Podcast – The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

The great ones are back in action.

Candy Matson: Valley of the Moon (Encore) (EP4878) 12/31/2025

Candy Matson: Valley of the Moon (Encore) (EP4878) Candy goes on vacation at a dude ranch at the Valley of the Moon and quickly runs into murder. Original Air Date: December 17, 1949 Originating from San Fra Read more ... /episode/index/show/greatdetectives/id/39574375

Hawaii Calls 1949 New Years Eve Program (AWR0292) 12/31/2025

Hawaii Calls 1949 New Years Eve Program (AWR0292) Today: A broadcast of the most beloved Hawaiian songs of 1949 as the popular series bids aloha to 1949. Original Radio Broadcast Da Read more ... /episode/index/show/greatdetectives/id/39574380

Nick Carter: The Case of the Haunted Burial Cave (Encore) (EP4877) 12/30/2025

Nick Carter: The Case of the Haunted Burial Cave (Encore) (EP4877) Nick is called in by an anthropologist to investigate when he’s attacked at the site of a Native American burial ground. Original Air Date: May 16, 1954 Originating f Read more ... /episode/index/show/greatdetectives/id/39564310

Nick Carter: The Echo of Death (Encore) (EP4876) 12/29/2025

Nick Carter: The Echo of Death (Encore) (EP4876) Nick Carter flies to beautiful Echo Canyon to investigate the disappearance of a famous financial correspondent. Original Air Date: July 6, 1943 Originating in New York Read more ... /episode/index/show/greatdetectives/id/39552290

The Casebook of Gregory Hood: The Double Diamond (Encore) (EP4875e) 12/28/2025

The Casebook of Gregory Hood: The Double Diamond (Encore) (EP4875e) Gregory Hood investigates the theft of a diamond in mid-flight. Original Air Date: August 5, 1946 Starring: Gale Gordon as Gregory Hood Support the s Read more ... /episode/index/show/greatdetectives/id/39544890

Lux Radio Theater: Bullets or Ballots (Encore) (A0048) 12/28/2025

Lux Radio Theater: Bullets or Ballots (Encore) (A0048) A tough cop (Edward G. Robinson) is kicked off the force and goes to work for a criminal gang, but one of the bosses’ top lieutenants (Humphrey Bogart) is suspicious. Original Air Date: April 17, 1939 Originating from Hollywood To subscribe to this podcast and follow more adventures of Flash Gordon go to /episode/index/show/greatdetectives/id/39544895

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Malibu Mystery Matter (EP4875) 12/26/2025

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Malibu Mystery Matter (EP4875) Today’s Mystery: Johnny goes to Malibu to investigate the sinking of a $150,000 yacht. Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 7, 1958 Originated from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Paula Winslowe; Ben Wright; Jack Kruschen; Jack Edwards; Marvin Miller; Joseph Kearn When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com Read more ... /episode/index/show/greatdetectives/id/39536255

Dragnet: The Big Shoplift (EP4874) 12/25/2025

Dragnet: The Big Shoplift (EP4874) Todays Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of high-priced shoplifting cases. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 11, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starred: Jack Webb as Read more ... /episode/index/show/greatdetectives/id/39532980

The Big Story: The Case of the Ambitious Hobo (EP4872) 12/23/2025

The Big Story: The Case of the Ambitious Hobo (EP4872) Today’s Mystery: A reporter hunts for a baby-faced killer. Original Radio Broadcast:December 17, 1947 Originating from New York Starring: George Petrie as Russ Wilson; Larry Robinson; Hester Sondergaard; Humphrey Davis; William Keene; Ralph Bell; Bob Sloane Support the show monthly at /episode/index/show/greatdetectives/id/39515215

Campbell’s Playhouse: A Christmas Carol (AWR0291) 12/23/2025

Campbell’s Playhouse: A Christmas Carol (AWR0291) Charles Dickens’ classic tale of Ebenezer’s life-changing encounter with three spirits on Christmas Eve. Original Air Date: December 24, 193 Read more ... /episode/index/show/greatdetectives/id/39515220

