Host Jon Hagadorn. All stories in public domain.

1001 Radio Crime Solvers

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Welcome to 1001 Radio Crime Solvers - where you can enjoy the best radio detective stories from the golden age of radio. This was a time when TV was still in its infancy and radio was in its creative heyday- using top writers and top talent to capture huge audiences, and shows featuring hard boiled detectives like Sam Spade, Richard Diamond, Philip Marlowe, and Johnny Dollar competed for prime time with mental sleuths like Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot, G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown, and Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes. And here you'll find standouts -like Dragnet's Joe Friday, Vincen...

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Host Jon Hagadorn. All stories in public domain.

Episodes

FACE TO FORGET and GOLDEN COBRA ADVENTURES OF PHILIP MARLOWE 14.05.2025 57:46

The character of Philip Marlowe was too good to stay off stage for long though. A year later CBS decided to take a chance on reviving the show. Norman Macdonnell was producer/director; Gene Levitt, Robert Mitchell, Mel Dinelli, and Kathleen Hite wrote the scripts; and Richard Aurandt was responsible for the music. CBS cast Gerald Mohr to star as Philip Marlowe, with Roy Rowan as announcer. Philip...

THE EDDIE GARRET CASE and THE HARRY BAKER CASE RICHARD DIAMOND, PRIVATE DETECTIVE 11.05.2025 58:34

RICHARD DIAMOND, PRIVATE DETECTIVE In 1945, Dick Powell portrayed Phillip Marlowe in the movie "Murder My Sweet" based on Raymond Chandler's novel "Farewell My Lovely". This was a radical departure in character for Mr. Powell from a Hollywood song and dance man to a hard-boiled detective. On June 11,1945, Lux Radio Theatre brought "Murder My Sweet" to radio, again with Dick Powell in the lead. The...

THE LYNN KNIGHT MURDER CASE and THE JEAN LOGAN MURDER CASE RICHARD DIAMOND, PRIVATE DETECTIVE 07.05.2025 58:13

THE MAN WHO HATED WOMEN and THE MARTIN HYER CASE RICHARD DIAMOND, PRIVATE DETECTIVE 04.05.2025 58:29

THE ABEL TACKITT MATTER and THE HERBERT TRANDEM MATTER YOURS TRULY JOHNNY DOLLAR 27.04.2025 58:50

The world's best insurance detective solves two cases today

THE SINISTER SISTER and THE KIMBERLY CROSS MATTER ADVENTURES OF SAM SPADE 23.04.2025 58:47

Hard-hitting detective radio ferom the golden age of radio

THE PRODIGAL PANDA CAPER and THE BIDDLE RIDDLE CASE ADVENTURES OF SAM SPADE 16.04.2025 59:28

Two hard-hitting Sam Spade adventures for your listening pleasure. For more switch to 1001 Radion Days...

THE DRY GULCH CAPER and THE 12345679 CAPER ADVENTURES OF SAM SPADE 13.04.2025 57:28

I don't care what you say...Effie is hot!

THE WELL OF TROUBLE MATTER and THE FIDDLE FADDLE METTER YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR 09.04.2025 49:21

Johnny Dollar, America's favorite insurance investigator , is back this week at 1001 Radio days and 1001 Radio Crime Solvers! These are the 1961 and 1962 episodes. Enjoy!

THE LOW TIDE MATTER and THE IMPERFECT CRIME MATTER YOURS TRULY, JOHNNY DOLLAR 06.04.2025 47:54

We found a whole cache on 1961-1962 Johnny Dollat\r episodes- enjoy!

THE DION HARTLEY MURDER CASE and THE BEN ELLIOTT MURDER CASE BROADWAY'S MY BEAT 02.04.2025 58:25

THE LT. JIMMY HUNT MURDER CASE and THE JULIE DIXON MURDER CASE BROADWAY'S MY BEAT 30.03.2025 58:34

THE BIG PLANT and THE BIG EVANS DRAGNET 26.03.2025 59:04

Two great episodes as Sgt Friday BRINGS more suspects to justice

THE BIG PHONE CALL and THE BIG PRODUCER DRAGNET 23.03.2025 55:36

Two great episodes from radio's #1 cop show Dragnet

THE LYDIA REYNOLDS CASE and DEATH IN HERALD SQUARE PAT NOVAK FOR HIRE 19.03.2025 1:01:12

Classic old time radio showing starring Jack Webb (1946, 1949) and Ben Morris (1947-48) as Pat Novak, a street wise guy who rents boats and anything else a good man pays a bad one to do. Novak is always getting into scrapes when taking on jobs for hire or occassionally as a favor to a friend. When he does, he goes to see "The Only Honest Guy I Know" an ex-Doctor and a boozer named Jocko Madigan (p...

JOHN BROWN GAMBLING RING and MYSTERIOUS SET OF BOOKS PAT NOVAK FOR HIRE 16.03.2025 57:49

CONTAGIOUS CONFESSION and THE NORTHS BUY A LETTER (NEW ADDITION!-DETECTIVE) MR. AND MRS NORTH 09.03.2025 59:23

Mr. and Mrs. North are fictional American amateur detectives. Created by Frances and Richard Lockridge, the couple were featured in a series of 26 Mr. and Mrs. North novels, a Broadway play, a motion picture and several radio and television series. Mr. and Mrs. North was a radio mystery series that aired on CBS from 1942 to 1954. Alice Frost and Joseph Curtin had the title roles when the series be...

RECOVER FILE 72 and MIDDLE EAST STOLEN DOCS DANGEROUS ASSIGNMENT 06.03.2025 56:06

Two great episodes of Dangerous Assignment

THE ADAM FIGG CAPER and THE BOW WINDOW CAPER ADVENTURES OF SAM SPADE 02.03.2025 56:29

The Adventures of Sam Spade, Detective was a radio series based loosely on the private detective character Sam Spade, created by writer Dashiell Hammett for the Maltese Falcon. The series ran from 1946-1951 and starred Howard Duff as Sam Spade and Lureen Tuttle as his secretary Effie. The sam Spade character had been made famous in movies by Edward G. Robinson and Humphrey Bogart. The show was a...

THE BIG 17 and THE BIG WAITER DRAGNET 26.02.2025 55:50

They think they know it all at 17 but they don't know squat. Sgt. Friday reduces them to tears before sending them to old Sparky at Alcatraz for an hot seat experience and a trip to the next world.

THE BIG IN-LAWS and THE BIG CRAZY DRAGNET 23.02.2025 59:09

A know-it-all mother-in-law torpedoes the hopes of a rising criminal star and saves her daughter from a life of crime

THE BIG LOVE and THE BIG SETUP DRAGNET 19.02.2025 59:00

Two episodes of NBC's top cop show Dragnet

THE BIG FRIEND and THE BIG THREAT DRAGNET 16.02.2025 58:43

Two hard-hitting episodes from Dragnet starring Jack Webb

THE BIG PARROT and THE BIG BETTY 12.02.2025 58:34

Two episodes of Dragnet starring Jack Webb as Sgt. Joe Friday

THE BIG CHURCH and THE BIG MOTHER DRAGNET 09.02.2025 58:31

Two hard-hitting episoces as Sgt Joe Friday cracks down on a local church and arrests a goup of protesting mothers on Colorado Blvd