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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 DramasThe Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Season 6 Commentary
Adam Graham talks about the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Season 6, which featured a mostly stable lineup but saw some important changes. Adam talks about…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Dragnet: Myra the Redhead (EP1400)
Original Release Date: October 25, 2014 Friday and Romero investigate a series of auto burglaries committed by Juveniles. Original Air Date: September 1, 1949…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Felicity Feline Matter (EP1399)
Release Date: October 24, 2014 Johnny is called to protect a cat who inherited $65,000. Original Air Date: July 7, 1957 Support the show monthly at…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Nick Carter: The Case of the Make Believe Robbery (EP1398)
Release Date: October 23, 2014 A staged robbery for a film becomes a real murder. Original Air Date: June 18, 1946 Support the show monthly at…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Philip Marlowe: The Cloak of Kamehameha (EP1397)
Release Date: October 22, 2014 Marlowe is sent to Hawaii to facilitate the sale of an all-feather cloak to find someone bordered his plane under Marlowe’s…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Easy Money: The Basketball Pool Racket (EP1396)
Release Date: October 21, 2014 When a basketball player is shot, Mike Trent blames the big basketball pool cartel and has a plan to bring it down by picking up…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
The Saint: The Case of the Unhappy Homicide (EP1395)
Release Date: October 20, 2014 The owner of a jewelry store wants the Saint to prove he murdered his partner. Original Air Date: November 6,1949 Support the…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Dragnet: Police Academy (EP1394)
Release Date: October 18, 2014 Friday and Romero investigate a series of robberies while a friend tries to join the Police Academy. Original Air Date: August…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Funny Money Matter (EP1393)
Release Date: October 17, 2014 Johnny investigates when an insured pays off his policy with thousands of dollars in counterfeit money. Original Air Date: June…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Nick Carter: The Case of the Clumsy Forgeries (EP1392)
Release Date: October 16, 2014 Nick investigates the case of a wealthy heart patient who appears to have been murdered. Original Air Date: June 11, 1946…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Philip Marlowe: Heat Wave (EP1391)
Release Date: October 15, 2014 Marlowe is hired the identity of a burlesque dancer by a woman who think she’s her sister. Original Air Date: April 16, 1949…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Easy Money: The Gem Switch (EP1390)
Release Date: October 14, 2014 A small jewelry store has a $5,000 ruby disappear and be replaced with a duplicate. Mike Trent thinks he knows how to get it…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
The Saint: The Color Blind Killer (EP1389)
Release Date: October 13, 2014 The Saint tries to unravel a string of murders on a cruise ship. Original Air Date: September 18, 1949 Support the show monthly…
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Dragnet: Production 11 (aka Sixteen Jewel Thefts) (EP1388)
Release Date: October 11, 2014 Friday and Romero search for a jewel thief whose committed sixteen robberies in sixteen nights. Original Air Date: August 18…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Parley Barron Matter (EP1387)
Release Date: October 10, 2014 Johnny is called to find a fishing-loving retiree who never caught a fish. Original Air Date: June 23, 1957 Support the show…
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Nick Carter: The Case of the Dictaphone Murder (EP1386)
Release Date: October 09, 2014 A man is found murdered in his room with a dictaphone in the closet. Original Air Date: June 4, 1946 Support the show monthly at…
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Philip Marlowe: The Name to Remember (EP1385)
Release Date: October 08, 2014 Marlowe is hired to find out the identity of a man with a t-shirt who has been stalking his client. The client is found dead and…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Easy Money: Galloping Ivories (EP1384)
Release Date: October 07, 2014 Mike Trent sets out to expose a big time gambler taking wealthy kids’ money in a crooked craps game. Original Air Date: November…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
The Saint: Greed Causes Murder (EP1383)
Release Date: October 06, 2014 The Saint investigates when a gangster is pressuring an old man to sell his jalopy to him. Original Air Date: August 14, 1949…
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Dragnet: Production 10 (aka: The Maniac Murderer) (EP1382)
Release Date: October 04, 2014 Friday and Romero search for a man who has already brutally murdered two women. Original Air Date: August 11, 1949 Support the…
