to Dinner (EP1623)
Release Date: July 13, 2015 In a country house, Simon encounters a cabbie who claimed to see ghosts dressed like people who lived 200 years ago. Original Air…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Dragnet: The Big Grab (EP1622)
Release Date: July 11, 2015 Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for a kidnapped woman. Original Air Time: June 15, 1950 Support the show monthly at…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Killer’s List Matter (EP1621)
Release Date: July 10, 2015 Johnny investigates the death of a wealthy insurance man with a young wife who’s indifferent to his death. Original Air Date: March…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Nick Carter: The Case of the Star of Evil (EP1620)
Release Date: July 09, 2015 Nick searches for a missing maharaja and a missing priceless jewel. Original Air Date: April 4, 1948 Support the show monthly at…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Philip Marlowe: Ladies Night (EP1619)
Release Date: July 08, 2015 Phil is hired to find to find a writer for a magazine publisher in this episode featuring an all-female guest cast. Original Air…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Ellery Queen: The Adventure of Dead Man’s Cavern (EP1618)
Release Date: July 07, 2015 While vacationing in the mountains, Ellery and friends stumble upon a mysterious death tied to a murderer’s ghost. Original Air…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
The Saint: Simon Carries the Ivy (EP1617)
Release Date: July 06, 2015 The Saint investigates a series of poisoned pen letters set to men who are thought to be interested in a lovely co-ed. Original Air…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Dragnet: The Big Mink (EP1616)
Release Date: July 04, 2015 Friday and Romero investigate the robbery of a furrier. Original Air Date: June 22, 1950 Support the show monthly at…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Denver Disbursal Matter (EP1615)
Release Date: July 03, 2015 Johnny goes to Denver to investigate a series of suspicious claims being paid out. Original Air Date: March 23, 1958 Support the…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Nick Carter: The Case of the Martyred Rat (EP1614)
Release Date: July 02, 2015 Nick investigates a series of truck hijackings. Original Air Date: March 28, 1948 Support the show monthly at…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Philip Marlowe: The Grim Echo (EP1613)
Release Date: July 01, 2015 While in a storm, Phil ends up at a house where everyone has a motive to kill him. Original Air Date: February 14, 1950 Support the…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Ellery Queen: Adventure of the Scarecrow and the Snowman (EP1612)
Release Date: June 30, 2015 Ellery Queen uses a movie to solve a case of a man who was found in the clothes of a scarecrow and then disappeared from the…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
The Saint: Formula for Death (EP1611)
Release Date: June 29, 2015 The Saint gets a new tailored jacket back with a bullet hole and a formula demanded by a man with a weight problem. Original Air…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Dragnet: The Big Press (EP1610)
Release Date: June 27, 2015 Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a purse-snatching spree. Original Air Date: June 15, 1950 Support the show monthly at…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Salkoff Sequel Matter (EP1609)
Release Date: June 26, 2015 Johnny is preparing to leave Florida when he’s called in to investigate the disappearance of a scientist involved in top secret…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Nick Carter: The Case of the Magic Rope (EP1608)
Release Date: June 25, 2015 Nick Carter investigates the death of a magician famous for his rope trip in the midst of a magic competition. Original Air Date…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Philip Marlowe: The Long Arm (EP1607)
Release Date: June 24, 2015 Marlowe goes to Bay City to help a man whose wife has been murdered with him being the prime suspect. Original Air Date: February…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Ellery Queen: The Adventure of the Mischief Maker (EP1606)
Release Date: June 23, 2015 Ellery is called in to investigate a series of anonymous mischief making letters. Original Air Date: January 13, 1944 Support the…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
The Saint: The Birds and Bees of East Orange (EP1605)
Release Date: June 22, 2015 A woman who owns a circulating library reports to Simon that someone is checking out, “The Birds and Bees of East Orange” and when…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Dragnet: The Big Smart Guy (EP1604)
Release Date: June 20, 2015 A woman is murdered in her apartment and Joe Friday and Ben Romero suspect her husband was involved. Original Air Date: June 8…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Suspense: The Blind Spot (EP1604s)
Release Date: June 21, 2015 A pop psychologist becomes involved in investigating the murder of a head of research at a polling firm. Original Air Date: May 1…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wayward Moth Matter (EP1603)
Release Date: June 19, 2015 Johnny is called in to investigate when a top secret project is damaged and sabotage is feared. Original Air Date: March 9, 1958…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Nick Carter: The Case of the Last Old Timer (EP1602)
Release Date: June 18, 2015 Waldo’s warning of a wave of blown safes following the release of an old time safe cracker appears to come true. Original Air Date…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Philip Marlowe: The Hairpin Turn (EP1601)
Release Date: June 17, 2015 A man calls in Marlowe to investigate the man his child is about to marry. Original Air Date: January 28, 1950 Support the show…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Ellery Queen: The Vanishing Magician (EP1600)
Release Date: June 16, 2015 An old vaudeville magician makes a wager for $25,000 that he can disappear from a house under the nose of New York’s finest…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
The Saint: Button, Button (EP1599)
Release Date: June 15, 2015 The Saint is called by a wealthy man who tells him to go home. The Saint is then knocked out and finds his host missing. Original…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Dragnet: The Big Fake (EP1598)
