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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Adam Graham|Old Time Radio Detective Host
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
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    Counterspy: The Stolen Car Racket (Rehearsal) (A0076)

    04/04/2026 | 40 mins.
    Today's Adventure: A woman who runs a New York auto theft racket and her sister get caught up in a web of intrigue and murder after doing business with a Chicago gang leader.

    Rehearsal of Program that Aired July 27, 1946

    Originating from New York

    Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding; Mandel Kramer as Peters; Ralph Bell

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    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Net of Circumstances Matter (EP4945)

    03/04/2026 | 31 mins.
    Today's Mystery: Johnny investigates a theft from a men's clothing store that has apparently left the night watchman dead.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 8, 1959

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lillian Buyeff; Vic Perrin; Harry Bartell; Barney Phillips; Bartlett Robinson; Bill James

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    Dragnet: The Big Red, Part Two (EP4944)

    02/04/2026 | 43 mins.
    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 an undercover drug dealer.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 10, 1952

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barney Phillips as Sergeant Ed Jacobs; Stacy Harris; Herb Butterfield

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    Broadway's My Beat: The Joe Blair Murder Case (EP4943)

    01/04/2026 | 38 mins.
    Today's Mystery: Danny investigates when a hitchhiker is found murdered in a high-end hotel.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 3, 1951

    Originating from Hollywood

    Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Cathy Lewis; Hy Averback; Edwin Max; Paula Victor; Billy Halop

    Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net

    Patreon Supporter of the Day: Sara, Patreon supporter since March 2017

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    The Big Story: The Corn Cob Killer (EP4942)

    31/03/2026 | 30 mins.
    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 evidence he was murdered.

    Original Radio Broadcast: October 26, 1949

    Originating from New York

    Starring: Beryl Firestone as Harold Faller; Hazel Logan; Jim Boles; Jim Stevens; Scott Tennyson; Bob Dryden; Sandy Bickhart

    Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net

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About The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Are you ready for a mystery? Get ready to unleash your inner sleuth. Every day Monday-Saturday, we feature a different detective audio drama from the Golden Age of Radio. Our current mystery-solving line-up of radio detectives includes The Adventures of the Falcon, Charlie Chan, Broadway's My Beat, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, and Dragnet.Whether you want to listen to a mystery before going to sleep or enjoy some drama while driving, or just feel nostalgia for old-school radio fiction, we have you covered with six audio dramas every week.Podcast Award finalist Host Adam Graham has been your guide through dozens of old-time radio detective series since 2009. He provides insightful commentary and humor after each episode and responds to listener questions and feedback. You can subscribe to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from your favorite podcast app or by visiting our website at http://www.greatdetectives.net.We are currently in our fifteenth season of provided suspenseful mystery dramas. Our podcast feed captures the last 1,000 episodes we've released including all of seasons thirteen and fourteen, and part of season twelve. We have created two archive feeds: Volume 1, which features our first three seasons and Volume 2, which features seasons four-six, and Volume 3 which will feature Seasons Seven through Nine.Our feed includes old time radio recorded in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and also Australia. The current actors featured in our old time radio detective podcast include Les Damon, Bob Bailey, Larry Thor, Walter Connolly, and Jack Webb. Other actors featured within the past 1,000 include Alice Frost, Howard Duff, Glenn Langan, Herbert Marshall, Gerald Mohr, Joel McCrea, Les Tremayne, Jackson Beck, Santos Ortega, Ned Wever, Karl Swenson, and more.
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