The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
By: Adam Graham|Old Time Radio Detective Host
Language: en
Categories: Arts, Performing, Fiction, Drama
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...
Episodes
Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The King's Necklace Matter (Encore) (EP4885)
Jan 09, 2026Johnny goes to a private island to investigate the attempted theft of a $250,000 necklace belonging to the owner of the island.
Original Air Date: March 17, 1953
Starring: John Lund as Johnny Dollar; Howard McNear
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The Line Up: The Topaz Earring Murder (Encore) (EP4884)
Jan 08, 2026An investment advisor is murdered and suspicion falls upon his jilted fiancée.
Original Air Date: November 23, 1950
Originating in Hollywood
Starring: Bill Johnstone as Lieutenant Ben Guthrie; Wally Maher as Sergeant Matt Groebs; Howard McNear
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Let George Do It: Man Under the Elm Tree (Encore) (EP4883)
Jan 07, 2026George goes to a quiet college town, sent by a man who fears a lodger at his sister’s inn is up to no good. He finds an eccentric professor who seems to know something about the death of the lady’s husband.
Original Air Date: September 26, 1949
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Bob Bailey as George Valentine; Frances Robinson as Brooksie; Howard McNear
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Stand by for Crime: The Light (Encore) (EP4882)
Jan 06, 2026Chuck suspects that a series of plane crashes aren’t accidents.
Original Air Date: 1952
Starring: Glen Langan as Chuck Morgan; Adele Jurgens
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Michael Shayne: Return to Huxley (Encore) (EP4881)
Jan 05, 2026Michael Shayne investigates a peeping tom at Phyllis’s alma mater.
Original Air Date: November 5, 1946
Starring: Wally Maher as Michael Shayne; Cathy Lewis as Phyllis; Howard McNear
Originating from Hollywood
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Bill Lance: Death Wears a New Dress (Encore) (EP4880e)
Jan 04, 2026A fashion model friend of Bill’s calls for help and then drops dead in the middle of a show before she can tell him what’s the matter.
Original Air Date: October 12, 1947
Starring: Gerald Mohr as Bill Lance; Howard McNear
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Lux Radio Theater: Suspicion (Encore) (A0050)
Jan 03, 2026A woman (Olivia De Haviland) comes to suspect that her husband (William Powell) is a murderer.
Original Air Date: September 18, 1944
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Neel Breer Matter (Encore) (EP4880)
Jan 02, 2026Johnny travels to a small town when a doctor raises doubts about the cause of a death of a young man who supposedly died of a heart attack.
Original Air Date: July 18, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Edmond O'Brien as Johnny Dollar
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Sherlock Holmes: New Year’s Eve Off The Scilly Isles (Encore) (EP4879)
Jan 01, 2026Sherlock Holmes and Watson race to save a luxury liner from being blown up.
Original Air Date: December 28, 1947
Originating from New York
Starring: John Stanley as Sherlock Holmes; Alfred Shirley as Doctor Watson
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Candy Matson: Valley of the Moon (Encore) (EP4878)
Dec 31, 2025Candy 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 Francisco
Starring: Natalie Masters as Candy Matson
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Nick Carter: The Case of the Haunted Burial Cave (Encore) (EP4877)
Dec 30, 2025Nick 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 from New York
Starring: Lon Clark as Nick Carter
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Nick Carter: The Echo of Death (EP4876)
Dec 29, 2025Nick 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
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The Casebook of Gregory Hood: The Double Diamond (Encore) (EP4875e)
Dec 28, 2025Gregory Hood investigates the theft of a diamond in mid-flight.
