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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1

The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1

Author: Adam Graham

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Adam Graham continues his journey through Old Time Radio Detective programs from their first available adventure to their final bow in Seasons 1-3 which were released between 2009 and 2012, featuring nearly 800 Old Time Radio episodes. You can listen to the current podcast feed of The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio here.

In this volume, you'll hear:



  • Alan Ladd playing Dan Holiday, a reporter-mystery writer who will go anywhere and do anything to those who send him a letter to Box 13.
  • Jack Webb as Pat Novak for Hire, a Man Who Rents Boats and also ends up getting involved in murders in the most hard-boiled detective series of them all
  • Before he was Johnny Dollar, Bob Bailey starred in Let George Do It as George Valentine, a detective who advertised that danger was his stock and trade. 
  • The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes featuring early 1930s episodes with Richard Gordon and Luis Hector, followed by the definitive performance of Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as SHerlock Holmes and Watson as well as later series starring Tom Conway and John Stanley as Holmes.
  • The early adventures of the Man with Action-Packed Expense Account with episodes starring Dick Powell, Charles Russell, Edmond O'Brien, and John Lund,.
  • Jack Webb and later Frank Graham star as Jeff Regan, Investigator, a detective who was known as the Lyon's Eye.
  • Jeff Chandler stars in a failed Pilot for San Francisco Final
  • The Radio Adventures of the Thin Man including radio adaptations of the first two Thin Man Movies starring William Powell
  • The Father Brown radio series starring Karl Swenson
  • Golden Age Radio episodes featuring Rex Stout's housebound sleuth Nero Wolfe, most notably played by Sidney Greenstreet.
  • The mid-1950s series features a Detective and His Glamourous Wife in The Adventures of the Abbotts. 
  • William Gargan stars in two separate detective series as hard-boiled private eye Ross Dolan in I Deal in Crime and as Barrie Craig, Confidential Investigator
  • Dick Powell's first hard-boiled detective series in Rogue's Gallery. 
  • Glamourous Private Eye Candy Matson solves crimes in San Francisco
  • Glenn Ford stars as Christopher London
  • Before he became, a famous journalist known for 60 minutes, Mike Wallace starred in Crime on the Waterfront
  • The old-time radio adventures of Hercules Poirot starring Harold Huber.
  • This one's about Pete Kelly (played by Jack Webb) in Pete Kelly's Blues, a 1920s Blue Clarinet Player who gets into trouble and mystery in Kansas City
  • The Adventures of Frank Race, a former lawyer who became a freelance troubleshooter. 
  • Broadway Legend Walter Hampden stars as Leonidas Witherall, a boy's school headmaster who looks like William Shakespeare and finds mystery and adventure.
  • J. Scott Smart stars as The Fat Man, the rotund private eye with the famous theme.