Release Date: June 13, 2015 Friday and Romero investigate an allegation of robbery by a police officer. Original Air Date: June 1, 1950 Support the show…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Diamond Dilemma Matter (EP1597)
Release Date: June 12, 2015 Johnny is called in to prove that diamonds weren’t stolen by extraterrestrials. Original Air Date: March 2, 1958 Support the show…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Nick Carter: The Case of the Absent Clue (EP1596)
Release Date: June 11, 2015 A shopkeeper is killed and suspicion falls on a racketeer who beat him up for not going along with his number’s racket. Original…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Philip Marlowe: The Bid for Freedom (EP1595)
Release Date: June 10, 2015 A mentally imbalanced woman escapes from a sanitarium and Marlowe fears her husband will be a target. Original Air Date: January…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Ellery Queen: The World Series Crime (EP1594)
Release Date: June 09, 2015 Ellery is called in to find a baseball star’s lucky bat. Original Air Date: October 2, 1943 Support the show monthly at…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
The Saint: The What-Not that Got Hot (EP1593)
Release Date: June 08, 2015 The Saint and Louie witness the Saint’s house being robbed and the Saint is set on to a series of deaths. Original Air Date: March…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Dragnet: The Big Key (EP1592)
Release Date: June 06, 2015 Friday and Romero investigate a brutal Christmas eve murder where the only clue is a single. Original Air Date: May 25, 1950…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Durango Laramie Matter (EP1591)
Release Date: June 05, 2015 Johnny is called in when an eccentric oil millionaire disappears on his way to Hartford to pay his insurance policy. Original Air…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Nick Carter: The Case of the Boy Who Got Lost (EP1590)
Release Date: June 04, 2015 The older brother of a sixteen year old boy calls Nick in to investigate when his brother appears to be mixed up in a murder…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Philip Marlowe: The Covered Bridge (EP1589)
Release Date: June 03, 2015 Marlowe is taken by gunpoint to drive three people to Mexico and he’s determined to find out what the score is. Original Air Date…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Ellery Queen: Adventure of the Circus Train (EP1588)
Release Date: June 02, 2015 A long-time circus owner is murdered on a train. Original Air Date: March 27, 1943 Support the show monthly at…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
The Saint: The Big Swindle (EP1587)
Release Date: June 01, 2015 A man shows up with a bag of money and claims to have amnesia. Original Air Date: February 25, 1951 Support the show monthly at…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Dragnet: The Big Pug (EP1586)
Release Date: May 30, 2015 Friday and Romero look for a duo who robbed a grocery store and assaulted its elderly owner. Original Air Date: May 18, 1950 Support…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Time and Tide Matter (EP1585)
Release Date: May 29, 2015 Johnny goes to the Caribbean after a wealthy insured person fails to make a key appointment and Johnny finds the man’s life is in…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Nick Carter: The Case of the Wandering Corpse (EP1584)
Release Date: May 28, 2015 Nick is called in by a mother whose son is accused of murdering a police officer. Original Air Date: February 15, 1947 Support the…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Philip Marlowe: The Torch Carriers (EP1583)
Release Date: May 27, 2015 Marlowe finds himself investigating the death of a racketeer’s girlfriend. Original Air Date: January 7, 1950 Support the show…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Ellery Queen: Adventure of the Singing Rat (EP1582)
Release Date: May 26, 2015 An informant reveals a scandal involving a crooked politician and a gangster and the gangster is murdered. Original Air Date…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
The Saint: The Next of Kin (EP1581)
Release Date: May 25, 2015 A mobster is shot and killed when clueing the Saint in that a notorious dead mobster isn’t dead. Original Air Date: February 18…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Dragnet: The Big Knife (EP1580)
Release Date: May 23, 2015 Twenty-one girls have been knifed at a local high school. Joe Friday and Ben Romero must catch the perpetrator before he kills one…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Sick Chick Matter (EP1579)
Release Date: May 22, 2015 A friend of Johnny’s call him in to investigate when his chickens are becoming ill. Original Air Date: February 9, 1958 Support the…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Nick Carter: The Case of the Classical Clue (EP1578)
Release Date: May 21, 2015 Nick is contacted by a wealthy man to investigate his ward’s fiancé but the man is murdered before Nick can speak to him. Original…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Philip Marlowe: The House that Jacqueline Built (EP1577)
Release Date: May 20, 2015 Marlowe is hired to find a missing house on New Year’s Eve. Original Air Date: December 31, 1949 Support the show monthly at…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Police Headquarters: $80,000 Robbery and Two Officers Disappear (EP1576)
Release Date: May 19, 2015 A fur robbery occurs but the criminals get away far too quickly in $80,000 Robbery. Two police officers disappear when bringing in a…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
The Saint: The Bride Who Lost Her Groom (EP1575)
Release Date: May 18, 2015 Louie brings a bride whose groom didn’t show up for the wedding. Original Air Date: February 11, 1951 Support the show monthly at…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Dragnet: The Big Badge (EP1574)
Release Date: May 16, 2015 Joe Friday and Ben Romero hunt a man who holds up parked cars while pretending to be a police officer. Original Air Date: May 4…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Price of Fame Matter (EP1573)
Release Date: May 15, 2015 Vincent Price calls for Johnny’s help to locate a priceless stolen painting. Original Air Date: February 2, 1958 Support the show…