Original Air Date: August 5, 1946
Starring: Gale Gordon as Gregory Hood
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Lux Radio Theater: Bullets or Ballots (Encore) (A0048)
Dec 27, 2025A 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
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Malibu Mystery Matter (EP4875)
Dec 26, 2025Today'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
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Dragnet: The Big Shoplift (EP4874)
Dec 25, 2025Todays 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 Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, Herb Butterfield
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Broadway's My Beat: Buddy Malpaugh and the Jeweled Scimitar (EP4873)
Dec 24, 2025Today's Mystery: It's Christmas Eve, and Sergeant Tartaglia is called to investigate the theft of a jeweled scimitar belonging to a ne'er-do-well millionaire.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: December 22, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Lamont Johnson; Howard McNear George Neise;. Georgia Ellis; Howard McNear
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The Big Story: The Case of the Ambitious Hobo (EP4872)
Dec 23, 2025Today'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
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Danger With Grainger: Out of Jail for Christmas (EP4871)
Dec 22, 2025Today'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 or 1957
Originating from Australia
Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger
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Holmes for the Holiday: Two Christmas Mysteries (EP4870s)
Dec 21, 2025As 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 save Watson and the kids at a Christmas party.
Original Air Date: December 24, 1945
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Basil Rathbone as Sherlock Holmes; Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson
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The Whistler: Christmas Bonus (Encore) (A0046)
Dec 20, 2025An 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.
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Carman Kringle Matter (EP4870)
Dec 19, 2025Today'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 Crenna; Bill James
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Dragnet: The Big Little Jesus (EP4869)
Dec 18, 2025Today'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 from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Ben Alexander as Officer Frank Smith; Harry Bartell; Ralph Moody; Herb Vigran
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Broadway's My Beat: The Pablo Morari Murder (EP4868)
Dec 17, 2025Today's Mystery: A young man is found murdered outside a club.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 30, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Richard Crenna; William Tracy; Peggy Webber; Michael Ann Barrett
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The Big Story: The Case of the Cornered Cat (EP4867)
Dec 16, 2025Today'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 Appell; Alan Hewitt; Mildred Clinton
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Danger with Grainger: Phony Photographer Case (EP4866)
Dec 15, 2025Today's Mystery: A female nightclub photographer turns to Steve Grainger for help.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957
Originating from Australia
Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger
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The Casebook of Gregory Hood: The Forgetful Murderer (Encore) (EP4865e)
Dec 14, 2025Someone is murdering night watchmen and leaving odd clues behind.
Original Air Date: July 29, 1946
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Gale Gordon as Gregory Hood
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Cloak and Dagger: Windfall (A0044)
Dec 13, 2025Today'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 22, 1950
Originating from New York
Starring: Les Tremayne; Bill Quinn; Jan Miner; Grant Richards; Raymond Edward Johnson; Karl Weber; Charles Irving; Stefan Snobble; Boris Aplon; Paul Arnold; Jerry Jarrett
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Glacier Ghost Matter (EP4865)
Dec 12, 2025Today'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
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Dragnet: The Big Want Ad (EP4864)
Dec 11, 2025Today'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
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero
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Broadway's My Beat: The Ruth Larson Murder Case (EP4863)
Dec 10, 2025Today'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
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Joseph Kearns; Martha Wentworth; Harry Bartell; Charles Davis
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Feature Assignment: The Majczek Case (EP4862)
Dec 09, 2025Today'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
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Danger with Grainger: Innocent, Innocent (EP4861)
Dec 08, 2025Today'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't do it
.Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957
Originating from Australia
Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger
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Casebook of Gregory Hood: Death from the Red Capsule (EP4860e)
Dec 07, 2025A young woman is poisoned when visiting Gregory Hood’s campfire and Gregory is charged with the crime.
Original Air Date: July 22, 1946
Originating in Hollywood
Starring Gale Gordon as Gregory Hood
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Cloak and Dagger: The Wine of Freedom (A0042)|WW2 Spy Adventure
Dec 06, 2025Today's Adventure:An American OSS agent poses as a wine merchant in Germany to organize the country's anti-Hitler elements into an effective resistance.
Original Radio Broadcast: October 15, 1950
Originating from New York
Starring: Mel Ferrer; Herbert Berghoff; Frances Robinson; Ralph Bell; Raymond Edward Johnson; Will McCure; Ian Martin; Karl Weber
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Noxious Needle Matter (EP4860)
Dec 05, 2025Today's Mystery: Johnny's called in to determine whether a theatrical producer died of natural causes or was murdered.
