Detective and Mystery – Retro Radio Podcast

Opening and closing credits are snipped. We find Doctor Danfield talking with his secretary Rusty Fairfax, when a student from one of Dan’s classes interrupts. Rusty’s moment of jealousy is…

The owner of a jewelry store reports to Joe Friday about theft of his expensive merchandise. Could it be an inside job? His account of the robbery leads Joe on…

A man claiming to be an important figure from South America shows up on the doorstep of George Valentine. All he wants to do is find a particular person, and…

In a previous episode a tale of Kenny Andrews, and how he ended up in an insane asylum was told. Due to audience request, his saga is continued to report…

A woman is alone on her farm with her mentally challenged son, and fears for her safety. With her husband long dead she worries that her brother is ineffectual to…

The kindly old investigator wraps up the mystery today. Mr. Keen and Mike Clancey have been investigating the death of Donald Traviss. Mr. Keen has his eye on two suspects,…

Cynthia Brown has a story to tell Archie about her friend, Doris who was killed. A man who is at a party in Nero’s office is the one Cynthia is…

A phone call from an exotic woman gets Archie Goodwin’s attention, but when a gunshot sounds, it turns into the next case for Nero Wolfe. Going to the scene, Archie…

Responding to a call to meet a client in the local dive, the Blue Chip, Marlowe is to pose as a man who is targeted for death. How will this…

A wounded Sam Spade arrives in the office to dictate his report toEffie Perine. Reflecting on holw the case started, Maime enters to drag Sam to see her boss. Scruffy men guard a mansion where Johnny hires Sam to safeguard a transaction of jewels.

Long time friends share a moment as Holmes plays a haunting melody on his violin. Active practice of detective work is well behind them, but Watson wonders if Holmes ever…

Protecting the interests of his insurance company, Johnny is on the way to the island nation of Haiti. He has to investigate the case of a man dying of a…

Every show is about a hot button topic for the television news. Today the feature is about Communism, it’s a terror, a menace, a disease. Who will fall prey next?…

The call comes in about a gravel barge that’s sinking. Checking out the situation, and traffic blockage, the focus turns to a domestic dispute. Captain Canelli learns about Mrs. Linley,…

A gangster calls on another to extort some cash from him, concerning a single dollar bill. What can be so valuable about the dollar? It’s big enough to lead to…

Episode 36. A homicidal maniac gives Holiday four days to live.

Candy has been out of town, and has a desperate caller that needs her help. A woman is afraid that her husband is losing his mind. Candy goes to interview…

A police manhunt has Casey in the middle of the search. The drama comes to a crashing halt when the escaped man is run down in a hit and run…

An intriguing story about a method of dying. The busy police inspector, Schmidt has been having a rough day, when Cassidy reports even more work load when another inspector has…

Dan and Rusty are investigating the circumstances behind a huge life insurance policy. It involves a wealthy and distraught Mrs. Holbrook. Did she kill her husband? Why was his body…

Just when Frank Smith has some vacation time planned, a call to help police in San Diego comes in. Diamond thieves have been looting safes at hotels at gun point.…

George gets a letter from a man whose father has been convicted of murder. The son, who was raised in an orphanage, has a life with all the good breaks.…

A modern tale of suspense. A crime that could only be formulated by a deranged mind is at hand. The matter rests at the foot of one of the top…

Looking into the murder of Donald Traviss, Mr. Keen and Mike Clancey have found a nest of suspicious characters where one aunt has held her mentally unstable sister locked up…

Nero ponders whether he should take the case that may prevent a murder. And he will… After the pressing matter of a game of solitaire is resolved, Nero gives the…