Mystery Special – The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

Today’s Mystery: After returning to New York following years of imprisonment during the Spanish Civil War, John McKittrick learns that a close friend has died under suspicious circumstances. As he investigates, he finds himself caught in a dangerous web of espionage, murder, and betrayal connected to secrets from his wartime past. Original Radio Broadcast Date:…

Today’s Mystery: A private detective is hired to located a woman’s brother, who is tied into underworld activity. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 29, 1950 Originating from New York Starring: Lee Tracy as Clint Flint; Miriam Wolfe; Bill Lipton; Joe DeSantis Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day: Larry, Patreon supporter&#8230...

Today’s 1st Mystery: An investigator for the Civil Aviation Administration gets a call warning of a bomb on a plane. Original Radio Broadcast: February 3, 1952 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Today’s 2nd Mystery: Randy receives a tip that there’s a bomb on a plane to Denver. Original Air Date: September 4, 1952…

Today’s Story: The best friend and top lieutenant of a political boss finds himself in the midst of a murder that threatens his boss’s career. Original Air Date: July 22, 1946 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Alan Ladd; Marjorie Reynolds; Ward Bond Thank you to our newest platinum patreon supporters who have been supporting the podcast…

Today’s Mystery: A baby photographer impersonates an out-of-town private investigator and gets mixed up with a beautiful woman who wants him to find her missing uncle. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 13, 1947 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Hope as Ronny Jackson; Dorothy Lamour; Frank Nelson Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Thank you to…

Today we take a look at the evolution of E. Jack Neumann’s story that became the five-part Johnny Dollar serial. Jeff Regan: The Man in the Church Regan is hired for a simple job of delivering $5,000 to a man, but finds himself wanted for murder. Original Air Date: October 12, 1949 Starring: Frank Graham…

Today’s Mystery: Andy Hardy takes a job as a night watchman only to seemingly have the whole warehouse he’s guarding disappear. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 10, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Mickey Rooney as Andy Hardy; Fay Holden; Lewis Stone; Eleanore Tanin; Richard Krenna; Eleanore Tanin Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supp...

Today’s Mystery: An experiment reveals how the diamond got out of Rachel Verinder’s cabinet. But where is it now? Original Air Date: April 23, 1948 Originating from Chicago Starring: Sherman Marks as Gabriel Betterridge; Arthur Sedgewick as Sergeant Cuff; Charles Mountain as Franklin Blake, Jonathan Hull, Dick York, Donald Gallagher, Boris Aplon, Marvin Peisner Support…

Today’s Mystery: After a tragic suicide, Sergeant Cuff’s dismissed with the theft of the Moonstone still unsolved. A year later, someone else picks up the investigation. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 16, 1948 Originating from Chicago Starring: Sherman Marks as Gabriel Betterridge; Arthur Sedgewick as Sergeant Cuff; Charles Mountain as Franklin Blake; Geraldine Kaye as…

Today’s Mystery: England’s greatest detective is called in to recover the Moonstone. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 9, 1948 Originating from Chicago Starring: Sherman Marks as Gabriel Betterridge; Arthur Sedgewick as Sergeant Cuff; Charles Mountain as Franklin Blake; Geraldine Kaye as Rachel Verinder; Alma Fox; Jane Elliot; Ruth Shane; Minion Shriver; Sidney Breese; Les Spears&#8...

Today’s Mystery: In the mid-19th Century, a young English woman has inherited a large Indian diamond from her evil uncle. She decides to wear it as a brooch on her eighteenth birthday. What could go wrong? Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 2, 1948 Originating from Chicago Starring: Sherman Marks as Gabriel Betterridge; Charles Mountain as…

  Today’s Mystery: A woman operating a shooting gallery game at an amusement park suspects that the death of an elderly watchman for the carnival is tied to a firebug who has been operating in town. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 14, 1952 Originating from New York Starring: Adelaide Klein as Cathy; Bill Lipton; Patrick…

Today’s Mystery: A police lieutenant is notified that a doctor has received threatening letters. Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 21, 1960 Originating from New York Starring: Les Damon as Lieutenant Paul Nieman; Lyle Sudrow as Dr. Don Frasier;  Phil Meader; Larry Haines Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day: Keith, Patreon…