Original Radio Broadcast Date:August 24, 1958
Originated from Hollywood
Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar.Virginia Gregg, Bartlett Robinson, Marvin Miller, Junius Matthews
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Dragnet: The Big September Man (EP4859)
Dec 04, 2025Todays Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Riomero investigate the brutul killing of a woman who worked in an office building.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 27, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero
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Broadway's My Beat: The Frank Dunn Murder Case (EP4858)
Dec 03, 2025Today's Mystery: Danny investigates the shooting death of a bartender.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 16, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Mary Jane Croft; Joseph Granby; Gladys Holland; Mary Jane Croft; Joseph Granby; Gladys Holland
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The Big Story: The Case of the Final Curtain (EP4857)
Dec 02, 2025Today's Mystery: A woman suspects that her father was poisoned in a nursing home.
Original Radio Broadcast: December 7, 1947
Originating from New York
Starring: Les Tremayne as Aubrey Maddock; Alice Reinhart; Ted Osborn; Agnes Young; John Gibson; Will GeerWindsor
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Danger with Grainger: Lady Alibi (EP4856)
Dec 01, 2025Today's Mystery: A beautiful model comes to Grainger for help, claiming that she's being pressured to provide an alibi for a man who shot a security guard during a robbery gone bad.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957
Originating from Australia
Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger
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Casebook of Gregory Hood: South of the Border (Encore) (EP4855e)
Nov 30, 2025Gregory Hood arrives in Mexico City to purchase jade and is mistaken for a wayward king.
Original Air Date: July 15, 1946
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Gale Gordon as Gregory Hood
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Cloak and Dagger: Delay on Route (A0040)
Nov 29, 2025Today's Adventure:In a territory the partisans seized from the fascists in Italy, an OSS agent has to sneak out two fascists ready to give vital information to the Allies and finds himself having to overcome his partisan comrades to do so.
Original Radio Broadcast: October 6, 1950
Originating from New York
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Two Faced Matter (EP4855)
Nov 28, 2025Today's Mystery: Johnny is called in to investigate the theft of $58,000 from a ludite furniture manufacturing company.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 10, 1958
Originated from Hollywood
Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar, Will Wright, Herb Vigran, Forrest Lewis, Edgar Barrier, Richard Beals, Bill James, Gus Bayz
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Dragnet: The Big Sour (EP4854)
Nov 27, 2025Todays Mystery: Two men rob an elderly couple and torture the husband in order to steal their jewelry.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 20, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, Jack Kruschen
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Broadway's My Beat: The Earl Lawson Murder Case (EP4853)
Nov 26, 2025Today's Mystery: A wealthy man is knifed in Times Square.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 9, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan
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The Big Story: The Case of the Unfinished Love Song (EP4852)
Nov 25, 2025Today's Mystery: Howard Beaufait of The Cleveleand News reinvestigates the case of a violin-playing convicted killer who claims innocence and whose wife also believes him.
Original Radio Broadcast: November 26, 1947
Originating from New York
Starring: Craig McDonnell; John Sylvester; Francis De Sales; Eileen Heckart; Luise Barkley
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Danger with Grainger: The Invented Husband (EP4851)
Nov 24, 2025Today's Mystery: A woman invents a husband to get a job and then has to "kill him off" to get married. She turns to Grainger when she finds herself implicated in a real murder.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957
Originating from Australia
Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger
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Casey, Crime Photographer: Holiday (Encore) (EP4850e)
Nov 23, 2025Casey and Ann’s plan for a Thanksgiving holiday is disrupted by a reformed safe cracker who is being asked to crack a safe for $10,000 or else.
Original Air Date: November 25, 1948
Originating from New York
Starring: Staats Cotsworth as Flash Casey
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Cloak and Dagger: The Last Mission (A0038)
Nov 22, 2025Today's Adventure: A woman in Canton, whose family was murdered by the Japanese military, makes an unusual connection with the OSS.
