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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

By: Adam Graham|Old Time Radio Detective Host
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 Are you ready for a mystery? Get ready to unleash your inner sleuth. Every day Monday-Saturday, we feature a different detective audio drama from the Golden Age of Radio. Our current mystery-solving line-up of radio detectives includes The Adventures of the Falcon, Charlie Chan, Broadway's My Beat, Yours Truly Johnny Dollar, and Dragnet.

Whether you want to listen to a mystery before going to sleep or enjoy some drama while driving, or just feel nostalgia for old-school radio fiction, we have you covered with six audio dramas every week.


Podcast Award finalist Host Adam Graham has been your guide through dozens of old-time radio detective series since 2009. He provides insightful commentary and humor after each episode and responds to listener questions and feedback. You can subscribe to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from your favorite podcast app or by visiting our website at http://www.greatdetectives.net.

We are currently in our fifteenth season of provided suspenseful mystery dramas. Our podcast feed captures the last 1,000 episodes we've released including all of seasons thirteen and fourteen, and part of season twelve. We have created two archive feeds: Volume 1, which features our first three seasons and Volume 2, which features seasons four-six, and Volume 3 which will feature Seasons Seven through Nine.

Our feed includes old time radio recorded in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and also Australia.

The current actors featured in our old time radio detective podcast include Les Damon, Bob Bailey, Larry Thor, Walter Connolly, and Jack Webb. Other actors featured within the past 1,000 include Alice Frost, Howard Duff, Glenn Langan, Herbert Marshall, Gerald Mohr, Joel McCrea, Les Tremayne, Jackson Beck, Santos Ortega, Ned Wever, Karl Swenson, and more.Copyright Adam Graham Art Drama & Plays Entertainment & Performing Arts
Episodes
  • Dragnet: The Big Threat (1951) (EP4736)

    Dragnet: The Big Threat (1951) (EP4736)
    Jun 21 2025
    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

    Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, Herb Butterfield

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    Patreon Supporter of the Day: Brett, Patreon supporter since April 2024.

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    Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715

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    37 mins
  • Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wayward Moth Matter (EP4735)

    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wayward Moth Matter (EP4735)
    Jun 20 2025
    Today's Mystery: Johnny is called to investigate a small claim in a case involving damage at a sensitive chemistry experiment. Or was it sabotage?

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: March 9, 1958

    Originated from Hollywood

    Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar. Vic Perrin, Herb Ellis, Paul Richards, Lou Merrill, Leon Belasco

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    Give us a call 208-991-4783Become one of our friends on Facebook.

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    Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.
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    30 mins
  • World's Great Novels: The Moonstone, Part Three (EP4734)

    World's Great Novels: The Moonstone, Part Three (EP4734)
    Jun 19 2025
    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 Rachel Verinder; Alma Fox; Jane Elliot; Ruth Shane; Minion Shriver; Sidney Breese; Arthur Peterson, Maurice Copeland

    Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net

    Patreon Supporter of the Day: Jennifer, Patreon supporter since April 2025

    Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net

    Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715

    Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net

    Give us a call at 208-991-4783

    Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectives

    Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectives

    Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.
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    34 mins
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