Mystery is My Hobby Presented by the Great Detectives of Old Time Radio
by Adam Graham Radio Detective Podcasts · 69 episodes
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Mystery is My Hobby came to air as Murder is My Hobby, a title with an amusing double meaning. However, after 34 weeks, the series gained a sponsor–the Benefit Life Insurance Company of Omaha, Nebraska. They didn’t like the name. So thus it was changed.The series starred Glenn Langan as Mystery Writer Barton Drake, who teams up each week with Inspector Noah Danton to solve the weekly puzzle. At the end of each episode, Drake is sure to work in his catchphrase, “Murder/Mystery is My Hobby.”Beyond these basic facts, the series is an unsolved mystery. The episodes t...
Latest episodes
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32 min
Mystery is My Hobby: Death Writes an Epitath
Orignal Release Date: August 12, 2021A mystery writer dies after calling to leave a message telling Barton Drake to look at his manuscript.Support the show monthly at https://patre…
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31 min
Mystery is My Hobby: Death Goes Before Pride
Original Release Date: August 5, 2021A wealthy woman invites Bart down for help with a difficult decision. Bart arrives to find her dead. Support the show monthly at patreon.greatd…
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31 min
Mystery is My Hobby: Death Hides a Body
Original Release Date: July 29, 2021A dancer writes a letter home to his mother about a counterfeiting ring and then disappears.Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.…
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Mystery is My Hobby: Death is One and Three
Original Release Date: July 22, 2021 A hated publisher is murdered and Inspector Danton contains quick confessions…too many of them in fact.Support the show monthly at patreon.grea…
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Mystery is My Hobby: Death Has a Hotfoot
Original Release Date: July 8, 2021Bart and Inspector Danton investigate the death of a member of an all-female diving troupe.Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.ne…
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Mystery is My Hobby: Death Has Blue Eyes
Original Release Date: July 1, 2021A wealthy party girl calls Bart because she thinks she murdered her father but isn’t sure.Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.net…
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Mystery is My Hobby: Death is a Grain of Sand
Original Release Date: June 24, 2021A spiritualist’s assistant is buried in sand for hours as part of a trick and then found shot to death.Support the show monthly at patreon.great…
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33 min
Mystery is My Hobby: Death Asks Questions
Original Release Date: June 17, 2021A hated drama critic is murdered.Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time basis at http://support.g…
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34 min
Mystery is My Hobby: Death Speaks with Ten Fingers
Original Release Date: June 10, 2021Inspector Danton investigates the suspicious deaths of two deaf men with Barton Drake just to observe.Support the show monthly at patreon.greatd…
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33 min
Mystery is My Hobby: Death Buys Flowers
Original Release Date: June 3, 2021An elderly elevator operator’s plan to get “honest” money by helping a rich man foil a blackmail scheme goes wrong when the rich man is murdered…
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32 min
Mystery is My Hobby: Death Paints with Purple
Original Release Date: May 27, 2021Inspector Danton believes a painter drank poison to commit suicide, but Barton Drake believes a splotch of purple paint across his latest paintin…
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Mystery is My Hobby: Murder Can Be Pleasant
Original Release Date: May 20, 2021A pro Tennis player is found 175 feet from a hotel room with every bone in his body broken.Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.ne…
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34 min
Mystery is My Hobby: Death is Twin
Original Release Date: May 13, 2021A disabled woman calls police when her twin sister locks herself in a room. The police find her dead in a locked room with a poisoned glass. Bart…
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29 min
Mystery is My Hobby: The Case of 65 Women
Original Release Date: May 6, 2021 Drake and Danot investigate the poisoning of multiple women.Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the show on a one-time…
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28 min
Mystery is My Hobby: Bullets Make Holes
Original Release Date: April 29, 2021A man kills his business partner but claims he mistook him for a prowler. Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.netSupport the sh…
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30 min
Mystery is My Hobby: Ghost Didn’t Walk
Original Release Date: April 22, 2021Barton Drake and Noah Danton are called in by a small-town constable to investigate a murder of an old man involving a ghost.Support the show m…
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32 min
Mystery is My Hobby: Two Hours to Live
Original Release Date: April 15, 2021Barton Drake goes hunting in hopes of catching a murderer. This episode brought to you by Wooga and their podcast June’s Journey: The Lost Diar…
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29 min
Mystery is My Hobby: Estelle Wainwright Murdered
Original Release Date: April 8, 2021 The wife of an infamous playboy dies of an apparent suicide. Barton Drake suspects murder.Support the show monthly at patreon.greatdetectives.n…
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28 min
Mystery is My Hobby: Kenneth Prangle, Polo Player
Original Release Date: April 1, 2021Barton Drake and Inspector Danton get word that a polo-playing playboy could be murdered, and go to a rich man’s house for the weekend to try an…
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31 min
Mystery is My Hobby: Tov Morelli, Bank Robber
Original Release Date: March 25, 2021 Barton Drake matches wits with a child-killing bank-robber whose holding a police officer hostage at a snow-bound rural home. Support the show…