Danger With Grainger: Out of Jail for Christmas (EP4871) 12/22/2025

Danger With Grainger: Out of Jail for Christmas (EP4871) Today’s Mystery: The son of a cab driver asks Grainger to help his father out of jail by proving him innocent of a burglary. Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 Read more ... /episode/index/show/greatdetectives/id/39493220

The Comic Weekly Man: Wishing a Merry Christmas (AWR0290) 12/21/2025

The Comic Weekly Man: Wishing a Merry Christmas (AWR0290) The Comic Weekly Man comes for a weekly visit right before Christmas and reads strips from Puck: The Comic Weekly, including Flash Gordon, Dick’ Read more ... /episode/index/show/greatdetectives/id/39484695

Holmes for the Holiday: Two Christmas Mysteries (EP4870s) 12/21/2025

Holmes for the Holiday: Two Christmas Mysteries (EP4870s) As we get ready for Christmas, we bring you two original old time radio Christmas plays featuring Sherlock Holmes. First up is The Night Before Christmas. On Christmas, one of Moriarity’s henchmen switches Christmas sacks with Dr. Watson when both are dressed as Santa Claus. Sherlock Holmes has to catch the thief and Read more ... /episode/index/show/greatdetectives/id/39484700

The Whistler: Christmas Bonus (Encore) (A0046) 12/20/2025

The Whistler: Christmas Bonus (Encore) (A0046) An ex-con is fired from his job at a department store where a string of burglaries totaling $10,000 have occurred, and decides to return to a life of crime. To subscribe to this podcast and, go to https://greatadventures.info/ Become one of our ongoing Patreon supporters at /episode/index/show/greatdetectives/id/39480600

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Carman Kringle Matter (EP4870) 12/19/2025

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Carman Kringle Matter (EP4870) Today’s Mystery: Johnny is called to a small desert town where an old prospector is determined to change his life insurance beneficiary…to his burrow. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 22, 1956 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Herb Vigran; Howard McNear; Jeanne Tatum; Junius Matthews; Lawrence Dobkin; Forrest Lewis; Jack Kruschen; Richard… /episode/index/show/greatdetectives/id/39466395

Screen Guild Theater: Christmas in Connecticut (AWR0289) 12/19/2025

Screen Guild Theater: Christmas in Connecticut (AWR0289) Today’s Story: A writer who has cast herself as America’s favorite homemaker in her columns faces ruin when her publisher and a war-hero sai Read more ... /episode/index/show/greatdetectives/id/39466400

Dragnet: The Big Little Jesus (EP4869) 12/18/2025

Dragnet: The Big Little Jesus (EP4869) Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Frank Smith investigate the theft of a statue of the child Jesus from a church nativity scene. Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 22, 1953 Originating Read more ... /episode/index/show/greatdetectives/id/39452735

Broadway’s My Beat: The Pablo Morari Murder (EP4868) 12/17/2025

Broadway’s My Beat: The Pablo Morari Murder (EP4868) Today’s Mystery: A young man is found murdered outside a club. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 30, 1951 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Read more ... /episode/index/show/greatdetectives/id/39438435

The Big Story: The Case of the Cornered Cat (EP4867) 12/16/2025

The Big Story: The Case of the Cornered Cat (EP4867) Today’s Mystery: America’s public enemey #1 is interested in turning himself in to Walter Winchell to be handed over to the FBI. But will he actually do it? Original Radio Broadcast: September 17, 1947 Originating from New York Starring: Ward Wilson as Walter Winchell; Ed Begley as J. Edgar Hoover; Don App Read more ... /episode/index/show/greatdetectives/id/39422960