Listen for specials starring Alan Ladd, Humphrey Bogart, Howard Duff,  Orson Welles, Peter Lorrre, Sidney Greenstreet, Edmond O'Brien, Vincent Price, Lena Horne,  Dick Powell, Glenn Ford, Charlton Heston. and more.
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Release Date: October 19, 2012At the request of an insurance company, Johnny signs up for a rideshare with a murderer in hopes of recovering $100,000.Original Air Date: February 2, 1954Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netPatreon Supporter of the Day: Jamison, Patreon supporting the podcast since June 2016.Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectives
Release Date: October 18, 2012While convalescing in Cornish country, Sherlock Holmes is confronted with a bizarre murder mystery that has seen two brothers and a sister wiped out.Original Air Date: January 31, 1949Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netPatreon Supporter of the Day: Jamison, Patreon supporting the podcast since June 2016.Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectives
Release Date: October 17, 2012A woman receives an anonymous call with a mysterious warning of danger for her arrogant husband. Several mysterious accidents follow. Original Air Date: February 18, 1952Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netPatreon Supporter of the Day: Jamison, Patreon supporting the podcast since June 2016.Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectives
Release Date: October 16, 2012On a flight from Central America to New Orleans, a beautiful woman gets Brad on a flight to Guatemala City.Original Air Date: April 1, 1949Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netPatreon Supporter of the Day: Jamison, Patreon supporting the podcast since June 2016.Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectives
Release Date: October 12, 2012Johnny’s company is about to make a deal with a thief who stole a necklace from a respected old family but then the thief is murdered.Original Air Date: January 26, 1954Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.netMail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Give us a call at 208-991-4783Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.netCheck out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
Release Date: October 15, 2012Frank investigates the case of a bank employee who embezzled money and fled to Juarez.Original Air Date: May 28, 1949Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netPatreon Supporter of the Day: Jamison, Patreon supporting the podcast since June 2016.Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.netGive us a call at 208-991-4783Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectivesFollow us on Twitter @radiodetectives
Release Date: October 10, 2012A woman sends George to search for her missing adventurer hushand.Original Air Date: February 11, 1952Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.netMail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Give us a call at 208-991-4783Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.netCheck out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
Release Date: October 11, 2012Sherlock Holmes investigate when the only living to an estate is murdered.Original Air Date: January 24, 1949Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.netMail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Give us a call at 208-991-4783Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.netCheck out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
Release Date: October 9, 2012A cabbie asks Brad to investigate a dead body found in the back of his cab. When Brad gets to the cab, they find the body is missing.Original Air Date: January 2, 1948Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.netMail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Give us a call at 208-991-4783Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.netCheck out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
Release Date: October 8, 2012Frank Race investigates a series of mysterious heart-related deaths all in the same county.Original Air Date: May 21, 1949Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.netMail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Give us a call at 208-991-4783Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.netCheck out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
Release Date: October 5, 2012Johnny is sent out to investigate at the request of the older husband of an insured 28 year-old woman.Original Air Date: January 12, 1954Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.netMail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Give us a call at 208-991-4783Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.netCheck out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
Release Date: October 4, 2012Holmes could be the next target of a serial killer who is killing off celebrities.Original Air Date: January 17, 1949Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.netMail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Give us a call at 208-991-4783Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.netCheck out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
Release Date: October 3, 2012A beautiful young woman is promised a wonderful surprise by an uncle with a wicked sense of humor. She asks George to accompany her. When she arrives, she finds her uncle is dying.Original Air Date: February 4, 1952Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.netMail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Give us a call at 208-991-4783Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.netCheck out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
Release Date: October 2, 2012When Brad dines with an old schoolmate, she witnesses a murder.Original Air Date: October 3, 1947 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.netMail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Give us a call at 208-991-4783Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.netCheck out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
Release Date: October 1, 2012Race needs to get an old friend to accept the job of Prime Minister in a war-torn country but his rebellious daughter threatens to plunge the country into a dictatorship.Original Air Date: May 14, 1949Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.netMail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Give us a call at 208-991-4783Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.netCheck out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
Release Date: September 30, 2012The golden age of radio came to an end with episodes of Yours Truly Johnny Dollar and Suspense. In the “Tip-Off Matter,” an ex-con tells Johnny the location of his loot. In “Devilstone,” a rich young Irishman is having trouble renting a house that is rumored to be haunted.On September 30th 1962Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.netMail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Give us a call at 208-991-4783Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.netCheck out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
Release Date: September 28, 2012Johnny tries to assign responsibility in the case of bomb that blew up on an airplane, killing more than 13 people.Original Air Date: January 5, 1954Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.netMail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Give us a call at 208-991-4783Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.netCheck out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
Release Date: September 27, 2012A man selling a knife sharpening service is murdering his customers.Original Air Date: January 10, 1949Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.netMail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Give us a call at 208-991-4783Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.netCheck out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
Release Date: September 26, 2012A woman is getting premonitions prior to murders being committed and George is hired to find out what the reason is.Original Air Date: January 28, 1952Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.netMail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Give us a call at 208-991-4783Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.netCheck out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
Release Date: September 25, 2012A woman hears a murder and comes to Brad for help when the room appears like it hasn’t been occupied.Original Air Date: September 9, 1946Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at https://support.greatdetectives.netMail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715Give us a call at 208-991-4783Take the listener survey at https://survey.greatdetectives.netCheck out our social media at https://www.greatdetectives.net
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