The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1

Curated collection of classic Old Time Radio detective series and episodes AI summary

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Adam Graham continues his journey through Old Time Radio Detective programs from their first available adventure to their final bow in Seasons 1-3 which were released between 2009 and 2012, featuring nearly 800 Old Time Radio episodes. You can listen to the current podcast feed of The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio here.In this volume, you'll hear:Alan Ladd playing Dan Holiday, a reporter-mystery writer who will go anywhere and do anything to those who send him a letter to Box 13.Jack Webb as Pat Novak for Hire, a Man Who Rents Boats and also ends up getting involved in murders in the most hard-boiled detective series of them allBefore he was Johnny Dollar, Bob Bailey starred in Let George Do It as George Valentine, a detective who advertised that danger was his stock and trade. The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes featuring early 1930s episodes with Richard Gordon and Luis Hector, followed by the definitive performance of Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce as SHerlock Holmes and Watson as well as later series starring Tom Conway and John Stanley as Holmes.The early adventures of the Man with Action-Packed Expense Account with episodes starring Dick Powell, Charles Russell, Edmond O'Brien, and John Lund,.Jack Webb and later Frank Graham star as Jeff Regan, Investigator, a detective who was known as the Lyon's Eye.Jeff Chandler stars in a failed Pilot for San Francisco FinalThe Radio Adventures of the Thin Man including radio adaptations of the first two Thin Man Movies starring William PowellThe Father Brown radio series starring Karl SwensonGolden Age Radio episodes featuring Rex Stout's housebound sleuth Nero Wolfe, most notably played by Sidney Greenstreet.The mid-1950s series features a Detective and His Glamourous Wife in The Adventures of the Abbotts. William Gargan stars in two separate detective series as hard-boiled private eye Ross Dolan in I Deal in Crime and as Barrie Craig, Confidential InvestigatorDick Powell's first hard-boiled detective series in Rogue's Gallery. Glamourous Private Eye Candy Matson solves crimes in San FranciscoGlenn Ford stars as Christopher LondonBefore he became, a famous journalist known for 60 minutes, Mike Wallace starred in Crime on the WaterfrontThe old-time radio adventures of Hercules Poirot starring Harold Huber.This one's about Pete Kelly (played by Jack Webb) in Pete Kelly's Blues, a 1920s Blue Clarinet Player who gets into trouble and mystery in Kansas CityThe Adventures of Frank Race, a former lawyer who became a freelance troubleshooter. Broadway Legend Walter Hampden stars as Leonidas Witherall, a boy's school headmaster who looks like William Shakespeare and finds mystery and adventure.J. Scott Smart stars as The Fat Man, the rotund private eye with the famous theme.Listen for specials starring Alan Ladd, Humphrey Bogart, Howard Duff, Orson Welles, Peter Lorrre, Sidney Greenstreet, Edmond O'Brien, Vincent Price, Lena Horne, Dick Powell, Glenn Ford, Charlton Heston. and more.

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Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Wooden Claw (EP0599)

2026-11-13 · 32 min · Season 3, episode 82

Release Date: February 9, 2012A bank manager turns to Holmes for help when the bank suffers a series of Saturday Night robberies from a “cat man.Original Air Date: February 22, 1948Support the show monthly at…
Let George Do It: The Spider and the Fly (EP0598)

2026-11-12 · 36 min · Season 3, episode 81

Release Date: February 8, 2012George is called into investigate and finds despised middle aged woman and her new husband who have become the subject of local gossip.Original Air Date: October 9, 1950Support the show…
Candy Matson: The Allison Gray Case (EP0597)

2026-11-11 · 38 min · Season 3, episode 80

Release Date: February 7, 2012Candy is hired by the wife of a missing unscrupulous businessman to find him.Audition Recording Date: September 21, 1952Support the show monthly at…
Barrie Craig: The Schemers (EP0596)

2026-11-10 · 32 min · Season 3, episode 79

Release Date: February 6, 2012Barrie is hired to find $200,000 that was stolen by a corporate treasurer.Original Air Date: April 6, 1954Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on…
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Enoch Arden Matter (EP0595)

2026-10-30 · 36 min · Season 3, episode 78

Release Date: February 3, 2012An insurance company receives news that a man about to be declared dead under the Enoch Arden law was spotted and sends Johnny to investigate.Original Air Date: April 7, 1953Support the…
Sherlock Holmes: The Case Of Shoscombe Old Place (EP0594)

2026-10-29 · 34 min · Season 3, episode 77

Release Date: February 2, 2012Sherlock Holmes is called in at the behest of a horse trainer, suspicious that its owner may be losing his mind.Original Air Date: February 15, 1948Support the show monthly at…
Let George Do It: The House that Jack Built (EP0593)

2026-10-21 · 34 min · Season 3, episode 76

Release Date: February 1, 2012George is hired by a man of mystery to protect his family, but George senses he’s up to no good.Original Air Date: October 2, 1950Support the show monthly at…
Candy Matson: Candy’s Last Case (EP0592)

2026-10-20 · 40 min · Season 3, episode 75

Release Date: January 31, 2012Mallard is acting suspicious and Candy looks into it. When a body turns up, Candy has to find out the truth about the murder and Mallard.Original Air Date: April 29, 1951Support the show…
Barrie Craig: The Embezzler (EP0591)

2026-10-19 · 39 min · Season 3, episode 74

Release Date: January 30, 2012Barrie heads to a small town to track down a man who embezzled money from a local bank.Original Air Date: March 30, 1954Support the show monthly at…
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Lester James Matter (EP0590)

2026-10-16 · 28 min · Season 3, episode 73

Release Date: January 27, 2012$4,000 has been embezzled. The company has the embezzler, but Johnny’s job is to find the money.Original Air Date: March 31, 1953Support the show monthly at…

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