The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
Adam Graham
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:
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 all
- Before 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 Final
- The Radio Adventures of the Thin Man including radio adaptations of the first two Thin Man Movies starring William Powell
- The Father Brown radio series starring Karl Swenson
- Golden 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 Investigator
- Dick Powell's first hard-boiled detective series in Rogue's Gallery.
- Glamourous Private Eye Candy Matson solves crimes in San Francisco
- Glenn Ford stars as Christopher London
- Before he became, a famous journalist known for 60 minutes, Mike Wallace starred in Crime on the Waterfront
- The 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 City
- The 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.
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Milford Brooks III Matter (The Dick Powell Cut) (EP0005)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
05/03/24 • 42 min
Release date: October 30, 2009
Johnny Dollar is retained to protect a man who has threatened suicide after making a notorious gambling kingpin the beneficiary on his life insurance policy.
Original Performance Date: December 7, 1948 (never aired)
Original Release Date: November 5, 2014
Nick and Patsi investigate a series of fur thefts from department stores.Original Air Date: September 15, 1946
Originated in New York
Starring Lon Clark as Nick Carter
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Johnny Dollar is retained to protect a man who has threatened suicide after making a notorious gambling kingpin the beneficiary on his life insurance policy.
Original Performance Date: December 7, 1948 (never aired)
Original Release Date: November 5, 2014
Nick and Patsi investigate a series of fur thefts from department stores.Original Air Date: September 15, 1946
Originated in New York
Starring Lon Clark as Nick Carter
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Let George Do It: Surprise! Surprise! (EP0768)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
07/12/23 • 33 min
Release Date: October 3, 2012
A beautiful young woman is promised a wonderful surprise by an uncle with a wicked sense of humor. She asks George to accompany her. When she arrives, she finds her uncle is dying.
Original Air Date: February 4, 1952
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A beautiful young woman is promised a wonderful surprise by an uncle with a wicked sense of humor. She asks George to accompany her. When she arrives, she finds her uncle is dying.
Original Air Date: February 4, 1952
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Paul Gorrell Matter (EP0780)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
07/17/23 • 36 min
Release Date: October 19, 2012
At the request of an insurance company, Johnny signs up for a rideshare with a murderer in hopes of recovering $100,000.
Original Air Date: February 2, 1954
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At the request of an insurance company, Johnny signs up for a rideshare with a murderer in hopes of recovering $100,000.
Original Air Date: February 2, 1954
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Pat Novak for Hire: Go Away Dixie Gillian (EP0002)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
04/30/24 • 35 min
Original Release Date: October 27, 2009
Pat Novak is hired to frighten a man named Dixie Gillian, but when an empty gun goes off, he finds himself facing a murder charge.’
“You couldn’t hold a moth with a searchlight.”-Pat Novak to Hellman
Original Air Date: November 24, 1946
Originated in San Francisco
Starring Jack Webb as Pat Novak
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Pat Novak is hired to frighten a man named Dixie Gillian, but when an empty gun goes off, he finds himself facing a murder charge.’
“You couldn’t hold a moth with a searchlight.”-Pat Novak to Hellman
Original Air Date: November 24, 1946
Originated in San Francisco
Starring Jack Webb as Pat Novak
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Let George Do It: The Symbol Three (EP0778)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
07/15/23 • 36 min
Release Date: October 17, 2012
A woman receives an anonymous call with a mysterious warning of danger for her arrogant husband. Several mysterious accidents follow.
Original Air Date: February 18, 1952
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A woman receives an anonymous call with a mysterious warning of danger for her arrogant husband. Several mysterious accidents follow.
Original Air Date: February 18, 1952
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Let George Do It: The First Client (EP0003)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
05/01/24 • 34 min
Original Release Date: October 28, 2009
On his first day as a Private Detective, George Valentine gets his first client-a famous writer who tells him he's about to be murdered and collapses on the spot. The body then vanishes, leaving George to find out what happened.
Original Production Date: May 14, 1946
Originated in Hollywood
Starring Bob Bailey as George Valentine
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On his first day as a Private Detective, George Valentine gets his first client-a famous writer who tells him he's about to be murdered and collapses on the spot. The body then vanishes, leaving George to find out what happened.
Original Production Date: May 14, 1946
Originated in Hollywood
Starring Bob Bailey as George Valentine
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Frank Race: The Adventure of the Reckless Daughter (EP0766)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
07/11/23 • 31 min
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Race needs to get an old friend to accept the job of Prime Minister in a war-torn country but his rebellious daughter threatens to plunge the country into a dictatorship.
Original Air Date: May 14, 1949
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Race needs to get an old friend to accept the job of Prime Minister in a war-torn country but his rebellious daughter threatens to plunge the country into a dictatorship.
Original Air Date: May 14, 1949
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The Fat Man: 19th Pearl (EP0747)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
07/04/23 • 34 min
Release Date: September 4, 2012
While taking his mother to catch a train, Brad encounters a mysterious woman.
Original Air Date: January 21, 1946
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While taking his mother to catch a train, Brad encounters a mysterious woman.
Original Air Date: January 21, 1946
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Beauregard Matter (EP0775)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
07/15/23 • 33 min
Release Date: October 12, 2012
Johnny’s company is about to make a deal with a thief who stole a necklace from a respected old family but then the thief is murdered.
Original Air Date: January 26, 1954
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Johnny’s company is about to make a deal with a thief who stole a necklace from a respected old family but then the thief is murdered.
Original Air Date: January 26, 1954
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Frank Race: The Adventure of The Garrulous Bartender (EP0776)
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1
07/14/23 • 31 min
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Frank investigates the case of a bank employee who embezzled money and fled to Juarez.
Original Air Date: May 28, 1949
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Frank investigates the case of a bank employee who embezzled money and fled to Juarez.
Original Air Date: May 28, 1949
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How many episodes does The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1 have?
The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1 currently has 913 episodes available.
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The podcast is about Fiction, Drama, Podcasts, Arts and Performing Arts.
What is the most popular episode on The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1?
The episode title 'Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Milford Brooks III Matter (The Dick Powell Cut) (EP0005)' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1?
The average episode length on The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1 is 35 minutes.
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Episodes of The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1 are typically released every 6 hours.
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The first episode of The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio Volume 1 was released on Aug 15, 2022.
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