Pat Novak for Hire Presented by the Great Detectives of Old TIme Radio

Original Release Date: August 26, 2014 An altar boy is shot and killed in a church saving Novak’s life. Novak’s goal: get the killer. Original Air Date: June 26, 1949 Support the show monthly at  https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at  https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Give us a call at 208-991...

Original Release Date: February 16, 2010 Two men kidnap Pat Novak from a wrestling match and demand he take them to a man Novak doesn’t know by the name of Joe Dineen. Original Air Date: June 19, 1949 The only way to make friends around the waterfront is to die. Support the show monthly at  https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at  https://support.greatdetectives...

Original Release Date: February 9, 2010 Novak is hired by an old flame and finds himself once again, in the thick of a murder investigation. Original Air Date: June 12, 1949 “Houdini couldn’t get out of that one in two hours, with both hands, and a can of olive oil. It was like chasing cyanide with a bucket of brandy: it tastes bright, but it’s only a matter of time.” Support the show monthly at ...

Original Air Date: February 2, 2010 Pat Novak is hired to follow a woman, and while he’s doing it, she drops dead in a phone booth, and once again Hellman puts the finger on Novak. Original Air Date: June 5, 1949 Hellmann lifted his head up and laid him across the seat. The light was bad, but you could see a little of his face. It was watering around his forehead, and the damp hair was plastering...

Original Release Date: January 26, 2010 A dying man gives Novak an envelope with the mission to deliver it to John St. John. Original Air Date: May 22, 1949 “I hit the floor and made Rip Van Winkle look like an insomniac.” Support the show monthly at  https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at  https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO...

Original Release Date: January 19, 2010 Pat Novak’s hired to deliver a geranium. He’s hit by a car after the pick-up and that’s just the start of his trouble. Original Air Date: May 14, 1949 I got the idea he didn’t know what he was doing, but you could say for a lot of Senators-Pat Novak. Support the show monthly at  https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at  htt...

Original Release Date: January 12, 2010 Pat Novak is hired by an attorney to keep an eye on a woman whose husband has returned from the Navy. The Attorney alleges the husband is an imposter. “She was right about that hotel. In a good season, they couldn’t draw trenchant mice.” Original Air Date: May 8, 1949 Support the show monthly at  https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-...

Original Release Date: January 5, 2010 A gunsol steals a boat from Pat Novak, and winds up dead, and when Novak goes to the Hotel he finds a nightclub singer dead. As usual, Hellman’s ready to pin the crime on Novak. Original Air Date: May 1, 1949 Quotes of the Show:“Those two killings are tied up like ham and eggs.”“ People just hate their enemies, but they kill their friends.” “Somebody was on m...

Original Release Date: December 29, 2009 Pat Novak does a favor for a friend out of prison and picks up a package. He returns to his office to find a cop standing over a dead body. Original Air Date: April 23, 1949 Support the show monthly at  https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at  https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 159...

Original Release Date: June 24, 2014 Pat Novak is hired to frighten a man named Dixie Gillian, but when an empty gun goes off, he finds himself facing a murder charge. Original Air Date: April 16, 1949 Support the show monthly at  https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at  https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Id...

Original Release Date: December 22, 2009 When Pat Novak gets the wrong bundle at the laundry, he tries to switch with the man who was given his shirts. Novak is knocked out and wakes up next to a dead body. Par for the course, Hellman suspects him of murder. Original Air Date: April 9, 1949 Quotes: You’re not going to make any more headway than a hummingbird in a wind tunnel. Novak (to Hellman): Y...

Original Release Date: December 14, 2009 A priest hires Pat Novak to intercept an escaping convict. However, when Novak allows the convict to make an unplanned stop, trouble of the lethal kind ensues. Original Air Date: April 2, 1949 Quotes:“Your men couldn’t follow a moose through a revolving door.”-Novak to Hellman “You got a funny feeling that he didn’t walk into the night, that he was big enou...

Original Release Date: December 8, 2009 After being hired to pay off a beautiful woman’s brother’s gambling debt, Novak finds himself next to a dead body with Inspector Hellman on the way up. Original Air Date: March 27, 1949 Quotes: “I’ve run across better people in sewers.” “You can’t add a pair of zeroes without crib notes.”-Novak to Hellman .“Stop posing. You couldn’t follow an elephant across...

Original Release Date: December 1, 2009 Pat Novak gets an offer for $300 from a beautiful woman to stay away from boxer Rory Malone, and $300 from Malone’s manager. Whichever side he ends up on, it’s going to be trouble. Original Air Date: March 20, 1949 Quote of the Show: She was a lovely girl. The sort of person you expected to see in a Choir loft-about three hours after choir practice had ended...

Original Release Date: November 24, 2009 Pat Novak comes across a man tossed in the bay, who gives him the key to a bus locker. A woman pays him $200 to bring her the contents of the locker. Quotes:“It was like washing your kid’s face and finding out he was ugly to begin with.”-Pat Novak“You couldn’t strike oil in a filling station.”-Pat NovakNovak: And you’re going to tell me he’s dead, Hellman....

Original Release Date: November 17, 2009 Pat Novak’s hired to find a horse, and he finds the horse and a dead body.  Original Air Date: March 6, 1949  Quote of the show: Jockey: I want a horse. Can you find me a horse? Novak: Yeah, I breed them in the back room. Support the show monthly at  https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at  https://support.greatdetectives...

Original Release Date: November 9, 2009 A woman with apparent amnesia stumbles into Pat Novak and then dies. Novak has to find out who she really is before Hellman rushes him off to the gas chamber. Quote of the Episode:“If I didn’t move fast, I was deader than a Philadelphia nightclub.” Original Air Date: February 27, 1949 Support the show monthly at  https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support t...

Original Release Date: November 3, 2019 When Pat Novak finds $1000 depsited in his bank account and a beautiful woman who wants him to find a Jack of Clubs, he runs into murder.  Original Air Date: February 20, 1949 Support the show monthly at  https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at  https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15...

Johnny Madero is offered $50 to buy an item at an auction. His client disappears and before he knows it, Warchek from homicide is breathing down his neck. Original Air Date: June 26, 1947 Some days you don’t make out any better than an ice cube at a cocktail party. Support the show monthly at  https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at  https://support.greatdetecti...

Original Release Date: March 1, 2010   A rich man from Nob Hill hires Johnny to find a man whose name he keeps hearing in his dreams. Original Air Date: June 19, 1947 Quote of the Show: You have enough problems to start a peace conference. Support the show monthly at  https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at  https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to...

Original Release Date: October 27, 2009 Pat Novak is hired to frighten a man named Dixie Gillian, but when an empty gun goes off, he finds himself facing a murder charge.’ “You couldn’t hold a moth with a searchlight.”-Pat Novak to Hellman Original Air Date: November 24, 1946 Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at  https://support.gr...

An old man is killed and with his dying last word, he asks Novak to deliver a letter to John St. John. Original Air Date: October 13, 1946  Support the show monthly at  https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on a one-time basis at  https://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715 Give us a call at 208-991-4783 Take the listener sur...