Enjoy a series of unusual episodes of the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio including old time radio myster movie adaptations from the Lux Radio Theater. As well as episodes Escape, Suspense, and Murder Clinic, along with some truly different programs including Roy Rogers, Mayor of the Town, Superman, and Cavalcade of America. Also comparisons of how two detective programs handle the same story.
Latest episodes
-
1 h 08
Lux Radio Theatre: Murder My Sweet
Release Date: April 23, 2014Philip Marlowe (Dick Powell) becomes involved in a mixed up case of stolen jade, a missing girlfriend, blackmail, and narcotics.Original Air Date: June…
-
32 min
Molle Mystery Theatre: Homicide for Hannah
Release Date: January 12, 2014An unemployed man finds himself accused of murder and accompanied by a beautiful blonde detective who has an appetite for homicide.Original Air Date:…
-
34 min
Cavalcade of America: The School for Men
Release Date: November 10, 2013A vacationing police officer helps his brother (who is a police officer in another town) catch a serial killer using skills acquired in an FBI traini…
-
36 min
Gunsmoke: Mark Dillon Goes To Gough Eye
Release Date: October 23, 2013Marshall Mark Dillon goes to Gough Eye to investigate an allegedly crooked roulette wheel and finds a a series of murders.Audition Date: June 11, 1949…
-
1 h 40
Twice Told Tale: Dangerous Assignment: Guided Missile Plans and Yours Truly Johnny Dollar: The Picture Postcar…
Dangerous Assignment — “Guided Missile Plans”Steve Mitchell is sent to Dublin to recover stolen microfilm containing plans for a new American guided missile. His pursuit of the sus…
-
38 min
Dragnet: The Big Badge (Peggy Webber Special)
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 w…
-
33 min
Crime Club: Death Blew Out the Match
Release Date: Semptember 15, 2013A woman visits a peaceful Maine town, only to find herself prime suspect in a rival’s murder.Original Air Date: December 2, 1946Support the show mo…
-
36 min
NBC University Theater: The Purloined Letter
Release Date: July 25, 2013A blackmailing count steals a compromising letter from a noble lady.Original Air Date: September 17, 1948Support the show monthly at https://patreon.grea…
-
37 min
Suspense: The Mystery of Marie Roget
Release Date: July 18, 2013Auguste Dupin investigates the murder of a young woman found floating in a Paris river.Original Air Date: December 14, 1953Support the show monthly at ht…
-
28 min
Screen Guild Theatre: Call Northside 777 (EP1000s)
Release Date: July 16, 2013Jimmy Stewart plays a cynical reporter turned crusader who seeks to clear a man wrongly convicted of murdering a police officer. This episode was based o…
-
41 min
The Weird Circle: Murders in the Rue Morgue
Release Date: July 11, 2013The episode begins with a look at a story of the Prophet Daniel that many think is the first detective story. From Can You Imagine That?Original Air Date…
-
41 min
Escape: The Lost Special
Release Date: July 04, 2013A Scotland Yard Inspector investigates the disappearance of a train en route.Original Air Date: February 12, 1949Support the show monthly at https://patr…
-
1 h 05
Lux Radio Theater: The Fallen Sparrow
Today's Mystery: After returning to New York following years of imprisonment during the Spanish Civil War, John McKittrick learns that a close friend has died under suspicious circ…
-
33 min
X Minus One: Protective Mimicry
Release Date: March 24, 2013In the 25th Century, a Treasury Agent seeks to find the truth behind the re-appearance of counterfeit currency.Original Air Date: October 3, 1956Support…
-
35 min
Murder Clinic: The Holloway Flat Tragedy
Release Date: January 27, 2013Max Carrados doesn’t buy an obvious explanation that a man was murdered by the boyfriend of his lover.Original Air Date: August 18, 1942Support the sh…
-
1 h 05
Suspense: Deadline at Dawn
Release Date: November 17, 2012A couple has until dawn to find out who killed a rich socialite or one of them will have to answer to the police.Original Air Date: May 15, 1948Suppo…
-
1 h 03
50th Anniversary of the End of the Golden Age of Radio
Release Date: September 30, 2012The golden age of radio came to an end with episodes of Yours Truly Johnny Dollar and Suspense. In the “Tip-Off Matter,” an ex-con tells Johnny the…
-
34 min
Proudly We Hail: Follow that Man
Today's Mystery: A private detective is hired to located a woman's brother who is tied into underworld activity.Original Radio Broadcast Date: October 29, 1950Originating in New Yo…
-
1 h 05
Lux Radio Theater: Captain Carey USA
Release Date: June 30, 2012A former O.S.S. Officer returns to Italy to locate the person who betrayed him and his compatriots to the Nazis.Original Air Date: February 2, 1953Suppor…
-
33 min
Suspense: The Crowd
Original Release Date: June 16, 2012 A police lieutenant hunts a murderer whose crimes are always accompanied by a crowd. Original Air Date: September 27, 1950Support the show mont…