The Great Detectives Present Pete Kelly's Blues (Old Time Radio)

Head back to the 1920s, Prohibition and the Age of Jazz with star/creator Jack Webb in the 1951 Summer replacement radio series featuring clarinet player Pete Kelly and all the trouble he gets into and out of in Kansas during the roaring twenties.

Latest episodes

1. EP0750s: Pete Kelly’s Blues: Gus Trudeau (Audition)

   08 Sep 2012

   Pete Kelly’s old mentor escapes prison and is tagged for a murder rap. And everyone assumes Pete knows where is.

   31 min ▶

2. EP0707: Pete Kelly’s Blues: June Gould

   10 Jul 2012

   Pete tries to find a missing female singer at the request of her worried mother. Original Air Date: September 19, 1951 Read more ...

   35 min ▶

3. EP0702: Pete Kelly’s Blues: Dr. Jonathan Budd and the Dutchman

   03 Jul 2012

   Pete Kelly tries to save a distinguished-looking old doctor from a gangster.

   31 min ▶

4. EP0697: Pete Kelly’s Blues: Zelda

   26 Jun 2012

   The ex-wife of Kelly’s record producer asks him to ask the producer for an old record. Trouble f Read more ...

   34 min ▶

5. EP0692: Pete Kelly’s Blues: Hot Letters

   19 Jun 2012

   Some mugs plant a letter on Pete Kelly, but when a gunman takes a shot at Kelly, an altar boy dies in the crossfire. Original Air Date: July 25, 1951 Take our listener Read more ..…

   38 min ▶

6. EP0687: Pete Kelly’s Blues: Vera Brand

   12 Jun 2012

   Pete finds himself being forced into marriage with a mobster’s girl. Original Air Date: July 11, 1951 Take our li Read more ...

   35 min ▶

7. EP0682: Pete Kelly’s Blues: Gus Trudeau

   05 Jun 2012

   An old friend of Kelly’s is suspected of murdering a local Kansas City mobster. Original Air Date: July 4, 1951 < Read more ...

   35 min ▶