Danger with Grainger: Phony Photographer Case (EP4866) 12/15/2025

Danger with Grainger: Phony Photographer Case (EP4866) Today’s Mystery: A female nightclub photographer turns to Steve Grainger for help. Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957 Originating from Australia Read more ... /episode/index/show/greatdetectives/id/39408375

The Casebook of Gregory Hood: The Forgetful Murderer (Encore) (EP4865e) 12/14/2025

The Casebook of Gregory Hood: The Forgetful Murderer (Encore) (EP4865e) Someone is murdering night watchmen and leaving odd clues behind. Original Air Date: July 29, 1946 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Gale Gordon as Read more ... /episode/index/show/greatdetectives/id/39398830

Cloak and Dagger: Windfall (A0044) 12/13/2025

Cloak and Dagger: Windfall (A0044) Today’s Adventure: An ex-pat gambler in Switzerland gets a top secret film both sides want and tries to sell to the highest bidder. Original Radio Broadcast: October 2 Read more ... /episode/index/show/greatdetectives/id/39391665

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Glacier Ghost Matter (EP4865) 12/12/2025

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Glacier Ghost Matter (EP4865) Today’s Mystery: Johnny is called in to verify the fate of a businessman who disappeared in the Palisades glacier. Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 12, 1957 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; John Dehner; Herb Ellis; Virginia Gregg; Forrest Lewis; James McCallion; Tom Hanley; John James When making your travel plans, remember… /episode/index/show/greatdetectives/id/39380355

Dragnet: The Big Want Ad (EP4864 12/11/2025

Dragnet: The Big Want Ad (EP4864 Today’s Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a case where conmen are victimizing peoople who place newspaper ads to sell their cars. Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 4, 1951 Read more ... /episode/index/show/greatdetectives/id/39366510

Broadway’s My Beat: The Ruth Larson Murder Case (EP4863) 12/10/2025

Broadway’s My Beat: The Ruth Larson Murder Case (EP4863) Today’s Mystery: A fourteen-year-old is the first of a series of women brutally murdered by the same person. Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 23, 1951 < Read more ... /episode/index/show/greatdetectives/id/39352830

Feature Assignment: The Majczek Case (EP4862) 12/09/2025

Feature Assignment: The Majczek Case (EP4862) Today’s Mystery: A mother who has worked as a scrub woman for 13 years offers a large reward to absolve her son of a Chicago cop’s murder. Audition Date: February 6, 1946 Originating from New York Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net< Read more ... /episode/index/show/greatdetectives/id/39335550

Danger with Grainger: Innocent, Innocent (EP4861) 12/08/2025

Danger with Grainger: Innocent, Innocent (EP4861) Today’s Mystery: A young man is found standing on an estate where a murder was committed. He’s holding a gun used to commit a murder, but he swears he didn&#8217 Read more ... /episode/index/show/greatdetectives/id/39320385

Casebook of Gregory Hood: Death from the Red Capsule (EP4860e) 12/07/2025

Casebook of Gregory Hood: Death from the Red Capsule (EP4860e) A young woman is poisoned when visiting Gregory Hood’s campfire and Gregory is charged with the crime. Original Air Date: July 22, 1946 Originating from Ho Read more ... /episode/index/show/greatdetectives/id/39310855

Cloak and Dagger: The Wine of Freedom (A0042) 12/06/2025

Cloak and Dagger: The Wine of Freedom (A0042) Today’s Adventure: An American OSS agent poses as a wine merchant in Germany to organize the country’s anti-Hitler elements into an effective resitance. Original Read more ... /episode/index/show/greatdetectives/id/39306030

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Noxious Needle Matter (EP4860) 12/05/2025

Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Noxious Needle Matter (EP4860) Today’s Mystery: Johnny is called in to determine whether a theatrical producer died of natural causes or was murdered. Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 24, 1958 Originating from Hollywood Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Bartlett Robinson; Marvin Miller; Junius Matthews When making your travel plans, remember http://johnnydollarair.com Read more ... /episode/index/show/greatdetectives/id/39288920

Podcast – The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

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