Original Radio Broadcast: September 29, 1950
Originating from New York
Starring: Bryna Raeburn; Ian Martin; Arnold Moss; Ralph Bell; Raymond Edward Johnson; Karl Weber
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Lucky Four Matter (EP4850)
Nov 21, 2025Today's Mystery: Johnny goes to Colorado to investigate the death of a cantankerous old rancher
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Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 3, 1958
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Ken Christy; Vic Perrin; Lawrence Dobkin; Virginia Gregg; Will Wright; Shirley Mitchell
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Dragnet: The Big Waiter (EP4849)
Nov 20, 2025Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigating the murder of the philandering owner of a habadashery store.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 13,1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield
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Broadway's My Beat: The Francesca Brown Murder Case (EP4848)
Nov 19, 2025Today's Mystery: A waitresss is strangled and knifed to death.
Original Radio Broadcast Date:June 2, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Lamont Johnson; Lou Merrill; Cathy Lewis; Herb Butterfield; Bea Benaderet
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The Big Story: The Bobby-Sox Kid from Bayonne (EP4847)
Nov 18, 2025Today's Mystery: Dorothy Kilgaren is called in to investigate the killing-by-hatchet of a woman; police suspect her seventeen-year-old daughter.
Original Radio Broadcast: October 15, 1947
Originating from New York
Starring: Janet Fox as Dorothy Kilgaren; Burt Brazier; Francis De Sales; Jerry Lewis; Mitzi Gould; Eleanor Audley
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Danger with Grainger: The Arnie Lesich Story (EP4846)
Nov 17, 2025Today's Mystery: A woman asks Grainger for help when a man whom she sent to prison is released.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957
Originating from Australia
Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger
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Casebook of Gregory Hood: The Derringer Society (Encore) (EP4845e)
Nov 16, 2025A woman visits the Derringer Society and the members start dying as she predicted.
Original Air Date: July 8, 1946
Originating in Hollywood
Starring Gale Gordon as Gregory Hood
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Cloak and Dagger: Operation Sellout (A0036)
Nov 15, 2025Today's Adventure: An OSS agent leads a mission with a British officer and a former German officer.
Original Radio Broadcast: September 22, 1950
Originating from New York
Starring: Carl Eastman; Louise Erickson; Ian Martin; Luis Van Rooten; Arnold Moss; Karl Weber; Raymond Edward Johnson
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Wayward Killer Matter (EP4845)
Nov 14, 2025Today's Mystery: Johnny is called to protect an insured man who witnessed a murder.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 27, 1958
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Edgar Barrier; Herb Vigran; James McCallion; Paul Dubov; Lawrence Dobkin; John Dehner; Bill James; Vic Perrin
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Dragnet: The Big Seventeen (EP4844)
Nov 13, 2025Today's Mystery:Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate teens going wild in a neighborhood, culminating in a small riot in a theater.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: September 6, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield
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Broadway's My Beat: The Eleanor Corbett Murder Case (EP4843)
Nov 12, 2025Today's Mystery: A woman is found murdered with a broken neck.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 26, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Howard McNear
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The Big Story: The Case of the Countrefeit Coins (EP4842)
Nov 11, 2025Today's Mystery:Reporter Jack Adams goes undercover in a gang of counterfeiters to catch the man at the top.
Original Radio Broadcast: October 19, 1947
Originating from New York
Starring: Dwight Weist as Jack Adams; Mason Adams; Larry Haines; Richard Keith; Eileen Heckart; James Boles; Jackson Beck
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Danger with Grainger: A Marriage Minded Girl (EP4841)
Nov 10, 2025Today's Mystery: A woman contacts Grainger for help and is then beaten up and disappears.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957
Originating from Australia
Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger
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Adventure Ahead: Inside the FBI (A0035)
Nov 09, 2025Today's Adventure: An FBI agent tells a young visitor about a case that began with cattle rustling but led to a nationwide conspiracy.
Originating Radio Broadcast Date: August 26, 1944
Originating from New York
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Cloak and Dagger: Seeds of Doubt (A0034)
Nov 08, 2025Today's Adventure: In the waning days of the war, an OSS agent impersonates a dead Frenchman and pretends to marry his fiancée in order to weed out German agents trying to undermine Allied morale.