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Dixon Murder Matter (EP1381)
Release Date: October 03, 2014 Johnny returns to where he investigated last week’s missing person’s case to solve the murder of a young woman. Original Air…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Nick Carter: The Case of the Demented Daughter (EP1380)
Release Date: October 02, 2014 Nick Carter is suspicious when a wealthy young woman believe she’s going insane. Support the show monthly at…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Philip Marlowe: The Last Laugh (EP1379)
Release Date: October 01, 2014 Marlowe attends the reading of a willing only to find the testator very much alive–but not for long. Original Air Date: April 2…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Easy Money: Football Pool Racket (EP1378)
Release Date: September 30, 2014 Mike Trent is forced to work for a football pool kingpin to find the truth of how multiple winning tickets are being cashed…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
The Saint: The Saint Goes Underground (EP1377)
Release Date: September 29, 2014 The Saint’s plane lays over for repairs in a small New Mexico town where everyone is hinting he should leave if he cares about…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Dragnet: Production 9 (Benny Trousel) (EP1376)
Release Date: September 27, 2014 One of Romero and Friday’s informants is killed leaving a dying clue to the secret behind a new drug ring. Original Air Date…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Mason Dixon Mismatch Matter (EP1375)
Release Date: September 26, 2014 In a murder in Virginia, Johnny has to find out who a murdered woman: the daughter of the wealthy Mason family or the poor…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Nick Carter: The Case of the Poker Murders (EP1374)
Release Date: September 25, 2014 Nick looks into a series of daring robberies committed by a criminal who leaves a playing card as his calling card. Original…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Philip Marlowe: The Green Flame (EP1373)
Release Date: September 24, 2014 Marlowe has to find a dead columnist got a story that landed his magazine in court for libel. Original Air Date: March 26…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The William Post Matter (EP1372)
Release Date: September 23, 2014 Johnny investigates the murder of an insured woman. Original Air Date: September 22, 1953 Support the show monthly at…
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The Saint: Gangster District Attorney (EP1371)
Release Date: September 22, 2014 The Saint looks for the truth behind the rackets after a friend is murdered while investigate them Original Air Date: October…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Dragnet: Production 8 (aka: The Big Missing) (EP1370)
Release Date: September 20, 2014 A woman from Utah calls to report her daughter missing and Friday and Remero set out to find the missing girl by Christmas…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Loss of Memory Matter (EP1369)
Release Date: September 19, 2014 Johnny suffers a bout of amnesia in a car crash and a scheming relative for a man he’s delivering merchandise for tries to…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Nick Carter: The Case of the Little Old Ladies (EP1368)
Release Date: September 18, 2014 When searching for a witness, Waldo is held at gunpoint and tied up by two little old ladies. Carter finds out what’s behind…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Philip Marlowe: The Dancing Hands (EP1367)
Release Date: September 17, 2014 Philip Marlowe is hired by a twin sister in a piano sister act to investigate a man. Original Air Date: March 19, 1949 Support…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Emily Braddock Matter (EP1366)
Release Date: September 16, 2014 Johnny searches for a charming woman who is writing thousands in bad checks to ensured hotels. Original Air Date: May 19, 1953…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
The Saint: The Miracle Tea Party (EP1365)
Release Date: September 15, 2014 When the Saint discovers that there were several thousand dollar bill in a box of tea purchased by Inspector Fernack. Audition…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Dragnet: Production 7: Attempted City Hall Bombing (EP1364)
Release Date: September 13, 2014 A mad man threatens to blow up city hall if the police don’t release his brother. Friday and Romero have to get the bomb away…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wayward Truck Matter (EP1363)
Release Date: September 12, 2014 Johnny Investigates the disappearance of $10,000 of cargo and the truck that hauled it. Original Air Date: May 26, 1957…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Nick Carter: Eight Records of Death (EP1362)
Release Date: September 11, 2014 A man who bought ten records that chronicled a murder contacts Nick to find out who was killed and who committed the murder…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Philip Marlowe: The Grim Hunters (EP1361)
