NBC – The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

Today’s Mystery: Friday goes undercover to locate a high-grade heroin out of a luxury hotel. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 31, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Stacy Harris; Ralph Moody Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day: Robert, Patreon…

Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero join forces with a USPS inspector to correct a forger who is stealing and then cashing checks. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 24, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield; Jack Kruschen Support the show monthly…

Today’s Adventure: An OSS agent undertakes a secret mission to blow up a highway in Italy to block the escape of the Germans. Original Radio Broadcast: June 4, 1950 Originating from New York Starring: Boris Aplon; Hester Sondergaard; Berry Kroeger; Virginia Payne; Raymond Edward Johnson; Karl Weber; Joseph Julian; Everett Sloan To subscribe to this…

Today’s Mystery: A woman is shot in bed while sleeping with her seven-year-old son. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 17, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day: Martin, Patreon supporter since March 2024 Support…

Today’s Mystery: A woman working for the Communist Party in Paris tries to get her husband to steal notes on a sensitive meeting. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 14, 1952 Originating from New York Starred: Les Damon as The Falcon; Ralph Bell Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day: Rebecca, Patreon…

Today’s Adventure: A French agent of the OSS takes a singer to Casablanca to feed inaccurate information to the Nazis. Original Radio Broadcast: May 28, 1950 Originating from New York Starring: Jane White; Raymond Edward Johnson; Berry Kroeger; Leon Janney; Joseph Julian; Karl Weber; Guy Sorel; Bernie Gould To subscribe to this podcast and, go…

Today’s Mystery: Friday investigates a series of safe burglaries at a string of markets. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 10, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day: Mark, Patreon supporter since March 2020 Support…

Today’s Mystery: In London, Waring gets involved in a case of blackmail that turns into murder. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 7, 1952 Originating from New York Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Francis Chaney Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day: James, Patreon supporter since March 2020 Support the show…

Today’s Adventure: An American OSS agent who parachuted into Germany tries to figure out how he made a mistake. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 7, 1950 Originating from New York Starring: Joseph Julian; Dolly Haas; Raymond Edward Johnson; Corey Ford; Bernard Phillips; Ross Martin To subscribe to this podcast and others, go to https://greatadventures.info/ Support…

Today’s Mystery: A woman is found shot in her apartment. The husband insists it’s suicide, but the evidence seems to point to murder. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 3, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield; Barney Phillips Support the show monthly at…

Today’s Mystery: Waring is sent to Berlin to recruit a scientist to the American cause but Communist Agents send an imposter to kidnap the scientist. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 31, 1952 Originating from New York Starred: Les Damon as the Falcon, Lesley Woods Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day:…

Today’s Mystery: A spate of thefts of GM cars leads Friday and Romero to investigate a particular salvage yard. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 26, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day: Laura, Patreon…

Today’s Mystery: Mike goes to Lisbon on a tip that a woman working at the US embassy is a spy. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 24, 1952 Originating from New York Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Mandel Kramer; Bryna Raeburn Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day: Jacqueline, Patreon Supporter…

Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero search for an armed man who beat and robbed a Doctor and stole a supply of narcotics. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 19, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter…

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: Waring is in Greece looking for the leader of the Greek Communist Party. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 17, 1952 Originating from New York Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Ken Lynch; Anne Burr Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day: Carissa, Patreon supporter since March 2024 Support the…

Today’s Mystery: A man was slugged and robbed but doesn’t want to talk due to threats by the robbers. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 12, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day:…

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: The Falcon goes to Sicily to apprehend a Communist leader who was guilty of war crimes during World War II. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 10, 1952 Originating from New York Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; June Allison Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day: Randy, Patreon supporter…

Today’s Mystery: An intoxicated man reports that his wife was murdered. Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 5, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day: Kpass, Patreon supporter since May 2023. Support the show on…

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: The Falcon goes to Egypt to investigate a deported expatriate who may be tied into the narcotics trade. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 31, 1952 Originating from New York Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Ralph Bell; Elspeth Eric Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day: Brett, Patreon supporter…

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: Mike Waring finds himself on the opposite side of a beautiful Communist spy on the hunt for a party member who fled to Casablanca. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 27, 1952 Originating from New York Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Ann Shepherd Thank you to our Platinum Patreon supporters who’ve been supporting…

Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a carjacking. Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 15, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Stacy Harris Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day: Martin, Patreon supporter since March 2024 Support the show…