Original Radio Broadcast: September 15, 1950
Originating from New York
Starring: Charles Webster; Alice Frost; Joseph Julian; Karl Weber; Evie Juster; Jerry Jarrett; Louis Sorin; Horace Braham; Anna Karen
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Mojave Red Sequel Matter (EP4840)
Nov 07, 2025Today's Mystery: An apparent accidental death of a businessman on a fishing trip is confirmed to be murder. Who did it?
Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 20, 1958
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Parley Baer; Forrest Lewis; Barney Phillips; Alan Reed; Russell Thorson
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Dragnet: The Big Crazy (EP4839)
Nov 06, 2025Today's Mystery: A woman is missing and her sister suspects her milquetoast husband of murder.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 30, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero
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Broadway's My Beat: The Charles Crandall Murder Case (EP4838)
Nov 05, 2025Today's Mystery: A man is found murdered with the only clue to his identity being a parking ticket.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 12, 1951
Originated in Hollywood
Stars: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover, Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia, Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan, Lou Merrill, Jeanette Nolan, Adam Williams, Peggy Webber, Joy Terry.
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The Big Story: The Thirteenth Key (EP4837)
Nov 04, 2025Today's Mystery:A Columbus reporter investigates the brutal stabbing death of a woman found at a shooting range
.Original Radio Broadcast: June 4, 1947
Originating from New York
Starring: John Gibson as James Fusco of the Columbus Citizen; James McCallion; Gilbert Mack; Ward Wilson; Horace Braham; Connie Lembke; Janet Fox
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Danger with Grainger: The Coincidental Cartoon (EP4836)
Nov 03, 2025Today's Mystery:A cartoonist hires Grainger when his brother is murdered using a method that was outlined in his comic strip.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957
Originating from Australia
Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger
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The Best of the 2024-25 Season
Nov 02, 2025In this special, we look back at the top five half-hour Old Time Radio programs of our 2024-2025 season, and one of our best Old Time Radio Snack Wagon episodes.
First up, it's The Falcon in "The Case of the Jumping Jack":
A woman hires The Falcon because she suspects that her husband has hired a private eye to follow her.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 20, 1952
Originating from New York
Starring: Les Damon as The Falcon; Chuck Webster as Sergeant Corbett
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Cloak and Dagger: Over Ground Railroad (A0032)
Nov 01, 2025Today's Adventure: An OSS agent goes into France to team up with a formidable wealthy French woman to set up an escape route for downed Allied flyers.
Original Radio Broadcast: September 8, 1950
Originating from New York
Starring: Les Tremayne; Bryna Raeburn; Lily Valenti; Jack Gordon; Ralph Bell
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Mohave Red Matter (EP4835)
Oct 31, 2025Today's Mystery: Johnny goes out to Lake Mohave on a tip from a guide that an apparent accidental death might not have been so accidental.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 13, 1958
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Lucille Meredith; Forrest Lewis; Parley Baer; Alan Reed; Barney Phillips
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Dragnet: The Big In-Laws (EP4834)
Oct 30, 2025Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a series of truck hijackings.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 23, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Barney Philips; Stacy Harris
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Broadway's My Beat: The Harry Foster Murder Case (EP4833)
Oct 29, 2025Today's Mystery: Danny searches for a missing man who has been stabbed.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 5, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Lamont Johnson; Cathy Lewis; Virginia Gregg; Herb Vigran; John McGovern
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Charlie Chan: The Fiery Santa Claus (EP4832)
Oct 28, 2025Today's Mystery:Charlie Chan is on the trail of a serial Romeo who victimizes middle-aged women.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1950 or 1951
Originating from Sydney
Starring: William Rees as Charlie Chan; Rodney Jacobs
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Danger with Grainger: Stolen Necklace (EP4831)
Oct 27, 2025Today's Mystery: A woman is in a car accident and wakes up to find her necklace missing.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957
Originating from Australia
Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger
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Casebook of Gregory Hood: Murder in Celluloid (Encore) (EP4830e)
Oct 26, 2025Today's Mystery: Gregory investigates a young actress’s missing imaginary map and finds himself looking into murder and espionage.
