The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio

By: Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcasts
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  • 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, Bulldog Drummond, Broadway's My Beat, Mr. and Mrs. North, 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 dozens of old-time radio detective series since 2009. He provides insightful commentary and humor after each episode and responds to listener questions and feedback. You can subscribe to the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio from your favorite podcast app or by visiting our website at http://www.greatdetectives.net.

    We are currently in our fifteenth season of provided suspenseful mystery dramas. Our podcast feed captures the last 1,000 episodes we've released including all of seasons thirteen and fourteen, and part of season twelve. We have created two archive feeds: Volume 1, which features our first three seasons and Volume 2, which will feature seasons four through six.

    Our feed includes old time radio recorded in Los Angeles, New York, and also Australia.

    The current actors featured in our old time radio detective podcast include Les Damon, Bob Bailey, Anthony Ross, Alice Frost and Joseph Curtin, Ned Wever, and Jack Webb. Other actors featured within the past 1,000 include Howard Duff, Glenn Langan, Herbert Marshall, Gerald Mohr, Joel McCrea, Les Tremayne, Jackson Beck, Santos Ortega, Karl Swenson, and more.
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  • Broadway's My Beat: The Eugene Bullock Murder Case (EP4511)

    Broadway's My Beat: The Eugene Bullock Murder Case (EP4511)
    Oct 2 2024
    Today's Mystery:A visitor to New York is found dead in a rundown sanitarium, and he is missing $5,000.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 19, 1949Originating in Hollywood

    Starring: Larry Thor as Lieutenant Danny Clover; Charles Calvert as Sergeant Gino Tartaglia; Jerry Hausner; Bea Benaderet; Alan Reed; Tony Barrett; Joseph Kearns; Georgia Ellis

    Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net

    Patreon Supporter of the Day: Philip, Patreon Supporter since June 2023.

    Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.

    Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715

    Take the listener survey at http://survey.greatdetectives.net

    Give us a call at 208-991-4783

    Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectives

    Follow us on Twitter @radiodetectives

    Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.
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    42 mins
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    Oct 2 2024

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    Guest Brent Underwood, owner and resident of Cerro Gordo near Death Valley, California, shares what it's like to make a home in a former mining town, and why it's important to visit and maintain these snapshots of Western life.

    Via Podcast is a production of AAA Mountain West Group.

    DISCLAIMER: Please note, this is an independent podcast episode not affiliated with, endorsed by, or produced in conjunction with the host podcast feed or any of its media entities. The views and opinions expressed in this episode are solely those of the creators and guests. For any concerns, please reach out to team@podroll.fm.
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  • Bulldog Drummond: Murder Has an Open Mind (EP4510)

    Bulldog Drummond: Murder Has an Open Mind (EP4510)
    Oct 1 2024
    Today's Mystery: A woman feigns a horseriding accident to get Bulldog Drummond's help and tells him to go to a Penny Arcade and speak to a mentalist.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: April 28, 1948

    Originating in New York

    Starring: Ned Wever as Bulldog Drummond, Luis Van Rooten as Denny

    Support the show monthly at https://patreon.greatdetectives.net

    Patreon Supporter of the Day: Jesse, Patreon Supporter since June 2016.

    Support the show on a one-time basis at http://support.greatdetectives.net.

    Mail a donation to: Adam Graham, PO Box 15913, Boise, Idaho 83715

    Take the listener survey…http://survey.greatdetectives.net

    Give us a call 208-991-4783

    Become one of our friends on Facebook.

    Follow us on Instagram at http://instagram.com/greatdetectives

    Follow us on Twitter@radiodetectives

    Join us again tomorrow for another detective drama from the Golden Age of Radio.
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    33 mins
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Thoroughly Enjoyable!

Adam does a fantastic job curating these old shows. I enjoy the chance to experience a bygone era of entertainment.

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What a show!

If you love old time radio, your host, Adam Graham, presents a wide array of different programs from the bronze age of radio. He's been at this for years and years and knows a great deal about the episodes, actors and programs.

I came for the Dragnet and stayed for everything else. Like anything on the radio, they aren't all gems, but so many of them are, it's worth your time to subscribe. enjoy.

(long time listener, finally back after Google music killed my podcasts)

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