The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Daily classic detective audio dramas from Golden Age radio with commentary AI summary

Adam Graham|Old Time Radio Detective Host Visit website › Arts · EN · 1000 episodes · latest 2026-11-13

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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.

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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Double Identity Matter (EP5105)

2026-11-13 · 37 min · Season 18, episode 20

Today's Mystery: Johnny Dollar's vacation takes an alarming turn when an old police friend asks him to investigate four wealthy men who died under suspicious circumstances shortly after marrying the same woman. The…
Dragnet: The Big Paper (EP5104)

2026-11-12 · 38 min · Season 18, episode 19

Todays Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith investigate a series of forged payroll checks passed at Hollywood-area supermarkets. The checks were stolen from a neighborhood grocery store, and the…
Broadway's My Beat: The Grace Cullen Murder Case (EP5103)

2026-11-11 · 44 min · Season 18, episode 18

Today's Mystery: When a middle-aged widow is found shot to death on a college campus, Detective Danny Clover investigates her relationship with a young football star. But when the athlete is also found murdered,…
Burton Trent: A Birthday Present for Dora (EP5102)

2026-11-10 · 32 min · Season 18, episode 17

Today's Mystery: When wealthy aircraft manufacturer Robert Halliday sets out to have two valuable diamonds made into a birthday present for his daughter Dora, a chance encounter with a young woman leaves him drugged and…
The Saint: The Bride Who Lost Her Groom (EP5101)

2026-11-09 · 36 min · Season 18, episode 16

Today's Mystery: A bride arrives at the church ready to marry the man she loves, only to discover that the groom has vanished. Desperate for answers, she turns to Simon Templar. But as the Saint begins investigating, he…
Molle Mystery Theatre: The Comic Strip Murder (EP5100s)

2026-11-08 · 35 min · Season 18, episode 15

Today’s Mystery: The wife of a successful comic strip artist fears that her husband is planning to murder her. As his popular detective strip, Buzz O’Keefe, builds toward the gruesome death of a character modeled after…
Counterspy: The Case of the Mile High Murders (A0138)

2026-11-07 · 37 min · Season 18, episode 14

Today's Adventure: Eight desperate refugees board a plane in Cuba, hoping to reach the United States and escape their uncertain fate. But their journey takes a horrifying turn when the pilot receives orders to abandon…
Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar: The Further in Buffalo Matter (EP5100)

2026-11-06 · 25 min · Season 18, episode 13

Today's Mystery: Johnny Dollar's investigation into the Buffalo Emporium robbery takes an unexpected turn when he discovers that the missing $421,216 may be aboard a yacht belonging to wealthy businessman McNair off the…
Dragnet: The Big Drive (EP5099)

2026-11-05 · 34 min · Season 18, episode 12

Todays Mystery: When a young man is found beaten to death in a vacant lot, Detective Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Frank Smith face a baffling case with little physical evidence and no obvious motive. The victim…
Broadway’s My Beat: The Kenny Purdue Murder Case (EP5098)

2026-11-04 · 39 min · Season 18, episode 11

Today's Mystery: When jazz musician Kenny Purdue is found stabbed to death in the bedroom of a party host, Detective Danny Clover begins investigating the people who knew him. Among them are a former roommate, a woman…

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Owner: Adam Graham
Oldest episode in feed: 12/2023 · over 2 years
Typical length: 38 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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