Today’s First Mystery: Sam Spade is hired by a man who is then shot down in front of him with a carbine. Original Release Date: August 1, 1948 Starring: Howard Duff as Sam Spade; Lurene Tuttle as Effie; Jack Webb; WIlliam Conrad Today’s 2nd Mystery: While investigating an international narcotics ring, Mr. Moto finds himself…

Today’s Mystery: An FBI agent (Mark Stevens) goes undercover in the gang of an up-and-coming racketeer (Richard Widmark). Origianl Air Date: January 31, 1949 Originating in Hollywood Starring: Mark Stevens as Agent Gene Cordell; Richard Widmark; Lloyd Nolan; John McIntire; Ed Begley; William Johnstone; Jeff Chandler; Cliff Clark; Sam Edwards; Edward Marr; Charlotte Lawrence; Ross…

Today’s Mystery: FBI Special Agent Jim Taylor delays his vacation home. to find a Settlement House Santa Clause who disappeared. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 22, 1950 Starring Stacy Harris as Special Agent Jim Taylor,  Jeffrey Silver, Peggy Webber, Roland Winters, Victor Rodman, Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day: Kerry,…

Today’s Mystery: A San Francisco detective is convinced that one of three Americans at a Brazillian plantation is a fugitive killer in disguise. But which one? Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 8, 1946 Originating from New York City Starring: Ken Lynch Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day: Support the show…

This week, we look back at our first week of podcasts from 2009, with Adam’s current extended thoughts on each episode and reaction to his own commentar. Original Podcast Release Date: October 26, 2009 Dan Holiday tries to jumpstart his writing career through an ad in a newspaper. His first letter is from a woman…

Today’s Mystery: An insurance investigator has tracked a man, who embezzled $100,000, to Chile. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 18, 1954 Originating in Hollywood Starring: Whitfield Connor as Vic Kennedy; Jay Novello; Mary Jane Croft; Herb Butterfield; Hans Conreid Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day: Mimi, Patreon Supporter s...

Today’s First Mystery: The wife of a wealthy oil man hires Richard Diamond to protect her husband after an attempt on his life. Original Air Date: January 18, 1952 Originating in Hollywood Starring: Dick Powell as Richard Diamond; Virginia Gregg as Helen; Alan Reed as Lieutenant Walt Levinson Virginia; Jeanne Bates; Herb Butterfield; Tony Michaels…

Today’s Mystery: Marlowe is sent to Hawaii to facilitate the sale of a feather cloak belonging to the famous Hawaiian king, Kamehameha. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 23, 1949 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Gerald Mohr as Philip Marlowe; Berry Kroeger; Byron Kane; John Dehner; Laurette Fillbrandt; Clark Gordon Then we feature an episode of Hawaiian Fantasies, which…

Today’s Mystery: A police detective has 48 hours to find proof of the innocence of his brother, who is on death row. Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 17, 1947 Originating in New York Starring: Ken Lynch Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day: Jim, Patreon Supporter since April 2021 Support the…

Today’s Mystery: A nun becomes convinced that a condemned woman stranded at her Norfolk convent in the midst of torrential rains is innocent. Can the nun save her before her looming execution? Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 9, 1953 Originating in Hollywood Starring: Claudette Colbert as Sister Mary; Barbara Rush as Valerie Carns; Norma Varden;…

Today, I’m joined by Jim Grinstead of the Scams and Cons Podcast as we delve into two scam-related old time radio podcasts. Today’s 1st Mystery: First up, there’s no such thing as easy money. That’s a lesson a rich young man learns as he’s forced to lure his friends into the clutches of a big-time…

Today’s Mystery: Based on the movie I Wake Up Screaming, a Broadway promoter is suspected of murdering an up-and-coming actress, by a dogged police officer who always gets his man. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 27, 1946 Originating in Hollywood Starring: Brian Donlevy as Frankie Christopher; Vincent Price as Ed Cornell; Lurene Tuttle; Gloria Blondell; Theodore Von…