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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, Squad Room, Dangerous Assignment, Mr. Chameleon, 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 will feature seasons four through six.
Our feed includes old time radio recorded in Los Angeles, New York, and also Australia.
The current actors featured in our old time radio detective podcast include Les Damon, Bob Bailey, Brian Donlevy, Karl Swenson, Bill Zuckert, and Jack Webb. Other actors featured within the past 1,000 include Howard Duff, Glenn Langan, Herbert Marshall, Santos Ortega, Gerald Mohr, Joel McCrea, Les Tremayne, Jackson Beck, and more.
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Bulldog Drummond: Hijackers (EP4396)
Today's Mystery: Bulldog Drummond takes on a gang of hijackers who are robbing trucks.
Audition Date: September 28, 1941
Today’s program was provided by Radio Archives. Email detectives@radioarchives.com to get a free audiobook, a free ebook, and free old time radio collection.
Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net
Patreon Supporter of the Day:Dianne, Patreon Supporter Since July 2022
Originating in New York
Starring: George Colouris as Bulldog Drummond, Everett Sloan as Denny
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Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio. -
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The Falcon: The Case of the Substitute Target (EP4395)
Today's Mystery:To protect the girlfriend of a man murdered by the mob, the Falcon sets himself up as a target.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 21, 1951
Originating from New York
Starring: Les Damon as the Falcon; Ken Paxton at Sergeant Corbett
Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.ne
Patreon Supporter of the Day: Leslie, Patreon supporter since November 2018
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Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715
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Dragnet: The Big Book (EP4394)
Today's Mystery:Friday and Romero investigate the flood of filthy books into Los Angeles high schools.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 6, 1950
Originating from HollywoodStarring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield; Stacy Harris; Harry Morgan
Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net
Patreon Supporter of the Day: Ronnie, Patreon supporter since May 2021
Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.
Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Desalles Matter (EP4393)
Today's Mystery:Johnny goes out west when an insurance agent is suspicious of a $100,000 death claim that another investigator was assigned to look into.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: Original Air Date: January 13, 1957
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Harry Bartell; John Stephenson; Will Wright; James McCallion; Ben Wright
Today's Show sponsored by Cinnamon Girl by Daniel Weizzmann, the upcoming release in the Pacific Coast Highway Mystery Series. (Released May 28) (Affiliate LInks)
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Thank you to our Patreon Supporter of the Day: Lisa, Patreon Supporter since May 2021
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Mr. Chameleon: The Hasty Marriage Murder Case (EP4392)
Today's Mystery:A young wealthy man who just married a woman after a two-week romance is murdered.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 13, 1949
Originating from New York CityStarring: Karl Swenson as Mister Chameleon
Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net
Patreon Supporter of the Day: Tacy, Patreon Supporter Since October 2023
Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.
Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715
Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net
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Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.
Customer Reviews
Still rocking it!
When I first started listening to Adam, he was but a wee lad. Though his voice resonated that of someone with many decades under his belt.
Than I got use to his glorious voice and ears delighted to find out he was a youngster.
Great, I want him to keep broadcasting.
Thanks Adam for all the wonderful companions you shared with me while I worked, gardened and do chores around the house.
Full steam ahead!
Excellent docent
Adam refers to himself a host, but I think of him more as a highly qualified volunteer docent leading a tour in a museum. He applies his knowledge to provide insightful context, and his passion for old time radio is as palpable as it is infectious. Like a good docent, Adam curates the best and points out things I never would have noticed. It is so great that he’s keeping these shows alive and sharing his hobby.
My all time favorite is Pat Novak. I really wish more episodes had survived. The evolution (or change perhaps?) of Jack Webb is puzzling to me. Cynical to uncritical. The police as flawed and bumbling to the police as infallible. I’ll write to Adam one day and ask him about this.
In the meantime, keep up the good work and Illegitimi non Carborundum (don’t let the trolls get you down).
New advertisements
After years of building a solid brand for himself Adam introduced an advertising feed that was, and still is, incongruent with his brand but the introduction of unsolicited “Something You Might Like” downloads in the podcast subscription is too much! How much money is he making using my device forcing downloads of these undesired unsolicited downloads?From 5 stars to 1.
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