Release Date: September 10, 2014 Marlowe is lured to a party as a human item in a scavenger hunt. Things take a serious turn when he finds the woman who called…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The San Antonio Matter (EP1360)
Release Date: September 09, 2014 Johnny investigates the death of a mobster and meets his enchanting daughter who only learned who her father was when she…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Pursuit: Pursuit of the Asiatic Killer (EP1359)
Release Date: September 08, 2014 When a dying man declares he was poisoned, an autopsy reveled he died of Asiatic cholera. Original Air Date: March 11, 1952…
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Your Truly Johnny Dollar: The Chesapeake Fraud Matter Omnibus Edition (EP1358s)
Release Date: September 07, 2014 Original Air Dates: October 3-7, 1955 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a…
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Dranget: Production 6 (aka: The Red Light Bandit) (EP1358)
Release Date: September 06, 2014 Friday and Romero search for a brutal man who impersonates a police officer to beat and rob innocent citizens. Original Air…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Michael Meany Mirage Matter (EP1357)
Release Date: September 05, 2014 Johnny investigates the disappearance of $20,000 in ambergris. Original Air Date: May 19, 1957 Support the show monthly at…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Nick Carter: The Witness Saw Nothing (EP1356)
Release Date: September 04, 2014 Two killers target a door to door salesman who could provide evidence against them in a murder case-though he doesn’t know it…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Philip Marlowe: Friend from Detroit (EP1355)
Release Date: September 03, 2014 Marlowe is awakened in the middle of the night by a call from a man who runs a lunch counter, begging Marlowe’s help to find…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Neal Breer Matter (EP1354)
Release Date: September 02, 2014 Johnny is called in when the insurance company receives a letter from an insured’s doctor suggesting that a twenty-six year…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Pursuit: Pursuit In Clynewydd Mine (EP1353)
Release Date: September 01, 2014 A man is found murdered in a mine disaster. Original Air Date: March 4, 1952 Support the show monthly at…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Molly K Matter Omnibus Edition (EP1352s)
Release Date: August 31, 2014 Johnny investigates the sinking of a boat with a $500,000 insurance policy and a captain who tries to stop him from getting to…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Dragnet: Production 5 aka The Helen Corday Murder (EP1352)
Release Date: August 30, 2014 Friday and Romero search for a man who killed a waitress. Original Air Date: July 7, 1949 Support the show monthly at…
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Peerless Fire Matter (EP1351)
Release Date: August 29, 2014 Johnny looks into the arson of a small junkyard. Original Air Date: May 5, 1957 Support the show monthly at…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Nick Carter: The Body in the Ice (EP1350)
Release Date: August 28, 2014 A body is found frozen in the ice. Original Air Date: January 27, 1946 Support the show monthly at…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Philip Marlowe: The Lonesome Reunion (EP1349)
Release Date: August 27, 2014 Marlowe goes to Phoenix to carry simple papers but finds himself in the midst of robbers fighting and kill over the proceeds of…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Pat Novak: Little Jake Siegel (EP1348)
Release Date: August 26, 2014 An altar boy is shot and killed in a church saving Novak’s life. Novak’s goal: get the killer. Original Air Date: June 26, 1949…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Pursuit: Pursuit of the Woman in Grey (EP1347)
Release Date: August 25, 2014 Inspector Black goes undercover as a social worker to investigate violence in a women’s prison. Original Air Date: February 26…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The McCormack Matter Omnibus Edition (EP1346s)
Release Date: August 24, 2014 A dying prisoner sends Johnny searching for $100,000 in stolen jewels that were never recovered and murder follows. Original Air…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Dragnet: Production #4 Homicide (aka: Quick Trigger Gun Men) (EP1346)
Release Date: August 23, 2014 Friday and Romero are on the trailer of three robbers who murdered a police officer. Original Air Date: June 24, 1949 Support the…
- Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 2|Mystery Audio Dramas
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Melancholy Memory Matter (EP1345)
Release Date: August 22, 2014 Johnny searches for a pitcher who disappeared during Spring Training and whose sister is accusing his new bride of murdering him…