Original Air Date: July 1, 1946
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Gale Gordon as Gregory Hood
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Cloak and Dagger: War of Words (A0030)
Oct 25, 2025Today's Adventure: Two OSS agents have to carry forged orders for a Japanese camp commander through a Burmese jungle.
Original Radio Broadcast: September 1, 1950
Originating from New York
Starring: Chuck Webster; Ralph Bell; Raymond Edward Johnson; Eric Dressler; Karl Weber; Jerry Jarrett; Joan Alison; Maurice Tarplin; Guy Repp
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Blinker Matter (EP4830)
Oct 24, 2025Today's Mystery: Johnny investigates the disappearance of a insured importer.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 6, 1958
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Paula Winslowe; D.J. Thompson; Harry Bartell; Stacy Harris; Vic Perrin; Bob Bruce
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Dragnet: The Big Winchester (EP4929)
Oct 23, 2025Today's Mystery: An elderly man is found shot to death in his home. While it initially looks like a suicide, there's reason to think it might be a homicide.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 16 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero
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Broadway's My Beat: The Georgia Gray Murder Case (EP4828)
Oct 22, 2025Today's Mystery: A dance hall dancer is murdered.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 28, 1951Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Tony Barrett; Frances Chaney; Martha Wentworth; Lawrence Dobkin; Joy Terry; Leo Cleary; Junius Matthews
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Charlie Chan: The Frightened Shroff (EP4827)
Oct 21, 2025Today's Mystery: The mother of a dead criminal is victimized by a conman claiming her son owed him money.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1950 or 1951
Originating in Sydney
Starring: William Rees as Charlie Chan; Rodney Jacobs
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Danger with Grainger: Triple X Murders (EP4826)
Oct 20, 2025Today's Mystery: Grainger is hired by the mother of a man accused of killing a young couple in a park.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957
Originating from Australia
Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger
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Casebook of Gregory Hood: The Adventure of the Beeswax Candle (Encore) (EP4825e)
Oct 19, 2025Today's Mystery: Sandy Taylor’s wife Mary disappears on a foggy night without a trace.
Original Air Date: June 24, 1946
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Gale Gordon as Gregory Hood
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Cloak and Dagger: The Black Radio (A0028)
Oct 18, 2025Today's Adventure: An OSS agent parachutes into Germany to team up with a local operative to run an underground broadcast to undermine the Nazi propoganda.
Original Radio Broadcast: August 27, 1950
Originating in New York
Starring: Larry Haines, Lily Darvas, Berry Kroeger, Arnold Moss, Stefan Schnabel, Bob Wile, Jerry Jarrett,
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Virtuous Mobster Matter (EP4825)
Oct 17, 2025Today's Mystery: Johnny goes to South Carolina to investigate the disappearance of an ex-mobster who had gone straight.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 22, 1958
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Jeanne Tatum; Jack Kruschen; Les Tremayne; Billy Halop; Frank Gerstle; Gil Stratton Jr.
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Dragnet: The Big Screen (EP4824)
Oct 16, 2025Today's Mystery: Joe Friday and Ben Romero investigate a an epidemic of crooked TV repairmen.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: August 9, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero
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Broadway's My Beat: The Philip Hunt Murder Case (EP4823)
Oct 15, 2025Today's Mystery: A wealthy retiree is found murdered in his apartment after an impromptu party.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 21, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan; Cathy Lewis; Peggy Webber; Lee Millar Jr.; Russell Simpson; Michael Ann Barrett
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Charlie Chan: The Case of the Talking Doll (EP4822)
Oct 14, 2025Today's Mystery: A criminal hunted by Charlie Chan seeks revenge by planting a bomb at his house.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1950 or 1951
Originating in Sydney
Starring: William Rees as Charlie Chan, Rodney Jacobs
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Danger with Grainger: The Amourous Amnesiac (EP4821)
Oct 13, 2025Today's Mystery: Grainger finds an unconscious and beaten man in the street. He was found missing $10,000.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957
Originating from Australia
Starred: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger
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The Casebook of Gregory Hood: The Murder of Gregory Hood (Encore) (EP4820e)
Oct 12, 2025Gregory Hood receives multiple death threats and after one close call, he decides to play dead while he solves his own murder.
