Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives) - Episode 624 - It’s a Dog’s Life (Boston Blackie, Sherlock Holmes, Philip Marlowe, The Saint, & Barrie Craig)

Episode 624 - It’s a Dog’s Life (Boston Blackie, Sherlock Holmes, Philip Marlowe, The Saint, & Barrie Craig)

05/18/25 • 150 min

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Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)

Our dogged detectives sniff for clues in five canine-related old time radio mysteries. First, the owner of the best in show pooches is killed at a dog show in a syndicated adventure of Boston Blackie, and a dog “tells” Sherlock Holmes who murdered his owner in “The Case of the Dog Who Changed His Mind” (originally aired on Mutual on September 28, 1947). Philip Marlowe is on the trail of a dog - though this one is made out of jade - in “The Orange Dog” (originally aired on CBS on January 22, 1949). Barry Sullivan plays The Saint in “Dossier on a Doggone Dog,” a story of a lost dog and stolen jewels (originally aired on NBC on September 24, 1950), and Barrie Craig is hired to walk a dog, only to discover the dog’s owner knocked unconscious in “Beware the Walking Dog” (originally aired on NBC on May 3, 1953).

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Episode 623 - Mother of All Mysteries (Sherlock Holmes, Let George Do It, Box 13, Richard Diamond, & Dragnet)

Happy Mother’s Day! We’re celebrating moms with five old time radio mysteries where they play major roles. In “The Case of the Lucky Shilling,” Sherlock Holmes comes to the aid of a woman whose son is wiped out by a crooked gambler (originally aired on Mutual on January 14, 1948), and George Valentine tries to prove that a woman is not an unfit mother in “Problem Child” from Let George Do It (originally aired on Mutual on June 21, 1948). A woman hires Dan Holiday to prove her son’s death wasn’t an accident in “Suicide or Murder” from Box 13, and the mother of an escaped convict wants Richard Diamond to send her son back to prison (originally aired on NBC on October 4, 1950). Finally, the cops of Dragnet are on the trail of a serial shoplifter who only steals clothes for children in “The Big Little Mother” (originally aired on NBC on October 6, 1953).

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Episode 625 - Clothes-Minded (Let George Do It, Philo Vance, Richard Diamond, The Saint, & Johnny Dollar)

They say clothes make the man, but they also make mysteries for this week’s roster of radio detectives. George Valentine hunts a killer where the only clue is his distinctive attire in “Death Wears a Gay Sport Jacket” from Let George Do It (originally aired on Mutual on October 18, 1948) and Philo Vance probes the murder of a dress shop owner in the syndicated episode “The Herringbone Murder Case.” Richard Diamond tries to find out why someone keeps stealing blue serge suits (originally aired on ABC on February 9, 1951), and The Saint discovers a bullet hole in the back of his brand-new suit in “Formula for Death” (originally aired on ABC on March 25, 1951). Finally, John Lund stars as Johnny Dollar in “The Rochester Theft Matter,” where a girl is gunned down while wearing a stolen fur coat (originally aired on CBS on May 12, 1953).