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The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas

Adam Graham|Old Time Radio Detective Host
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    The Big Story: Hot Lead Catches a Cold Blooded Killer (EP5052)

    01/09/2026 | 33 mins.
    Today's Mystery: Miami Herald reporter William Adams joins the investigation after a well-dressed stranger is found shot to death beneath a bridge in the Everglades. With little to identify the victim beyond an old newspaper and a loaded die, Adams begins tracing the dead man’s movements, searching for the clue that can lead authorities to his killer.

    Original Radio Broadcast: October 8, 1952

    Originating in New York

    Cast:
    Jim Stevens as William Adams
    Cameron Prudhomme
    Bill Zuckert
    Jean Gillespie
    Ruth York
    E. Sam Raskin
    Michael O'Day
    Cameron Andrews
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    The Saint: The Return of Harry Morgan (EP5051)

    31/08/2026 | 35 mins.
    Today's Mystery: Simon Templar agrees to help Wendy Brown, who fears the return of Harry Morgan, a notorious criminal she double-crossed before he fled the country. When a former prizefighter with advance knowledge of Morgan’s arrival is murdered, Simon begins to suspect there is more behind Morgan’s homecoming than a simple quest for revenge.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: November 12, 1950

    Originating from Hollywood

    Cast:
    Vincent Price as Simon Templar, The Saint
    Joan Banks as Wendy Brown
    Larry Dobkin as Louie
    Paul Frees as Sammy
    Ed Max as the bartender
    Barney Phillips as Kerrigan
    Tony Barrett as Marlowe
    Written by Louis Vittes
    Directed by Helen Mack
    A James L. Saphier production
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    Dragnet: The Big Badge (Peggy Webber Special) (EP5050s)

    30/08/2026 | 37 mins.
    Todays Mystery: Sergeant Joe Friday and his partner Ben Romero hunt for the “Badge Bandit,” a violent criminal who poses as a police officer to rob and assault his victims. After weeks of investigation, the search becomes dangerously personal when Friday and Romero encounter the suspect during a massive overnight manhunt.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: May 4, 1950

    Originating from HollywoodCast:
    Jack Webb as Sergeant Joe Friday
    Barton Yarborough as Ben Romero
    Peggy Webber as Joe Friday’s mother
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    Patreon Supporter of the Day: Joey, Patreon supporter since June 2019

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    Counterspy: The Postal Pirates, Part Two (A0118)

    29/08/2026 | 33 mins.
    Today's Adventure: David Harding and Harry Peters move to break up a widespread parcel-post theft ring, but their raid on the gang’s New York warehouse uncovers two deaths made to look like murder-suicide. Harding suspects the apparent solution is a setup and sets out to uncover who is really behind the killings.

    Original Radio Broadcast:September 22, 1949

    Originating in New York

    Starring Don McLaughlin as David Harding, Mandel Kramer as Peters

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    Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Bolt out of the Blue Matter (EP5050)

    28/08/2026 | 24 mins.
    Today's Mystery: Johnny Dollar travels to the Massachusetts coast after the niece of retired sea captain Amos Weatherby reports a threat against her uncle’s life. She believes a former fiancé with a sinister past has returned to make good on that threat, and Johnny arrives just as a powerful storm approaches the Weatherby home.

    Original Radio Broadcast Date: July 26, 1959

    Originated from Hollywood

    Cast:
    Bob Bailey as Johnny Dollar
    Virginia Gregg
    Carleton G. Young
    Ralph Moody
    James McCallion
    Written, produced, and directed by Jack Johnstone
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About The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
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 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 features seasons four-six, and Volume 3 which will feature Seasons Seven through Nine.Our feed includes old time radio recorded in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and also Australia. The current actors featured in our old time radio detective podcast include Les Damon, Bob Bailey, Larry Thor, Walter Connolly, and Jack Webb. Other actors featured within the past 1,000 include Alice Frost, Howard Duff, Glenn Langan, Herbert Marshall, Gerald Mohr, Joel McCrea, Les Tremayne, Jackson Beck, Santos Ortega, Ned Wever, Karl Swenson, and more.
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