Original Air Date: June 17, 1946
Originating in Hollywood
Starring Gale Gordon as Gregory Hood
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Cloak and the Dagger: The Norweigan Incident (A0026)
Oct 11, 2025Today's Adventure: Two OSS Agents go into occupied Norway to blow up a key Nazi-controlled bridge.
Original Radio Broadcast: August 20, 1950
Originating in New York
Starring: Berry Kroeger, Raymond Edward Johnson, Jerry Jarrett, Frank Barrens, Karl Weber, Joseph Julian, Ralph Bell.
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Ugly Pattern Matter (EP4820)
Oct 10, 2025Today's Mystery: Johnny is called in when three members of the board of a small company covered by a group life policy are murdered in a short period of time.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 29, 1958
Originated from Hollywood
Stars: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar. Virginia Gregg, Les Tremayne, Forrest Lewis, Herb Vigran, Junius Matthews, Frank Gerstle
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Dragnet: The Big Late Script (EP4819)
Oct 09, 2025Todays Mystery: Friday and Romero are called in to investigate the kidnapping of a local businessman
Original Radio Broadcast Date:July 26, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starred: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday, Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero, Barney Phillips
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Broadway's My Beat: The Thomas Hart Murder Case (EP4818)
Oct 08, 2025Today's Mystery: An errand boy at a dress shop is murdered with a pair of scissors.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 15, 1951
Originated in Hollywood
Stars: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover, Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia, Jack Kruschen as Sergeant Muggavan, Irene Tedrow, Herb Butterfield, Sidney Miller, Sylvia Syms, Mary Shipp.
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Charlie Chan: Escaped Musician (EP4817)
Oct 07, 2025Today's Mystery: A musician is implicated in a burglary that led to murder.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1950 or 1951
Originating from Sydney
Starring: William Rees as Charlie Chan; Rodney Jacobs
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Danger with Grainger: The Rainy Night Murder (EP4816)
Oct 06, 2025Today's Mystery: Grainger encounters a terrified woman on a rainy night who is running from a man whom she says she saw murder another man.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: 1956 or 1957
Originating from Australia
Starring: Harp McGuire as Steve Grainger
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Casebook of Gregory Hood: The Black Museum (Encore) (EP4815e)
Oct 05, 2025Gregory Hood Importers acquires a ceremonial sacrificial dagger and then receives a death threat from a woman claiming to be an Aztec priestess.
Original Air Date: June 10, 1946
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Cloak and Dagger: Roof of the World (A0024)
Oct 04, 2025Today's Adventure: A husband and wife team of geologists are recruited by the IRS to journey into Tibet to seek the favor of the Dalai Lama. They find themselves in competition with two Nazi officers.
Original Radio Broadcast: August 13, 1950
Originating from New York
Starring: Louise Barclay; Grant Richards; Raymond Edward Johnson; Stefan Schnabel; Berry Kroeger; Janice Gilbert; Karl Weber; Ralph Bell; Jerry Jarrett
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Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Delectable Damsel Matter (EP4815)
Oct 03, 2025Today's Mystery:Johnny is called in to investigate the theft of a valuable diamond from a debutante on board a yacht at sea.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: June 15, 1958
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar; Virginia Gregg; Chester Stratton; Barney Phillips; Jack Moyles; Frank Gerstle
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Dragnet: The Big Sophomore (EP4814)
Oct 02, 2025Today's Mystery: Joe Friday investigates a series of petty robberies in neighborhood stores where the shopkeepers suspect a high school boy.
Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 19, 1951
Originating from Hollywood
Starring: Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday; Barton Yarborough as Sergeant Ben Romero; Herb Butterfield; Stacy Harris
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