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The Big Story: The Ugly Story of a Man (EP5087)
20/10/2026 | 35 mins.Today's Mystery: Reporter Chick Gleason heads into Northern California to cover what appears to be a routine forest fire. But when two blazes erupt in the same area, suspicion grows that someone has deliberately set them. Then a sudden shift in the wind traps a group of missionaries in a deadly inferno, leaving 15 men dead. As investigators search for the arsonist, Gleason uncovers a suspect whose desperate circumstances may conceal a motive far more disturbing than anyone imagined.
Original Radio Broadcast: October 6, 1954
Originating in New York
Cast:
Joe Helgeson as Chick Gleason
Carl Swenson as Alan Rusk
Norman Rose as Narrator
Dean Almquist
Earl George
Michael O'Day
Ed Fuller
Chelsea Garrett
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Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.The Saint: Simon Takes a Curtain Call (EP5086)
19/10/2026 | 34 mins.Today's Mystery: Simon Templar investigates a disturbing situation in the theater world when actor Mercer Bennett becomes convinced that the roles he plays onstage are coming true in real life. His latest play features the murder of his leading lady, Shari Babcock, and a previous attempt involving real bullets has left him fearing the worst. With several people harboring grudges and the final performance approaching, can the Saint uncover the truth before the curtain falls on a real-life tragedy?
Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 14, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Cast:
Vincent Price as Simon Templar
Theodore von Eltz as Mercer Bennett
Mary Shipp as Shari Babcock
Ed Begley as Stuart Jackson
Maggie Morley as Lola Enright
Stanley Farrar as Arnold Prince
Bob Clark as Charlie Glenway
Harry Brown as the doorman
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Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.Charlie Chan: The Landini Murder Mystery Omnibus, Part Three (EP5085e)
18/10/2026 | 3h 23 mins.In this episode, we continue our journey through the surviving episodes of Charlie Chan’s Landini Murder Case, a 39-part serialized mystery based on Earl Derr Biggers’ final Charlie Chan novel, The Keeper of the Keys. This omnibus brings together Episodes 29 and 30, as Inspector Charlie Chan closes in on the truth behind Ellen Landini’s murder.
Originating in Hollywood
Starring: Walter Connolly as Charlie Chan
The Second Bullet
Inspector Charlie Chan and Sheriff Don Holt examine a bullet found in the grounds at Pine View, one that may reveal how the killer tried to disguise the time of Ellen Landini’s murder. As suspicion shifts between Romano, Ryder, and the other guests, Chan uncovers troubling inconsistencies and prepares to confront those who may know more than they admit.
Original Air Date: 1935–1936
A Conversation with Ah Sing
With fear mounting at Pine View and secrets continuing to obstruct the investigation, Charlie Chan turns his attention to Ah Sing, Dudley Ward’s elderly servant. As Chan searches for the truth, another suspicious incident raises questions about who can be trusted—and whether the evidence is strong enough to identify the killer.
Original Air Date: 1935–1936
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Join us again for another adventure from the Golden Age of Radio.Counterspy: The International Intrigue (A0132)
17/10/2026 | 40 mins.Today's Adventure: David Harding and Harry Peters travel to Switzerland after learning that a notorious international information broker is offering an American atomic scientist—and his knowledge of the nation's nuclear secrets—to the highest bidder. With foreign intelligence agents competing for the scientist's services, Harding must determine whether the scientist has betrayed his country and find a way to prevent America's atomic secrets from falling into enemy hands.Original Radio Broadcast: October 20, 1949Originating in New YorkCast:Don McLaughlin as David Harding
Mandel Kramer as Harry Peters
Marks B. Loeb, director
Palmer Thompson, writer
Jesse Crawford, music
Philip H. Lord, producer
Bob Shepard, announcer
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16/10/2026 | 25 mins.Today's Mystery: When wealthy businessman Elmer Loomis vanishes without a trace, insurance investigator Johnny Dollar is sent to New Jersey to find out what happened. With no clear leads and a wife who seems anything but heartbroken, Johnny begins to suspect that Elmer’s disappearance may be more than it appears. But a strange name, a missing yacht, and a few unexpected encounters may hold the key to the case.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 13, 1959
Originating from Hollywood
Cast:
Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar
Virginia Gregg as Lena Loomis
Sergeant Louis Tommaso
Elmer Loomis
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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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