The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

Today’s Mystery: A reporter wants his paper to run a story identifying the murderer of a river boy, when no body has been found and there’s no evidence he was murdered. Original Radio Broadcast: October 26, 1949 Originating from New York Starring: Beryl Firestone as Harold Faller; Hazel Logan; Jim Boles; Jim Stevens; Scott Tennyson;…

Today’s Mystery: The Saint becomes inovlved when everyone wants to buy an old junker of a car from an elderly man. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 14, 1949 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Vincent Price as Simon Templar,Lurene Tuttle, Dan O’Herlihy, Tony Barrett, Barney Phillips, Fred Howard,] Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of…

Today’s Adventure: A spy plans to use a dog to destroy a critical research facility. Original Radio Broadcast: July 25, 1945 Originating from New York Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding; Maurice Tarplin To subscribe to this podcast and, go to https://greatadventures.info/ Become one of our ongoing Patreon supporters at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show on…

Today’s Mystery: Johnny Dollar receives a telephone call from a denizen of the Parisian underworld about an insured oil painting. Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 22, 1959 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; G. Stanley Jones; Forrest Lewis; Harry Bartell; Joseph Kearns; Bert Holland; Byron Kane When making your travel plans, remember…

Today’s Mystery: Friday goes undercover as a narcotics buyer after getting a tip from an informant about a new narcotics ring operating in LA. Original Radio Broadcast Date: January 3, 1952 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barney Phillips as Sergeant Ed Jacobs; Stacy Harris Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net…

Today’s Mystery: A young man is found murdered in a club in Spanish Harlem. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 27, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day: Lisa, Patreon…

Today’s Episode: The classic story of the March sisters coming of age. Original Air Date: December 23, 1945 Starring Katherine Hepburn as Jo Marsh, Elliott Reid, Frances Reid, George Hicks,Oskar Homolka, Susan Douglas Go to http://amazing.greatdetectives.net to subscribe to the podcast. Brought to you by the support of our Patreon listeners…http://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the show...

Today’s Mystery: Reporter Ray Sprigle undertakes an effort to free a man who claims to have been wrongfully convicted of murder at the plea of his ex-wife. Original Radio Broadcast: October 12, 1949 Originating from New York Starring: Bill Smith as Ray Sprigle; Barbara Weeks; George Petrie; Joshua Shelley; Eric Dressler; Humphrey Davis; Jim Boles…

Today’s Mystery: The Saint makes an emergency landing in a small town and finds people immediately threatening him to get him to leave town. Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 31, 1949 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Vincent Price as Simon Templar; Harry Bartell; Tony Barrett; Barney Phillips; Colleen Collins; Fred Howard Support the show monthly at…

Today’s Adventure: David Harding looks into the suicide of a prominent wealthy man tied to the war effort. Original Radio Broadcast: June 13, 1945 Originating from New York Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding; Mandel Kramer as Peters To subscribe to this podcast and, go to https://greatadventures.info/ Become one of our ongoing Patreon supporters at…

Today’s Mystery: An eccentric elderly woman has Johnny guard her while she’s wearing a valuable necklace to a party. Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 15, 1959 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lillian Buyeff; Jack Edwards; Barney Phillips; Forrest Lewis; Eric Snowden When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com Become one of&...

Today’s Mystery: Danny investigates a killing near a night club in Spanish Harlem Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 27, 1951 Originated in Hollywood Stars: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover, Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia, Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan, Richard Crenna, Sam Edwards, Harry Bartell, Lillian Buyeff,  Marvin Miller, Herb Butterfield, Edgar Barrier.&#8230...

Today’s Mystery: Joe mourns the death of his partner Ben Romero as he joins the search for two escaped robbers. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 27, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barney Phillips as Sergeant Ed Jacobs, Vic Perrin, Herb Butterfield Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter…

Today’s Mystery: Danny gets a tip that a wealthy woman’s life is endangered. Her ski instructor is murdered instead. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 21, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Betty Lou Gerson; Ted Osborne; Irene Tedrow Support…

Today’s Mystery: A reporter with a reputation for making errors tries to solve the murder of a laundry owner. Original Radio Broadcast: July 20, 1949 Originating from New York Starring: Jackson Beck as Tom Mercer; Barbara Townsend; Alice Rinehart; Ted Osborn; Santos Ortega; Gil Mack; Milton Herman Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter…

Today’s Mystery: A treasury agent, a childhood friend of Simon Templar, is shot to death. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 15, 1947 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Vincent Price as Simon Templar; Jeff Chandler Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day: Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net Mail a&#8230...

Today’s Mystery: Johnny goes to a small Nevada mining town to investigate the death of an insured elderly man married to a twenty-seven-year-old woman. Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 28 – December 2, 1955 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lillian Buyeff; Irene Tedrow; D. J. Thompson; Herb Ellis; Marvin Miller; Forrest…

Today’s Adventure: A military officer is murdered on a train. David Harding suspects enemy involvement, and enlists the help of refugees to track down a suspected foreign agent. Original Radio Broadcast: March 1, 1943 Originating from New York Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding To subscribe to this podcast and, go to https://greatadventures.info/ Become one…

Today’s Mystery: A desperate criminal is gunning for Johnny after failing to kill him last week. Original Radio Broadcast Date: February 8, 1959 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lucille Meredith; James McCallion; Russ Thorson; Sam Edwards; Herb Vigran When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com Become one of our Patreon Supporters&#8230...

Today’s Mystery: The daughter of a banker is kidnapped from her business school. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 13, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Vic Perrin; Herb Butterfield Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day: Richard, Patreon supporter since&#82...

Today’s Mystery: A cop is found in a fire at a chemical plant. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 13, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Tony Barrett; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Tony Barrett; Michael Ann Barrett; Paula Winslowe; Herb Butterfield; Edwin Max Support…

Today’s Mystery: A reporter tries to get justice for a man who claims to have been mistaken for someone else. Original Radio Broadcast: June 8, 1949 Originating from New York Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day:Dianne, Patreon supporter since July 2023 Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.…

The Saint discovers that there were several thousand-dollar bills in a box of tea purchased by Inspector Fernack. Audition Date: December 1944 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Denis Greene as The Saint; Gale Gordon; Gerald Mohor, Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Patreon Supporter of the Day: Charlie, Patreon supporter since July 2020 Support the show on…

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 Adventure: A Nazi agent murders his wife and sets David Harding on the trail of an espionage ring. Original Radio Broadcast: December 14, 1942 Originating from New York Starring: Don McLaughlin as David Harding To subscribe to this podcast and, go to https://greatadventures.info/ Become one of our ongoing Patreon supporters at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net Support the…